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 10,853,008 male births and 11,046,474 female births
Popular names of the period 1930s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Robert 590,787 Mary 572,987
2 James 547,462 Betty 300,406
3 John 487,932 Barbara 296,412
4 William 416,720 Shirley 229,375
5 Richard 330,481 Patricia 220,580
6 Charles 303,205 Dorothy 210,415
7 Donald 283,705 Joan 173,436
8 George 192,285 Margaret 157,370
9 Thomas 183,867 Nancy 142,483
10 Joseph 180,557 Helen 140,425
11 David 164,694 Carol 117,728
12 Edward 147,842 Joyce 115,505
13 Ronald 140,331 Doris 110,655
14 Paul 125,767 Ruth 109,204
15 Kenneth 125,103 Virginia 103,087
16 Frank 108,085 Marilyn 98,532
17 Raymond 99,580 Elizabeth 96,478
18 Jack 96,393 Jean 94,184
19 Harold 95,467 Frances 92,116
20 Billy 88,339 Beverly 80,840
21 Gerald 82,816 Lois 80,711
22 Walter 80,903 Alice 78,969
23 Jerry 80,688 Donna 78,844
24 Joe 71,466 Martha 77,698
25 Eugene 70,939 Dolores 77,135
26 Henry 70,417 Janet 76,033
27 Bobby 69,416 Phyllis 73,805
28 Arthur 67,730 Norma 72,876
29 Carl 66,754 Carolyn 69,525
30 Larry 65,247 Evelyn 69,362
31 Ralph 63,800 Gloria 68,585
32 Albert 62,827 Anna 66,597
33 Willie 62,467 Marie 65,801
34 Fred 56,162 Ann 64,061
35 Michael 56,001 Mildred 61,733
36 Lawrence 54,486 Rose 59,108
37 Harry 53,116 Peggy 56,271
38 Howard 51,494 Geraldine 50,039
39 Roy 51,494 Catherine 50,028
40 Norman 49,987 Judith 49,904
41 Roger 49,611 Louise 49,860
42 Daniel 47,998 Janice 49,343
43 Louis 47,750 Marjorie 49,213
44 Earl 44,611 Annie 48,947
45 Gary 43,592 Ruby 47,648
46 Clarence 42,674 Eleanor 46,379
47 Anthony 42,541 Jane 45,814
48 Francis 41,384 Sandra 45,399
49 Wayne 41,139 Irene 44,449
50 Marvin 41,084 Wanda 43,074
51 Ernest 39,343 Elaine 41,108
52 Leonard 39,214 June 40,743
53 Herbert 37,821 Joanne 40,579
54 Melvin 37,705 Rita 38,740
55 Stanley 37,130 Florence 37,940
56 Leroy 36,256 Delores 37,603
57 Don 35,978 Lillian 37,393
58 Peter 35,821 Marlene 37,355
59 Jimmy 35,397 Edna 36,972
60 Alfred 34,390 Sarah 36,513
61 Dale 32,535 Patsy 36,474
62 Bill 32,333 Lorraine 36,332
63 Samuel 32,133 Thelma 36,254
64 Bernard 30,544 Josephine 36,051
65 Ray 30,211 Juanita 35,916
66 Gene 29,312 Bonnie 35,801
67 Philip 28,847 Arlene 34,796
68 Russell 28,840 Gladys 34,762
69 Frederick 26,603 Joann 34,696
70 Franklin 26,380 Sally 34,679
71 Dennis 26,367 Charlotte 34,646
72 Douglas 26,032 Kathleen 34,551
73 Jimmie 25,811 Audrey 34,007
74 Gordon 25,458 Pauline 33,689
75 Andrew 25,023 Wilma 33,188
76 Theodore 24,957 Sylvia 33,009
77 Floyd 24,887 Theresa 32,786
78 Johnny 24,595 Jacqueline 32,112
79 Allen 24,356 Clara 31,657
80 Glenn 24,221 Ethel 31,582
81 Bruce 24,119 Loretta 31,536
82 Edwin 24,021 Grace 31,358
83 Lee 23,953 Sharon 31,083
84 Lloyd 23,797 Edith 31,047
85 Bob 23,291 Lucille 30,842
86 Clifford 23,099 Emma 30,020
87 Leon 23,005 Bernice 29,906
88 Leo 22,863 Marion 29,564
89 Clyde 22,452 Linda 29,358
90 Eddie 22,329 Jo 28,653
91 Vernon 22,196 Anne 28,621
92 Martin 21,928 Hazel 28,564
93 Alvin 21,485 Roberta 27,731
94 Jim 20,823 Carole 26,767
95 Herman 20,319 Darlene 25,956
96 Lewis 20,018 Esther 25,791
97 Harvey 19,904 Katherine 25,193
98 Tommy 19,857 Ellen 25,139
99 Vincent 19,405 Laura 25,093
