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 10,851,149 male births and 11,045,544 female births.

**Popular names of the 1930s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Robert	590,695	Mary	572,922
2	James	547,371	Betty	300,363
3	John	487,840	Barbara	296,393
4	William	416,637	Shirley	229,358
5	Richard	330,434	Patricia	220,570
6	Charles	303,147	Dorothy	210,386
7	Donald	283,639	Joan	173,419
8	George	192,245	Margaret	157,356
9	Thomas	183,848	Nancy	142,473
10	Joseph	180,527	Helen	140,409
11	David	164,671	Carol	117,730
12	Edward	147,817	Joyce	115,502
13	Ronald	140,298	Doris	110,638
14	Paul	125,744	Ruth	109,187
15	Kenneth	125,083	Virginia	103,075
16	Frank	108,069	Marilyn	98,528
17	Raymond	99,576	Elizabeth	96,471
18	Jack	96,375	Jean	94,176
19	Harold	95,442	Frances	92,110
20	Billy	88,309	Beverly	80,837
21	Gerald	82,801	Lois	80,710
22	Walter	80,888	Alice	78,963
23	Jerry	80,681	Donna	78,839
24	Joe	71,459	Martha	77,691
25	Eugene	70,921	Dolores	77,125
26	Henry	70,413	Janet	76,027
27	Bobby	69,404	Phyllis	73,795
28	Arthur	67,705	Norma	72,870
29	Carl	66,744	Carolyn	69,519
30	Larry	65,232	Evelyn	69,351
31	Ralph	63,798	Gloria	68,580
32	Albert	62,805	Anna	66,586
33	Willie	62,463	Marie	65,795
34	Fred	56,144	Ann	64,051
35	Michael	56,000	Mildred	61,728
36	Lawrence	54,479	Rose	59,095
37	Harry	53,102	Peggy	56,265
38	Howard	51,480	Geraldine	50,035
39	Roy	51,478	Catherine	50,021
40	Norman	49,983	Judith	49,901
41	Roger	49,608	Louise	49,855
42	Daniel	47,989	Janice	49,343
43	Louis	47,740	Marjorie	49,212
44	Earl	44,594	Annie	48,940
45	Gary	43,596	Ruby	47,643
46	Clarence	42,662	Eleanor	46,374
47	Anthony	42,531	Jane	45,811
48	Francis	41,380	Sandra	45,396
49	Wayne	41,134	Irene	44,444
50	Marvin	41,076	Wanda	43,071
51	Ernest	39,326	Elaine	41,106
52	Leonard	39,205	June	40,740
53	Herbert	37,812	Joanne	40,576
54	Melvin	37,702	Rita	38,734
55	Stanley	37,122	Florence	37,933
56	Leroy	36,256	Delores	37,596
57	Don	35,972	Lillian	37,393
58	Peter	35,824	Marlene	37,355
59	Jimmy	35,391	Edna	36,968
60	Alfred	34,373	Sarah	36,507
61	Dale	32,527	Patsy	36,467
62	Bill	32,326	Lorraine	36,327
63	Samuel	32,126	Thelma	36,248
64	Bernard	30,547	Josephine	36,050
65	Ray	30,199	Juanita	35,912
66	Gene	29,306	Bonnie	35,802
67	Philip	28,839	Arlene	34,790
68	Russell	28,831	Gladys	34,756
69	Frederick	26,602	Joann	34,694
70	Franklin	26,380	Sally	34,676
71	Dennis	26,362	Charlotte	34,640
72	Douglas	26,026	Kathleen	34,549
73	Jimmie	25,808	Audrey	34,003
74	Gordon	25,460	Pauline	33,681
75	Andrew	25,027	Wilma	33,186
76	Theodore	24,951	Sylvia	33,002
77	Floyd	24,880	Theresa	32,782
78	Johnny	24,595	Jacqueline	32,111
79	Allen	24,351	Clara	31,655
80	Glenn	24,219	Ethel	31,583
81	Bruce	24,120	Loretta	31,530
82	Edwin	24,019	Grace	31,354
83	Lee	23,950	Sharon	31,087
84	Lloyd	23,792	Edith	31,045
85	Bob	23,289	Lucille	30,840
86	Clifford	23,091	Emma	30,018
87	Leon	23,004	Bernice	29,901
88	Leo	22,856	Marion	29,565
89	Clyde	22,444	Linda	29,362
90	Eddie	22,320	Jo	28,652
91	Vernon	22,193	Anne	28,617
92	Martin	21,923	Hazel	28,559
93	Alvin	21,481	Roberta	27,729
94	Jim	20,825	Carole	26,766
95	Herman	20,314	Darlene	25,955
96	Lewis	20,014	Esther	25,788
97	Harvey	19,901	Katherine	25,188
98	Tommy	19,855	Ellen	25,137
99	Vincent	19,403	Laura	25,090
