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The most popular baby names of 1930

SSA recorded 2,223,305 births in 1930 across all reported names — 1,125,927 girls and 1,097,378 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1930

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1929.
#NameBirthsvs 1929
1 Mary 64,153 —
2 Betty 38,240 —
3 Dorothy 30,411 —
4 Helen 19,913 —
5 Margaret 18,350 —
6 Barbara 18,279 +1
7 Patricia 15,751 +3
8 Joan 15,478 +5
9 Doris 15,464 -3
10 Ruth 14,942 -2
11 Shirley 14,775 -2
12 Virginia 13,197 -1
13 Dolores 12,842 +1
14 Jean 11,986 -2
15 Elizabeth 10,995 —
16 Frances 10,644 —
17 Lois 10,114 —
18 Joyce 9,658 +5
19 Evelyn 9,536 —
20 Alice 9,516 +1
21 Mildred 9,356 -3
22 Marilyn 9,288 +11
23 Anna 9,081 -3
24 Nancy 9,068 +8
25 Norma 8,511 —
26 Marie 8,426 -4
27 Martha 7,832 —
28 Phyllis 7,770 -4
29 Rose 7,688 -3
30 Gloria 7,605 -2
31 Louise 6,942 —
32 Marjorie 6,633 -2
33 Irene 6,464 -4
34 Beverly 6,455 +5
35 Catherine 6,299 -1
36 Ruby 5,993 —
37 Donna 5,978 +10
38 Florence 5,867 -3
39 Eleanor 5,823 -1
40 Annie 5,756 -3
41 Ann 5,531 +5
42 Rita 5,470 +10
43 Geraldine 5,448 —
44 Lillian 5,447 -4
45 Thelma 5,250 -4
46 Lorraine 5,166 -4
47 June 5,094 +1
48 Gladys 5,066 -4
49 Josephine 4,988 -4
50 Theresa 4,783 -1
51 Edna 4,762 —
52 Pauline 4,655 -2
53 Janet 4,602 +29
54 Carol 4,598 +9
55 Jane 4,575 +7
56 Wanda 4,524 +5
57 Juanita 4,512 +3
58 Bernice 4,439 -3
59 Lucille 4,327 -2
60 Marion 4,305 -7
61 Edith 4,273 -2
62 Grace 4,218 -8
63 Audrey 4,129 -5
64 Clara 4,124 +1
65 Ethel 4,101 -9
66 Delores 4,098 +8
67 Peggy 4,084 +3
68 Wilma 4,075 -2
69 Elaine 3,954 -2
70 Sarah 3,920 -2
71 Hazel 3,888 -7
72 Carolyn 3,725 +5
73 Emma 3,555 -4
74 Jacqueline 3,414 +13
75 Charlotte 3,406 -2
76 Beatrice 3,390 -4
77 Esther 3,350 -6
78 Bonnie 3,265 +8
79 Billie 3,241 —
80 Marian 3,213 -5
81 Joanne 3,154 +20
82 Rosemary 3,151 -2
83 Anne 3,091 +8
84 Kathleen 3,074 +5
85 Katherine 3,033 -1
86 Eva 3,019 -3
87 Willie 3,018 -11
88 Elsie 2,973 -10
89 Laura 2,908 +1
90 Julia 2,880 -2
91 Vivian 2,872 -10
92 Jeanne 2,720 —
93 Maxine 2,700 -8
94 Ida 2,643 +2
95 Bertha 2,605 -2
96 Gertrude 2,555 -1
97 Patsy 2,544 +21
98 Sally 2,542 +14
99 Maria 2,540 +1
100 Ellen 2,522 -3

