United States · 2,104,393 recorded births
Top baby names of 1931
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Constance (up 29), Joann (up 28), Lowell (up 44), Gary (up 41).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1930 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 60,299 | · |
| 2 | Betty | 36,105 | · |
| 3 | Dorothy | 26,524 | · |
| 4 | Barbara | 21,804 | ▲ 2 |
| 5 | Joan | 19,119 | ▲ 3 |
| 6 | Helen | 17,664 | ▼ 2 |
| 7 | Margaret | 17,332 | ▼ 2 |
| 8 | Patricia | 16,469 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Shirley | 14,405 | ▲ 2 |
| 10 | Doris | 13,629 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Ruth | 13,132 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Virginia | 11,886 | · |
| 13 | Jean | 11,013 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Dolores | 10,807 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Joyce | 10,580 | ▲ 3 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 10,292 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Nancy | 10,036 | ▲ 7 |
| 18 | Frances | 9,718 | ▼ 2 |
| 19 | Marilyn | 9,664 | ▲ 3 |
| 20 | Lois | 9,348 | ▼ 3 |
| 21 | Alice | 8,815 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Norma | 8,759 | ▲ 3 |
| 23 | Gloria | 8,546 | ▲ 7 |
| 24 | Evelyn | 8,492 | ▼ 5 |
| 25 | Anna | 8,429 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Mildred | 8,169 | ▼ 5 |
| 27 | Marie | 7,549 | ▼ 1 |
| 28 | Martha | 7,481 | ▼ 1 |
| 29 | Phyllis | 7,213 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Rose | 6,881 | ▼ 1 |
| 31 | Beverly | 6,789 | ▲ 3 |
| 32 | Donna | 6,600 | ▲ 5 |
| 33 | Louise | 5,897 | ▼ 2 |
| 34 | Marjorie | 5,880 | ▼ 2 |
| 35 | Ann | 5,858 | ▲ 6 |
| 36 | Catherine | 5,642 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Irene | 5,616 | ▼ 4 |
| 38 | Geraldine | 5,413 | ▲ 5 |
| 39 | Ruby | 5,331 | ▼ 3 |
| 40 | Eleanor | 5,255 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Annie | 5,090 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Peggy | 5,076 | ▲ 25 |
| 43 | Florence | 5,011 | ▼ 5 |
| 44 | June | 5,002 | ▲ 3 |
| 45 | Janet | 4,948 | ▲ 8 |
| 46 | Carol | 4,892 | ▲ 8 |
| 47 | Lillian | 4,807 | ▼ 3 |
| 48 | Rita | 4,613 | ▼ 6 |
| 49 | Lorraine | 4,588 | ▼ 3 |
| 50 | Jane | 4,532 | ▲ 5 |
| 51 | Josephine | 4,497 | ▼ 2 |
| 52 | Edna | 4,461 | ▼ 1 |
| 53 | Thelma | 4,440 | ▼ 8 |
| 54 | Wanda | 4,395 | ▲ 2 |
| 55 | Gladys | 4,350 | ▼ 7 |
| 56 | Pauline | 4,192 | ▼ 4 |
| 57 | Juanita | 4,131 | · |
| 58 | Delores | 4,050 | ▲ 8 |
| 59 | Theresa | 4,034 | ▼ 9 |
| 60 | Carolyn | 4,008 | ▲ 12 |
| 61 | Clara | 3,899 | ▲ 3 |
| 62 | Lucille | 3,854 | ▼ 3 |
| 63 | Bernice | 3,821 | ▼ 5 |
| 64 | Audrey | 3,790 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Edith | 3,772 | ▼ 4 |
| 66 | Marion | 3,763 | ▼ 6 |
| 67 | Ethel | 3,760 | ▼ 2 |
| 68 | Joanne | 3,757 | ▲ 13 |
| 69 | Wilma | 3,741 | ▼ 1 |
| 70 | Grace | 3,712 | ▼ 8 |
| 71 | Sarah | 3,636 | ▼ 1 |
| 72 | Elaine | 3,622 | ▼ 3 |
| 73 | Bonnie | 3,552 | ▲ 5 |
| 74 | Hazel | 3,508 | ▼ 3 |
| 75 | Charlotte | 3,403 | · |
| 76 | Emma | 3,307 | ▼ 3 |
| 77 | Arlene | 3,217 | ▲ 26 |
| 78 | Jacqueline | 3,134 | ▼ 4 |
| 79 | Esther | 3,034 | ▼ 2 |
| 80 | Anne | 2,979 | ▲ 3 |
| 81 | Billie | 2,921 | ▼ 2 |
| 82 | Vivian | 2,893 | ▲ 9 |
| 83 | Patsy | 2,869 | ▲ 14 |
| 84 | Marian | 2,862 | ▼ 4 |
| 85 | Beatrice | 2,844 | ▼ 9 |
| 86 | Elsie | 2,807 | ▲ 2 |
| 87 | Kathleen | 2,799 | ▼ 3 |
| 88 | Rosemary | 2,722 | ▼ 6 |
| 89 | Laura | 2,669 | · |
| 90 | Joann | 2,655 | ▲ 28 |
| 91 | Julia | 2,624 | ▼ 1 |
| 92 | Katherine | 2,624 | ▼ 7 |
| 93 | Willie | 2,597 | ▼ 6 |
| 94 | Eva | 2,591 | ▼ 8 |
