United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1930

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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