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 10,850,564 male births and 11,045,263 female births.

**Popular names of the 1930s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Robert	590,668	Mary	572,906
2	James	547,346	Betty	300,361
3	John	487,823	Barbara	296,386
4	William	416,616	Shirley	229,354
5	Richard	330,416	Patricia	220,564
6	Charles	303,125	Dorothy	210,380
7	Donald	283,620	Joan	173,419
8	George	192,237	Margaret	157,351
9	Thomas	183,845	Nancy	142,473
10	Joseph	180,523	Helen	140,402
11	David	164,670	Carol	117,728
12	Edward	147,808	Joyce	115,498
13	Ronald	140,292	Doris	110,635
14	Paul	125,735	Ruth	109,184
15	Kenneth	125,075	Virginia	103,070
16	Frank	108,062	Marilyn	98,525
17	Raymond	99,571	Elizabeth	96,466
18	Jack	96,369	Jean	94,176
19	Harold	95,433	Frances	92,108
20	Billy	88,306	Beverly	80,838
21	Gerald	82,798	Lois	80,709
22	Walter	80,879	Alice	78,964
23	Jerry	80,676	Donna	78,838
24	Joe	71,457	Martha	77,691
25	Eugene	70,920	Dolores	77,122
26	Henry	70,408	Janet	76,027
27	Bobby	69,396	Phyllis	73,792
28	Arthur	67,704	Norma	72,867
29	Carl	66,742	Carolyn	69,518
30	Larry	65,228	Evelyn	69,349
31	Ralph	63,792	Gloria	68,574
32	Albert	62,799	Anna	66,583
33	Willie	62,460	Marie	65,793
34	Fred	56,144	Ann	64,048
35	Michael	55,999	Mildred	61,726
36	Lawrence	54,476	Rose	59,091
37	Harry	53,099	Peggy	56,263
38	Howard	51,477	Geraldine	50,033
39	Roy	51,472	Catherine	50,022
40	Norman	49,979	Judith	49,900
41	Roger	49,607	Louise	49,854
42	Daniel	47,990	Janice	49,343
43	Louis	47,739	Marjorie	49,210
44	Earl	44,589	Annie	48,941
45	Gary	43,597	Ruby	47,640
46	Clarence	42,658	Eleanor	46,373
47	Anthony	42,529	Jane	45,810
48	Francis	41,376	Sandra	45,394
49	Wayne	41,133	Irene	44,445
50	Marvin	41,073	Wanda	43,067
51	Ernest	39,323	Elaine	41,105
52	Leonard	39,201	June	40,740
53	Herbert	37,809	Joanne	40,576
54	Melvin	37,701	Rita	38,734
55	Stanley	37,124	Florence	37,932
56	Leroy	36,256	Delores	37,593
57	Don	35,970	Lillian	37,394
58	Peter	35,823	Marlene	37,354
59	Jimmy	35,391	Edna	36,968
60	Alfred	34,371	Sarah	36,504
61	Dale	32,525	Patsy	36,466
62	Bill	32,327	Lorraine	36,327
63	Samuel	32,126	Thelma	36,247
64	Bernard	30,545	Josephine	36,048
65	Ray	30,199	Juanita	35,912
66	Gene	29,305	Bonnie	35,800
67	Philip	28,839	Arlene	34,789
68	Russell	28,830	Gladys	34,757
69	Frederick	26,602	Joann	34,694
70	Franklin	26,379	Sally	34,675
71	Dennis	26,360	Charlotte	34,640
72	Douglas	26,023	Kathleen	34,548
73	Jimmie	25,808	Audrey	34,002
74	Gordon	25,458	Pauline	33,681
75	Andrew	25,027	Wilma	33,186
76	Theodore	24,951	Sylvia	33,001
77	Floyd	24,880	Theresa	32,780
78	Johnny	24,594	Jacqueline	32,110
79	Allen	24,348	Clara	31,656
80	Glenn	24,219	Ethel	31,583
81	Bruce	24,120	Loretta	31,530
82	Edwin	24,019	Grace	31,353
83	Lee	23,950	Sharon	31,086
84	Lloyd	23,789	Edith	31,044
85	Bob	23,288	Lucille	30,839
86	Clifford	23,091	Emma	30,016
87	Leon	23,004	Bernice	29,899
88	Leo	22,854	Marion	29,564
89	Clyde	22,442	Linda	29,365
90	Eddie	22,319	Jo	28,652
91	Vernon	22,190	Anne	28,616
92	Martin	21,922	Hazel	28,558
93	Alvin	21,481	Roberta	27,728
94	Jim	20,825	Carole	26,766
95	Herman	20,312	Darlene	25,955
96	Lewis	20,012	Esther	25,788
97	Harvey	19,900	Katherine	25,185
98	Tommy	19,853	Ellen	25,137
99	Vincent	19,402	Laura	25,089
