Top names of the 1930s

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The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1930s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 10,846,238 male births and 11,043,322 female births.

**Popular names of the 1930s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Robert	590,434	Mary	572,795
2	James	547,122	Betty	300,303
3	John	487,654	Barbara	296,337
4	William	416,458	Shirley	229,312
5	Richard	330,315	Patricia	220,534
6	Charles	302,999	Dorothy	210,331
7	Donald	283,512	Joan	173,388
8	George	192,150	Margaret	157,324
9	Thomas	183,764	Nancy	142,448
10	Joseph	180,457	Helen	140,361
11	David	164,618	Carol	117,713
12	Edward	147,746	Joyce	115,475
13	Ronald	140,248	Doris	110,605
14	Paul	125,687	Ruth	109,170
15	Kenneth	125,038	Virginia	103,052
16	Frank	108,015	Marilyn	98,512
17	Raymond	99,518	Elizabeth	96,457
18	Jack	96,325	Jean	94,150
19	Harold	95,395	Frances	92,085
20	Billy	88,273	Beverly	80,837
21	Gerald	82,764	Lois	80,703
22	Walter	80,840	Alice	78,960
23	Jerry	80,657	Donna	78,830
24	Joe	71,432	Martha	77,675
25	Eugene	70,880	Dolores	77,105
26	Henry	70,375	Janet	76,011
27	Bobby	69,365	Phyllis	73,779
28	Arthur	67,683	Norma	72,853
29	Carl	66,717	Carolyn	69,511
30	Larry	65,226	Evelyn	69,333
31	Ralph	63,756	Gloria	68,556
32	Albert	62,777	Anna	66,574
33	Willie	62,429	Marie	65,783
34	Fred	56,131	Ann	64,041
35	Michael	55,990	Mildred	61,715
36	Lawrence	54,453	Rose	59,080
37	Harry	53,084	Peggy	56,255
38	Howard	51,448	Geraldine	50,027
39	Roy	51,445	Catherine	50,016
40	Norman	49,950	Judith	49,895
41	Roger	49,611	Louise	49,841
42	Daniel	47,972	Janice	49,338
43	Louis	47,723	Marjorie	49,203
44	Earl	44,570	Annie	48,944
45	Gary	43,593	Ruby	47,626
46	Clarence	42,629	Eleanor	46,367
47	Anthony	42,517	Jane	45,808
48	Francis	41,358	Sandra	45,389
49	Wayne	41,122	Irene	44,436
50	Marvin	41,047	Wanda	43,059
51	Ernest	39,306	Elaine	41,104
52	Leonard	39,186	June	40,736
53	Herbert	37,794	Joanne	40,571
54	Melvin	37,682	Rita	38,731
55	Stanley	37,113	Florence	37,926
56	Leroy	36,244	Delores	37,582
57	Don	35,963	Lillian	37,389
58	Peter	35,812	Marlene	37,342
59	Jimmy	35,381	Edna	36,960
60	Alfred	34,365	Sarah	36,496
61	Dale	32,514	Patsy	36,467
62	Bill	32,327	Lorraine	36,323
63	Samuel	32,113	Thelma	36,247
64	Bernard	30,535	Josephine	36,037
65	Ray	30,180	Juanita	35,901
66	Gene	29,297	Bonnie	35,792
67	Philip	28,827	Arlene	34,773
68	Russell	28,815	Gladys	34,750
69	Frederick	26,594	Joann	34,686
70	Franklin	26,371	Sally	34,670
71	Dennis	26,353	Charlotte	34,636
72	Douglas	26,017	Kathleen	34,540
73	Jimmie	25,800	Audrey	33,995
74	Gordon	25,441	Pauline	33,669
75	Andrew	25,014	Wilma	33,174
76	Theodore	24,938	Sylvia	32,996
77	Floyd	24,863	Theresa	32,779
78	Johnny	24,578	Jacqueline	32,103
79	Allen	24,334	Clara	31,654
80	Glenn	24,210	Ethel	31,575
81	Bruce	24,117	Loretta	31,517
82	Edwin	24,011	Grace	31,344
83	Lee	23,944	Sharon	31,084
84	Lloyd	23,780	Edith	31,043
85	Bob	23,285	Lucille	30,836
86	Clifford	23,084	Emma	30,010
87	Leon	22,986	Bernice	29,896
88	Leo	22,844	Marion	29,556
89	Clyde	22,436	Linda	29,364
90	Eddie	22,305	Jo	28,644
91	Vernon	22,183	Anne	28,608
92	Martin	21,914	Hazel	28,556
93	Alvin	21,471	Roberta	27,724
94	Jim	20,817	Carole	26,767
95	Herman	20,301	Darlene	25,952
96	Lewis	20,005	Esther	25,784
97	Harvey	19,891	Katherine	25,181
