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 10,852,634 male births and
11,046,333 female births
Males | Females | |||
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Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
1 | Robert | 590,771 | Mary | 572,976 |
2 | James | 547,442 | Betty | 300,391 |
3 | John | 487,912 | Barbara | 296,407 |
4 | William | 416,700 | Shirley | 229,365 |
5 | Richard | 330,470 | Patricia | 220,578 |
6 | Charles | 303,197 | Dorothy | 210,409 |
7 | Donald | 283,685 | Joan | 173,432 |
8 | George | 192,277 | Margaret | 157,367 |
9 | Thomas | 183,870 | Nancy | 142,483 |
10 | Joseph | 180,557 | Helen | 140,419 |
11 | David | 164,691 | Carol | 117,730 |
12 | Edward | 147,837 | Joyce | 115,506 |
13 | Ronald | 140,322 | Doris | 110,655 |
14 | Paul | 125,766 | Ruth | 109,200 |
15 | Kenneth | 125,089 | Virginia | 103,084 |
16 | Frank | 108,086 | Marilyn | 98,534 |
17 | Raymond | 99,581 | Elizabeth | 96,475 |
18 | Jack | 96,384 | Jean | 94,182 |
19 | Harold | 95,462 | Frances | 92,116 |
20 | Billy | 88,333 | Beverly | 80,840 |
21 | Gerald | 82,815 | Lois | 80,711 |
22 | Walter | 80,898 | Alice | 78,970 |
23 | Jerry | 80,685 | Donna | 78,843 |
24 | Joe | 71,465 | Martha | 77,697 |
25 | Eugene | 70,936 | Dolores | 77,130 |
26 | Henry | 70,416 | Janet | 76,029 |
27 | Bobby | 69,416 | Phyllis | 73,804 |
28 | Arthur | 67,720 | Norma | 72,875 |
29 | Carl | 66,750 | Carolyn | 69,524 |
30 | Larry | 65,243 | Evelyn | 69,362 |
31 | Ralph | 63,799 | Gloria | 68,587 |
32 | Albert | 62,814 | Anna | 66,592 |
33 | Willie | 62,467 | Marie | 65,799 |
34 | Fred | 56,157 | Ann | 64,060 |
35 | Michael | 56,007 | Mildred | 61,734 |
36 | Lawrence | 54,485 | Rose | 59,100 |
37 | Harry | 53,114 | Peggy | 56,270 |
38 | Roy | 51,492 | Geraldine | 50,041 |
39 | Howard | 51,488 | Catherine | 50,028 |
40 | Norman | 49,989 | Judith | 49,904 |
41 | Roger | 49,611 | Louise | 49,860 |
42 | Daniel | 47,996 | Janice | 49,343 |
43 | Louis | 47,747 | Marjorie | 49,213 |
44 | Earl | 44,606 | Annie | 48,942 |
45 | Gary | 43,600 | Ruby | 47,648 |
46 | Clarence | 42,672 | Eleanor | 46,377 |
47 | Anthony | 42,540 | Jane | 45,814 |
48 | Francis | 41,381 | Sandra | 45,399 |
49 | Wayne | 41,139 | Irene | 44,447 |
50 | Marvin | 41,078 | Wanda | 43,074 |
51 | Ernest | 39,339 | Elaine | 41,107 |
52 | Leonard | 39,210 | June | 40,745 |
53 | Herbert | 37,819 | Joanne | 40,576 |
54 | Melvin | 37,704 | Rita | 38,740 |
55 | Stanley | 37,129 | Florence | 37,940 |
56 | Leroy | 36,257 | Delores | 37,601 |
57 | Don | 35,974 | Lillian | 37,394 |
58 | Peter | 35,822 | Marlene | 37,355 |
59 | Jimmy | 35,394 | Edna | 36,972 |
60 | Alfred | 34,385 | Sarah | 36,511 |
