Top names of the 1930s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during 1930 - 1939. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 10,848,345 male births and 11,044,142 female births.

**Popular names of the 1930s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Robert	590,551	Mary	572,850
2	James	547,225	Betty	300,324
3	John	487,736	Barbara	296,359
4	William	416,538	Shirley	229,338
5	Richard	330,360	Patricia	220,545
6	Charles	303,050	Dorothy	210,354
7	Donald	283,563	Joan	173,407
8	George	192,191	Margaret	157,330
9	Thomas	183,807	Nancy	142,459
10	Joseph	180,491	Helen	140,377
11	David	164,647	Carol	117,718
12	Edward	147,779	Joyce	115,486
13	Ronald	140,272	Doris	110,613
14	Paul	125,711	Ruth	109,173
15	Kenneth	125,054	Virginia	103,060
16	Frank	108,037	Marilyn	98,514
17	Raymond	99,550	Elizabeth	96,463
18	Jack	96,347	Jean	94,162
19	Harold	95,413	Frances	92,094
20	Billy	88,287	Beverly	80,838
21	Gerald	82,781	Lois	80,703
22	Walter	80,849	Alice	78,957
23	Jerry	80,662	Donna	78,835
24	Joe	71,448	Martha	77,682
25	Eugene	70,893	Dolores	77,110
26	Henry	70,389	Janet	76,019
27	Bobby	69,384	Phyllis	73,785
28	Arthur	67,687	Norma	72,859
29	Carl	66,734	Carolyn	69,515
30	Larry	65,224	Evelyn	69,339
31	Ralph	63,774	Gloria	68,563
32	Albert	62,791	Anna	66,583
33	Willie	62,447	Marie	65,786
34	Fred	56,137	Ann	64,042
35	Michael	55,996	Mildred	61,722
36	Lawrence	54,459	Rose	59,081
37	Harry	53,090	Peggy	56,260
38	Howard	51,461	Geraldine	50,031
39	Roy	51,459	Catherine	50,017
40	Norman	49,960	Judith	49,897
41	Roger	49,609	Louise	49,849
42	Daniel	47,985	Janice	49,339
43	Louis	47,734	Marjorie	49,209
44	Earl	44,582	Annie	48,940
45	Gary	43,597	Ruby	47,632
46	Clarence	42,650	Eleanor	46,368
47	Anthony	42,523	Jane	45,809
48	Francis	41,364	Sandra	45,389
49	Wayne	41,126	Irene	44,440
50	Marvin	41,060	Wanda	43,064
51	Ernest	39,316	Elaine	41,105
52	Leonard	39,197	June	40,737
53	Herbert	37,803	Joanne	40,573
54	Melvin	37,693	Rita	38,733
55	Stanley	37,115	Florence	37,926
56	Leroy	36,250	Delores	37,590
57	Don	35,965	Lillian	37,392
58	Peter	35,817	Marlene	37,346
59	Jimmy	35,385	Edna	36,961
60	Alfred	34,370	Sarah	36,503
61	Dale	32,522	Patsy	36,467
62	Bill	32,326	Lorraine	36,325
63	Samuel	32,123	Thelma	36,243
64	Bernard	30,542	Josephine	36,041
65	Ray	30,188	Juanita	35,904
66	Gene	29,299	Bonnie	35,794
67	Philip	28,833	Arlene	34,780
68	Russell	28,824	Gladys	34,754
69	Frederick	26,597	Joann	34,690
70	Franklin	26,372	Sally	34,674
71	Dennis	26,358	Charlotte	34,639
72	Douglas	26,020	Kathleen	34,546
73	Jimmie	25,807	Audrey	33,997
74	Gordon	25,452	Pauline	33,677
75	Andrew	25,023	Wilma	33,182
76	Theodore	24,942	Sylvia	32,999
77	Floyd	24,874	Theresa	32,780
78	Johnny	24,582	Jacqueline	32,105
79	Allen	24,338	Clara	31,652
80	Glenn	24,213	Ethel	31,580
81	Bruce	24,119	Loretta	31,524
82	Edwin	24,015	Grace	31,348
83	Lee	23,948	Sharon	31,085
84	Lloyd	23,783	Edith	31,043
85	Bob	23,286	Lucille	30,838
86	Clifford	23,091	Emma	30,014
87	Leon	22,999	Bernice	29,896
88	Leo	22,849	Marion	29,562
89	Clyde	22,441	Linda	29,363
90	Eddie	22,314	Jo	28,647
91	Vernon	22,187	Anne	28,614
92	Martin	21,917	Hazel	28,556
93	Alvin	21,474	Roberta	27,728
94	Jim	20,819	Carole	26,768
95	Herman	20,305	Darlene	25,953
96	Lewis	20,007	Esther	25,785
97	Harvey	19,895	Katherine	25,183
