Most Popular Baby Names in 1930

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 Robert 62,152
2 James 53,957
3 John 52,447
4 William 47,271
5 Richard 32,186
6 Charles 31,867
7 Donald 29,051
8 George 22,787
9 Joseph 20,981
10 Edward 17,351
11 Thomas 17,007
12 Paul 12,954
13 Frank 12,535
14 Jack 12,429
15 David 12,275
16 Raymond 11,713
17 Kenneth 11,704
18 Harold 11,661
19 Walter 9,731
20 Billy 9,286
21 Eugene 9,028
22 Henry 8,594
23 Arthur 8,284
24 Albert 7,948
25 Ralph 7,634
26 Carl 6,952
27 Joe 6,873
28 Harry 6,848
29 Willie 6,667
30 Gerald 6,482
31 Howard 6,342
32 Fred 6,048
33 Roy 5,917
34 Louis 5,810
35 Herbert 5,675
36 Lawrence 5,639
37 Ronald 5,635
38 Earl 5,567
39 Clarence 5,498
40 Norman 5,289
41 Bobby 5,182
42 Francis 4,990
43 Ernest 4,787
44 Anthony 4,674
45 Leonard 4,662
46 Alfred 4,558
47 Daniel 4,465
48 Marvin 4,403
49 Stanley 4,383
50 Melvin 4,048

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 64,153
2 Betty 38,238
3 Dorothy 30,409
4 Helen 19,913
5 Margaret 18,351
6 Barbara 18,280
7 Patricia 15,751
8 Joan 15,478
9 Doris 15,464
10 Ruth 14,942
11 Shirley 14,775
12 Virginia 13,197
13 Dolores 12,842
14 Jean 11,986
15 Elizabeth 10,995
16 Frances 10,644
17 Lois 10,114
18 Joyce 9,658
19 Evelyn 9,536
20 Alice 9,516
21 Mildred 9,355
22 Marilyn 9,288
23 Anna 9,081
24 Nancy 9,068
25 Norma 8,511
26 Marie 8,426
27 Martha 7,831
28 Phyllis 7,770
29 Rose 7,688
30 Gloria 7,604
31 Louise 6,942
32 Marjorie 6,633
33 Irene 6,463
34 Beverly 6,455
35 Catherine 6,298
36 Ruby 5,993
37 Donna 5,978
38 Florence 5,867
39 Eleanor 5,823
40 Annie 5,756
41 Ann 5,531
42 Rita 5,470
43 Geraldine 5,448
44 Lillian 5,448
45 Thelma 5,250
46 Lorraine 5,166
47 June 5,093
48 Gladys 5,066
49 Josephine 4,988
50 Theresa 4,783