61 | Dale | 32,534 | Patsy | 36,472 |
62 | Bill | 32,332 | Lorraine | 36,332 |
63 | Samuel | 32,133 | Thelma | 36,252 |
64 | Bernard | 30,546 | Josephine | 36,049 |
65 | Ray | 30,207 | Juanita | 35,915 |
66 | Gene | 29,308 | Bonnie | 35,801 |
67 | Philip | 28,845 | Arlene | 34,793 |
68 | Russell | 28,837 | Gladys | 34,762 |
69 | Frederick | 26,604 | Joann | 34,696 |
70 | Franklin | 26,378 | Sally | 34,678 |
71 | Dennis | 26,366 | Charlotte | 34,645 |
72 | Douglas | 26,032 | Kathleen | 34,552 |
73 | Jimmie | 25,811 | Audrey | 34,005 |
74 | Gordon | 25,462 | Pauline | 33,685 |
75 | Andrew | 25,029 | Wilma | 33,187 |
76 | Theodore | 24,956 | Sylvia | 33,006 |
77 | Floyd | 24,883 | Theresa | 32,787 |
78 | Johnny | 24,595 | Jacqueline | 32,112 |
79 | Allen | 24,356 | Clara | 31,658 |
80 | Glenn | 24,222 | Ethel | 31,584 |
81 | Bruce | 24,122 | Loretta | 31,535 |
82 | Edwin | 24,021 | Grace | 31,358 |
83 | Lee | 23,953 | Sharon | 31,087 |
84 | Lloyd | 23,795 | Edith | 31,046 |
85 | Bob | 23,291 | Lucille | 30,841 |
86 | Clifford | 23,098 | Emma | 30,020 |
87 | Leon | 23,007 | Bernice | 29,905 |
88 | Leo | 22,864 | Marion | 29,565 |
89 | Clyde | 22,447 | Linda | 29,360 |
90 | Eddie | 22,324 | Jo | 28,652 |
91 | Vernon | 22,196 | Anne | 28,620 |
92 | Martin | 21,928 | Hazel | 28,564 |
93 | Alvin | 21,483 | Roberta | 27,729 |
94 | Jim | 20,824 | Carole | 26,767 |
95 | Herman | 20,318 | Darlene | 25,955 |
96 | Lewis | 20,016 | Esther | 25,791 |
97 | Harvey | 19,904 | Katherine | 25,192 |
98 | Tommy | 19,857 | Ellen | 25,139 |
99 | Vincent | 19,406 | Laura | 25,093 |
100 | Charlie | 19,153 | Julia | 24,938 |
101 | Warren | 19,149 | Rosemary | 24,856 |
102 | Jerome | 18,968 | Jeanette | 24,754 |
103 | Jesse | 18,929 | Marian | 23,906 |
104 | Patrick | 18,390 | Willie | 23,870 |
105 | Stephen | 18,271 | Beatrice | 23,712 |
106 | Curtis | 18,008 | Margie | 23,339 |
107 | Arnold | 17,889 | Billie | 23,296 |
108 | Gilbert | 17,746 | Vivian | 22,931 |
109 | Elmer | 17,370 | Eva | 22,796 |
110 | Lester | 16,985 | Kathryn | 22,582 |
111 | Duane | 16,854 | Elsie | 22,343 |
112 | Phillip | 16,532 | Judy | 22,312 |
113 | Cecil | 16,482 | Eileen | 22,258 |
114 | Tom | 16,426 | Anita | 22,223 |
115 | Alan | 16,373 | Diane | 22,196 |
116 | Milton | 15,727 | Bertha | 21,232 |
117 | Jackie | 15,678 | Susan | 21,030 |
118 | Victor | 15,567 | Maria | 20,637 |
119 | Johnnie | 15,332 | Maxine | 20,478 |
120 | Roland | 15,000 | Ida | 20,233 |
121 | Benjamin | 14,612 | Yvonne | 20,224 |
122 | Glen | 14,481 | Ella | 19,964 |
123 | Chester | 14,411 | Lillie | 19,924 |
124 | Calvin | 14,177 | Constance | 19,896 |
125 | Keith | 13,866 | Sue | 19,504 |
