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 10,852,935 male births and 11,046,480 female births
Popular names of the period 1930s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Robert 590,781 Mary 572,986
2 James 547,456 Betty 300,399
3 John 487,921 Barbara 296,409
4 William 416,715 Shirley 229,374
5 Richard 330,478 Patricia 220,581
6 Charles 303,202 Dorothy 210,410
7 Donald 283,698 Joan 173,436
8 George 192,283 Margaret 157,368
9 Thomas 183,870 Nancy 142,484
10 Joseph 180,560 Helen 140,425
11 David 164,692 Carol 117,731
12 Edward 147,843 Joyce 115,509
13 Ronald 140,331 Doris 110,655
14 Paul 125,768 Ruth 109,200
15 Kenneth 125,098 Virginia 103,086
16 Frank 108,086 Marilyn 98,534
17 Raymond 99,582 Elizabeth 96,477
18 Jack 96,391 Jean 94,184
19 Harold 95,466 Frances 92,116
20 Billy 88,336 Beverly 80,841
21 Gerald 82,817 Lois 80,711
22 Walter 80,901 Alice 78,971
23 Jerry 80,689 Donna 78,843
24 Joe 71,465 Martha 77,697
25 Eugene 70,936 Dolores 77,133
26 Henry 70,419 Janet 76,031
27 Bobby 69,417 Phyllis 73,804
28 Arthur 67,728 Norma 72,877
29 Carl 66,753 Carolyn 69,525
30 Larry 65,246 Evelyn 69,363
31 Ralph 63,800 Gloria 68,585
32 Albert 62,822 Anna 66,593
33 Willie 62,465 Marie 65,801
34 Fred 56,163 Ann 64,060
35 Michael 56,004 Mildred 61,734
36 Lawrence 54,487 Rose 59,107
37 Harry 53,115 Peggy 56,272
38 Roy 51,493 Geraldine 50,040
39 Howard 51,492 Catherine 50,027
40 Norman 49,989 Judith 49,904
41 Roger 49,610 Louise 49,860
42 Daniel 47,998 Janice 49,343
43 Louis 47,748 Marjorie 49,213
44 Earl 44,611 Annie 48,944
45 Gary 43,596 Ruby 47,648
46 Clarence 42,672 Eleanor 46,380
47 Anthony 42,542 Jane 45,815
48 Francis 41,382 Sandra 45,400
49 Wayne 41,140 Irene 44,447
50 Marvin 41,081 Wanda 43,074
51 Ernest 39,341 Elaine 41,108
52 Leonard 39,212 June 40,743
53 Herbert 37,820 Joanne 40,578
54 Melvin 37,704 Rita 38,740
55 Stanley 37,130 Florence 37,941
56 Leroy 36,257 Delores 37,602
57 Don 35,978 Lillian 37,394
58 Peter 35,824 Marlene 37,355
59 Jimmy 35,396 Edna 36,974
60 Alfred 34,388 Sarah 36,513
61 Dale 32,535 Patsy 36,474
62 Bill 32,333 Lorraine 36,332
63 Samuel 32,134 Thelma 36,253
64 Bernard 30,546 Josephine 36,050
65 Ray 30,210 Juanita 35,916
66 Gene 29,310 Bonnie 35,801
67 Philip 28,846 Arlene 34,797
68 Russell 28,839 Gladys 34,762
69 Frederick 26,604 Joann 34,696
70 Franklin 26,378 Sally 34,679
71 Dennis 26,367 Charlotte 34,646
72 Douglas 26,032 Kathleen 34,551
73 Jimmie 25,811 Audrey 34,006
74 Gordon 25,461 Pauline 33,689
75 Andrew 25,028 Wilma 33,187
76 Theodore 24,958 Sylvia 33,009
77 Floyd 24,886 Theresa 32,788
78 Johnny 24,596 Jacqueline 32,112
79 Allen 24,356 Clara 31,658
80 Glenn 24,222 Ethel 31,584
81 Bruce 24,120 Loretta 31,536
82 Edwin 24,021 Grace 31,357
83 Lee 23,953 Sharon 31,085
84 Lloyd 23,797 Edith 31,047
85 Bob 23,291 Lucille 30,842
86 Clifford 23,099 Emma 30,019
87 Leon 23,007 Bernice 29,906
88 Leo 22,863 Marion 29,565
89 Clyde 22,451 Linda 29,360
90 Eddie 22,326 Jo 28,652
91 Vernon 22,196 Anne 28,622
92 Martin 21,928 Hazel 28,564
93 Alvin 21,484 Roberta 27,731
94 Jim 20,824 Carole 26,766
95 Herman 20,319 Darlene 25,956
96 Lewis 20,018 Esther 25,791
97 Harvey 19,904 Katherine 25,193
