Baby names of the 1930s

1930–1939 · United States

Mary was the most common girls’ name of the 1930s with 573,000 births, and Robert the most common boys’ name with 590,810.

Top 50 girls’ names of the 1930s

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	573,000
2	Betty	300,409
3	Barbara	296,420
4	Shirley	229,380
5	Patricia	220,582
6	Dorothy	210,415
7	Joan	173,439
8	Margaret	157,369
9	Nancy	142,488
10	Helen	140,426
11	Carol	117,731
12	Joyce	115,506
13	Doris	110,658
14	Ruth	109,204
15	Virginia	103,089
16	Marilyn	98,531
17	Elizabeth	96,480
18	Jean	94,189
19	Frances	92,117
20	Beverly	80,846
21	Lois	80,713
22	Alice	78,968
23	Donna	78,846
24	Martha	77,697
25	Dolores	77,139
26	Janet	76,038
27	Phyllis	73,805
28	Norma	72,878
29	Carolyn	69,525
30	Evelyn	69,364
31	Gloria	68,588
32	Anna	66,598
33	Marie	65,803
34	Ann	64,060
35	Mildred	61,738
36	Rose	59,111
37	Peggy	56,275
38	Geraldine	50,042
39	Catherine	50,027
40	Judith	49,904
41	Louise	49,859
42	Janice	49,343
43	Marjorie	49,213
44	Annie	48,946
45	Ruby	47,648
46	Eleanor	46,379
47	Jane	45,814
48	Sandra	45,399
49	Irene	44,448
50	Wanda	43,072

Top 50 boys’ names of the 1930s

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	590,810
2	James	547,479
3	John	487,950
4	William	416,730
5	Richard	330,502
6	Charles	303,218
7	Donald	283,718
8	George	192,289
9	Thomas	183,878
10	Joseph	180,566
11	David	164,701
12	Edward	147,849
13	Ronald	140,332
14	Paul	125,774
15	Kenneth	125,111
16	Frank	108,090
17	Raymond	99,585
18	Jack	96,396
19	Harold	95,467
20	Billy	88,341
21	Gerald	82,821
22	Walter	80,908
23	Jerry	80,690
24	Joe	71,470
25	Eugene	70,938
26	Henry	70,419
27	Bobby	69,419
28	Arthur	67,730
29	Carl	66,759
30	Larry	65,249
31	Ralph	63,802
32	Albert	62,829
33	Willie	62,466
34	Fred	56,164
35	Michael	56,001
36	Lawrence	54,485
37	Harry	53,115
38	Howard	51,495
39	Roy	51,495
40	Norman	49,987
41	Roger	49,615
42	Daniel	47,998
43	Louis	47,754
44	Earl	44,613
45	Gary	43,596
46	Clarence	42,676
47	Anthony	42,546
48	Francis	41,384
49	Wayne	41,141
50	Marvin	41,085

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880-2025. Names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org