100 Most popular boy names of 1932, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1932 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1932.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Robert
59265
5.36
-
2
James
51920
4.69
-
3
John
48622
4.4
-
4
William
42128
3.81
-
5
Richard
31806
2.87
-
6
Charles
31091
2.81
-
7
Donald
29786
2.69
-
8
George
20440
1.85
-
9
Joseph
18566
1.68
-
10
Thomas
16835
1.52
-
11
Edward
15189
1.37
-
12
David
12138
1.1
+1
13
Paul
12069
1.09
-1
14
Kenneth
11740
1.06
-
15
Frank
11499
1.04
+1
16
Ronald
11142
1.01
+11
17
Jack
10716
0.97
-2
18
Harold
10431
0.94
-
19
Raymond
10345
0.94
-2
20
Billy
9436
0.85
-1
21
Walter
8666
0.78
-1
22
Eugene
8047
0.73
-1
23
Henry
7470
0.68
-1
24
Gerald
7348
0.66
+2
25
Arthur
6916
0.63
-2
26
Albert
6863
0.62
-2
27
Ralph
6728
0.61
-2
28
Carl
6715
0.61
-
29
Joe
6692
0.6
-
30
Bobby
6597
0.6
+2
31
Willie
6548
0.59
-
32
Harry
5704
0.52
-2
33
Fred
5525
0.5
-
34
Jerry
5303
0.48
+9
35
Lawrence
5295
0.48
+3
36
Howard
5293
0.48
-2
37
Norman
5269
0.48
-1
38
Roy
5237
0.47
-3
39
Louis
5134
0.46
-3
40
Clarence
4893
0.44
-1
41
Earl
4822
0.44
-1
42
Daniel
4448
0.4
+2
43
Francis
4388
0.4
-1
44
Herbert
4368
0.39
-3
45
Anthony
4224
0.38
+1
46
Marvin
4187
0.38
-1
47
Ernest
4165
0.38
-
48
Leonard
4101
0.37
-
49
Alfred
3900
0.35
+1
50
Roger
3788
0.34
+3
51
Melvin
3776
0.34
-
52
Stanley
3759
0.34
-3
53
Leroy
3677
0.33
-1
54
Michael
3607
0.33
+1
55
Don
3453
0.31
+4
56
Samuel
3411
0.31
-
57
Wayne
3388
0.31
-
58
Bill
3362
0.3
-
59
Ray
3263
0.29
+1
60
Bernard
3251
0.29
-6
61
Dale
3140
0.28
+1
62
Peter
3130
0.28
-1
63
Russell
3022
0.27
-
64
Gene
2949
0.27
-
65
Larry
2825
0.26
+23
66
Franklin
2754
0.25
+82
67
Theodore
2674
0.24
+3
68
Floyd
2667
0.24
-2
69
Andrew
2645
0.24
-4
70
Philip
2625
0.24
+1
71
Lloyd
2589
0.23
-4
72
Edwin
2568
0.23
-4
73
Frederick
2502
0.23
-
74
Leo
2501
0.23
-5
75
Jimmie
2475
0.22
+6
76
Jimmy
2461
0.22
+13
77
Glenn
2435
0.22
-5
78
Vernon
2428
0.22
-4
79
Bob
2425
0.22
-1
80
Allen
2419
0.22
-1
81
Gordon
2408
0.22
-5
82
Clyde
2319
0.21
-5
83
Leon
2295
0.21
+1
84
Clifford
2287
0.21
-9
85
Douglas
2285
0.21
-
85
Lee
2285
0.21
+5
87
Alvin
2274
0.21
-7
88
Martin
2256
0.2
+3
89
Herman
2192
0.2
-6
90
Charlie
2127
0.19
+4
91
Eddie
2111
0.19
+4
91
Lewis
2111
0.19
-4
93
Vincent
2067
0.19
-7
94
Elmer
2058
0.19
-12
95
Harvey
2030
0.18
-2
96
Johnny
2012
0.18
+10
97
Gilbert
1975
0.18
-5
98
Bruce
1935
0.17
+3
99
Jesse
1863
0.17
-2
100
Arnold
1820
0.16
-2
101
Lester
1813
0.16
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1932)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html