100	Charlie	19,152	Julia	24,935
101	Warren	19,148	Rosemary	24,853
102	Jerome	18,966	Jeanette	24,751
103	Jesse	18,925	Marian	23,906
104	Patrick	18,387	Willie	23,865
105	Stephen	18,272	Beatrice	23,714
106	Curtis	18,008	Margie	23,337
107	Arnold	17,886	Billie	23,293
108	Gilbert	17,741	Vivian	22,931
109	Elmer	17,369	Eva	22,793
110	Lester	16,981	Kathryn	22,581
111	Duane	16,851	Elsie	22,343
112	Phillip	16,530	Judy	22,313
113	Cecil	16,479	Eileen	22,257
114	Tom	16,423	Anita	22,222
115	Alan	16,371	Diane	22,197
116	Milton	15,725	Bertha	21,229
117	Jackie	15,676	Susan	21,031
118	Victor	15,566	Maria	20,633
119	Johnnie	15,333	Maxine	20,473
120	Roland	14,997	Ida	20,232
121	Benjamin	14,611	Yvonne	20,223
122	Glen	14,482	Ella	19,962
123	Chester	14,408	Lillie	19,926
124	Calvin	14,175	Constance	19,893
125	Keith	13,868	Sue	19,502
126	Dean	13,624	Bobbie	19,479
127	Sam	13,350	Georgia	19,009
128	Wallace	13,240	Jeanne	18,755
129	Claude	12,741	Christine	18,483
130	Maurice	12,639	Sara	18,260
131	Willard	12,458	Alma	18,249
132	Manuel	12,326	Bessie	18,037
133	Jose	12,290	Agnes	18,031
134	Leslie	12,244	Vera	18,021
135	Edgar	11,857	Nellie	17,700
136	Marion	11,857	Kay	17,297
137	Max	11,756	Jessie	17,248
138	Hugh	11,698	Karen	16,698
139	Oscar	11,373	Lucy	16,413
140	Virgil	11,356	Mattie	16,296
141	Allan	11,354	Gertrude	16,134
142	Jessie	11,231	Rosa	16,044
143	Darrell	11,121	Minnie	15,870
144	Terry	11,027	Gail	15,854
145	Everett	10,947	Connie	15,655
146	Wesley	10,939	Geneva	14,276
147	Ted	10,525	Viola	14,258
148	Freddie	10,454	Velma	14,250
149	Jay	10,214	Marcia	14,244
150	Dick	10,161	Leona	14,173
151	Hubert	9,814	Myrtle	14,132
152	Nicholas	9,712	Violet	13,863
153	Billie	9,702	Rosalie	13,710
154	Rodney	9,694	Harriet	13,689
155	Lowell	9,655	Annette	13,531
156	Dan	9,627	Naomi	13,498
157	Neil	9,463	Charlene	13,470
158	Sidney	9,414	Pearl	13,293
159	Homer	9,411	Joy	13,184
160	Delbert	9,167	Mae	12,856
161	Tony	9,160	Suzanne	12,758
162	Morris	9,114	Claire	12,638
163	Lyle	9,053	Rebecca	12,611
164	Wilbur	9,040	Faye	12,553
165	Luther	8,855	Carrie	12,525
166	Earnest	8,721	Pat	12,462
167	Ronnie	8,708	Dora	12,384
168	Bennie	8,702	Rachel	12,268
169	Joel	8,687	Rosie	12,061
170	Ben	8,637	Emily	11,918
171	Steve	8,573	Eunice	11,600
172	Rudolph	8,196	Maureen	11,460
173	Willis	8,192	Alberta	11,345
174	Horace	8,123	Cora	11,250
175	Lonnie	8,115	Stella	11,201
176	Mike	8,027	Lula	11,079
177	Junior	8,001	Sheila	10,958
178	Carroll	7,961	Caroline	10,844
179	Karl	7,723	Glenda	10,591
180	Guy	7,563	Verna	10,582
181	Roosevelt	7,476	Lena	10,536
182	Otis	7,452	Lola	10,389
183	Mark	7,447	Myrna	10,235
184	Nathaniel	7,409	Hattie	10,229
185	Danny	7,233	Rosemarie	10,129
186	Alton	7,214	Ramona	10,118
187	Marshall	7,173	Gwendolyn	10,107
188	Clayton	7,169	Jeannette	9,797
189	Alexander	7,092	Erma	9,699
190	Benny	6,861	Genevieve	9,688
191	Clifton	6,854	Cynthia	9,664
192	Archie	6,730	Nina	9,661
193	Oliver	6,710	Patty	9,625
194	Clinton	6,706	Fannie	9,551
195	Barry	6,642	Diana	9,501
196	Juan	6,611	Jennie	9,487
197	Salvatore	6,482	Hilda	9,453
198	Nelson	6,473	Marguerite	9,327
199	Jon	6,361	Johnnie	9,063
200	Alex	6,305	Daisy	9,062
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2017. See the limitations of this data source.