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 10,853,290 male births and 11,046,608 female births
Popular names of the period 1930s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Robert 590,799 Mary 572,997
2 James 547,478 Betty 300,408
3 John 487,946 Barbara 296,419
4 William 416,728 Shirley 229,378
5 Richard 330,501 Patricia 220,579
6 Charles 303,215 Dorothy 210,414
7 Donald 283,716 Joan 173,439
8 George 192,290 Margaret 157,371
9 Thomas 183,873 Nancy 142,486
10 Joseph 180,565 Helen 140,426
11 David 164,699 Carol 117,729
12 Edward 147,848 Joyce 115,505
13 Ronald 140,332 Doris 110,657
14 Paul 125,771 Ruth 109,205
15 Kenneth 125,109 Virginia 103,088
16 Frank 108,088 Marilyn 98,531
17 Raymond 99,583 Elizabeth 96,479
18 Jack 96,397 Jean 94,189
19 Harold 95,467 Frances 92,118
20 Billy 88,340 Beverly 80,842
21 Gerald 82,818 Lois 80,713
22 Walter 80,906 Alice 78,968
23 Jerry 80,689 Donna 78,846
24 Joe 71,468 Martha 77,697
25 Eugene 70,939 Dolores 77,137
26 Henry 70,418 Janet 76,038
27 Bobby 69,416 Phyllis 73,804
28 Arthur 67,730 Norma 72,877
29 Carl 66,757 Carolyn 69,525
30 Larry 65,247 Evelyn 69,363
31 Ralph 63,801 Gloria 68,588
32 Albert 62,827 Anna 66,598
33 Willie 62,467 Marie 65,803
34 Fred 56,162 Ann 64,060
35 Michael 56,000 Mildred 61,737
36 Lawrence 54,486 Rose 59,111
37 Harry 53,115 Peggy 56,275
38 Howard 51,495 Geraldine 50,040
39 Roy 51,495 Catherine 50,026
40 Norman 49,987 Judith 49,906
41 Roger 49,612 Louise 49,859
42 Daniel 47,998 Janice 49,343
43 Louis 47,754 Marjorie 49,213
44 Earl 44,613 Annie 48,946
45 Gary 43,594 Ruby 47,647
46 Clarence 42,677 Eleanor 46,379
47 Anthony 42,545 Jane 45,814
48 Francis 41,384 Sandra 45,399
49 Wayne 41,140 Irene 44,448
50 Marvin 41,083 Wanda 43,072
51 Ernest 39,346 Elaine 41,108
52 Leonard 39,214 June 40,743
53 Herbert 37,821 Joanne 40,580
54 Melvin 37,705 Rita 38,740
55 Stanley 37,131 Florence 37,940
56 Leroy 36,256 Delores 37,603
57 Don 35,980 Lillian 37,393
58 Peter 35,821 Marlene 37,355
59 Jimmy 35,398 Edna 36,973
60 Alfred 34,392 Sarah 36,513
61 Dale 32,536 Patsy 36,475
62 Bill 32,336 Lorraine 36,333
63 Samuel 32,135 Thelma 36,254
64 Bernard 30,544 Josephine 36,051
65 Ray 30,211 Juanita 35,915
66 Gene 29,312 Bonnie 35,802
67 Philip 28,847 Arlene 34,796
68 Russell 28,840 Gladys 34,761
69 Frederick 26,602 Joann 34,697
70 Franklin 26,380 Sally 34,680
71 Dennis 26,366 Charlotte 34,646
72 Douglas 26,032 Kathleen 34,550
73 Jimmie 25,813 Audrey 34,007
74 Gordon 25,460 Pauline 33,690
75 Andrew 25,025 Wilma 33,187
76 Theodore 24,957 Sylvia 33,010
77 Floyd 24,887 Theresa 32,785
78 Johnny 24,595 Jacqueline 32,115
79 Allen 24,357 Clara 31,658
80 Glenn 24,222 Ethel 31,582
81 Bruce 24,119 Loretta 31,537
82 Edwin 24,023 Grace 31,357
83 Lee 23,954 Sharon 31,083
84 Lloyd 23,800 Edith 31,047
85 Bob 23,293 Lucille 30,842
86 Clifford 23,101 Emma 30,022
87 Leon 23,005 Bernice 29,905
88 Leo 22,864 Marion 29,566
89 Clyde 22,452 Linda 29,358
90 Eddie 22,328 Jo 28,653
91 Vernon 22,196 Anne 28,621
92 Martin 21,927 Hazel 28,567
93 Alvin 21,484 Roberta 27,731
94 Jim 20,823 Carole 26,768
