Top Baby Names of the 1930s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1930s

Mary and Robert led the decade, out of 21,229,562 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1930s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Mary	573,000	5.37%
2	Betty	300,409	2.82%
3	Barbara	296,420	2.78%
4	Shirley	229,380	2.15%
5	Patricia	220,582	2.07%
6	Dorothy	210,415	1.97%
7	Joan	173,439	1.63%
8	Margaret	157,369	1.48%
9	Nancy	142,488	1.34%
10	Helen	140,426	1.32%
11	Carol	117,731	1.10%
12	Joyce	115,506	1.08%
13	Doris	110,658	1.04%
14	Ruth	109,204	1.02%
15	Virginia	103,089	0.97%
16	Marilyn	98,531	0.92%
17	Elizabeth	96,480	0.90%
18	Jean	94,189	0.88%
19	Frances	92,117	0.86%
20	Beverly	80,846	0.76%
21	Lois	80,713	0.76%
22	Alice	78,968	0.74%
23	Donna	78,846	0.74%
24	Martha	77,697	0.73%
25	Dolores	77,139	0.72%
26	Janet	76,038	0.71%
27	Phyllis	73,805	0.69%
28	Norma	72,878	0.68%
29	Carolyn	69,525	0.65%
30	Evelyn	69,364	0.65%
31	Gloria	68,588	0.64%
32	Anna	66,598	0.62%
33	Marie	65,803	0.62%
34	Ann	64,060	0.60%
35	Mildred	61,738	0.58%
36	Rose	59,111	0.55%
37	Peggy	56,275	0.53%
38	Geraldine	50,042	0.47%
39	Catherine	50,027	0.47%
40	Judith	49,904	0.47%
41	Louise	49,859	0.47%
42	Janice	49,343	0.46%
43	Marjorie	49,213	0.46%
44	Annie	48,946	0.46%
45	Ruby	47,648	0.45%
46	Eleanor	46,379	0.43%
47	Jane	45,814	0.43%
48	Sandra	45,399	0.43%
49	Irene	44,448	0.42%
50	Wanda	43,072	0.40%
51	Elaine	41,108	0.39%
52	June	40,745	0.38%
53	Joanne	40,581	0.38%
54	Rita	38,741	0.36%
55	Florence	37,942	0.36%
56	Delores	37,603	0.35%
57	Lillian	37,391	0.35%
58	Marlene	37,355	0.35%
59	Edna	36,973	0.35%
60	Sarah	36,513	0.34%
61	Patsy	36,475	0.34%
62	Lorraine	36,333	0.34%
63	Thelma	36,254	0.34%
64	Josephine	36,051	0.34%
65	Juanita	35,915	0.34%
66	Bonnie	35,803	0.34%
67	Arlene	34,796	0.33%
68	Gladys	34,762	0.33%
69	Joann	34,698	0.33%
70	Sally	34,680	0.33%
71	Charlotte	34,646	0.32%
72	Kathleen	34,550	0.32%
73	Audrey	34,007	0.32%
74	Pauline	33,690	0.32%
75	Wilma	33,188	0.31%
76	Sylvia	33,011	0.31%
77	Theresa	32,785	0.31%
78	Jacqueline	32,115	0.30%
79	Clara	31,658	0.30%
80	Ethel	31,582	0.30%
81	Loretta	31,537	0.30%
82	Grace	31,357	0.29%
83	Sharon	31,083	0.29%
84	Edith	31,047	0.29%
85	Lucille	30,843	0.29%
86	Emma	30,022	0.28%
87	Bernice	29,905	0.28%
88	Marion	29,565	0.28%
89	Linda	29,358	0.28%
90	Jo	28,653	0.27%
91	Anne	28,621	0.27%
92	Hazel	28,567	0.27%
93	Roberta	27,731	0.26%
94	Carole	26,768	0.25%
95	Darlene	25,956	0.24%
96	Esther	25,791	0.24%
97	Katherine	25,193	0.24%
98	Ellen	25,139	0.24%
99	Laura	25,093	0.24%
100	Julia	24,938	0.23%

