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Top baby names of the 1930s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1930 and 1939, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 Robert 590,799
  2. 2 James 547,478
  3. 3 John 487,946
  4. 4 William 416,728
  5. 5 Richard 330,501
  6. 6 Charles 303,215
  7. 7 Donald 283,716
  8. 8 George 192,290
  9. 9 Thomas 183,873
  10. 10 Joseph 180,565
  11. 11 David 164,699
  12. 12 Edward 147,848
  13. 13 Ronald 140,332
  14. 14 Paul 125,771
  15. 15 Kenneth 125,109
  16. 16 Frank 108,088
  17. 17 Raymond 99,583
  18. 18 Jack 96,397
  19. 19 Harold 95,467
  20. 20 Billy 88,340
  21. 21 Gerald 82,818
  22. 22 Walter 80,906
  23. 23 Jerry 80,689
  24. 24 Joe 71,468
  25. 25 Eugene 70,939
  26. 26 Henry 70,418
  27. 27 Bobby 69,416
  28. 28 Arthur 67,730
  29. 29 Carl 66,757
  30. 30 Larry 65,247
  31. 31 Ralph 63,801
  32. 32 Albert 62,827
  33. 33 Willie 62,467
  34. 34 Fred 56,162
  35. 35 Michael 56,000
  36. 36 Lawrence 54,486
  37. 37 Harry 53,115
  38. 38 Roy 51,495
  39. 39 Howard 51,495
  40. 40 Norman 49,987
  41. 41 Roger 49,612
  42. 42 Daniel 47,998
  43. 43 Louis 47,754
  44. 44 Earl 44,613
  45. 45 Gary 43,594
  46. 46 Clarence 42,677
  47. 47 Anthony 42,545
  48. 48 Francis 41,384
  49. 49 Wayne 41,140
  50. 50 Marvin 41,083

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Mary 572,997
  2. 2 Betty 300,408
  3. 3 Barbara 296,419
  4. 4 Shirley 229,378
  5. 5 Patricia 220,579
  6. 6 Dorothy 210,414
  7. 7 Joan 173,439
  8. 8 Margaret 157,371
  9. 9 Nancy 142,486
  10. 10 Helen 140,426
  11. 11 Carol 117,729
  12. 12 Joyce 115,505
  13. 13 Doris 110,657
  14. 14 Ruth 109,205
  15. 15 Virginia 103,088
  16. 16 Marilyn 98,531
  17. 17 Elizabeth 96,479
  18. 18 Jean 94,189
  19. 19 Frances 92,118
  20. 20 Beverly 80,842
  21. 21 Lois 80,713
  22. 22 Alice 78,968
  23. 23 Donna 78,846
  24. 24 Martha 77,697
  25. 25 Dolores 77,137
  26. 26 Janet 76,038
  27. 27 Phyllis 73,804
  28. 28 Norma 72,877
  29. 29 Carolyn 69,525
  30. 30 Evelyn 69,363
  31. 31 Gloria 68,588
  32. 32 Anna 66,598
  33. 33 Marie 65,803
  34. 34 Ann 64,060
  35. 35 Mildred 61,737
  36. 36 Rose 59,111
  37. 37 Peggy 56,275
  38. 38 Geraldine 50,040
  39. 39 Catherine 50,026
  40. 40 Judith 49,906
  41. 41 Louise 49,859
  42. 42 Janice 49,343
  43. 43 Marjorie 49,213
  44. 44 Annie 48,946
  45. 45 Ruby 47,647
  46. 46 Eleanor 46,379
  47. 47 Jane 45,814
  48. 48 Sandra 45,399
  49. 49 Irene 44,448
  50. 50 Wanda 43,072