| 95 | Marlene | 2,585 | new |
| 96 | Loretta | 2,581 | ▲ 9 |
| 97 | Sally | 2,557 | ▲ 1 |
| 98 | Jeanne | 2,525 | ▼ 6 |
| 99 | Ellen | 2,450 | ▲ 1 |
| 100 | Ida | 2,419 | ▼ 6 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1930 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 60,519 | · |
| 2 | James | 51,212 | · |
| 3 | John | 48,423 | · |
| 4 | William | 43,280 | · |
| 5 | Richard | 31,822 | · |
| 6 | Charles | 29,934 | · |
| 7 | Donald | 29,100 | · |
| 8 | George | 20,685 | · |
| 9 | Joseph | 19,326 | · |
| 10 | Thomas | 16,847 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Edward | 15,646 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Paul | 12,255 | · |
| 13 | David | 11,784 | ▲ 2 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 11,568 | ▲ 3 |
| 15 | Jack | 11,488 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Frank | 11,472 | ▼ 3 |
| 17 | Raymond | 10,854 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Harold | 10,695 | · |
| 19 | Billy | 9,264 | ▲ 1 |
| 20 | Walter | 8,940 | ▼ 1 |
| 21 | Eugene | 8,151 | · |
| 22 | Henry | 7,805 | · |
| 23 | Arthur | 7,525 | · |
| 24 | Albert | 7,131 | · |
| 25 | Ralph | 6,960 | · |
| 26 | Gerald | 6,823 | ▲ 4 |
| 27 | Ronald | 6,726 | ▲ 10 |
| 28 | Carl | 6,583 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | Joe | 6,456 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Harry | 6,045 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | Willie | 5,963 | ▼ 2 |
| 32 | Bobby | 5,858 | ▲ 9 |
| 33 | Fred | 5,698 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Howard | 5,624 | ▼ 3 |
| 35 | Roy | 5,489 | ▼ 2 |
| 36 | Norman | 5,426 | ▲ 4 |
| 37 | Louis | 5,423 | ▼ 3 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 5,364 | ▼ 2 |
| 39 | Clarence | 5,062 | · |
| 40 | Earl | 5,047 | ▼ 2 |
| 41 | Herbert | 4,788 | ▼ 6 |
| 42 | Francis | 4,735 | · |
| 43 | Jerry | 4,371 | ▲ 8 |
| 44 | Daniel | 4,360 | ▲ 3 |
| 45 | Marvin | 4,360 | ▲ 3 |
| 46 | Anthony | 4,310 | ▼ 2 |
| 47 | Ernest | 4,298 | ▼ 4 |
| 48 | Leonard | 4,279 | ▼ 3 |
| 49 | Stanley | 4,202 | · |
| 50 | Alfred | 3,949 | ▼ 4 |
| 51 | Melvin | 3,700 | ▼ 1 |
| 52 | Leroy | 3,649 | ▲ 1 |
| 53 | Roger | 3,625 | ▲ 5 |
| 54 | Bernard | 3,514 | ▼ 2 |
| 55 | Michael | 3,489 | ▼ 1 |
| 56 | Samuel | 3,379 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Bill | 3,218 | ▲ 2 |
| 58 | Wayne | 3,217 | ▲ 7 |
| 59 | Don | 3,176 | ▲ 9 |
| 60 | Ray | 3,161 | ▼ 3 |
| 61 | Peter | 3,122 | ▼ 5 |
| 62 | Dale | 3,008 | ▲ 2 |
| 63 | Russell | 2,942 | ▼ 3 |
| 64 | Gene | 2,766 | ▲ 6 |
| 65 | Andrew | 2,714 | ▼ 3 |
| 66 | Floyd | 2,707 | ▼ 5 |
| 67 | Edwin | 2,704 | ▼ 1 |
| 68 | Lloyd | 2,704 | ▲ 1 |
| 69 | Leo | 2,700 | ▼ 6 |
| 70 | Theodore | 2,666 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,648 | ▲ 4 |
| 72 | Glenn | 2,624 | ▼ 1 |
| 73 | Frederick | 2,471 | ▲ 1 |
| 74 | Vernon | 2,465 | ▼ 2 |
| 75 | Clifford | 2,452 | ▼ 2 |
| 76 | Gordon | 2,396 | ▲ 1 |
| 77 | Clyde | 2,336 | ▼ 1 |
| 78 | Bob | 2,318 | ▲ 10 |
| 79 | Allen | 2,308 | ▲ 6 |
| 80 | Alvin | 2,299 | ▼ 1 |
| 81 | Jimmie | 2,288 | ▲ 5 |
| 82 | Elmer | 2,265 | ▼ 2 |
| 83 | Herman | 2,263 | ▼ 5 |
| 84 | Leon | 2,245 | ▼ 3 |
| 85 | Douglas | 2,203 | ▲ 4 |
| 86 | Vincent | 2,162 | ▼ 2 |
| 87 | Lewis | 2,160 | · |
| 88 | Larry | 2,147 | ▲ 20 |
| 89 | Jimmy | 2,126 | ▲ 13 |
| 90 | Lee | 2,123 | ▼ 8 |
| 91 | Martin | 2,103 | ▼ 8 |
| 92 | Gilbert | 1,993 | ▼ 2 |
| 93 | Harvey | 1,978 | ▼ 1 |
| 94 | Charlie | 1,975 | ▼ 3 |
| 95 | Eddie | 1,959 | ▲ 2 |
| 96 | Lester | 1,919 | ▼ 1 |
| 97 | Jesse | 1,895 | ▼ 3 |
| 98 | Arnold | 1,835 | · |
| 99 | Milton | 1,834 | ▼ 6 |
| 100 | Warren | 1,834 | ▼ 4 |