Boys, the 1930s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Robert	590,810	5.59%
2	James	547,479	5.18%
3	John	487,950	4.62%
4	William	416,730	3.94%
5	Richard	330,502	3.13%
6	Charles	303,218	2.87%
7	Donald	283,718	2.69%
8	George	192,289	1.82%
9	Thomas	183,878	1.74%
10	Joseph	180,566	1.71%
11	David	164,701	1.56%
12	Edward	147,849	1.40%
13	Ronald	140,332	1.33%
14	Paul	125,774	1.19%
15	Kenneth	125,111	1.18%
16	Frank	108,090	1.02%
17	Raymond	99,585	0.94%
18	Jack	96,396	0.91%
19	Harold	95,467	0.90%
20	Billy	88,341	0.84%
21	Gerald	82,821	0.78%
22	Walter	80,908	0.77%
23	Jerry	80,690	0.76%
24	Joe	71,470	0.68%
25	Eugene	70,938	0.67%
26	Henry	70,419	0.67%
27	Bobby	69,419	0.66%
28	Arthur	67,730	0.64%
29	Carl	66,759	0.63%
30	Larry	65,249	0.62%
31	Ralph	63,802	0.60%
32	Albert	62,829	0.59%
33	Willie	62,466	0.59%
34	Fred	56,164	0.53%
35	Michael	56,001	0.53%
36	Lawrence	54,485	0.52%
37	Harry	53,115	0.50%
38	Howard	51,495	0.49%
39	Roy	51,495	0.49%
40	Norman	49,987	0.47%
41	Roger	49,615	0.47%
42	Daniel	47,998	0.45%
43	Louis	47,754	0.45%
44	Earl	44,613	0.42%
45	Gary	43,596	0.41%
46	Clarence	42,676	0.40%
47	Anthony	42,546	0.40%
48	Francis	41,384	0.39%
49	Wayne	41,141	0.39%
50	Marvin	41,085	0.39%
51	Ernest	39,346	0.37%
52	Leonard	39,214	0.37%
53	Herbert	37,821	0.36%
54	Melvin	37,705	0.36%
55	Stanley	37,130	0.35%
56	Leroy	36,255	0.34%
57	Don	35,980	0.34%
58	Peter	35,822	0.34%
59	Jimmy	35,399	0.34%
60	Alfred	34,392	0.33%
61	Dale	32,536	0.31%
62	Bill	32,338	0.31%
63	Samuel	32,135	0.30%
64	Bernard	30,545	0.29%
65	Ray	30,211	0.29%
66	Gene	29,313	0.28%
67	Philip	28,847	0.27%
68	Russell	28,840	0.27%
69	Frederick	26,602	0.25%
70	Franklin	26,381	0.25%
71	Dennis	26,366	0.25%
72	Douglas	26,031	0.25%
73	Jimmie	25,813	0.24%
74	Gordon	25,460	0.24%
75	Andrew	25,025	0.24%
76	Theodore	24,957	0.24%
77	Floyd	24,887	0.24%
78	Johnny	24,596	0.23%
79	Allen	24,356	0.23%
80	Glenn	24,222	0.23%
81	Bruce	24,119	0.23%
82	Edwin	24,023	0.23%
83	Lee	23,954	0.23%
84	Lloyd	23,799	0.23%
85	Bob	23,293	0.22%
86	Clifford	23,100	0.22%
87	Leon	23,005	0.22%
88	Leo	22,864	0.22%
89	Clyde	22,452	0.21%
90	Eddie	22,328	0.21%
91	Vernon	22,197	0.21%
92	Martin	21,927	0.21%
93	Alvin	21,484	0.20%
94	Jim	20,823	0.20%
95	Herman	20,319	0.19%
96	Lewis	20,017	0.19%
97	Harvey	19,906	0.19%
98	Tommy	19,857	0.19%
99	Vincent	19,407	0.18%
100	Charlie	19,154	0.18%

Year by year

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Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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