Popular baby names of 1930

In 1930, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (64,153 babies) and Robert for boys (62,153). Social Security records show 2,223,305 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,247 girls' names and 4,542 boys' names.

1930 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Joanne, Patsy, Sally.
New in the boys' top 100: Eddie, Cecil.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929
1	Mary	64,153	–
2	Betty	38,240	–
3	Dorothy	30,411	–
4	Helen	19,913	–
5	Margaret	18,350	–
6	Barbara	18,279	↑1
7	Patricia	15,751	↑3
8	Joan	15,478	↑5
9	Doris	15,464	↓3
10	Ruth	14,942	↓2
11	Shirley	14,775	↓2
12	Virginia	13,197	↓1
13	Dolores	12,842	↑1
14	Jean	11,986	↓2
15	Elizabeth	10,995	–
16	Frances	10,644	–
17	Lois	10,114	–
18	Joyce	9,658	↑5
19	Evelyn	9,536	–
20	Alice	9,516	↑1
21	Mildred	9,356	↓3
22	Marilyn	9,288	↑11
23	Anna	9,081	↓3
24	Nancy	9,068	↑8
25	Norma	8,511	–
26	Marie	8,426	↓4
27	Martha	7,832	–
28	Phyllis	7,770	↓4
29	Rose	7,688	↓3
30	Gloria	7,605	↓2
31	Louise	6,942	–
32	Marjorie	6,633	↓2
33	Irene	6,464	↓4
34	Beverly	6,455	↑5
35	Catherine	6,299	↓1
36	Ruby	5,993	–
37	Donna	5,978	↑10
38	Florence	5,867	↓3
39	Eleanor	5,823	↓1
40	Annie	5,756	↓3
41	Ann	5,531	↑5
42	Rita	5,470	↑10
43	Geraldine	5,448	–
44	Lillian	5,447	↓4
45	Thelma	5,250	↓4
46	Lorraine	5,166	↓4
47	June	5,094	↑1
48	Gladys	5,066	↓4
49	Josephine	4,988	↓4
50	Theresa	4,783	↓1
51	Edna	4,762	–
52	Pauline	4,655	↓2
53	Janet	4,602	↑29
54	Carol	4,598	↑9
55	Jane	4,575	↑7
56	Wanda	4,524	↑5
57	Juanita	4,512	↑3
58	Bernice	4,439	↓3
59	Lucille	4,327	↓2
60	Marion	4,305	↓7
61	Edith	4,273	↓2
62	Grace	4,218	↓8
63	Audrey	4,129	↓5
64	Clara	4,124	↑1
65	Ethel	4,101	↓9
66	Delores	4,098	↑8
67	Peggy	4,084	↑3
68	Wilma	4,075	↓2
69	Elaine	3,954	↓2
70	Sarah	3,920	↓2
71	Hazel	3,888	↓7
72	Carolyn	3,725	↑5
73	Emma	3,555	↓4
74	Jacqueline	3,414	↑13
75	Charlotte	3,406	↓2
76	Beatrice	3,390	↓4
77	Esther	3,350	↓6
78	Bonnie	3,265	↑8
79	Billie	3,241	–
80	Marian	3,213	↓5
81	Joanne	3,154	new
82	Rosemary	3,151	↓2
83	Anne	3,091	↑8
84	Kathleen	3,074	↑5
85	Katherine	3,033	↓1
86	Eva	3,019	↓3
87	Willie	3,018	↓11
88	Elsie	2,973	↓10
89	Laura	2,908	↑1
90	Julia	2,880	↓2
91	Vivian	2,872	↓10
92	Jeanne	2,720	–
93	Maxine	2,700	↓8
94	Ida	2,643	↑2
95	Bertha	2,605	↓2
96	Gertrude	2,555	↓1
97	Patsy	2,544	new
98	Sally	2,542	new
99	Maria	2,540	↑1
100	Ellen	2,522	↓3

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929
1	Robert	62,153	–
2	James	53,957	–
3	John	52,447	–
4	William	47,271	–
5	Richard	32,187	↑1
6	Charles	31,867	↓1
7	Donald	29,052	–
8	George	22,788	–
9	Joseph	20,981	–
10	Edward	17,352	–
11	Thomas	17,008	–
12	Paul	12,955	↑1
13	Frank	12,535	↓1
14	Jack	12,430	–
15	David	12,275	↑2
16	Raymond	11,714	↓1
17	Kenneth	11,705	↑1
18	Harold	11,660	↓2
19	Walter	9,731	–
20	Billy	9,285	↑3
21	Eugene	9,029	↓1
22	Henry	8,594	↓1
23	Arthur	8,284	↓1
24	Albert	7,950	–
25	Ralph	7,634	↑1
26	Carl	6,951	↑2
27	Joe	6,873	↑3
28	Harry	6,847	↓1
29	Willie	6,667	–
30	Gerald	6,483	↑3
31	Howard	6,341	–
32	Fred	6,049	↑2
33	Roy	5,917	↑2
34	Louis	5,810	↓2
35	Herbert	5,675	↓10
36	Lawrence	5,639	↑2
37	Ronald	5,635	↑8
38	Earl	5,567	↓2
39	Clarence	5,498	↓2
40	Norman	5,289	–
41	Bobby	5,181	↑9
42	Francis	4,990	↓3
43	Ernest	4,787	–
44	Anthony	4,674	–
45	Leonard	4,662	↓3
46	Alfred	4,558	↓5
47	Daniel	4,465	–
48	Marvin	4,404	↓2
49	Stanley	4,383	↓1
50	Melvin	4,048	↓1
51	Jerry	3,891	↑10
52	Bernard	3,831	–
53	Leroy	3,802	↓2
54	Michael	3,543	–
55	Samuel	3,531	↓2
56	Peter	3,266	↓1
57	Ray	3,254	–
58	Roger	3,246	↑6
59	Bill	3,160	↑4
60	Russell	3,101	↓4
61	Floyd	3,077	↓3
62	Andrew	3,056	↓3
63	Leo	3,035	↓3
64	Dale	2,994	↑9
65	Wayne	2,981	↑4
66	Edwin	2,972	–
67	Theodore	2,958	↓2
68	Don	2,922	↑10
69	Lloyd	2,838	↓7
70	Gene	2,787	↓2
71	Glenn	2,758	↑9
72	Vernon	2,703	↓1
73	Clifford	2,696	↓1
74	Frederick	2,694	↓7
75	Philip	2,655	↑1
76	Clyde	2,631	↓2
77	Gordon	2,611	↑2
78	Herman	2,598	↓3
79	Alvin	2,512	↓2
80	Elmer	2,476	↓10
81	Leon	2,401	–
82	Lee	2,361	↑3
83	Martin	2,322	–
84	Vincent	2,318	↓2
85	Allen	2,278	↑1
86	Jimmie	2,255	↑12
87	Lewis	2,243	↓3
88	Bob	2,242	↑1
89	Douglas	2,166	↑8
90	Gilbert	2,119	↑1
91	Charlie	2,113	↓4
92	Harvey	2,062	↓2
93	Milton	2,053	↑1
94	Jesse	2,035	↓1
95	Lester	2,020	↓7
96	Warren	2,011	↓4
97	Eddie	1,972	new
98	Arnold	1,948	↓3
99	Cecil	1,882	new
100	Victor	1,844	–

Every name given in 1930

All 9,789 names Social Security recorded for 1930, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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