The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1934

4,205 different boys’ names were recorded in 1934, covering 1,032,596 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	55,843
2	James	54,270
3	John	46,743
4	William	40,175
5	Richard	33,167
6	Donald	30,408
7	Charles	29,790
8	George	18,500
9	Thomas	17,373
10	Joseph	17,111
11	Ronald	14,088
12	David	14,003
13	Edward	13,917
14	Paul	12,196
15	Kenneth	11,800
16	Frank	10,640
17	Jack	9,985
18	Harold	9,926
19	Raymond	9,588
20	Billy	9,562
21	Walter	8,092
22	Gerald	7,816
23	Bobby	7,532
24	Eugene	7,145
25	Jerry	7,134
26	Joe	7,090
27	Henry	6,735
28	Carl	6,683
29	Arthur	6,443
30	Willie	6,348
31	Ralph	6,282
32	Albert	6,003
33	Fred	5,466
34	Lawrence	5,324
35	Roy	5,104
36	Harry	5,099
37	Howard	5,068
38	Norman	4,989
39	Roger	4,766
40	Louis	4,682
41	Earl	4,628
42	Daniel	4,502
43	Larry	4,474
44	Marvin	4,217
45	Clarence	4,213
46	Franklin	4,156
47	Michael	4,108
48	Wayne	4,035
49	Francis	4,006
50	Don	3,926
51	Ernest	3,849
52	Anthony	3,840
53	Leonard	3,836
54	Leroy	3,774
55	Melvin	3,702
56	Jimmy	3,696
57	Herbert	3,600
58	Stanley	3,569
59	Bill	3,534
60	Gary	3,354
61	Peter	3,290
62	Dale	3,241
63	Ray	3,177
64	Alfred	3,158
65	Bernard	3,146
66	Samuel	3,137
67	Gene	2,854
68	Jimmie	2,837
69	Philip	2,784
70	Russell	2,736
71	Gordon	2,639
72	Douglas	2,541
73	Floyd	2,533
74	Theodore	2,523
75	Bob	2,478
76	Andrew	2,443
77	Frederick	2,431
78	Bruce	2,401
79	Lee	2,378
80	Edwin	2,347
81	Glenn	2,341
82	Lloyd	2,339
83	Johnny	2,336
84	Clyde	2,323
85	Clifford	2,315
86	Leo	2,309
87	Leon	2,306
88	Allen	2,241
89	Vernon	2,227
90	Jim	2,207
91	Martin	2,178
92	Eddie	2,169
93	Alvin	2,147
94	Lewis	2,062
95	Dennis	2,053
96	Warren	2,024
97	Herman	2,011
98	Tommy	1,937
99	Harvey	1,934
100	Charlie	1,892
101	Vincent	1,865
102	Jesse	1,853
103	Curtis	1,844
104	Duane	1,837
105	Arnold	1,780
106	Gilbert	1,775
107	Jerome	1,773
108	Elmer	1,709
109	Patrick	1,704
110	Lester	1,687
111	Cecil	1,596
112	Tom	1,579
113	Phillip	1,577
114	Jackie	1,567
115	Milton	1,516
116	Johnnie	1,504
117	Benjamin	1,483
118	Dean	1,476
119	Roland	1,445
120	Glen	1,442
121	Stephen	1,424
122	Victor	1,420
123	Chester	1,385
124	Alan	1,369
125	Keith	1,352
126	Max	1,335
127	Sam	1,321
128	Calvin	1,319
129	Wallace	1,306
130	Claude	1,264
131	Manuel	1,252
132	Maurice	1,239
133	Jose	1,221
134	Leslie	1,215
135	Hugh	1,187
136	Willard	1,175
137	Edgar	1,148
138	Dick	1,131
139	Marion	1,130
140	Darrell	1,129
141	Virgil	1,128
142	Wesley	1,118
143	Oscar	1,096
144	Jessie	1,090
145	Everett	1,068
146	Ted	1,052
147	Billie	1,037
148	Lowell	1,033
149	Roosevelt	1,016
150	Hubert	999
151	Allan	993
152	Freddie	988
153	Neil	953
154	Dan	939
154	Lyle	939
156	Homer	937
157	Jay	933
158	Sidney	932
158	Morris	932
160	Rodney	929
161	Earnest	921
162	Wilbur	920
163	Delbert	894
164	Carroll	874
165	Nicholas	873
166	Willis	867
167	Luther	862
168	Tony	841
169	Ben	831
170	Horace	816
170	Junior	816
172	Joel	815
173	Bennie	813
174	Nathaniel	782
175	Rudolph	779
176	Steve	771
177	Otis	769
178	Guy	767
179	Ronnie	759
180	Lonnie	754
181	Oliver	732
182	Terry	720
183	Clayton	717
184	Alton	713
185	Mark	702
186	Karl	689
187	Benny	684
188	Marshall	676
189	Clifton	666
190	Leland	665
191	Bobbie	660
192	Archie	658
193	Mike	650
194	Clinton	643
195	Salvatore	639
196	Juan	636
197	Rex	631
198	Alex	623
199	Wendell	618
200	Alexander	616

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1934 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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