The names of 1937

The ten most popular names given in 1937, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 55,641
  2. Barbara 34,917
  3. Patricia 26,838
  4. Shirley 26,823
  5. Betty 25,337
  6. Carol 17,336
  7. Nancy 17,074
  8. Dorothy 16,572
  9. Joan 15,301
  10. Margaret 15,144

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US: boys

  1. Robert 61,842
  2. James 56,561
  3. John 48,755
  4. William 40,725
  5. Richard 32,975
  6. Charles 30,520
  7. Donald 27,868
  8. David 20,981
  9. Thomas 19,772
  10. George 18,439

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Canadian provinces in 1937

US states in 1937