Top names of the 1930s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1930s. 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 10,852,012 male births and 11,046,058 female births
Popular names of the period 1930s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Robert 590,734 Mary 572,956
2 James 547,396 Betty 300,383
3 John 487,878 Barbara 296,404
4 William 416,673 Shirley 229,359
5 Richard 330,449 Patricia 220,576
6 Charles 303,186 Dorothy 210,401
7 Donald 283,667 Joan 173,428
8 George 192,270 Margaret 157,363
9 Thomas 183,861 Nancy 142,480
10 Joseph 180,543 Helen 140,417
11 David 164,686 Carol 117,729
12 Edward 147,833 Joyce 115,504
13 Ronald 140,316 Doris 110,649
14 Paul 125,757 Ruth 109,198
15 Kenneth 125,085 Virginia 103,079
16 Frank 108,078 Marilyn 98,534
17 Raymond 99,580 Elizabeth 96,471
18 Jack 96,378 Jean 94,181
19 Harold 95,451 Frances 92,115
20 Billy 88,321 Beverly 80,839
21 Gerald 82,812 Lois 80,710
22 Walter 80,896 Alice 78,968
23 Jerry 80,684 Donna 78,841
24 Joe 71,458 Martha 77,692
25 Eugene 70,931 Dolores 77,127
26 Henry 70,411 Janet 76,027
27 Bobby 69,413 Phyllis 73,802
28 Arthur 67,715 Norma 72,875
29 Carl 66,746 Carolyn 69,523
30 Larry 65,236 Evelyn 69,359
31 Ralph 63,800 Gloria 68,584
32 Albert 62,809 Anna 66,589
33 Willie 62,463 Marie 65,798
34 Fred 56,153 Ann 64,057
35 Michael 56,002 Mildred 61,734
36 Lawrence 54,479 Rose 59,099
37 Harry 53,107 Peggy 56,268
38 Roy 51,488 Geraldine 50,039
39 Howard 51,485 Catherine 50,022
40 Norman 49,983 Judith 49,902
41 Roger 49,608 Louise 49,858
42 Daniel 47,991 Janice 49,342
43 Louis 47,745 Marjorie 49,213
44 Earl 44,600 Annie 48,944
45 Gary 43,597 Ruby 47,647
46 Clarence 42,669 Eleanor 46,375
47 Anthony 42,536 Jane 45,813
48 Francis 41,379 Sandra 45,398
49 Wayne 41,138 Irene 44,444
50 Marvin 41,079 Wanda 43,074
51 Ernest 39,336 Elaine 41,107
52 Leonard 39,207 June 40,747
53 Herbert 37,818 Joanne 40,576
54 Melvin 37,701 Rita 38,738
55 Stanley 37,128 Florence 37,937
56 Leroy 36,257 Delores 37,601
57 Don 35,974 Lillian 37,393
58 Peter 35,820 Marlene 37,355
59 Jimmy 35,393 Edna 36,970
60 Alfred 34,381 Sarah 36,511
61 Dale 32,532 Patsy 36,469
62 Bill 32,329 Lorraine 36,331
63 Samuel 32,133 Thelma 36,249
64 Bernard 30,545 Josephine 36,050
65 Ray 30,206 Juanita 35,915
66 Gene 29,307 Bonnie 35,800
67 Philip 28,843 Arlene 34,792
68 Russell 28,832 Gladys 34,761
69 Frederick 26,603 Joann 34,695
70 Franklin 26,378 Sally 34,676
71 Dennis 26,366 Charlotte 34,645
72 Douglas 26,028 Kathleen 34,551
73 Jimmie 25,809 Audrey 34,005
74 Gordon 25,462 Pauline 33,682
75 Andrew 25,026 Wilma 33,187
76 Theodore 24,956 Sylvia 33,005
77 Floyd 24,883 Theresa 32,784
78 Johnny 24,595 Jacqueline 32,110
79 Allen 24,354 Clara 31,658
80 Glenn 24,222 Ethel 31,584
81 Bruce 24,122 Loretta 31,534
82 Edwin 24,021 Grace 31,356
83 Lee 23,952 Sharon 31,087
84 Lloyd 23,794 Edith 31,046
85 Bob 23,291 Lucille 30,841
86 Clifford 23,095 Emma 30,020
87 Leon 23,006 Bernice 29,902
88 Leo 22,862 Marion 29,565
89 Clyde 22,447 Linda 29,361
90 Eddie 22,322 Jo 28,653
91 Vernon 22,196 Anne 28,619
92 Martin 21,927 Hazel 28,562
93 Alvin 21,483 Roberta 27,729
94 Jim 20,824 Carole 26,766
95 Herman 20,317 Darlene 25,955
96 Lewis 20,015 Esther 25,790
97 Harvey 19,902 Katherine 25,190
