Top 100 baby names 1931

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Top 100 baby names 1931

In 1931, Australian boys received 1,608 name registrations (11 unique), girls 1,091 (10 unique).

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What changed vs 1930

♂ Biggest risers

Ronald ↑1 #4 → #3
Brian ↑1 #6 → #5
Donald ↑1 #8 → #7

♀ Biggest risers

Shirley ↑1 #4 → #3
Dorothy ↑1 #5 → #4
Beryl ↑1 #10 → #9

♂ Biggest fallers

William ↓1 #3 → #4
James ↓1 #5 → #6
Raymond ↓1 #7 → #8

♀ Biggest fallers

Betty ↓2 #3 → #5
Mary ↓1 #7 → #8
Valma ↓1 #9 → #10

♂ New entries in top 100

Edward NEW #10
Kenneth NEW #11

♀ New entries in top 100

Jean NEW #7

♂ Top 100 boys — 1931

001 John — 310
002 Robert — 189
003 Ronald ↑1 187
004 William ↓1 185
005 Brian ↑1 135
006 James ↓1 113
007 Donald ↑1 112
008 Raymond ↓1 100
009 George ↑1 95
010 Edward NEW 91
011 Kenneth NEW 91

♀ Top 100 girls — 1931

001 Margaret — 225
002 Patricia — 136
003 Shirley ↑1 127
004 Dorothy ↑1 112
005 Betty ↓2 105
006 Joan — 95
007 Jean NEW 76
008 Mary ↓1 74
009 Beryl ↑1 72
010 Valma ↓1 69

Browse by state & territory — 1931

Western Australia

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