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Top Baby Names 1930's


Most Popular Names of the 1930s
  Male Female
Rank Name Number Percent Name Number Percent
1 Robert 590,081 5.4441 Mary 572,641 5.1866
2 James 546,753 5.0443 Betty 300,184 2.7189
3 John 487,340 4.4962 Barbara 296,297 2.6837
4 William 416,171 3.8396 Shirley 229,262 2.0765
5 Richard 330,127 3.0458 Patricia 220,489 1.9970
6 Charles 302,755 2.7932 Dorothy 210,284 1.9046
7 Donald 283,311 2.6138 Joan 173,339 1.5700
8 George 191,987 1.7713 Margaret 157,293 1.4247
9 Thomas 183,628 1.6942 Nancy 142,435 1.2901
10 Joseph 180,333 1.6638 Helen 140,320 1.2709
11 David 164,562 1.5182 Carol 117,700 1.0660
12 Edward 147,619 1.3619 Joyce 115,458 1.0457
13 Ronald 140,192 1.2934 Doris 110,569 1.0015
14 Paul 125,602 1.1588 Ruth 109,148 0.9886
15 Kenneth 124,990 1.1532 Virginia 103,037 0.9332
16 Frank 107,939 0.9958 Marilyn 98,491 0.8921
17 Raymond 99,451 0.9175 Elizabeth 96,425 0.8734
18 Jack 96,244 0.8879 Jean 94,128 0.8525
19 Harold 95,326 0.8795 Frances 92,050 0.8337
20 Billy 88,192 0.8137 Beverly 80,822 0.7320
21 Gerald 82,726 0.7632 Lois 80,675 0.7307
22 Walter 80,764 0.7451 Alice 78,934 0.7149
23 Jerry 80,625 0.7438 Donna 78,824 0.7139
24 Joe 71,373 0.6585 Martha 77,646 0.7033
25 Eugene 70,793 0.6531 Dolores 77,067 0.6980
26 Henry 70,321 0.6488 Janet 76,005 0.6884
27 Bobby 69,308 0.6394 Phyllis 73,761 0.6681
28 Arthur 67,628 0.6239 Norma 72,835 0.6597
29 Carl 66,667 0.6151 Carolyn 69,506 0.6295
30 Larry 65,231 0.6018 Evelyn 69,314 0.6278
31 Ralph 63,699 0.5877 Gloria 68,528 0.6207
32 Albert 62,730 0.5787 Anna 66,556 0.6028
33 Willie 62,367 0.5754 Marie 65,765 0.5957
34 Fred 56,077 0.5174 Ann 64,036 0.5800
35 Michael 55,980 0.5165 Mildred 61,698 0.5588
36 Lawrence 54,426 0.5021 Rose 59,065 0.5350
37 Harry 53,057 0.4895 Peggy 56,234 0.5093
38 Howard 51,413 0.4743 Geraldine 50,013 0.4530
39 Roy 51,410 0.4743 Catherine 50,007 0.4529
40 Norman 49,903 0.4604 Judith 49,894 0.4519
41 Roger 49,594 0.4576 Louise 49,839 0.4514
42 Daniel 47,946 0.4423 Janice 49,333 0.4468
43 Louis 47,693 0.4400 Marjorie 49,188 0.4455
44 Earl 44,546 0.4110 Annie 48,930 0.4432
45 Gary 43,580 0.4021 Ruby 47,612 0.4312
46 Clarence 42,587 0.3929 Eleanor 46,354 0.4198
47 Anthony 42,473 0.3919 Jane 45,801 0.4148
48 Francis 41,328 0.3813 Sandra 45,388 0.4111
49 Wayne 41,098 0.3792 Irene 44,426 0.4024
50 Marvin 41,009 0.3783 Wanda 43,038 0.3898
51 Ernest 39,269 0.3623 Elaine 41,103 0.3723
52 Leonard 39,168 0.3614 June 40,726 0.3689
53 Herbert 37,769 0.3485 Joanne 40,561 0.3674
54 Melvin 37,655 0.3474 Rita 38,724 0.3507
55 Stanley 37,096 0.3422 Florence 37,924 0.3435
56 Leroy 36,218 0.3341 Delores 37,572 0.3403
57 Don 35,946 0.3316 Lillian 37,373 0.3385
58 Peter 35,789 0.3302 Marlene 37,336 0.3382
59 Jimmy 35,374 0.3264 Edna 36,952 0.3347
60 Alfred 34,327 0.3167 Sarah 36,491 0.3305
61 Dale 32,508 0.2999 Patsy 36,465 0.3303
62 Bill 32,311 0.2981 Lorraine 36,312 0.3289
63 Samuel 32,075 0.2959 Thelma 36,237 0.3282
64 Bernard 30,505 0.2814 Josephine 36,019 0.3262
65 Ray 30,150 0.2782 Juanita 35,893 0.3251
66 Gene 29,269 0.2700 Bonnie 35,783 0.3241
67 Philip 28,806 0.2658 Arlene 34,768 0.3149
68 Russell 28,799 0.2657 Gladys 34,738 0.3146
69 Frederick 26,572 0.2452 Joann 34,678 0.3141
70 Franklin 26,352 0.2431 Sally 34,661 0.3139
71 Dennis 26,346 0.2431 Charlotte 34,627 0.3136
72 Douglas 26,001 0.2399 Kathleen 34,528 0.3127
73 Jimmie 25,777 0.2378 Audrey 33,991 0.3079
74 Gordon 25,421 0.2345 Pauline 33,660 0.3049
75 Andrew 24,991 0.2306 Wilma 33,156 0.3003
76 Theodore 24,917 0.2299 Sylvia 32,985 0.2988
77 Floyd 24,842 0.2292 Theresa 32,769 0.2968
78 Johnny 24,561 0.2266 Jacqueline 32,102 0.2908
79 Allen 24,324 0.2244 Clara 31,637 0.2865
80 Glenn 24,189 0.2232 Ethel 31,576 0.2860
81 Bruce 24,116 0.2225 Loretta 31,505 0.2854
82 Edwin 24,004 0.2215 Grace 31,337 0.2838
83 Lee 23,924 0.2207 Sharon 31,083 0.2815
84 Lloyd 23,754 0.2192 Edith 31,041 0.2811
85 Bob 23,274 0.2147 Lucille 30,823 0.2792
86 Clifford 23,066 0.2128 Emma 30,000 0.2717
87 Leon 22,976 0.2120 Bernice 29,899 0.2708
88 Leo 22,828 0.2106 Marion 29,548 0.2676
89 Clyde 22,419 0.2068 Linda 29,369 0.2660
90 Eddie 22,304 0.2058 Jo 28,641 0.2594
91 Vernon 22,177 0.2046 Anne 28,593 0.2590
92 Martin 21,907 0.2021 Hazel 28,540 0.2585
93 Alvin 21,459 0.1980 Roberta 27,720 0.2511
94 Jim 20,813 0.1920 Carole 26,760 0.2424
95 Herman 20,288 0.1872 Darlene 25,952 0.2351
96 Lewis 19,988 0.1844 Esther 25,785 0.2335
97 Harvey 19,875 0.1834 Katherine 25,182 0.2281
98 Tommy 19,841 0.1831 Ellen 25,122 0.2275
99 Vincent 19,388 0.1789 Laura 25,080 0.2272
100 Charlie 19,123 0.1764 Julia 24,916 0.2257