US baby names · 1933

Most popular baby names of 1933

In 1933, Social Security card applications recorded 1,007,932 girls and 991,524 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 4,858 distinct girls’ names and 4,156 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (55,517 girls) and Robert (54,221 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 23% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 33% of boys. Compared with 1932, 111,849 fewer babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1932, 3 girls’ names and 3 boys’ names in 1933 are newcomers (girls: Jo, Margie, Darlene; boys: Gary, Jim, Warren). Of these names, 15 of the 100 girls’ names and 18 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1933 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1933

Rank	Name	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
#11	Nancy	11,869
#12	Joyce	11,191
#13	Ruth	11,136
#14	Jean	9,966
#15	Virginia	9,719
#16	Marilyn	9,126
#17	Elizabeth	9,016
#18	Frances	8,883
#19	Lois	8,655
#20	Carol	8,220
#21	Dolores	8,022
#22	Alice	7,697
#23	Norma	7,482
#24	Donna	7,360
#25	Janet	7,342
#26	Beverly	7,186
#27	Martha	7,164
#28	Phyllis	7,111
#29	Anna	7,072
#30	Evelyn	6,947
#31	Gloria	6,752
#32	Mildred	6,569
#33	Marie	6,242
#34	Ann	6,209
#35	Rose	5,770
#36	Peggy	5,534
#37	Annie	5,123
#38	Eleanor	5,106
#39	Louise	5,079
#40	Carolyn	5,043
#41	Marjorie	5,043
#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	3,840
#54	Lorraine	3,797
#55	Edna	3,730
#56	Joanne	3,719
#57	Thelma	3,636
#58	Sarah	3,621
#59	Audrey	3,610
#60	Gladys	3,581
#61	Elaine	3,572
#62	Josephine	3,569
#63	Juanita	3,551
#64	Pauline	3,542
#65	Patsy	3,451
#66	Wilma	3,417
#67	Clara	3,412
#68	Bonnie	3,373
#69	Grace	3,329
#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	3,009
#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

Top 100 boys’ names, 1933

Rank	Name	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
#11	Edward	13,797
#12	Ronald	12,061
#13	David	12,026
#14	Paul	11,854
#15	Kenneth	11,410
#16	Frank	10,962
#17	Jack	9,838
#18	Harold	9,543
#19	Raymond	9,512
#20	Billy	8,938
#21	Walter	7,756
#22	Gerald	7,422
#23	Eugene	7,352
#24	Henry	6,726
#25	Arthur	6,525
#26	Bobby	6,490
#27	Joe	6,411
#28	Carl	6,188
#29	Ralph	6,185
#30	Albert	6,091
#31	Jerry	6,066
#32	Willie	5,983
#33	Franklin	5,363
#34	Fred	5,287
#35	Harry	5,134
#36	Howard	4,995
#37	Norman	4,959
#38	Lawrence	4,911
#39	Roy	4,906
#40	Louis	4,695
#41	Earl	4,374
#42	Daniel	4,310
#43	Clarence	4,280
#44	Marvin	4,132
#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	3,432
#56	Leroy	3,357
#57	Alfred	3,268
#58	Larry	3,251
#59	Bill	3,223
#60	Peter	3,137
#61	Samuel	3,111
#62	Ray	3,032
#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