95 Herman 20,319 Darlene 25,956
96 Lewis 20,017 Esther 25,791
97 Harvey 19,906 Katherine 25,193
98 Tommy 19,857 Ellen 25,139
99 Vincent 19,407 Laura 25,093
100 Charlie 19,154 Julia 24,937
101 Warren 19,151 Rosemary 24,857
102 Jerome 18,966 Jeanette 24,753
103 Jesse 18,929 Marian 23,906
104 Patrick 18,389 Willie 23,873
105 Stephen 18,272 Beatrice 23,714
106 Curtis 18,008 Margie 23,342
107 Arnold 17,888 Billie 23,297
108 Gilbert 17,746 Vivian 22,932
109 Elmer 17,370 Eva 22,797
110 Lester 16,984 Kathryn 22,583
111 Duane 16,855 Elsie 22,345
112 Phillip 16,533 Judy 22,311
113 Cecil 16,482 Eileen 22,258
114 Tom 16,427 Anita 22,224
115 Alan 16,374 Diane 22,197
116 Milton 15,729 Bertha 21,234
117 Jackie 15,678 Susan 21,028
118 Victor 15,570 Maria 20,638
119 Johnnie 15,332 Maxine 20,477
120 Roland 15,001 Ida 20,233
121 Benjamin 14,613 Yvonne 20,224
122 Glen 14,486 Ella 19,962
123 Chester 14,413 Lillie 19,923
124 Calvin 14,177 Constance 19,896
125 Keith 13,867 Sue 19,507
126 Dean 13,629 Bobbie 19,479
127 Sam 13,350 Georgia 19,014
128 Wallace 13,241 Jeanne 18,758
129 Claude 12,741 Christine 18,488
130 Maurice 12,638 Sara 18,261
131 Willard 12,459 Alma 18,251
132 Manuel 12,330 Bessie 18,035
133 Jose 12,297 Agnes 18,032
134 Leslie 12,242 Vera 18,022
135 Edgar 11,860 Nellie 17,703
136 Marion 11,859 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 16,295
141 Allan 11,359 Gertrude 16,137
142 Jessie 11,233 Rosa 16,050
143 Darrell 11,125 Minnie 15,874
144 Terry 11,024 Gail 15,854
145 Everett 10,955 Connie 15,653
146 Wesley 10,937 Geneva 14,279
147 Ted 10,526 Viola 14,256
148 Freddie 10,456 Velma 14,250
149 Jay 10,217 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 13,713
154 Rodney 9,695 Harriet 13,692
155 Lowell 9,659 Annette 13,531
156 Dan 9,629 Naomi 13,500
157 Neil 9,466 Charlene 13,471
158 Sidney 9,420 Pearl 13,295
159 Homer 9,413 Joy 13,185
160 Delbert 9,167 Mae 12,860
161 Tony 9,163 Suzanne 12,761
162 Morris 9,113 Claire 12,639
163 Lyle 9,058 Rebecca 12,615
164 Wilbur 9,044 Faye 12,555
165 Luther 8,860 Carrie 12,525
166 Earnest 8,722 Pat 12,462
167 Ronnie 8,709 Dora 12,387
168 Bennie 8,705 Rachel 12,268
169 Joel 8,688 Rosie 12,060
170 Ben 8,638 Emily 11,916
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 8,117 Stella 11,206
176 Mike 8,028 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 10,582
181 Roosevelt 7,482 Lena 10,537
182 Otis 7,456 Lola 10,391
183 Mark 7,444 Myrna 10,235
184 Nathaniel 7,411 Hattie 10,229
185 Danny 7,235 Rosemarie 10,130
186 Alton 7,215 Ramona 10,118
187 Marshall 7,174 Gwendolyn 10,108
188 Clayton 7,171 Jeannette 9,798
189 Alexander 7,095 Erma 9,701
190 Benny 6,863 Genevieve 9,690
191 Clifton 6,857 Cynthia 9,666
192 Archie 6,732 Nina 9,663
193 Oliver 6,709 Patty 9,625
194 Clinton 6,708 Fannie 9,552
195 Barry 6,644 Diana 9,501
196 Juan 6,614 Jennie 9,488
197 Salvatore 6,482 Hilda 9,454
198 Nelson 6,473 Marguerite 9,328
199 Jon 6,363 Daisy 9,063
200 Alex 6,306 Johnnie 9,063
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2025. See the limitations of this data source.