98 Tommy 19,858 Ellen 25,139
99 Vincent 19,405 Laura 25,092
100 Charlie 19,154 Julia 24,937
101 Warren 19,149 Rosemary 24,856
102 Jerome 18,967 Jeanette 24,754
103 Jesse 18,928 Marian 23,906
104 Patrick 18,390 Willie 23,872
105 Stephen 18,271 Beatrice 23,713
106 Curtis 18,008 Margie 23,341
107 Arnold 17,889 Billie 23,296
108 Gilbert 17,746 Vivian 22,932
109 Elmer 17,371 Eva 22,797
110 Lester 16,985 Kathryn 22,582
111 Duane 16,855 Elsie 22,344
112 Phillip 16,532 Judy 22,311
113 Cecil 16,482 Eileen 22,258
114 Tom 16,426 Anita 22,225
115 Alan 16,374 Diane 22,196
116 Milton 15,729 Bertha 21,234
117 Jackie 15,678 Susan 21,029
118 Victor 15,568 Maria 20,637
119 Johnnie 15,333 Maxine 20,478
120 Roland 15,000 Ida 20,232
121 Benjamin 14,611 Yvonne 20,224
122 Glen 14,484 Ella 19,964
123 Chester 14,413 Lillie 19,923
124 Calvin 14,177 Constance 19,896
125 Keith 13,868 Sue 19,504
126 Dean 13,626 Bobbie 19,479
127 Sam 13,351 Georgia 19,013
128 Wallace 13,242 Jeanne 18,757
129 Claude 12,741 Christine 18,485
130 Maurice 12,640 Sara 18,262
131 Willard 12,457 Alma 18,248
132 Manuel 12,329 Bessie 18,036
133 Jose 12,293 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 11,756 Jessie 17,248
138 Hugh 11,699 Karen 16,694
139 Oscar 11,373 Lucy 16,413
140 Virgil 11,363 Mattie 16,296
141 Allan 11,358 Gertrude 16,137
142 Jessie 11,233 Rosa 16,048
143 Darrell 11,123 Minnie 15,872
144 Terry 11,026 Gail 15,854
145 Everett 10,955 Connie 15,653
146 Wesley 10,938 Geneva 14,279
147 Ted 10,526 Viola 14,257
148 Freddie 10,454 Velma 14,250
149 Jay 10,216 Marcia 14,246
150 Dick 10,163 Leona 14,173
151 Hubert 9,819 Myrtle 14,134
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 13,530
156 Dan 9,629 Naomi 13,500
157 Neil 9,466 Charlene 13,471
158 Sidney 9,419 Pearl 13,295
159 Homer 9,412 Joy 13,185
160 Delbert 9,166 Mae 12,860
161 Tony 9,162 Suzanne 12,760
162 Morris 9,113 Claire 12,639
163 Lyle 9,057 Rebecca 12,616
164 Wilbur 9,044 Faye 12,554
165 Luther 8,860 Carrie 12,526
166 Earnest 8,722 Pat 12,462
167 Ronnie 8,709 Dora 12,385
168 Bennie 8,703 Rachel 12,268
169 Joel 8,688 Rosie 12,060
170 Ben 8,639 Emily 11,918
171 Steve 8,572 Eunice 11,601
172 Rudolph 8,199 Maureen 11,460
173 Willis 8,191 Alberta 11,347
174 Horace 8,127 Cora 11,252
175 Lonnie 8,116 Stella 11,204
176 Mike 8,029 Lula 11,078
177 Junior 8,004 Sheila 10,958
178 Carroll 7,963 Caroline 10,845
179 Karl 7,723 Glenda 10,590
180 Guy 7,563 Verna 10,583
181 Roosevelt 7,479 Lena 10,538
182 Otis 7,456 Lola 10,391
183 Mark 7,447 Myrna 10,235
184 Nathaniel 7,411 Hattie 10,229
185 Danny 7,236 Rosemarie 10,131
186 Alton 7,214 Ramona 10,118
187 Marshall 7,174 Gwendolyn 10,108
188 Clayton 7,171 Jeannette 9,798
189 Alexander 7,094 Erma 9,700
190 Benny 6,863 Genevieve 9,690
191 Clifton 6,857 Cynthia 9,666
192 Archie 6,733 Nina 9,663
193 Oliver 6,709 Patty 9,625
194 Clinton 6,708 Fannie 9,550
195 Barry 6,643 Diana 9,501
196 Juan 6,613 Jennie 9,488
197 Salvatore 6,481 Hilda 9,454
198 Nelson 6,474 Marguerite 9,328
199 Jon 6,363 Johnnie 9,064
200 Alex 6,307 Daisy 9,063
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2022. See the limitations of this data source.