100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1930

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 62,108
2 James 0 53,921
3 John 0 52,396
4 William 0 47,242
5 Richard +1 32,166
6 Charles -1 31,833
7 Donald 0 29,035
8 George 0 22,750
9 Joseph 0 20,974
10 Edward 0 17,337
11 Thomas 0 16,992
12 Paul +1 12,946
13 Frank -1 12,529
14 Jack 0 12,428
15 David +2 12,263
16 Kenneth +2 11,699
17 Raymond -2 11,698
18 Harold -2 11,646
19 Walter 0 9,716
20 Billy +3 9,287
21 Eugene -1 9,013
22 Henry -1 8,582
23 Arthur -1 8,269
24 Albert 0 7,938
25 Ralph +1 7,632
26 Carl +2 6,953
27 Joe +3 6,873
28 Harry -1 6,836
29 Willie 0 6,672
30 Gerald +3 6,482
31 Howard 0 6,331
32 Fred +2 6,048
33 Roy +2 5,905
34 Louis -2 5,818
35 Herbert -10 5,673
36 Lawrence +2 5,635
37 Ronald +8 5,630
38 Earl -2 5,563
39 Clarence -2 5,486
40 Norman 0 5,296
41 Bobby +9 5,183
42 Francis -3 4,989
43 Ernest 0 4,782
44 Anthony 0 4,674
45 Leonard -3 4,660
46 Alfred -5 4,554
47 Daniel 0 4,465
48 Marvin -2 4,402
49 Stanley -1 4,385
50 Melvin -1 4,049
51 Jerry +10 3,888
52 Bernard 0 3,827
53 Leroy -2 3,804
54 Michael 0 3,537
55 Samuel -2 3,524
56 Peter -1 3,262
57 Roger +7 3,256
58 Ray -1 3,248
59 Bill +3 3,157
60 Russell -4 3,093
61 Floyd -2 3,072
62 Andrew -4 3,056
63 Leo -3 3,027
64 Dale +9 2,987
65 Wayne +4 2,980
66 Edwin 0 2,976
67 Theodore -2 2,956
68 Don +10 2,922
69 Lloyd -6 2,836
70 Gene -2 2,786
71 Glenn +9 2,760
72 Vernon 0 2,700
73 Frederick -6 2,698
74 Clifford -3 2,690
75 Philip +1 2,650
76 Clyde -2 2,634
77 Gordon +2 2,611
78 Herman -3 2,590
79 Alvin -2 2,511
80 Elmer -10 2,479
81 Leon 0 2,398
82 Lee +3 2,362
83 Martin 0 2,325
84 Vincent -2 2,314
85 Allen +1 2,273
86 Jimmie +12 2,254
87 Lewis -3 2,242
88 Bob +1 2,239
89 Douglas +8 2,163
90 Gilbert +1 2,118
91 Charlie -4 2,114
92 Harvey -2 2,061
93 Milton 0 2,049
94 Jesse 0 2,035
95 Lester -7 2,021
96 Warren -4 2,006
97 Eddie +5 1,969
98 Arnold -3 1,945
99 Cecil +2 1,880
100 Victor 0 1,839
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 64,110
2 Betty 0 38,239
3 Dorothy 0 30,390
4 Helen 0 19,907
5 Margaret 0 18,353
6 Barbara +1 18,287
7 Patricia +3 15,746
8 Joan +5 15,480
9 Doris -3 15,456
10 Ruth -2 14,933
11 Shirley -2 14,774
12 Virginia -1 13,185
13 Dolores +1 12,831
14 Jean -2 11,976
15 Elizabeth 0 10,993
16 Frances 0 10,631
17 Lois 0 10,111
18 Joyce +5 9,657
19 Evelyn 0 9,529
20 Alice +1 9,520
21 Mildred -3 9,341
22 Marilyn +11 9,278
23 Anna -3 9,078
24 Nancy +8 9,064
25 Norma 0 8,509
26 Marie -4 8,425
27 Martha 0 7,828
28 Phyllis -4 7,767
29 Rose -3 7,691
30 Gloria -2 7,599
31 Louise 0 6,945
32 Marjorie -2 6,625
33 Irene -4 6,460
34 Beverly +5 6,457
35 Catherine -1 6,301
36 Ruby 0 5,988
37 Donna +10 5,981
38 Florence -3 5,862
39 Eleanor -1 5,819
40 Annie -3 5,749
41 Ann +5 5,532
42 Rita +10 5,471
43 Lillian -3 5,452
44 Geraldine -1 5,448
45 Thelma -4 5,248
46 Lorraine -4 5,165
47 June +1 5,096
48 Gladys -4 5,063
49 Josephine -4 4,979
50 Theresa -1 4,780
51 Edna 0 4,760
52 Pauline -2 4,650
53 Janet +29 4,598
54 Carol +9 4,596
55 Jane +7 4,575
56 Wanda +5 4,517
57 Juanita +3 4,512
58 Bernice -3 4,435
59 Lucille -2 4,324
60 Marion -7 4,300
61 Edith -2 4,271
62 Grace -8 4,216
63 Audrey -5 4,129
64 Clara +1 4,124
65 Ethel -9 4,094
66 Delores +8 4,093
67 Peggy +3 4,083
68 Wilma -2 4,070
69 Elaine -2 3,951
70 Sarah -2 3,917
71 Hazel -7 3,889
72 Carolyn +5 3,723
73 Emma -4 3,557
74 Jacqueline +12 3,412
75 Charlotte -2 3,406
76 Beatrice -4 3,397
77 Esther -6 3,348
78 Bonnie +9 3,267
79 Billie 0 3,240
80 Marian -5 3,214
81 Joanne +20 3,156
82 Rosemary -2 3,154
83 Anne +8 3,094
84 Kathleen +5 3,072
85 Katherine -2 3,029
86 Eva -2 3,019
87 Willie -11 3,017
88 Elsie -10 2,970
89 Laura +1 2,910
90 Julia -2 2,876
91 Vivian -10 2,870
92 Jeanne 0 2,720
93 Maxine -8 2,700
94 Ida +2 2,643
95 Bertha -2 2,607
96 Gertrude -1 2,551
97 Patsy +21 2,545
98 Sally +14 2,544
99 Maria +1 2,543
100 Ellen -3 2,521