Popular names of 1932, and how old they are now

People born in 1932 turn 94 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 2.1 million births in 1932 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 9% of them are still alive: about 200,000 people.

The year's top names were Mary for girls and Robert for boys. Babies born that year are in the Silent Generation (see Silent names).

3 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1932: Joan, Delores and Delbert.

Top girl names of 1932

Most popular girl names of 1932
#	Name	Born 1932	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	59,883	7,600	66
2	Betty	34,420	4,400	76
3	Barbara	26,318	3,300	72
4	Dorothy	24,974	3,200	72
5	Joan	21,044	2,700	73
6	Patricia	17,992	2,300	68
7	Margaret	16,556	2,100	61
8	Helen	16,376	2,100	66
9	Shirley	14,476	1,800	75
10	Doris	12,910	1,600	75
11	Ruth	12,257	1,500	62
12	Joyce	11,362	1,400	72
13	Nancy	10,948	1,400	68
14	Virginia	10,755	1,400	66
15	Jean	10,670	1,300	69
16	Marilyn	10,567	1,300	69
17	Elizabeth	9,999	1,300	44
18	Dolores	9,630	1,200	74
19	Frances	9,552	1,200	67
20	Lois	9,519	1,200	75
21	Alice	8,537	1,100	53
22	Norma	8,406	1,100	69
23	Evelyn	7,958	1,000	34
24	Anna	7,924	1,000	39
25	Gloria	7,813	990	66
26	Mildred	7,643	970	74
27	Martha	7,579	960	66
28	Beverly	7,527	950	70
29	Donna	7,362	930	68
30	Phyllis	7,308	920	74
31	Marie	6,913	870	62
32	Carol	6,570	830	72
33	Rose	6,476	820	56
34	Ann	6,195	780	65
35	Janet	5,786	730	68
36	Louise	5,643	710	69
37	Marjorie	5,608	710	69
38	Ruby	5,469	690	39
39	Catherine	5,449	690	54
40	Peggy	5,445	690	71
41	Annie	5,385	680	54
42	Geraldine	5,332	670	72
43	Irene	5,200	660	61
44	June	4,845	610	54
45	Eleanor	4,836	610	30
46	Carolyn	4,587	580	67
47	Florence	4,542	570	66
48	Lillian	4,351	550	29
49	Jane	4,348	550	62
50	Edna	4,279	540	70

Top boy names of 1932

Most popular boy names of 1932
#	Name	Born 1932	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Robert	59,268	3,600	58
2	James	51,930	3,100	54
3	John	48,624	2,900	55
4	William	42,124	2,500	51
5	Richard	31,809	1,900	60
6	Charles	31,092	1,900	54
7	Donald	29,794	1,800	64
8	George	20,439	1,200	57
9	Joseph	18,566	1,100	45
10	Thomas	16,834	1,000	53
11	Edward	15,191	910	56
12	David	12,139	730	52
13	Paul	12,066	720	57
14	Kenneth	11,742	700	57
15	Frank	11,497	690	59
16	Ronald	11,143	670	64
17	Jack	10,716	640	34
18	Harold	10,433	630	66
19	Raymond	10,346	620	56
20	Billy	9,436	570	61
21	Walter	8,667	520	58
22	Eugene	8,046	480	63
23	Henry	7,470	450	34
24	Gerald	7,347	440	64
25	Arthur	6,916	420	54
26	Albert	6,863	410	57
27	Ralph	6,727	400	65
28	Carl	6,714	400	60
29	Joe	6,690	400	61
30	Bobby	6,597	400	60
31	Willie	6,547	390	64
32	Harry	5,706	340	62
33	Fred	5,525	330	67
34	Jerry	5,303	320	63
35	Lawrence	5,295	320	60
36	Howard	5,292	320	65
37	Norman	5,268	320	64
38	Roy	5,238	310	60
39	Louis	5,134	310	52
40	Clarence	4,895	290	62
41	Earl	4,822	290	64
42	Daniel	4,449	270	42
43	Francis	4,388	260	57
44	Herbert	4,368	260	65
45	Anthony	4,223	250	40
46	Marvin	4,187	250	56
47	Ernest	4,166	250	61
48	Leonard	4,101	250	60
49	Alfred	3,899	230	60
50	Roger	3,788	230	63

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1932, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1932. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1932 babies. Records before the late 1930s undercount births, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card. How we calculate this