Top Baby Names of 1930
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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
Lillian 5,448 43
Geraldine 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 👦
Boy Names
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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 About 1930 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1930, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.