100 Most popular boy names of 1934, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1934 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1934.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Robert
55834
5.16
-
2
James
54265
5.01
-
3
John
46738
4.32
-
4
William
40174
3.71
-
5
Richard
33163
3.06
-
6
Donald
30406
2.81
+1
7
Charles
29791
2.75
-1
8
George
18497
1.71
-
9
Thomas
17371
1.6
+1
10
Joseph
17107
1.58
-1
11
Ronald
14085
1.3
+1
12
David
14000
1.29
+1
13
Edward
13917
1.29
-2
14
Paul
12196
1.13
-
15
Kenneth
11800
1.09
-
16
Frank
10636
0.98
-
17
Jack
9987
0.92
-
18
Harold
9926
0.92
-
19
Raymond
9591
0.89
-
20
Billy
9562
0.88
-
21
Walter
8091
0.75
-
22
Gerald
7816
0.72
-
23
Bobby
7530
0.7
+3
24
Eugene
7142
0.66
-1
25
Jerry
7133
0.66
+6
26
Joe
7089
0.65
+1
27
Henry
6736
0.62
-3
28
Carl
6682
0.62
-
29
Arthur
6442
0.6
-4
30
Willie
6348
0.59
+2
31
Ralph
6282
0.58
-2
32
Albert
6004
0.55
-2
33
Fred
5464
0.5
+1
34
Lawrence
5325
0.49
+4
35
Roy
5104
0.47
+4
36
Harry
5100
0.47
-1
37
Howard
5066
0.47
-1
38
Norman
4990
0.46
-1
39
Roger
4766
0.44
+9
40
Louis
4680
0.43
-
41
Earl
4625
0.43
-
42
Daniel
4502
0.42
-
43
Larry
4472
0.41
+15
44
Marvin
4217
0.39
-
45
Clarence
4212
0.39
-2
46
Franklin
4155
0.38
-13
47
Michael
4107
0.38
+6
48
Wayne
4035
0.37
+4
49
Francis
4004
0.37
-4
50
Don
3927
0.36
+4
51
Ernest
3850
0.36
-1
52
Anthony
3840
0.35
-6
53
Leonard
3835
0.35
-6
54
Leroy
3775
0.35
+2
55
Melvin
3701
0.34
-4
56
Jimmy
3696
0.34
+8
57
Herbert
3601
0.33
-8
58
Stanley
3568
0.33
-3
59
Bill
3534
0.33
-
60
Gary
3356
0.31
+20
61
Peter
3290
0.3
-1
62
Dale
3242
0.3
+3
63
Ray
3175
0.29
-1
64
Alfred
3159
0.29
-7
65
Bernard
3147
0.29
-2
66
Samuel
3137
0.29
-5
67
Gene
2853
0.26
-1
68
Jimmie
2839
0.26
+4
69
Philip
2785
0.26
+1
70
Russell
2735
0.25
-3
71
Gordon
2639
0.24
-
72
Douglas
2540
0.23
+9
73
Floyd
2533
0.23
-4
74
Theodore
2523
0.23
-6
75
Bob
2477
0.23
+7
76
Andrew
2445
0.23
-
77
Frederick
2431
0.22
+1
78
Bruce
2402
0.22
+14
79
Lee
2377
0.22
-
80
Edwin
2346
0.22
-3
81
Glenn
2341
0.22
-7
82
Lloyd
2339
0.22
-9
83
Johnny
2337
0.22
+7
84
Clyde
2323
0.21
+3
85
Clifford
2314
0.21
+1
86
Leo
2307
0.21
-11
87
Leon
2303
0.21
-2
88
Allen
2241
0.21
-4
89
Vernon
2227
0.21
-6
90
Jim
2206
0.2
+8
91
Martin
2178
0.2
-2
92
Eddie
2167
0.2
+1
93
Alvin
2146
0.2
-5
94
Lewis
2062
0.19
-3
95
Dennis
2053
0.19
+11
96
Warren
2024
0.19
+3
97
Herman
2012
0.19
-1
98
Tommy
1938
0.18
+11
99
Harvey
1934
0.18
-2
100
Charlie
1893
0.17
-5
101
Vincent
1866
0.17
-7
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1934)

Sources

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