Names by year · United States
The names of 1932
In 1932, the SSA recorded 2,111,305 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and Robert the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 18 | 59,883 | #125 |
| 2 | Betty1 in 31 | 34,420 | #1,113 |
| 3 | Barbara1 in 41 | 26,318 | #968 |
| 4 | Dorothy1 in 43 | 24,974 | #421 |
| 5 | Joan1 in 51 | 21,044 | #1,087 |
| 6 | Patricia1 in 59 | 17,992 | #1,336 |
| 7 | Margaret1 in 64 | 16,556 | #112 |
| 8 | Helen1 in 65 | 16,376 | #462 |
| 9 | Shirley1 in 74 | 14,476 | #1,586 |
| 10 | Doris1 in 83 | 12,910 | #2,909 |
| 11 | Ruth1 in 87 | 12,257 | #173 |
| 12 | Joyce1 in 94 | 11,362 | #1,074 |
| 13 | Nancy1 in 97 | 10,948 | #967 |
| 14 | Virginia1 in 99 | 10,755 | #526 |
| 15 | Jean1 in 100 | 10,670 | #2,130 |
| 16 | Marilyn1 in 101 | 10,567 | #761 |
| 17 | Elizabeth1 in 107 | 9,999 | #17 |
| 18 | Dolores1 in 111 | 9,630 | #2,567 |
| 19 | Frances1 in 112 | 9,552 | #318 |
| 20 | Lois1 in 112 | 9,519 | #1,670 |
| 21 | Alice1 in 125 | 8,537 | #65 |
| 22 | Norma1 in 127 | 8,406 | #2,012 |
| 23 | Evelyn1 in 134 | 7,958 | #8 |
| 24 | Anna1 in 135 | 7,924 | #107 |
| 25 | Gloria1 in 137 | 7,813 | #655 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert1 in 18 | 59,268 | #92 |
| 2 | James1 in 20 | 51,930 | #6 |
| 3 | John1 in 21 | 48,624 | #23 |
| 4 | William1 in 25 | 42,124 | #9 |
| 5 | Richard1 in 33 | 31,809 | #234 |
| 6 | Charles1 in 34 | 31,092 | #48 |
| 7 | Donald1 in 35 | 29,794 | #690 |
| 8 | George1 in 51 | 20,439 | #126 |
| 9 | Joseph1 in 56 | 18,566 | #29 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 62 | 16,834 | #34 |
| 11 | Edward1 in 69 | 15,191 | #224 |
| 12 | David1 in 86 | 12,139 | #35 |
| 13 | Paul1 in 87 | 12,066 | #262 |
| 14 | Kenneth1 in 89 | 11,742 | #294 |
| 15 | Frank1 in 91 | 11,497 | #514 |
| 16 | Ronald1 in 94 | 11,143 | #638 |
| 17 | Jack1 in 97 | 10,716 | #15 |
| 18 | Harold1 in 100 | 10,433 | #993 |
| 19 | Raymond1 in 101 | 10,346 | #395 |
| 20 | Billy1 in 111 | 9,436 | #1,068 |
| 21 | Walter1 in 120 | 8,667 | #252 |
| 22 | Eugene1 in 130 | 8,046 | #943 |
| 23 | Henry1 in 140 | 7,470 | #5 |
| 24 | Gerald1 in 142 | 7,347 | #1,206 |
| 25 | Arthur1 in 151 | 6,916 | #87 |
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