The names of 1932

The ten most popular names given in 1932, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 59,883
  2. Betty 34,420
  3. Barbara 26,318
  4. Dorothy 24,974
  5. Joan 21,044
  6. Patricia 17,992
  7. Margaret 16,556
  8. Helen 16,376
  9. Shirley 14,476
  10. Doris 12,910

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US: boys

  1. Robert 59,268
  2. James 51,930
  3. John 48,624
  4. William 42,124
  5. Richard 31,809
  6. Charles 31,092
  7. Donald 29,794
  8. George 20,439
  9. Joseph 18,566
  10. Thomas 16,834

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Canadian provinces in 1932

US states in 1932