98	Tommy	19,850	Ellen	25,132
99	Vincent	19,395	Laura	25,085
100	Charlie	19,140	Julia	24,928
101	Warren	19,138	Rosemary	24,851
102	Jerome	18,958	Jeanette	24,750
103	Jesse	18,915	Marian	23,898
104	Patrick	18,381	Willie	23,860
105	Stephen	18,265	Beatrice	23,709
106	Curtis	17,998	Margie	23,332
107	Arnold	17,877	Billie	23,283
108	Gilbert	17,736	Vivian	22,928
109	Elmer	17,358	Eva	22,787
110	Lester	16,970	Kathryn	22,573
111	Duane	16,841	Elsie	22,339
112	Phillip	16,521	Judy	22,314
113	Cecil	16,471	Eileen	22,252
114	Tom	16,419	Anita	22,218
115	Alan	16,367	Diane	22,196
116	Milton	15,709	Bertha	21,227
117	Jackie	15,672	Susan	21,035
118	Victor	15,560	Maria	20,632
119	Johnnie	15,330	Maxine	20,469
120	Roland	14,992	Ida	20,225
121	Benjamin	14,605	Yvonne	20,224
122	Glen	14,478	Ella	19,956
123	Chester	14,400	Lillie	19,916
124	Calvin	14,166	Constance	19,885
125	Keith	13,862	Sue	19,497
126	Dean	13,619	Bobbie	19,473
127	Sam	13,338	Georgia	18,999
128	Wallace	13,237	Jeanne	18,754
129	Claude	12,727	Christine	18,472
130	Maurice	12,635	Sara	18,253
131	Willard	12,446	Alma	18,242
132	Manuel	12,314	Agnes	18,028
133	Jose	12,280	Bessie	18,027
134	Leslie	12,244	Vera	18,015
135	Edgar	11,850	Nellie	17,694
136	Marion	11,850	Kay	17,294
137	Max	11,750	Jessie	17,242
138	Hugh	11,693	Karen	16,698
139	Oscar	11,367	Lucy	16,414
140	Allan	11,354	Mattie	16,298
141	Virgil	11,348	Gertrude	16,132
142	Jessie	11,225	Rosa	16,043
143	Darrell	11,112	Minnie	15,868
144	Terry	11,026	Gail	15,852
145	Wesley	10,934	Connie	15,651
146	Everett	10,933	Geneva	14,272
147	Ted	10,519	Viola	14,250
148	Freddie	10,452	Velma	14,246
149	Jay	10,211	Marcia	14,245
150	Dick	10,158	Leona	14,170
151	Hubert	9,811	Myrtle	14,126
152	Nicholas	9,700	Violet	13,856
153	Billie	9,697	Rosalie	13,704
154	Rodney	9,694	Harriet	13,686
155	Lowell	9,650	Annette	13,528
156	Dan	9,621	Naomi	13,496
157	Neil	9,456	Charlene	13,467
158	Sidney	9,411	Pearl	13,290
159	Homer	9,401	Joy	13,184
160	Delbert	9,163	Mae	12,853
161	Tony	9,152	Suzanne	12,759
162	Morris	9,107	Claire	12,637
163	Lyle	9,045	Rebecca	12,607
164	Wilbur	9,038	Faye	12,552
165	Luther	8,850	Carrie	12,520
166	Earnest	8,720	Pat	12,461
167	Ronnie	8,708	Dora	12,377
168	Bennie	8,693	Rachel	12,267
169	Joel	8,683	Rosie	12,056
170	Ben	8,635	Emily	11,919
171	Steve	8,572	Eunice	11,599
172	Rudolph	8,193	Maureen	11,460
173	Willis	8,188	Alberta	11,341
174	Horace	8,116	Cora	11,244
175	Lonnie	8,109	Stella	11,195
176	Mike	8,024	Lula	11,069
177	Junior	7,996	Sheila	10,957
178	Carroll	7,961	Caroline	10,841
179	Karl	7,721	Glenda	10,589
180	Guy	7,559	Verna	10,581
181	Roosevelt	7,468	Lena	10,532
182	Mark	7,449	Lola	10,385
183	Otis	7,446	Myrna	10,233
184	Nathaniel	7,409	Hattie	10,227
185	Danny	7,232	Rosemarie	10,125
186	Alton	7,207	Ramona	10,117
187	Marshall	7,170	Gwendolyn	10,105
188	Clayton	7,167	Jeannette	9,797
189	Alexander	7,089	Erma	9,695
190	Benny	6,860	Genevieve	9,686
191	Clifton	6,848	Cynthia	9,666
192	Archie	6,727	Nina	9,660
193	Clinton	6,706	Patty	9,623
194	Oliver	6,705	Fannie	9,552
195	Barry	6,640	Diana	9,500
196	Juan	6,607	Jennie	9,484
197	Salvatore	6,477	Hilda	9,446
198	Nelson	6,471	Marguerite	9,327
199	Jon	6,362	Daisy	9,059
200	Alex	6,300	Johnnie	9,057

Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2011. See the limitations of this data source.


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