Top 100 boys' names in 1930

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1929.
#NameBirthsvs 1929
1 Robert 62,153 —
2 James 53,957 —
3 John 52,447 —
4 William 47,271 —
5 Richard 32,187 +1
6 Charles 31,867 -1
7 Donald 29,052 —
8 George 22,788 —
9 Joseph 20,981 —
10 Edward 17,352 —
11 Thomas 17,008 —
12 Paul 12,955 +1
13 Frank 12,535 -1
14 Jack 12,430 —
15 David 12,275 +2
16 Raymond 11,714 -1
17 Kenneth 11,705 +1
18 Harold 11,660 -2
19 Walter 9,731 —
20 Billy 9,285 +3
21 Eugene 9,029 -1
22 Henry 8,594 -1
23 Arthur 8,284 -1
24 Albert 7,950 —
25 Ralph 7,634 +1
26 Carl 6,951 +2
27 Joe 6,873 +3
28 Harry 6,847 -1
29 Willie 6,667 —
30 Gerald 6,483 +3
31 Howard 6,341 —
32 Fred 6,049 +2
33 Roy 5,917 +2
34 Louis 5,810 -2
35 Herbert 5,675 -10
36 Lawrence 5,639 +2
37 Ronald 5,635 +8
38 Earl 5,567 -2
39 Clarence 5,498 -2
40 Norman 5,289 —
41 Bobby 5,181 +9
42 Francis 4,990 -3
43 Ernest 4,787 —
44 Anthony 4,674 —
45 Leonard 4,662 -3
46 Alfred 4,558 -5
47 Daniel 4,465 —
48 Marvin 4,404 -2
49 Stanley 4,383 -1
50 Melvin 4,048 -1
51 Jerry 3,891 +10
52 Bernard 3,831 —
53 Leroy 3,802 -2
54 Michael 3,543 —
55 Samuel 3,531 -2
56 Peter 3,266 -1
57 Ray 3,254 —
58 Roger 3,246 +6
59 Bill 3,160 +4
60 Russell 3,101 -4
61 Floyd 3,077 -3
62 Andrew 3,056 -3
63 Leo 3,035 -3
64 Dale 2,994 +9
65 Wayne 2,981 +4
66 Edwin 2,972 —
67 Theodore 2,958 -2
68 Don 2,922 +10
69 Lloyd 2,838 -7
70 Gene 2,787 -2
71 Glenn 2,758 +9
72 Vernon 2,703 -1
73 Clifford 2,696 -1
74 Frederick 2,694 -7
75 Philip 2,655 +1
76 Clyde 2,631 -2
77 Gordon 2,611 +2
78 Herman 2,598 -3
79 Alvin 2,512 -2
80 Elmer 2,476 -10
81 Leon 2,401 —
82 Lee 2,361 +3
83 Martin 2,322 —
84 Vincent 2,318 -2
85 Allen 2,278 +1
86 Jimmie 2,255 +12
87 Lewis 2,243 -3
88 Bob 2,242 +1
89 Douglas 2,166 +8
90 Gilbert 2,119 +1
91 Charlie 2,113 -4
92 Harvey 2,062 -2
93 Milton 2,053 +1
94 Jesse 2,035 -1
95 Lester 2,020 -7
96 Warren 2,011 -4
97 Eddie 1,972 +5
98 Arnold 1,948 -3
99 Cecil 1,882 +2
100 Victor 1,844 —

Names that climbed fastest in 1930

Ranked by places gained against 1929, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1930Rank 1929Change
Maureen girls 281 381 +100
Kay girls 358 447 +89
Terry boys 321 390 +69
Randolph boys 339 399 +60
Sharon girls 288 342 +54
Jerry girls 345 399 +54
Dixie girls 291 343 +52
Carole girls 321 373 +52
Joanna girls 351 401 +50
Bobby girls 405 455 +50
George girls 427 473 +46
Judy girls 341 385 +44
Suzanne girls 217 259 +42
Marianne girls 218 259 +41
Cynthia girls 256 297 +41

Names that fell fastest in 1930

NameRank 1930Rank 1929Change
Jeannine girls 258 172 -86
Queen girls 474 411 -63
Leatrice girls 458 399 -59
Vito boys 412 356 -56
Bennie girls 470 415 -55
Gilda girls 463 414 -49
Earle boys 395 348 -47
Sterling boys 402 356 -46
Iona girls 442 398 -44
Eugenia girls 363 324 -39
William girls 398 360 -38
Rocco boys 372 334 -38
Sophie girls 287 250 -37
Matilda girls 390 354 -36
Lorena girls 459 423 -36

Names that first appear in 1930

1930 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1930

For these names, 1930 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.