100 Charlie 19,154 Julia 24,937
101 Warren 19,150 Rosemary 24,856
102 Jerome 18,965 Jeanette 24,753
103 Jesse 18,929 Marian 23,906
104 Patrick 18,388 Willie 23,873
105 Stephen 18,272 Beatrice 23,712
106 Curtis 18,008 Margie 23,342
107 Arnold 17,889 Billie 23,297
108 Gilbert 17,745 Vivian 22,932
109 Elmer 17,371 Eva 22,796
110 Lester 16,984 Kathryn 22,582
111 Duane 16,855 Elsie 22,344
112 Phillip 16,533 Judy 22,311
113 Cecil 16,482 Eileen 22,258
114 Tom 16,426 Anita 22,224
115 Alan 16,374 Diane 22,196
116 Milton 15,729 Bertha 21,234
117 Jackie 15,678 Susan 21,028
118 Victor 15,570 Maria 20,636
119 Johnnie 15,334 Maxine 20,478
120 Roland 15,000 Ida 20,232
121 Benjamin 14,610 Yvonne 20,224
122 Glen 14,485 Ella 19,963
123 Chester 14,413 Lillie 19,923
124 Calvin 14,177 Constance 19,896
125 Keith 13,867 Sue 19,506
126 Dean 13,628 Bobbie 19,479
127 Sam 13,350 Georgia 19,015
128 Wallace 13,242 Jeanne 18,757
129 Claude 12,742 Christine 18,486
130 Maurice 12,638 Sara 18,262
131 Willard 12,458 Alma 18,249
132 Manuel 12,328 Bessie 18,036
133 Jose 12,295 Agnes 18,032
134 Leslie 12,243 Vera 18,022
135 Edgar 11,860 Nellie 17,704
136 Marion 11,858 Kay 17,301
137 Max 11,757 Jessie 17,248
138 Hugh 11,699 Karen 16,692
139 Oscar 11,373 Lucy 16,413
140 Virgil 11,363 Mattie 16,296
141 Allan 11,358 Gertrude 16,137
142 Jessie 11,232 Rosa 16,048
143 Darrell 11,123 Minnie 15,873
144 Terry 11,025 Gail 15,853
145 Everett 10,955 Connie 15,653
146 Wesley 10,938 Geneva 14,279
147 Ted 10,526 Viola 14,256
148 Freddie 10,454 Velma 14,250
149 Jay 10,217 Marcia 14,246
150 Dick 10,163 Leona 14,173
151 Hubert 9,819 Myrtle 14,133
152 Nicholas 9,716 Violet 13,863
153 Billie 9,703 Rosalie 13,712
154 Rodney 9,695 Harriet 13,690
155 Lowell 9,659 Annette 13,531
156 Dan 9,629 Naomi 13,500
157 Neil 9,466 Charlene 13,471
158 Sidney 9,419 Pearl 13,295
159 Homer 9,413 Joy 13,185
160 Delbert 9,166 Mae 12,860
161 Tony 9,163 Suzanne 12,760
162 Morris 9,113 Claire 12,639
163 Lyle 9,057 Rebecca 12,615
164 Wilbur 9,044 Faye 12,554
165 Luther 8,860 Carrie 12,526
166 Earnest 8,722 Pat 12,462
167 Ronnie 8,708 Dora 12,385
168 Bennie 8,704 Rachel 12,268
169 Joel 8,688 Rosie 12,060
170 Ben 8,639 Emily 11,917
171 Steve 8,572 Eunice 11,601
172 Rudolph 8,199 Maureen 11,460
173 Willis 8,191 Alberta 11,348
174 Horace 8,126 Cora 11,253
175 Lonnie 8,116 Stella 11,204
176 Mike 8,029 Lula 11,077
177 Junior 8,004 Sheila 10,958
178 Carroll 7,963 Caroline 10,844
179 Karl 7,723 Glenda 10,590
180 Guy 7,564 Verna 10,583
181 Roosevelt 7,481 Lena 10,538
182 Otis 7,456 Lola 10,391
183 Mark 7,444 Myrna 10,235
184 Nathaniel 7,411 Hattie 10,228
185 Danny 7,236 Rosemarie 10,131
186 Alton 7,215 Ramona 10,118
187 Marshall 7,174 Gwendolyn 10,107
188 Clayton 7,171 Jeannette 9,798
189 Alexander 7,094 Erma 9,700
190 Benny 6,863 Genevieve 9,691
191 Clifton 6,857 Cynthia 9,667
192 Archie 6,733 Nina 9,663
193 Oliver 6,709 Patty 9,625
194 Clinton 6,708 Fannie 9,551
195 Barry 6,644 Diana 9,501
196 Juan 6,613 Jennie 9,488
197 Salvatore 6,482 Hilda 9,454
198 Nelson 6,473 Marguerite 9,328
199 Jon 6,363 Johnnie 9,064
200 Alex 6,306 Daisy 9,063
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2023. See the limitations of this data source.