100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1930

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 62,147
2 James 0 53,944
3 John 0 52,432
4 William 0 47,259
5 Richard +1 32,178
6 Charles -1 31,863
7 Donald 0 29,046
8 George 0 22,779
9 Joseph 0 20,981
10 Edward 0 17,347
11 Thomas 0 17,013
12 Paul +1 12,960
13 Frank -1 12,539
14 Jack 0 12,431
15 David +2 12,272
16 Raymond -1 11,715
17 Kenneth +1 11,701
18 Harold -2 11,659
19 Walter 0 9,728
20 Billy +3 9,284
21 Eugene -1 9,028
22 Henry -1 8,593
23 Arthur -1 8,279
24 Albert 0 7,942
25 Ralph +1 7,638
26 Carl +2 6,953
27 Joe +3 6,878
28 Harry -1 6,847
29 Willie 0 6,668
30 Gerald +3 6,482
31 Howard 0 6,341
32 Fred +2 6,044
33 Roy +2 5,916
34 Louis -2 5,809
35 Herbert -10 5,671
36 Lawrence +2 5,636
37 Ronald +8 5,634
38 Earl -2 5,566
39 Clarence -2 5,496
40 Norman 0 5,296
41 Bobby +9 5,181
42 Francis -3 4,990
43 Ernest 0 4,784
44 Anthony 0 4,678
45 Leonard -3 4,659
46 Alfred -5 4,555
47 Daniel 0 4,465
48 Marvin -2 4,401
49 Stanley -1 4,383
50 Melvin -1 4,049
51 Jerry +10 3,892
52 Bernard 0 3,832
53 Leroy -2 3,806
54 Michael 0 3,545
55 Samuel -2 3,528
56 Peter -1 3,266
57 Ray 0 3,250
58 Roger +6 3,247
59 Bill +3 3,157
60 Russell -4 3,100
61 Floyd -3 3,077
62 Andrew -3 3,057
63 Leo -3 3,033
64 Dale +9 2,993
65 Wayne +4 2,981
66 Edwin 0 2,974
67 Theodore -2 2,959
68 Don +10 2,921
69 Lloyd -6 2,837
70 Gene -2 2,783
71 Glenn +9 2,760
72 Vernon -1 2,703
73 Frederick -6 2,696
74 Clifford -2 2,695
75 Philip +1 2,653
76 Clyde -2 2,631
77 Gordon +2 2,613
78 Herman -3 2,595
79 Alvin -2 2,512
80 Elmer -10 2,478
81 Leon 0 2,399
82 Lee +3 2,360
83 Martin 0 2,326
84 Vincent -2 2,316
85 Allen +1 2,279
86 Jimmie +12 2,254
87 Lewis -3 2,245
88 Bob +1 2,242
89 Douglas +8 2,166
90 Gilbert +1 2,117
91 Charlie -4 2,113
92 Harvey -2 2,062
93 Milton 0 2,053
94 Jesse 0 2,035
95 Lester -7 2,020
96 Warren -4 2,011
97 Eddie +5 1,970
98 Arnold -3 1,949
99 Cecil +2 1,881
100 Victor 0 1,842
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 64,146
2 Betty 0 38,233
3 Dorothy 0 30,407
4 Helen 0 19,914
5 Margaret 0 18,351
6 Barbara +1 18,281
7 Patricia +3 15,752
8 Joan +5 15,480
9 Doris -3 15,467
10 Ruth -2 14,940
11 Shirley -2 14,776
12 Virginia -1 13,199
13 Dolores +1 12,838
14 Jean -2 11,984
15 Elizabeth 0 10,995
16 Frances 0 10,646
17 Lois 0 10,114
18 Joyce +5 9,658
19 Evelyn 0 9,536
20 Alice +1 9,517
21 Mildred -3 9,351
22 Marilyn +11 9,287
23 Anna -3 9,079
24 Nancy +8 9,069
25 Norma 0 8,510
26 Marie -4 8,426
27 Martha 0 7,831
28 Phyllis -4 7,770
29 Rose -3 7,691
30 Gloria -2 7,603
31 Louise 0 6,941
32 Marjorie -2 6,632
33 Irene -4 6,463
34 Beverly +5 6,456
35 Catherine -1 6,298
36 Ruby 0 5,991
37 Donna +10 5,979
38 Florence -3 5,865
39 Eleanor -1 5,822
40 Annie -3 5,754
41 Ann +5 5,531
42 Rita +10 5,468
43 Lillian -3 5,449
44 Geraldine -1 5,448
45 Thelma -4 5,246
46 Lorraine -4 5,164
47 June +1 5,094
48 Gladys -4 5,064
49 Josephine -4 4,987
50 Theresa -1 4,781
51 Edna 0 4,763
52 Pauline -2 4,654
53 Janet +29 4,601
54 Carol +9 4,598
55 Jane +7 4,574
56 Wanda +5 4,525
57 Juanita +3 4,514
58 Bernice -3 4,436
59 Lucille -2 4,328
60 Marion -7 4,305
61 Edith -2 4,272
62 Grace -8 4,218
63 Audrey -5 4,128
64 Clara +1 4,124
65 Ethel -9 4,100
66 Delores +8 4,098
67 Peggy +3 4,084
68 Wilma -2 4,074
69 Elaine -2 3,953
70 Sarah -2 3,919
71 Hazel -7 3,887
72 Carolyn +5 3,725
73 Emma -4 3,555
74 Jacqueline +13 3,413
75 Charlotte -2 3,405
76 Beatrice -4 3,392
77 Esther -6 3,349
78 Bonnie +8 3,269
79 Billie 0 3,241
80 Marian -5 3,213
81 Joanne +20 3,153
82 Rosemary -2 3,151
83 Anne +8 3,093
84 Kathleen +5 3,074
85 Katherine -1 3,032
86 Eva -3 3,019
87 Willie -11 3,018
88 Elsie -10 2,971
89 Laura +1 2,908
90 Julia -2 2,879
91 Vivian -10 2,872
92 Jeanne 0 2,720
93 Maxine -8 2,700
94 Ida +2 2,644
95 Bertha -2 2,603
96 Gertrude -1 2,554
97 Patsy +21 2,543
98 Sally +14 2,543
99 Maria +1 2,541
100 Ellen -3 2,522