The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1932

4,284 different boys’ names were recorded in 1932, covering 1,044,157 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	59,268
2	James	51,930
3	John	48,624
4	William	42,124
5	Richard	31,809
6	Charles	31,092
7	Donald	29,794
8	George	20,439
9	Joseph	18,566
10	Thomas	16,834
11	Edward	15,191
12	David	12,139
13	Paul	12,066
14	Kenneth	11,742
15	Frank	11,497
16	Ronald	11,143
17	Jack	10,716
18	Harold	10,433
19	Raymond	10,346
20	Billy	9,436
21	Walter	8,667
22	Eugene	8,046
23	Henry	7,470
24	Gerald	7,347
25	Arthur	6,916
26	Albert	6,863
27	Ralph	6,727
28	Carl	6,714
29	Joe	6,690
30	Bobby	6,597
31	Willie	6,547
32	Harry	5,706
33	Fred	5,525
34	Jerry	5,303
35	Lawrence	5,295
36	Howard	5,292
37	Norman	5,268
38	Roy	5,238
39	Louis	5,134
40	Clarence	4,895
41	Earl	4,822
42	Daniel	4,449
43	Francis	4,388
44	Herbert	4,368
45	Anthony	4,223
46	Marvin	4,187
47	Ernest	4,166
48	Leonard	4,101
49	Alfred	3,899
50	Roger	3,788
51	Melvin	3,776
52	Stanley	3,759
53	Leroy	3,677
54	Michael	3,607
55	Don	3,453
56	Samuel	3,411
57	Wayne	3,388
58	Bill	3,362
59	Ray	3,263
60	Bernard	3,252
61	Dale	3,140
62	Peter	3,130
63	Russell	3,021
64	Gene	2,952
65	Larry	2,826
66	Franklin	2,754
67	Theodore	2,674
68	Floyd	2,667
69	Andrew	2,645
70	Philip	2,625
71	Lloyd	2,590
72	Edwin	2,568
73	Frederick	2,501
74	Leo	2,500
75	Jimmie	2,475
76	Jimmy	2,461
77	Glenn	2,435
78	Vernon	2,428
79	Bob	2,424
80	Allen	2,419
81	Gordon	2,410
82	Clyde	2,319
83	Leon	2,295
84	Clifford	2,286
85	Lee	2,284
85	Douglas	2,284
87	Alvin	2,274
88	Martin	2,255
89	Herman	2,191
90	Charlie	2,127
91	Eddie	2,112
91	Lewis	2,112
93	Vincent	2,066
94	Elmer	2,058
95	Harvey	2,030
96	Johnny	2,011
97	Gilbert	1,974
98	Bruce	1,935
99	Jesse	1,863
100	Arnold	1,820
101	Lester	1,813
102	Warren	1,792
103	Curtis	1,775
104	Jim	1,765
105	Milton	1,710
105	Duane	1,710
107	Jerome	1,668
108	Cecil	1,655
109	Tommy	1,613
110	Victor	1,612
111	Roland	1,611
112	Chester	1,607
113	Johnnie	1,600
114	Patrick	1,579
115	Benjamin	1,539
116	Tom	1,538
117	Wallace	1,525
118	Glen	1,465
119	Sam	1,454
119	Calvin	1,454
121	Dennis	1,421
122	Maurice	1,418
123	Dean	1,416
124	Stephen	1,389
125	Willard	1,357
126	Claude	1,352
127	Alan	1,339
128	Hugh	1,320
129	Manuel	1,318
130	Jackie	1,317
131	Marion	1,316
131	Jose	1,316
133	Keith	1,315
134	Phillip	1,314
135	Edgar	1,307
136	Gary	1,295
137	Jessie	1,280
138	Oscar	1,254
139	Virgil	1,228
140	Everett	1,205
141	Billie	1,191
142	Leslie	1,177
143	Max	1,154
144	Wesley	1,135
145	Junior	1,116
146	Hubert	1,087
147	Ted	1,067
148	Homer	1,055
149	Dick	1,053
150	Lowell	1,047
151	Delbert	1,038
152	Wilbur	1,016
153	Allan	1,008
154	Darrell	992
155	Lyle	969
156	Ben	965
157	Luther	961
158	Sidney	960
158	Rudolph	960
160	Morris	940
161	Jay	934
161	Neil	934
163	Nicholas	925
164	Dan	922
165	Willis	911
166	Freddie	909
167	Bennie	883
167	Horace	883
169	Earnest	872
170	Tony	856
171	Roosevelt	832
172	Rodney	829
173	Carroll	816
174	Otis	812
175	Clayton	787
176	Nathaniel	781
177	Steve	780
178	Alexander	774
179	Lonnie	762
180	Guy	757
181	Salvatore	751
182	Oliver	741
183	Clifton	739
184	Alton	717
185	Mark	716
186	Archie	714
187	Julius	711
188	Matthew	702
189	Clinton	700
190	Edmund	691
191	Bobbie	690
192	Alex	683
193	Karl	670
194	Ira	661
195	Juan	654
195	Wilbert	654
197	Wendell	650
198	Orville	649
199	Ramon	641
200	Marshall	639

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1932 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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