The names of 1934

The ten most popular names given in 1934, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 56,929
  2. Betty 31,089
  3. Barbara 29,239
  4. Shirley 22,841
  5. Dorothy 21,281
  6. Patricia 20,844
  7. Joan 19,465
  8. Margaret 15,144
  9. Helen 14,100
  10. Nancy 13,520

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US: boys

  1. Robert 55,843
  2. James 54,270
  3. John 46,743
  4. William 40,175
  5. Richard 33,167
  6. Donald 30,408
  7. Charles 29,790
  8. George 18,500
  9. Thomas 17,373
  10. Joseph 17,111

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Canadian provinces in 1934

US states in 1934