Names by year · United States

The names of 1933

In 1933, the SSA recorded 1,999,456 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and Robert the top boys' name.

Girls

RankNamebornin 2025
1Mary1 in 1855,517#125
2Betty1 in 3231,531#1,113
3Barbara1 in 3726,949#968
4Dorothy1 in 4622,054#421
5Joan1 in 5219,294#1,087
6Patricia1 in 5418,632#1,336
7Margaret1 in 6615,241#112
8Helen1 in 6914,644#462
9Shirley1 in 7014,320#1,586
10Doris1 in 8412,025#2,909
11Nancy1 in 8511,869#967
12Joyce1 in 9011,191#1,074
13Ruth1 in 9111,136#173
14Jean1 in 1019,966#2,130
15Virginia1 in 1049,719#526
16Marilyn1 in 1109,126#761
17Elizabeth1 in 1129,016#17
18Frances1 in 1138,883#318
19Lois1 in 1168,655#1,670
20Carol1 in 1238,220#2,242
21Dolores1 in 1268,022#2,567
22Alice1 in 1317,697#65
23Norma1 in 1357,482#2,012
24Donna1 in 1377,360#1,965
25Janet1 in 1377,342#2,791

Boys

RankNamebornin 2025
1Robert1 in 1854,221#92
2James1 in 1951,112#6
3John1 in 2146,224#23
4William1 in 2539,049#9
5Richard1 in 3231,331#234
6Charles1 in 3428,991#48
7Donald1 in 3528,450#690
8George1 in 5418,356#126
9Joseph1 in 5817,162#29
10Thomas1 in 6016,508#34
11Edward1 in 7213,797#224
12Ronald1 in 8212,061#638
13David1 in 8212,026#35
14Paul1 in 8411,854#262
15Kenneth1 in 8711,410#294
16Frank1 in 9010,962#514
17Jack1 in 1019,838#15
18Harold1 in 1049,543#993
19Raymond1 in 1049,512#395
20Billy1 in 1118,938#1,068
21Walter1 in 1287,756#252
22Gerald1 in 1347,422#1,206
23Eugene1 in 1357,352#943
24Henry1 in 1476,726#5
25Arthur1 in 1526,525#87

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