Most Popular Baby Names of the 1930s

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Top Boy Names

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

Top Girl Names

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