The names of 1931

The ten most popular names given in 1931, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 60,299
  2. Betty 36,105
  3. Dorothy 26,524
  4. Barbara 21,804
  5. Joan 19,119
  6. Helen 17,664
  7. Margaret 17,332
  8. Patricia 16,469
  9. Shirley 14,405
  10. Doris 13,629

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1931

US states in 1931