Most Popular Baby Names of 1930
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | Robert | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | James | 0 | 2 | Betty | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Dorothy | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Helen | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | +1 | 5 | Margaret | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | -1 | 6 | Barbara | +1 |
| 7 | Donald | 0 | 7 | Patricia | +3 |
| 8 | George | 0 | 8 | Joan | +5 |
| 9 | Joseph | 0 | 9 | Doris | -3 |
| 10 | Edward | 0 | 10 | Ruth | -2 |
| 11 | Thomas | 0 | 11 | Shirley | -2 |
| 12 | Paul | +1 | 12 | Virginia | -1 |
| 13 | Frank | -1 | 13 | Dolores | +1 |
| 14 | Jack | 0 | 14 | Jean | -2 |
| 15 | David | +2 | 15 | Elizabeth | 0 |
| 16 | Kenneth | +2 | 16 | Frances | 0 |
| 17 | Raymond | -2 | 17 | Lois | 0 |
| 18 | Harold | -2 | 18 | Joyce | +5 |
| 19 | Walter | 0 | 19 | Evelyn | 0 |
| 20 | Billy | +3 | 20 | Alice | +1 |
| 21 | Eugene | -1 | 21 | Mildred | -3 |
| 22 | Henry | -1 | 22 | Marilyn | +11 |
| 23 | Arthur | -1 | 23 | Anna | -3 |
| 24 | Albert | 0 | 24 | Nancy | +8 |
| 25 | Ralph | +1 | 25 | Norma | 0 |
| 26 | Carl | +2 | 26 | Marie | -4 |
| 27 | Joe | +3 | 27 | Martha | 0 |
| 28 | Harry | -1 | 28 | Phyllis | -4 |
| 29 | Willie | 0 | 29 | Rose | -3 |
| 30 | Gerald | +3 | 30 | Gloria | -2 |
| 31 | Howard | 0 | 31 | Louise | 0 |
| 32 | Fred | +2 | 32 | Marjorie | -2 |
| 33 | Roy | +2 | 33 | Irene | -4 |
| 34 | Louis | -2 | 34 | Beverly | +5 |
| 35 | Herbert | -10 | 35 | Catherine | -1 |
| 36 | Lawrence | +2 | 36 | Ruby | 0 |
| 37 | Ronald | +8 | 37 | Donna | +10 |
| 38 | Earl | -2 | 38 | Florence | -3 |
| 39 | Clarence | -2 | 39 | Eleanor | -1 |
| 40 | Norman | 0 | 40 | Annie | -3 |
| 41 | Bobby | +9 | 41 | Ann | +5 |
| 42 | Francis | -3 | 42 | Rita | +10 |
| 43 | Ernest | 0 | 43 | Lillian | -3 |
| 44 | Anthony | 0 | 44 | Geraldine | -1 |
| 45 | Leonard | -3 | 45 | Thelma | -4 |
| 46 | Alfred | -5 | 46 | Lorraine | -4 |
| 47 | Daniel | 0 | 47 | June | +1 |
| 48 | Marvin | -2 | 48 | Gladys | -4 |
| 49 | Stanley | -1 | 49 | Josephine | -4 |
| 50 | Melvin | -1 | 50 | Theresa | -1 |
| 51 | Jerry | +10 | 51 | Edna | 0 |
| 52 | Bernard | 0 | 52 | Pauline | -2 |
| 53 | Leroy | -2 | 53 | Janet | +29 |
| 54 | Michael | 0 | 54 | Carol | +9 |
| 55 | Samuel | -2 | 55 | Jane | +7 |
| 56 | Peter | -1 | 56 | Juanita | +4 |
| 57 | Roger | +7 | 57 | Wanda | +4 |
| 58 | Ray | -1 | 58 | Bernice | -3 |
| 59 | Bill | +3 | 59 | Lucille | -2 |
| 60 | Russell | -4 | 60 | Marion | -7 |
| 61 | Floyd | -2 | 61 | Edith | -2 |
| 62 | Andrew | -4 | 62 | Grace | -8 |
| 63 | Leo | -3 | 63 | Audrey | -5 |
| 64 | Dale | +9 | 64 | Clara | +1 |
| 65 | Edwin | +1 | 65 | Ethel | -9 |
| 66 | Wayne | +3 | 66 | Delores | +8 |
| 67 | Theodore | -2 | 67 | Peggy | +3 |
| 68 | Don | +10 | 68 | Wilma | -2 |
| 69 | Lloyd | -6 | 69 | Elaine | -2 |
| 70 | Gene | -2 | 70 | Sarah | -2 |
| 71 | Glenn | +9 | 71 | Hazel | -7 |
| 72 | Vernon | 0 | 72 | Carolyn | +5 |
| 73 | Clifford | -2 | 73 | Emma | -4 |
| 74 | Frederick | -7 | 74 | Jacqueline | +12 |
| 75 | Philip | +1 | 75 | Charlotte | -2 |
| 76 | Clyde | -2 | 76 | Beatrice | -4 |
| 77 | Gordon | +2 | 77 | Esther | -6 |
| 78 | Herman | -3 | 78 | Bonnie | +9 |
| 79 | Alvin | -2 | 79 | Billie | 0 |
| 80 | Elmer | -10 | 80 | Marian | -5 |
| 81 | Leon | 0 | 81 | Joanne | +20 |
| 82 | Lee | +3 | 82 | Rosemary | -2 |
| 83 | Martin | 0 | 83 | Anne | +8 |
| 84 | Vincent | -2 | 84 | Kathleen | +5 |
| 85 | Allen | +2 | 85 | Katherine | -1 |
| 86 | Bob | +3 | 86 | Willie | -10 |
| 87 | Jimmie | +11 | 87 | Eva | -4 |
| 88 | Lewis | -4 | 88 | Elsie | -10 |
| 89 | Douglas | +7 | 89 | Laura | +1 |
| 90 | Charlie | -4 | 90 | Vivian | -9 |
| 91 | Gilbert | 0 | 91 | Julia | -3 |
| 92 | Harvey | -2 | 92 | Jeanne | 0 |
| 93 | Milton | 0 | 93 | Maxine | -8 |
| 94 | Jesse | -2 | 94 | Ida | +2 |
| 95 | Lester | -7 | 95 | Bertha | -2 |
| 96 | Warren | -2 | 96 | Gertrude | -1 |
| 97 | Eddie | +5 | 97 | Patsy | +21 |
| 98 | Arnold | -3 | 98 | Maria | +2 |
| 99 | Cecil | +2 | 99 | Sally | +12 |
| 100 | Victor | -1 | 100 | Ellen | -3 |