100	Charlie	19,150	Julia	24,935
101	Warren	19,149	Rosemary	24,853
102	Jerome	18,962	Jeanette	24,751
103	Jesse	18,926	Marian	23,904
104	Patrick	18,386	Willie	23,863
105	Stephen	18,272	Beatrice	23,713
106	Curtis	18,006	Margie	23,337
107	Arnold	17,885	Billie	23,293
108	Gilbert	17,741	Vivian	22,930
109	Elmer	17,365	Eva	22,793
110	Lester	16,980	Kathryn	22,579
111	Duane	16,850	Elsie	22,343
112	Phillip	16,528	Judy	22,314
113	Cecil	16,479	Eileen	22,258
114	Tom	16,423	Anita	22,222
115	Alan	16,369	Diane	22,196
116	Milton	15,722	Bertha	21,229
117	Jackie	15,676	Susan	21,031
118	Victor	15,564	Maria	20,631
119	Johnnie	15,333	Maxine	20,474
120	Roland	14,996	Ida	20,232
121	Benjamin	14,611	Yvonne	20,223
122	Glen	14,481	Ella	19,962
123	Chester	14,407	Lillie	19,926
124	Calvin	14,174	Constance	19,893
125	Keith	13,868	Sue	19,502
126	Dean	13,625	Bobbie	19,479
127	Sam	13,349	Georgia	19,005
128	Wallace	13,240	Jeanne	18,755
129	Claude	12,737	Christine	18,482
130	Maurice	12,639	Sara	18,258
131	Willard	12,457	Alma	18,248
132	Manuel	12,325	Bessie	18,037
133	Jose	12,289	Agnes	18,031
134	Leslie	12,244	Vera	18,021
135	Marion	11,857	Nellie	17,699
136	Edgar	11,856	Kay	17,297
137	Max	11,753	Jessie	17,246
138	Hugh	11,699	Karen	16,698
139	Oscar	11,373	Lucy	16,413
140	Virgil	11,355	Mattie	16,296
141	Allan	11,354	Gertrude	16,133
142	Jessie	11,231	Rosa	16,043
143	Darrell	11,119	Minnie	15,870
144	Terry	11,028	Gail	15,854
145	Everett	10,946	Connie	15,655
146	Wesley	10,938	Geneva	14,275
147	Ted	10,525	Viola	14,255
148	Freddie	10,453	Velma	14,250
149	Jay	10,214	Marcia	14,244
150	Dick	10,161	Leona	14,172
151	Hubert	9,812	Myrtle	14,131
152	Nicholas	9,711	Violet	13,863
153	Billie	9,702	Rosalie	13,709
154	Rodney	9,694	Harriet	13,688
155	Lowell	9,655	Annette	13,530
156	Dan	9,625	Naomi	13,497
157	Neil	9,461	Charlene	13,470
158	Sidney	9,414	Pearl	13,293
159	Homer	9,410	Joy	13,184
160	Delbert	9,167	Mae	12,856
161	Tony	9,160	Suzanne	12,758
162	Morris	9,115	Claire	12,638
163	Lyle	9,053	Rebecca	12,611
164	Wilbur	9,039	Faye	12,553
165	Luther	8,854	Carrie	12,524
166	Earnest	8,721	Pat	12,462
167	Ronnie	8,708	Dora	12,384
168	Bennie	8,700	Rachel	12,267
169	Joel	8,687	Rosie	12,059
170	Ben	8,637	Emily	11,919
171	Steve	8,573	Eunice	11,600
172	Rudolph	8,196	Maureen	11,461
173	Willis	8,192	Alberta	11,344
174	Horace	8,122	Cora	11,248
175	Lonnie	8,115	Stella	11,201
176	Mike	8,027	Lula	11,080
177	Junior	8,001	Sheila	10,958
178	Carroll	7,962	Caroline	10,844
179	Karl	7,722	Glenda	10,591
180	Guy	7,563	Verna	10,582
181	Roosevelt	7,473	Lena	10,536
182	Otis	7,450	Lola	10,388
183	Mark	7,446	Myrna	10,235
184	Nathaniel	7,410	Hattie	10,229
185	Danny	7,233	Rosemarie	10,128
186	Alton	7,212	Ramona	10,118
187	Marshall	7,173	Gwendolyn	10,107
188	Clayton	7,168	Jeannette	9,798
189	Alexander	7,092	Erma	9,697
190	Benny	6,861	Genevieve	9,688
191	Clifton	6,854	Cynthia	9,665
192	Archie	6,731	Nina	9,660
193	Oliver	6,709	Patty	9,625
194	Clinton	6,705	Fannie	9,550
195	Barry	6,642	Diana	9,501
196	Juan	6,609	Jennie	9,487
197	Salvatore	6,480	Hilda	9,453
198	Nelson	6,473	Marguerite	9,327
199	Jon	6,362	Johnnie	9,062
200	Alex	6,304	Daisy	9,060
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2016. See the limitations of this data source.