Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1930

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1930 were Mary for girls (293 babies) and William for boys (285). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,021 babies born in District of Columbia in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1930

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Anne: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jeanne: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Catherine: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jacqueline: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sylvia: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Delores: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Audrey: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vivian: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elizabeth: 78 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gloria: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roland: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alvin: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francis: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Samuel: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frederick: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vincent: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Theodore: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Harry: 45 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	293	–	1
2	Betty	143	–	2
3	Barbara	116	↑3	6
4	Dorothy	111	–	3
5	Margaret	98	↓2	5
6	Patricia	93	↑2	7
7	Doris	87	↓2	9
8	Helen	86	↓1	4
9	Elizabeth	78	–	15
10	Jean	77	–	14
11	Joan	73	↑1	8
12	Dolores	64	↑1	13
13	Nancy	59	↑2	24
14	Shirley	58	↓3	11
15	Catherine	54	↑8	35
16	Frances	54	↓2	16
17	Gloria	52	↑1	30
18	Ruth	45	↓2	10
19	Virginia	44	↓2	12
20	Louise	42	↑9	31
21	Evelyn	40	↓2	19
22	Anne	39	↑10	83
23	Alice	38	↓1	20
24	Lois	38	↑18	17
25	Mildred	36	↑5	21
26	Rose	34	↑22	29
27	Delores	33	↑1	66
28	Marie	33	↓7	26
29	June	32	↑10	47
30	Audrey	31	↑7	63
31	Ann	29	↓11	41
32	Jacqueline	29	new	74
33	Lillian	29	↓6	44
34	Bernice	28	↑9	58
35	Juanita	27	↑3	57
36	Anna	26	↓1	23
37	Florence	26	↑3	38
38	Joyce	26	↓4	18
39	Marion	25	↓3	60
40	Thelma	25	↓15	45
41	Jeanne	24	↓8	92
42	Norma	24	new	25
43	Peggy	24	↓12	67
44	Phyllis	24	new	28
45	Sarah	23	new	70
46	Grace	22	new	62
47	Jane	22	↓21	55
48	Marilyn	22	new	22
49	Carolyn	21	new	72
50	Eleanor	21	↓6	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	William	285	↑1	4
2	Robert	275	↑2	1
3	James	266	↓2	2
4	John	259	↓1	3
5	Charles	176	–	6
6	George	132	↑2	8
7	Richard	130	↓1	5
8	Joseph	118	↓1	9
9	Donald	104	↑2	7
10	Thomas	92	–	11
11	Edward	80	↓2	10
12	Raymond	64	↑1	16
13	Paul	56	↓1	12
14	David	54	–	15
15	Frank	53	↑1	13
16	Walter	46	↑2	19
17	Harry	45	–	28
18	Francis	38	↓3	42
19	Albert	32	↑4	24
20	Bernard	32	↓1	52
21	Herbert	32	↓1	35
22	Arthur	31	↑11	23
23	Carl	30	↑14	26
24	Eugene	30	–	21
25	Kenneth	30	↑17	17
26	Clarence	29	↓1	39
27	Harold	29	↑5	18
28	Louis	29	↑12	34
29	Henry	28	↑2	22
30	Melvin	27	↓9	50
31	Samuel	27	↑7	55
32	Jack	26	↓10	14
33	Lawrence	25	↓4	36
34	Leonard	24	new	45
35	Ralph	23	↓8	25
36	Alfred	22	–	46
37	Ernest	22	↑4	43
38	Howard	22	↑12	31
39	Leroy	21	↓9	53
40	Alvin	20	new	79
41	Theodore	20	↓7	67
42	Frederick	19	↑4	74
43	Michael	18	↑6	54
44	Maurice	17	new	>100
45	Roland	17	new	>100
46	Stanley	17	↓2	49
47	Vincent	17	new	84
48	Anthony	16	↓3	44
49	Earl	16	↓21	38
50	Edwin	16	new	66

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