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 10,851,529 male births and 11,045,792 female births.

**Popular names of the 1930s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Robert	590,716	Mary	572,942
2	James	547,383	Betty	300,369
3	John	487,860	Barbara	296,392
4	William	416,646	Shirley	229,355
5	Richard	330,437	Patricia	220,573
6	Charles	303,163	Dorothy	210,393
7	Donald	283,648	Joan	173,425
8	George	192,255	Margaret	157,361
9	Thomas	183,855	Nancy	142,479
10	Joseph	180,536	Helen	140,412
11	David	164,674	Carol	117,728
12	Edward	147,824	Joyce	115,503
13	Ronald	140,312	Doris	110,646
14	Paul	125,749	Ruth	109,196
15	Kenneth	125,081	Virginia	103,077
16	Frank	108,074	Marilyn	98,529
17	Raymond	99,576	Elizabeth	96,470
18	Jack	96,376	Jean	94,177
19	Harold	95,447	Frances	92,115
20	Billy	88,314	Beverly	80,839
21	Gerald	82,805	Lois	80,711
22	Walter	80,891	Alice	78,967
23	Jerry	80,682	Donna	78,840
24	Joe	71,463	Martha	77,692
25	Eugene	70,924	Dolores	77,126
26	Henry	70,410	Janet	76,027
27	Bobby	69,407	Phyllis	73,797
28	Arthur	67,710	Norma	72,872
29	Carl	66,743	Carolyn	69,520
30	Larry	65,233	Evelyn	69,354
31	Ralph	63,799	Gloria	68,581
32	Albert	62,807	Anna	66,587
33	Willie	62,463	Marie	65,794
34	Fred	56,147	Ann	64,055
35	Michael	56,000	Mildred	61,731
36	Lawrence	54,480	Rose	59,097
37	Harry	53,103	Peggy	56,266
38	Roy	51,484	Geraldine	50,037
39	Howard	51,481	Catherine	50,021
40	Norman	49,983	Judith	49,901
41	Roger	49,607	Louise	49,858
42	Daniel	47,990	Janice	49,344
43	Louis	47,743	Marjorie	49,212
44	Earl	44,600	Annie	48,943
45	Gary	43,597	Ruby	47,645
46	Clarence	42,666	Eleanor	46,375
47	Anthony	42,533	Jane	45,811
48	Francis	41,379	Sandra	45,398
49	Wayne	41,136	Irene	44,445
50	Marvin	41,078	Wanda	43,075
51	Ernest	39,332	Elaine	41,106
52	Leonard	39,206	June	40,745
53	Herbert	37,814	Joanne	40,576
54	Melvin	37,701	Rita	38,735
55	Stanley	37,125	Florence	37,936
56	Leroy	36,256	Delores	37,597
57	Don	35,972	Lillian	37,393
58	Peter	35,820	Marlene	37,355
59	Jimmy	35,391	Edna	36,968
60	Alfred	34,379	Sarah	36,509
61	Dale	32,528	Patsy	36,467
62	Bill	32,326	Lorraine	36,328
63	Samuel	32,127	Thelma	36,248
64	Bernard	30,546	Josephine	36,050
65	Ray	30,202	Juanita	35,914
66	Gene	29,306	Bonnie	35,802
67	Philip	28,840	Arlene	34,791
68	Russell	28,831	Gladys	34,761
69	Frederick	26,602	Joann	34,695
70	Franklin	26,379	Sally	34,676
71	Dennis	26,363	Charlotte	34,643
72	Douglas	26,027	Kathleen	34,551
73	Jimmie	25,807	Audrey	34,002
74	Gordon	25,461	Pauline	33,681
75	Andrew	25,025	Wilma	33,187
76	Theodore	24,955	Sylvia	33,004
77	Floyd	24,881	Theresa	32,783
78	Johnny	24,596	Jacqueline	32,110
79	Allen	24,354	Clara	31,658
80	Glenn	24,221	Ethel	31,582
81	Bruce	24,121	Loretta	31,533
82	Edwin	24,019	Grace	31,356
83	Lee	23,949	Sharon	31,087
84	Lloyd	23,792	Edith	31,045
85	Bob	23,291	Lucille	30,841
86	Clifford	23,093	Emma	30,021
87	Leon	23,005	Bernice	29,902
88	Leo	22,858	Marion	29,565
89	Clyde	22,445	Linda	29,362
90	Eddie	22,321	Jo	28,652
91	Vernon	22,195	Anne	28,617
92	Martin	21,925	Hazel	28,559
93	Alvin	21,482	Roberta	27,729
94	Jim	20,824	Carole	26,765
95	Herman	20,316	Darlene	25,956
96	Lewis	20,014	Esther	25,788
97	Harvey	19,902	Katherine	25,190
