Top Baby Names of 1933

Most popular names for boys and girls in 1933.

What the Data Says About 1933

The Social Security Administration's national 1933 file shows 1,388,229 births concentrated in the top 100 boy and top 100 girl names, the segment of U.S. baby-name data released to the public for that year. The #1 boy name of 1933 was Robert, with 54,219 births registered nationally. The #1 girl name of 1933 was Mary, with 55,517 births nationally. The top 100 boys captured 727,849 births compared with 660,380 for the top 100 girls — consistent with the historical SSA pattern in which a smaller pool of boy names dominates a larger share of annual births while girl names are more evenly distributed.

1933 sits within a specific era of U.S. naming trends. Pre-1940 years are dominated by traditional biblical and English names — John, William, Mary, and Helen consistently occupy the top ranks, and the top 10 names account for a much larger share of all births than in later decades. Robert and Mary leading 1933 fits this broader cultural signature.

These rankings come directly from Social Security Administration card applications and represent approximately 96% of all U.S. births in 1933. Names with fewer than five occurrences nationally in 1933 are excluded from SSA's public file to protect privacy, meaning the true number of unique names given in 1933 is significantly larger than any public top-100 list can show. Each spelling variation is counted separately — Sophia and Sofia, Aiden and Ayden — so rankings reflect only the specific spelling filed on the SS card, not combined name pools. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming advice.

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Top 100 Boys' Names Boy

Rank Name Births
1 Robert 54,219
2 James 51,110
3 John 46,225
4 William 39,047
5 Richard 31,331
6 Charles 28,990
7 Donald 28,450
8 George 18,355
9 Joseph 17,162
10 Thomas 16,506
11 Edward 13,797
12 Ronald 12,061
13 David 12,027
14 Paul 11,854
15 Kenneth 11,410
16 Frank 10,964
17 Jack 9,838
18 Harold 9,543
19 Raymond 9,512
20 Billy 8,939
21 Walter 7,755
22 Gerald 7,422
23 Eugene 7,352
24 Henry 6,726
25 Arthur 6,526
26 Bobby 6,490
27 Joe 6,412
28 Carl 6,187
29 Ralph 6,185
30 Albert 6,091
31 Jerry 6,065
32 Willie 5,982
33 Franklin 5,363
34 Fred 5,287
35 Harry 5,134
36 Howard 4,995
37 Norman 4,957
38 Lawrence 4,911
39 Roy 4,906
40 Louis 4,695
41 Earl 4,375
42 Daniel 4,310
43 Clarence 4,280
44 Marvin 4,131
45 Francis 4,093
46 Anthony 3,974
47 Leonard 3,955
48 Roger 3,917
49 Herbert 3,685
50 Ernest 3,674
51 Melvin 3,588
52 Wayne 3,562
53 Michael 3,549
54 Don 3,453
55 Stanley 3,433
56 Leroy 3,357
57 Alfred 3,268
58 Larry 3,251
59 Bill 3,222
60 Peter 3,137
61 Samuel 3,111
62 Ray 3,033
63 Bernard 3,005
64 Jimmy 2,932
65 Dale 2,925
66 Gene 2,780
67 Russell 2,697
68 Theodore 2,611
69 Floyd 2,541
70 Philip 2,530
71 Gordon 2,524
72 Jimmie 2,491
73 Lloyd 2,413
74 Glenn 2,366
75 Leo 2,352
76 Andrew 2,344
77 Edwin 2,328
78 Frederick 2,321
79 Lee 2,301
80 Gary 2,254
81 Douglas 2,252
82 Bob 2,222
83 Vernon 2,206
84 Allen 2,204
85 Leon 2,187
86 Clifford 2,158
87 Clyde 2,141
88 Alvin 2,128
89 Martin 2,064
90 Johnny 2,053
91 Bruce 2,037
92 Lewis 2,037
93 Eddie 2,016
94 Vincent 1,983
95 Charlie 1,978
96 Herman 1,945
97 Harvey 1,896
98 Jim 1,875
99 Warren 1,809
100 Jesse 1,804

Top 100 Girls' Names Girl

Rank Name Births
1 Mary 55,517
2 Betty 31,531
3 Barbara 26,949
4 Dorothy 22,052
5 Joan 19,294
6 Patricia 18,632
7 Margaret 15,240
8 Helen 14,644
9 Shirley 14,320
10 Doris 12,025
11 Nancy 11,869
12 Joyce 11,191
13 Ruth 11,137
14 Jean 9,966
15 Virginia 9,719
16 Marilyn 9,126
17 Elizabeth 9,016
18 Frances 8,882
19 Lois 8,655
20 Carol 8,220
21 Dolores 8,022
22 Alice 7,697
23 Norma 7,483
24 Donna 7,360
25 Janet 7,342
26 Beverly 7,185
27 Martha 7,164
28 Phyllis 7,111
29 Anna 7,072
30 Evelyn 6,948
31 Gloria 6,752
32 Mildred 6,569
33 Marie 6,242
34 Ann 6,210
35 Rose 5,770
36 Peggy 5,534
37 Annie 5,123
38 Eleanor 5,106
39 Louise 5,080
40 Marjorie 5,043
41 Carolyn 5,042
42 Geraldine 4,962
43 Ruby 4,944
44 Catherine 4,908
45 June 4,677
46 Irene 4,506
47 Jane 4,377
48 Wanda 4,268
49 Florence 4,078
50 Marlene 4,045
51 Lillian 3,998
52 Delores 3,890
53 Rita 3,841
54 Lorraine 3,797
55 Edna 3,730
56 Joanne 3,719
57 Thelma 3,636
58 Sarah 3,621
59 Audrey 3,611
60 Gladys 3,581
61 Elaine 3,571
62 Josephine 3,570
63 Juanita 3,551
64 Pauline 3,542
65 Patsy 3,451
66 Wilma 3,417
67 Clara 3,412
68 Bonnie 3,372
69 Grace 3,330
70 Theresa 3,266
71 Ethel 3,217
72 Joann 3,209
73 Marion 3,199
74 Arlene 3,185
75 Emma 3,152
76 Sally 3,146
77 Kathleen 3,121
78 Lucille 3,117
79 Charlotte 3,114
80 Edith 3,110
81 Janice 3,061
82 Hazel 3,030
83 Bernice 3,008
84 Sylvia 2,935
85 Anne 2,767
86 Jacqueline 2,756
87 Loretta 2,705
88 Esther 2,676
89 Marian 2,638
90 Jo 2,541
91 Laura 2,536
92 Billie 2,483
93 Willie 2,449
94 Beatrice 2,410
95 Margie 2,409
96 Darlene 2,408
97 Julia 2,403
98 Vivian 2,378
99 Elsie 2,376
100 Katherine 2,330
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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are excluded to protect privacy.

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.