98	Tommy	19,851	Ellen	25,135
99	Vincent	19,395	Laura	25,087
100	Charlie	19,145	Julia	24,931
101	Warren	19,142	Rosemary	24,854
102	Jerome	18,957	Jeanette	24,751
103	Jesse	18,922	Marian	23,900
104	Patrick	18,384	Willie	23,859
105	Stephen	18,263	Beatrice	23,708
106	Curtis	18,003	Margie	23,334
107	Arnold	17,880	Billie	23,288
108	Gilbert	17,737	Vivian	22,928
109	Elmer	17,363	Eva	22,791
110	Lester	16,974	Kathryn	22,574
111	Duane	16,842	Elsie	22,341
112	Phillip	16,526	Judy	22,313
113	Cecil	16,473	Eileen	22,255
114	Tom	16,423	Anita	22,219
115	Alan	16,370	Diane	22,196
116	Milton	15,714	Bertha	21,227
117	Jackie	15,672	Susan	21,034
118	Victor	15,558	Maria	20,631
119	Johnnie	15,333	Maxine	20,471
120	Roland	14,993	Ida	20,228
121	Benjamin	14,607	Yvonne	20,225
122	Glen	14,479	Ella	19,957
123	Chester	14,402	Lillie	19,921
124	Calvin	14,171	Constance	19,888
125	Keith	13,864	Sue	19,499
126	Dean	13,621	Bobbie	19,475
127	Sam	13,345	Georgia	18,999
128	Wallace	13,240	Jeanne	18,756
129	Claude	12,732	Christine	18,476
130	Maurice	12,638	Sara	18,254
131	Willard	12,452	Alma	18,243
132	Manuel	12,322	Bessie	18,032
133	Jose	12,287	Agnes	18,030
134	Leslie	12,242	Vera	18,015
135	Marion	11,852	Nellie	17,697
136	Edgar	11,851	Kay	17,295
137	Max	11,752	Jessie	17,243
138	Hugh	11,695	Karen	16,698
139	Oscar	11,370	Lucy	16,412
140	Allan	11,355	Mattie	16,298
141	Virgil	11,352	Gertrude	16,135
142	Jessie	11,225	Rosa	16,042
143	Darrell	11,115	Minnie	15,866
144	Terry	11,027	Gail	15,852
145	Everett	10,939	Connie	15,655
146	Wesley	10,934	Geneva	14,273
147	Ted	10,522	Viola	14,253
148	Freddie	10,453	Velma	14,247
149	Jay	10,211	Marcia	14,245
150	Dick	10,159	Leona	14,171
151	Hubert	9,810	Myrtle	14,127
152	Nicholas	9,706	Violet	13,858
153	Billie	9,700	Rosalie	13,709
154	Rodney	9,694	Harriet	13,686
155	Lowell	9,652	Annette	13,528
156	Dan	9,623	Naomi	13,496
157	Neil	9,457	Charlene	13,470
158	Sidney	9,413	Pearl	13,291
159	Homer	9,405	Joy	13,185
160	Delbert	9,166	Mae	12,853
161	Tony	9,157	Suzanne	12,759
162	Morris	9,111	Claire	12,638
163	Lyle	9,048	Rebecca	12,608
164	Wilbur	9,040	Faye	12,552
165	Luther	8,853	Carrie	12,522
166	Earnest	8,723	Pat	12,461
167	Ronnie	8,710	Dora	12,381
168	Bennie	8,696	Rachel	12,266
169	Joel	8,684	Rosie	12,056
170	Ben	8,635	Emily	11,918
171	Steve	8,573	Eunice	11,598
172	Rudolph	8,194	Maureen	11,461
173	Willis	8,191	Alberta	11,342
174	Horace	8,117	Cora	11,246
175	Lonnie	8,111	Stella	11,199
176	Mike	8,024	Lula	11,072
177	Junior	7,998	Sheila	10,957
178	Carroll	7,961	Caroline	10,843
179	Karl	7,723	Glenda	10,589
180	Guy	7,562	Verna	10,581
181	Roosevelt	7,472	Lena	10,533
182	Otis	7,448	Lola	10,386
183	Mark	7,445	Myrna	10,233
184	Nathaniel	7,412	Hattie	10,229
185	Danny	7,233	Rosemarie	10,126
186	Alton	7,210	Ramona	10,119
187	Marshall	7,171	Gwendolyn	10,107
188	Clayton	7,167	Jeannette	9,798
189	Alexander	7,089	Erma	9,695
190	Benny	6,860	Genevieve	9,687
191	Clifton	6,850	Cynthia	9,665
192	Archie	6,730	Nina	9,660
193	Oliver	6,708	Patty	9,624
194	Clinton	6,707	Fannie	9,550
195	Barry	6,641	Diana	9,500
196	Juan	6,608	Jennie	9,485
197	Salvatore	6,479	Hilda	9,449
198	Nelson	6,472	Marguerite	9,327
199	Jon	6,362	Johnnie	9,059
200	Alex	6,304	Daisy	9,058
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2013. See the limitations of this data source.