126 | Dean | 13,626 | Bobbie | 19,480 |
127 | Sam | 13,350 | Georgia | 19,013 |
128 | Wallace | 13,242 | Jeanne | 18,756 |
129 | Claude | 12,739 | Christine | 18,485 |
130 | Maurice | 12,639 | Sara | 18,261 |
131 | Willard | 12,457 | Alma | 18,249 |
132 | Manuel | 12,329 | Bessie | 18,036 |
133 | Jose | 12,293 | Agnes | 18,031 |
134 | Leslie | 12,243 | Vera | 18,022 |
135 | Edgar | 11,859 | Nellie | 17,704 |
136 | Marion | 11,858 | Kay | 17,300 |
137 | Max | 11,756 | Jessie | 17,247 |
138 | Hugh | 11,699 | Karen | 16,696 |
139 | Oscar | 11,374 | Lucy | 16,413 |
140 | Virgil | 11,361 | Mattie | 16,297 |
141 | Allan | 11,358 | Gertrude | 16,137 |
142 | Jessie | 11,233 | Rosa | 16,047 |
143 | Darrell | 11,123 | Minnie | 15,871 |
144 | Terry | 11,027 | Gail | 15,854 |
145 | Everett | 10,952 | Connie | 15,654 |
146 | Wesley | 10,938 | Geneva | 14,279 |
147 | Ted | 10,526 | Viola | 14,259 |
148 | Freddie | 10,455 | Velma | 14,249 |
149 | Jay | 10,216 | Marcia | 14,246 |
150 | Dick | 10,163 | Leona | 14,173 |
151 | Hubert | 9,818 | Myrtle | 14,134 |
152 | Nicholas | 9,716 | Violet | 13,862 |
153 | Billie | 9,703 | Rosalie | 13,712 |
154 | Rodney | 9,695 | Harriet | 13,689 |
155 | Lowell | 9,659 | Annette | 13,531 |
156 | Dan | 9,628 | Naomi | 13,500 |
157 | Neil | 9,465 | Charlene | 13,471 |
158 | Sidney | 9,419 | Pearl | 13,294 |
159 | Homer | 9,411 | Joy | 13,185 |
160 | Delbert | 9,168 | Mae | 12,859 |
161 | Tony | 9,161 | Suzanne | 12,760 |
162 | Morris | 9,113 | Claire | 12,639 |
163 | Lyle | 9,056 | Rebecca | 12,616 |
164 | Wilbur | 9,043 | Faye | 12,554 |
165 | Luther | 8,858 | Carrie | 12,526 |
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 | 8,641 | Emily | 11,918 |
171 | Steve | 8,572 | Eunice | 11,601 |
172 | Rudolph | 8,199 | Maureen | 11,460 |
173 | Willis | 8,191 | Alberta | 11,346 |
174 | Horace | 8,127 | 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 | 10,845 |
179 | Karl | 7,723 | Glenda | 10,591 |
180 | Guy | 7,563 | Verna | 10,583 |
181 | Roosevelt | 7,477 | Lena | 10,537 |
182 | Otis | 7,455 | Lola | 10,390 |
183 | Mark | 7,447 | 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 | 7,171 | Jeannette | 9,797 |
189 | Alexander | 7,092 | Erma | 9,700 |
190 | Benny | 6,863 | Genevieve | 9,690 |
191 | Clifton | 6,856 | 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 | 9,502 |
196 | Juan | 6,613 | Jennie | 9,488 |
197 | Salvatore | 6,482 | Hilda | 9,454 |
198 | Nelson | 6,474 | Marguerite | 9,328 |
199 | Jon | 6,363 | Johnnie | 9,064 |
200 | Alex | 6,307 | Daisy | 9,063 |
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2020. See the limitations of this data source. |