Top 100 baby names 1937

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Top 100 baby names 1937

In 1937, Australian boys received 1,455 name registrations (10 unique), girls 1,066 (10 unique).

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What changed vs 1936

♂ Biggest risers

James ↑2 #10 → #8
Ronald ↑1 #4 → #3
Brian ↑1 #5 → #4

♀ Biggest risers

Dorothy ↑2 #6 → #4
Patricia ↑1 #3 → #2

♂ Biggest fallers

William ↓2 #3 → #5

♀ Biggest fallers

Shirley ↓1 #2 → #3
Joan ↓1 #4 → #5
Mary ↓1 #8 → #9

♂ New entries in top 100

Kenneth NEW #10

♀ New entries in top 100

Elizabeth NEW #6
Pamela NEW #7
Valerie NEW #8
Judith NEW #10

♂ Top 100 boys — 1937

001 John — 283
002 Robert — 213
003 Ronald ↑1 162
004 Brian ↑1 139
005 William ↓2 134
006 Peter — 129
007 Donald — 108
008 James ↑2 102
009 Kevin — 99
010 Kenneth NEW 86

♀ Top 100 girls — 1937

001 Margaret — 252
002 Patricia ↑1 158
003 Shirley ↓1 117
004 Dorothy ↑2 107
005 Joan ↓1 85
006 Elizabeth NEW 78
007 Pamela NEW 74
008 Valerie NEW 68
009 Mary ↓1 64
010 Judith NEW 63

Browse by state & territory — 1937

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Only jurisdictions with published data for 1937 are shown.