Name.Baby Names by year 1930s 1930 Most Popular Baby Names of 1930 Social Security has card records for 2,295,957 people born in the U.S. in 1930. Mary was the top girl name (64,153 babies) and Robert the top boy name (62,153).
Top 100 names of 1930 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1930, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 64,153 #125 2 Betty 38,240 #1,113 3 Dorothy 30,411 #421 4 Helen 19,913 #461 5 Margaret 18,350 #112 6 Barbara 18,279 #968 7 Patricia 15,751 #1,334 8 Joan 15,478 #1,085 9 Doris 15,464 #2,895 10 Ruth 14,942 #173 11 Shirley 14,775 #1,581 12 Virginia 13,197 #525 13 Dolores 12,842 #2,564 14 Jean 11,986 #2,117 15 Elizabeth 10,995 #17 16 Frances 10,644 #318 17 Lois 10,114 #1,666 18 Joyce 9,658 #1,071 19 Evelyn 9,536 #8 20 Alice 9,516 #65 21 Mildred 9,356 #1,962 22 Marilyn 9,288 #760 23 Anna 9,081 #107 24 Nancy 9,068 #965 25 Norma 8,511 #2,002 26 Marie 8,426 #617 27 Martha 7,832 #712 28 Phyllis 7,770 #11,932 29 Rose 7,688 #114 30 Gloria 7,605 #654 31 Louise 6,942 #514 32 Marjorie 6,633 #1,016 33 Irene 6,464 #651 34 Beverly 6,455 #1,016 35 Catherine 6,299 #313 36 Ruby 5,993 #64 37 Donna 5,978 #1,962 38 Florence 5,867 #391 39 Eleanor 5,823 #12 40 Annie 5,756 #182 41 Ann 5,531 #1,076 42 Rita 5,470 #1,285 43 Geraldine 5,448 #2,438 44 Lillian 5,447 #57 45 Thelma 5,250 #4,661 46 Lorraine 5,166 #1,043 47 June 5,094 #150 48 Gladys 5,066 #3,211 49 Josephine 4,988 #53 50 Theresa 4,783 #1,548
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1930, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Edna 4,762 #2,458 52 Pauline 4,655 #2,957 53 Janet 4,602 #2,778 54 Carol 4,598 #2,239 55 Jane 4,575 #221 56 Wanda 4,524 #5,917 57 Juanita 4,512 #2,778 58 Bernice 4,439 #4,067 59 Lucille 4,327 #237 60 Marion 4,305 #2,036 61 Edith 4,273 #499 62 Grace 4,218 #38 63 Audrey 4,129 #86 64 Clara 4,124 #63 65 Ethel 4,101 #4,172 66 Delores 4,098 #5,722 67 Peggy 4,084 #8,362 68 Wilma 4,075 #3,645 69 Elaine 3,954 #304 70 Sarah 3,920 #90 71 Hazel 3,888 #21 72 Carolyn 3,725 #1,222 73 Emma 3,555 #3 74 Jacqueline 3,414 #558 75 Charlotte 3,406 #2 76 Beatrice 3,390 #508 77 Esther 3,350 #119 78 Bonnie 3,265 #396 79 Billie 3,241 #691 80 Marian 3,213 #1,102 81 Joanne 3,154 #2,607 82 Rosemary 3,151 #251 83 Anne 3,091 #619 84 Kathleen 3,074 #1,150 85 Katherine 3,033 #186 86 Eva 3,019 #134 87 Willie 3,018 #10,107 88 Elsie 2,973 #123 89 Laura 2,908 #379 90 Julia 2,880 #131 91 Vivian 2,872 #70 92 Jeanne 2,720 #4,546 93 Maxine 2,700 #496 94 Ida 2,643 #1,120 95 Bertha 2,605 #4,546 96 Gertrude 2,555 #6,546 97 Patsy 2,544 #5,917 98 Sally 2,542 #1,150 99 Maria 2,540 #87 100 Ellen 2,522 #1,062
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1930, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 62,153 #92 2 James 53,957 #6 3 John 52,447 #23 4 William 47,271 #9 5 Richard 32,187 #234 6 Charles 31,867 #48 7 Donald 29,052 #690 8 George 22,788 #126 9 Joseph 20,981 #29 10 Edward 17,352 #224 11 Thomas 17,008 #34 12 Paul 12,955 #262 13 Frank 12,535 #513 14 Jack 12,430 #15 15 David 12,275 #35 16 Raymond 11,714 #394 17 Kenneth 11,705 #294 18 Harold 11,660 #991 19 Walter 9,731 #251 20 Billy 9,285 #1,068 21 Eugene 9,029 #943 22 Henry 8,594 #5 23 Arthur 8,284 #87 24 Albert 7,950 #614 25 Ralph 7,634 #1,046 26 Carl 6,951 #1,132 27 Joe 6,873 #991 28 Harry 6,847 #775 29 Willie 6,667 #1,315 30 Gerald 6,483 #1,204 31 Howard 6,341 #1,002 32 Fred 6,049 #1,932 33 Roy 5,917 #525 34 Louis 5,810 #249 35 Herbert 5,675 #2,641 36 Lawrence 5,639 #518 37 Ronald 5,635 #637 38 Earl 5,567 #2,230 39 Clarence 5,498 #1,499 40 Norman 5,289 #1,196 41 Bobby 5,181 #1,097 42 Francis 4,990 #420 43 Ernest 4,787 #1,038 44 Anthony 4,674 #46 45 Leonard 4,662 #637 46 Alfred 4,558 #840 47 Daniel 4,465 #22 48 Marvin 4,404 #699 49 Stanley 4,383 #863 50 Melvin 4,048 #958
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1930, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jerry 3,891 #906 52 Bernard 3,831 #1,362 53 Leroy 3,802 #883 54 Michael 3,543 #21 55 Samuel 3,531 #18 56 Peter 3,266 #187 57 Ray 3,254 #791 58 Roger 3,246 #832 59 Bill 3,160 #5,208 60 Russell 3,101 #345 61 Floyd 3,077 #2,230 62 Andrew 3,056 #73 63 Leo 3,035 #19 64 Dale 2,994 #1,409 65 Wayne 2,981 #652 66 Edwin 2,972 #398 67 Theodore 2,958 #4 68 Don 2,922 #1,793 69 Lloyd 2,838 #1,547 70 Gene 2,787 #2,230 71 Glenn 2,758 #1,443 72 Vernon 2,703 #1,382 73 Clifford 2,696 #1,352 74 Frederick 2,694 #435 75 Philip 2,655 #527 76 Clyde 2,631 #742 77 Gordon 2,611 #1,051 78 Herman 2,598 #2,363 79 Alvin 2,512 #838 80 Elmer 2,476 #1,222 81 Leon 2,401 #138 82 Lee 2,361 #725 83 Martin 2,322 #335 84 Vincent 2,318 #107 85 Allen 2,278 #578 86 Jimmie 2,255 #3,658 87 Lewis 2,243 #433 88 Bob 2,242 #9,714 89 Douglas 2,166 #807 90 Gilbert 2,119 #1,328 91 Charlie 2,113 #145 92 Harvey 2,062 #251 93 Milton 2,053 #1,436 94 Jesse 2,035 #184 95 Lester 2,020 #1,634 96 Warren 2,011 #240 97 Eddie 1,972 #860 98 Arnold 1,948 #1,477 99 Cecil 1,882 #1,486 100 Victor 1,844 #209
Entered the top 100 in 1930
