Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1930

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1930 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	64,146	5.499	-125	-61,819	1	Robert	62,149	5.502	-70	-57,009
2	Betty	38,234	3.278	-1,126	-38,019	2	James	53,941	4.776	-2	-40,416
3	Dorothy	30,409	2.607	-583	-29,892	3	John	52,434	4.642	-24	-43,315
4	Helen	19,914	1.707	-409	-19,169	4	William	47,265	4.185	1	-32,749
5	Margaret	18,354	1.573	-122	-16,042	5	Richard	32,183	2.849	-183	-30,064
6	Barbara	18,281	1.567	-924	-17,996	6	Charles	31,871	2.822	-46	-25,267
7	Patricia	15,751	1.350	-906	-15,458	7	Donald	29,048	2.572	-519	-28,515
8	Joan	15,479	1.327	-1,719	-15,361	8	George	22,784	2.017	-119	-19,725
9	Doris	15,464	1.326	-1,805	-15,353	9	Joseph	20,981	1.858	-14	-11,426
10	Ruth	14,940	1.281	-255	-13,706	10	Edward	17,349	1.536	-159	-15,081
11	Shirley	14,776	1.267	-1,453	-14,626	11	Thomas	17,014	1.506	-38	-10,235
12	Virginia	13,198	1.131	-528	-12,620	12	Paul	12,957	1.147	-222	-11,332
13	Dolores	12,838	1.101	-3,911	-12,801	13	Frank	12,541	1.110	-379	-11,738
14	Jean	11,985	1.027	-2,379	-11,910	14	Jack	12,429	1.100	-14	-3,595
15	Elizabeth	10,996	0.943	2	-2,483	15	David	12,276	1.087	-7	-2,579
16	Frances	10,646	0.913	-429	-9,931	16	Raymond	11,716	1.037	-283	-10,567
17	Lois	10,114	0.867	-1,676	-9,992	17	Kenneth	11,701	1.036	-209	-10,046
18	Joyce	9,659	0.828	-929	-9,381	18	Harold	11,660	1.032	-779	-11,379
19	Evelyn	9,537	0.818	9	839	19	Walter	9,729	0.861	-252	-8,426
20	Alice	9,516	0.816	-51	-5,873	20	Billy	9,285	0.822	-825	-9,025
21	Mildred	9,352	0.802	-2,048	-9,259	21	Eugene	9,031	0.800	-841	-8,779
22	Marilyn	9,288	0.796	-588	-8,794	22	Henry	8,591	0.761	6	2,058
23	Anna	9,079	0.778	-31	-4,934	23	Arthur	8,280	0.733	-207	-6,638
24	Nancy	9,070	0.778	-815	-8,748	24	Albert	7,943	0.703	-428	-7,286
25	Norma	8,511	0.730	-2,246	-8,431	25	Ralph	7,637	0.676	-926	-7,420
26	Marie	8,427	0.722	-550	-7,897	26	Carl	6,952	0.616	-674	-6,610
27	Martha	7,832	0.671	-770	-7,491	27	Joe	6,877	0.609	-668	-6,532
28	Phyllis	7,770	0.666	-6,947	-7,753	28	Harry	6,849	0.606	-592	-6,422
29	Rose	7,690	0.659	-94	-5,258	29	Willie	6,667	0.590	-905	-6,443
30	Gloria	7,604	0.652	-554	-7,083	30	Gerald	6,483	0.574	-864	-6,242
31	Louise	6,942	0.595	-769	-6,603	31	Howard	6,342	0.561	-937	-6,129
32	Marjorie	6,633	0.569	-1,135	-6,428	32	Fred	6,047	0.535	-1,618	-5,950
33	Irene	6,463	0.554	-604	-5,999	33	Roy	5,916	0.524	-509	-5,402
34	Beverly	6,456	0.553	-1,259	-6,281	34	Louis	5,809	0.514	-229	-4,441
35	Catherine	6,298	0.540	-169	-4,800	35	Herbert	5,673	0.502	-1,992	-5,602
36	Ruby	5,993	0.514	-38	-2,441	36	Lawrence	5,636	0.499	-462	-5,063
37	Donna	5,979	0.513	-1,530	-5,842	37	Ronald	5,635	0.499	-456	-5,057
38	Florence	5,865	0.503	-933	-5,596	38	Earl	5,565	0.493	-1,626	-5,470
39	Eleanor	5,822	0.499	7	-128	39	Clarence	5,496	0.487	-1,077	-5,324
40	Annie	5,754	0.493	-268	-4,674	40	Norman	5,296	0.469	-1,184	-5,145
41	Ann	5,532	0.474	-942	-5,265	41	Bobby	5,183	0.459	-783	-4,915
42	Rita	5,468	0.469	-1,209	-5,284	42	Francis	4,989	0.442	-438	-4,383
43	Geraldine	5,449	0.467	-1,676	-5,330	43	Ernest	4,786	0.424	-935	-4,576
44	Lillian	5,448	0.467	10	86	44	Anthony	4,677	0.414	6	3,326
45	Thelma	5,248	0.450	-4,913	-5,221	45	Leonard	4,661	0.413	-588	-4,246
46	Lorraine	5,166	0.443	-1,524	-5,029	46	Alfred	4,554	0.403	-826	-4,305
47	June	5,095	0.437	-194	-3,753	47	Daniel	4,465	0.395	32	6,708
48	Gladys	5,064	0.434	-3,391	-5,019	48	Marvin	4,402	0.390	-532	-3,929
49	Josephine	4,988	0.428	-42	-1,965	49	Stanley	4,384	0.388	-658	-4,045
50	Theresa	4,781	0.410	-1,056	-4,560	50	Melvin	4,048	0.358	-670	-3,718

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.