98	Tommy	19,856	Ellen	25,136
99	Vincent	19,402	Laura	25,091
100	Charlie	19,152	Julia	24,936
101	Warren	19,146	Rosemary	24,854
102	Jerome	18,967	Jeanette	24,751
103	Jesse	18,926	Marian	23,905
104	Patrick	18,385	Willie	23,869
105	Stephen	18,270	Beatrice	23,713
106	Curtis	18,008	Margie	23,337
107	Arnold	17,888	Billie	23,294
108	Gilbert	17,742	Vivian	22,930
109	Elmer	17,370	Eva	22,794
110	Lester	16,981	Kathryn	22,582
111	Duane	16,852	Elsie	22,342
112	Phillip	16,532	Judy	22,313
113	Cecil	16,481	Eileen	22,257
114	Tom	16,424	Anita	22,222
115	Alan	16,371	Diane	22,197
116	Milton	15,728	Bertha	21,229
117	Jackie	15,676	Susan	21,031
118	Victor	15,565	Maria	20,634
119	Johnnie	15,332	Maxine	20,473
120	Roland	15,000	Ida	20,232
121	Benjamin	14,610	Yvonne	20,224
122	Glen	14,482	Ella	19,963
123	Chester	14,408	Lillie	19,925
124	Calvin	14,176	Constance	19,894
125	Keith	13,867	Sue	19,503
126	Dean	13,625	Bobbie	19,480
127	Sam	13,350	Georgia	19,012
128	Wallace	13,240	Jeanne	18,755
129	Claude	12,742	Christine	18,486
130	Maurice	12,639	Sara	18,261
131	Willard	12,458	Alma	18,249
132	Manuel	12,328	Bessie	18,036
133	Jose	12,292	Agnes	18,030
134	Leslie	12,242	Vera	18,022
135	Edgar	11,858	Nellie	17,701
136	Marion	11,857	Kay	17,298
137	Max	11,756	Jessie	17,248
138	Hugh	11,698	Karen	16,697
139	Oscar	11,371	Lucy	16,413
140	Virgil	11,358	Mattie	16,295
141	Allan	11,355	Gertrude	16,136
142	Jessie	11,232	Rosa	16,045
143	Darrell	11,122	Minnie	15,870
144	Terry	11,027	Gail	15,853
145	Everett	10,949	Connie	15,655
146	Wesley	10,938	Geneva	14,276
147	Ted	10,525	Viola	14,256
148	Freddie	10,454	Velma	14,250
149	Jay	10,215	Marcia	14,244
150	Dick	10,161	Leona	14,173
151	Hubert	9,816	Myrtle	14,133
152	Nicholas	9,712	Violet	13,863
153	Billie	9,703	Rosalie	13,711
154	Rodney	9,694	Harriet	13,689
155	Lowell	9,656	Annette	13,531
156	Dan	9,627	Naomi	13,499
157	Neil	9,463	Charlene	13,471
158	Sidney	9,417	Pearl	13,294
159	Homer	9,411	Joy	13,185
160	Delbert	9,168	Mae	12,858
161	Tony	9,161	Suzanne	12,759
162	Morris	9,113	Claire	12,638
163	Lyle	9,054	Rebecca	12,611
164	Wilbur	9,040	Faye	12,553
165	Luther	8,856	Carrie	12,525
166	Earnest	8,721	Pat	12,462
167	Ronnie	8,709	Dora	12,386
168	Bennie	8,702	Rachel	12,268
169	Joel	8,687	Rosie	12,060
170	Ben	8,638	Emily	11,918
171	Steve	8,572	Eunice	11,600
172	Rudolph	8,196	Maureen	11,460
173	Willis	8,192	Alberta	11,345
174	Horace	8,125	Cora	11,251
175	Lonnie	8,116	Stella	11,201
176	Mike	8,028	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	10,582
181	Roosevelt	7,477	Lena	10,535
182	Otis	7,452	Lola	10,389
183	Mark	7,447	Myrna	10,235
184	Nathaniel	7,409	Hattie	10,229
185	Danny	7,235	Rosemarie	10,129
186	Alton	7,214	Ramona	10,118
187	Marshall	7,173	Gwendolyn	10,108
188	Clayton	7,169	Jeannette	9,797
189	Alexander	7,092	Erma	9,699
190	Benny	6,861	Genevieve	9,689
191	Clifton	6,854	Cynthia	9,664
192	Archie	6,731	Nina	9,663
193	Oliver	6,708	Patty	9,625
194	Clinton	6,706	Fannie	9,550
195	Barry	6,642	Diana	9,501
196	Juan	6,612	Jennie	9,488
197	Salvatore	6,481	Hilda	9,453
198	Nelson	6,474	Marguerite	9,328
199	Jon	6,362	Johnnie	9,064
200	Alex	6,305	Daisy	9,062
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2018. See the limitations of this data source.