The names of 1933

The ten most popular names given in 1933, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 55,517
  2. Betty 31,531
  3. Barbara 26,949
  4. Dorothy 22,054
  5. Joan 19,294
  6. Patricia 18,632
  7. Margaret 15,241
  8. Helen 14,644
  9. Shirley 14,320
  10. Doris 12,025

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US: boys

  1. Robert 54,221
  2. James 51,112
  3. John 46,224
  4. William 39,049
  5. Richard 31,331
  6. Charles 28,991
  7. Donald 28,450
  8. George 18,356
  9. Joseph 17,162
  10. Thomas 16,508

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Canadian provinces in 1933

US states in 1933