Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1930
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1929.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1929 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 64,493 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 62,579 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 54,376 | 0 |
| 4 | John | 52,849 | 0 |
| 5 | William | 47,560 | 0 |
| 6 | Betty | 38,396 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 32,351 | +2 |
| 8 | Charles | 32,104 | 0 |
| 9 | Dorothy | 30,564 | -2 |
| 10 | Donald | 29,227 | 0 |
| 11 | George | 23,030 | 0 |
| 12 | Joseph | 21,122 | 0 |
| 13 | Helen | 19,996 | 0 |
| 14 | Margaret | 18,420 | 0 |
| 15 | Barbara | 18,353 | +3 |
| 16 | Edward | 17,454 | -1 |
| 17 | Thomas | 17,136 | 0 |
| 18 | Patricia | 15,803 | +3 |
| 19 | Doris | 15,588 | -3 |
| 20 | Joan | 15,546 | +9 |
| 21 | Shirley | 15,048 | -1 |
| 22 | Ruth | 15,012 | -3 |
| 23 | Virginia | 13,266 | -1 |
| 24 | Paul | 13,069 | 0 |
| 25 | Dolores | 12,919 | +5 |
| 26 | Frank | 12,623 | -3 |
| 27 | Jack | 12,518 | -2 |
| 28 | David | 12,361 | +3 |
| 29 | Jean | 12,274 | -3 |
| 30 | Kenneth | 11,791 | +4 |
| 31 | Raymond | 11,773 | -4 |
| 32 | Harold | 11,728 | -4 |
| 33 | Elizabeth | 11,043 | -1 |
| 34 | Frances | 10,771 | -1 |
| 35 | Lois | 10,201 | 0 |
| 36 | Walter | 9,815 | +1 |
| 37 | Joyce | 9,734 | +7 |
| 38 | Willie | 9,685 | 0 |
| 39 | Evelyn | 9,586 | 0 |
| 40 | Alice | 9,567 | +1 |
| 41 | Billy | 9,451 | +6 |
| 42 | Mildred | 9,393 | -6 |
| 43 | Marilyn | 9,317 | +20 |
| 44 | Anna | 9,133 | -4 |
| 45 | Eugene | 9,114 | -2 |
| 46 | Nancy | 9,093 | +15 |
| 47 | Henry | 8,690 | -2 |
| 48 | Norma | 8,551 | +2 |
| 49 | Marie | 8,459 | -7 |
| 50 | Arthur | 8,364 | -4 |
| 51 | Albert | 8,010 | -3 |
| 52 | Martha | 7,867 | +2 |
| 53 | Phyllis | 7,797 | -4 |
| 54 | Rose | 7,749 | -2 |
| 55 | Ralph | 7,679 | -2 |
| 56 | Gloria | 7,647 | -1 |
| 57 | Joe | 7,122 | +5 |
| 58 | Carl | 7,009 | +2 |
| 59 | Louise | 6,993 | 0 |
| 60 | Harry | 6,891 | -4 |
| 61 | Marjorie | 6,659 | -3 |
| 62 | Beverly | 6,558 | +10 |
| 63 | Gerald | 6,523 | +7 |
| 64 | Irene | 6,502 | -7 |
| 65 | Howard | 6,395 | +3 |
| 66 | Catherine | 6,331 | -2 |
| 67 | Fred | 6,101 | +6 |
| 68 | Ruby | 6,055 | -2 |
| 69 | Donna | 5,999 | +20 |
| 70 | Roy | 5,973 | +5 |
| 71 | Florence | 5,905 | -6 |
| 72 | Louis | 5,862 | -3 |
| 73 | Eleanor | 5,849 | +1 |
| 74 | Annie | 5,806 | -3 |
| 75 | Herbert | 5,722 | -24 |
| 76 | Marion | 5,694 | -9 |
| 77 | Ronald | 5,673 | +27 |
| 78 | Lawrence | 5,670 | +6 |
| 79 | Earl | 5,640 | -3 |
| 80 | Ann | 5,557 | +7 |
| 81 | Clarence | 5,544 | -4 |
| 82 | Rita | 5,491 | +14 |
| 83 | Lillian | 5,477 | -5 |
| 84 | Geraldine | 5,471 | -2 |
| 85 | Francis | 5,457 | -6 |
| 86 | Bobby | 5,443 | +30 |
| 87 | Norman | 5,330 | -1 |
| 88 | Thelma | 5,284 | -8 |
| 89 | Lorraine | 5,206 | -8 |
| 90 | June | 5,173 | -2 |
| 91 | Gladys | 5,091 | -8 |
| 92 | Josephine | 5,021 | -7 |
| 93 | Ernest | 4,822 | +2 |
| 94 | Carol | 4,818 | +11 |
| 95 | Theresa | 4,801 | -5 |
| 96 | Edna | 4,783 | -3 |
| 97 | Billie | 4,715 | +2 |
| 98 | Anthony | 4,704 | -1 |
| 99 | Leonard | 4,693 | -5 |
| 100 | Pauline | 4,682 | -9 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.