98 Tommy 19,857 Ellen 25,140
99 Vincent 19,405 Laura 25,091
100 Charlie 19,153 Julia 24,938
101 Warren 19,148 Rosemary 24,854
102 Jerome 18,967 Jeanette 24,753
103 Jesse 18,927 Marian 23,905
104 Patrick 18,389 Willie 23,869
105 Stephen 18,272 Beatrice 23,712
106 Curtis 18,008 Margie 23,337
107 Arnold 17,889 Billie 23,296
108 Gilbert 17,744 Vivian 22,931
109 Elmer 17,370 Eva 22,796
110 Lester 16,981 Kathryn 22,582
111 Duane 16,853 Elsie 22,343
112 Phillip 16,532 Judy 22,312
113 Cecil 16,481 Eileen 22,258
114 Tom 16,425 Anita 22,223
115 Alan 16,373 Diane 22,196
116 Milton 15,727 Bertha 21,230
117 Jackie 15,677 Susan 21,030
118 Victor 15,567 Maria 20,635
119 Johnnie 15,332 Maxine 20,476
120 Roland 15,000 Ida 20,232
121 Benjamin 14,610 Yvonne 20,224
122 Glen 14,481 Ella 19,963
123 Chester 14,409 Lillie 19,925
124 Calvin 14,176 Constance 19,894
125 Keith 13,866 Sue 19,503
126 Dean 13,626 Bobbie 19,480
127 Sam 13,350 Georgia 19,014
128 Wallace 13,239 Jeanne 18,756
129 Claude 12,740 Christine 18,485
130 Maurice 12,639 Sara 18,261
131 Willard 12,458 Alma 18,249
132 Manuel 12,329 Bessie 18,036
133 Jose 12,293 Agnes 18,030
134 Leslie 12,242 Vera 18,022
135 Edgar 11,859 Nellie 17,702
136 Marion 11,858 Kay 17,299
137 Max 11,756 Jessie 17,248
138 Hugh 11,698 Karen 16,696
139 Oscar 11,371 Lucy 16,413
140 Virgil 11,361 Mattie 16,295
141 Allan 11,356 Gertrude 16,136
142 Jessie 11,233 Rosa 16,046
143 Darrell 11,123 Minnie 15,871
144 Terry 11,027 Gail 15,854
145 Everett 10,950 Connie 15,655
146 Wesley 10,938 Geneva 14,276
147 Ted 10,526 Viola 14,257
148 Freddie 10,454 Velma 14,250
149 Jay 10,215 Marcia 14,244
150 Dick 10,162 Leona 14,173
151 Hubert 9,817 Myrtle 14,134
152 Nicholas 9,715 Violet 13,862
153 Billie 9,703 Rosalie 13,711
154 Rodney 9,694 Harriet 13,689
155 Lowell 9,657 Annette 13,531
156 Dan 9,627 Naomi 13,499
157 Neil 9,465 Charlene 13,471
158 Sidney 9,417 Pearl 13,294
159 Homer 9,412 Joy 13,185
160 Delbert 9,169 Mae 12,859
161 Tony 9,162 Suzanne 12,759
162 Morris 9,112 Claire 12,637
163 Lyle 9,055 Rebecca 12,615
164 Wilbur 9,041 Faye 12,554
165 Luther 8,857 Carrie 12,525
166 Earnest 8,722 Pat 12,462
167 Ronnie 8,709 Dora 12,385
168 Bennie 8,702 Rachel 12,268
169 Joel 8,688 Rosie 12,060
170 Ben 8,640 Emily 11,918
171 Steve 8,571 Eunice 11,600
172 Rudolph 8,198 Maureen 11,460
173 Willis 8,191 Alberta 11,346
174 Horace 8,126 Cora 11,251
175 Lonnie 8,116 Stella 11,204
176 Mike 8,029 Lula 11,079
177 Junior 8,002 Sheila 10,958
178 Carroll 7,962 Caroline 10,844
179 Karl 7,723 Glenda 10,591
180 Guy 7,563 Verna 10,583
181 Roosevelt 7,477 Lena 10,536
182 Otis 7,454 Lola 10,389
183 Mark 7,446 Myrna 10,235
184 Nathaniel 7,409 Hattie 10,229
185 Danny 7,235 Rosemarie 10,130
186 Alton 7,214 Ramona 10,118
187 Marshall 7,173 Gwendolyn 10,108
188 Clayton 7,172 Jeannette 9,797
189 Alexander 7,092 Erma 9,699
190 Benny 6,862 Genevieve 9,689
191 Clifton 6,855 Cynthia 9,666
192 Archie 6,732 Nina 9,663
193 Oliver 6,708 Patty 9,625
194 Clinton 6,707 Fannie 9,550
195 Barry 6,642 Diana 9,502
196 Juan 6,613 Jennie 9,488
197 Salvatore 6,482 Hilda 9,454
198 Nelson 6,474 Marguerite 9,328
199 Jon 6,362 Johnnie 9,064
200 Alex 6,306 Daisy 9,062
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2019. See the limitations of this data source.