Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1930
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1929.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1929 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 62,153 | 0 |
| 2 | James | 53,957 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 52,447 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 47,271 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 32,187 | +1 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,867 | -1 |
| 7 | Donald | 29,052 | 0 |
| 8 | George | 22,788 | 0 |
| 9 | Joseph | 20,981 | 0 |
| 10 | Edward | 17,352 | 0 |
| 11 | Thomas | 17,008 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul | 12,955 | +1 |
| 13 | Frank | 12,535 | -1 |
| 14 | Jack | 12,430 | 0 |
| 15 | David | 12,275 | +2 |
| 16 | Raymond | 11,714 | -1 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 11,705 | +1 |
| 18 | Harold | 11,660 | -2 |
| 19 | Walter | 9,731 | 0 |
| 20 | Billy | 9,285 | +3 |
| 21 | Eugene | 9,029 | -1 |
| 22 | Henry | 8,594 | -1 |
| 23 | Arthur | 8,284 | -1 |
| 24 | Albert | 7,950 | 0 |
| 25 | Ralph | 7,634 | +1 |
| 26 | Carl | 6,951 | +2 |
| 27 | Joe | 6,873 | +3 |
| 28 | Harry | 6,847 | -1 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,667 | 0 |
| 30 | Gerald | 6,483 | +3 |
| 31 | Howard | 6,341 | 0 |
| 32 | Fred | 6,049 | +2 |
| 33 | Roy | 5,917 | +2 |
| 34 | Louis | 5,810 | -2 |
| 35 | Herbert | 5,675 | -10 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,639 | +2 |
| 37 | Ronald | 5,635 | +8 |
| 38 | Earl | 5,567 | -2 |
| 39 | Clarence | 5,498 | -2 |
| 40 | Norman | 5,289 | 0 |
| 41 | Bobby | 5,181 | +9 |
| 42 | Francis | 4,990 | -3 |
| 43 | Ernest | 4,787 | 0 |
| 44 | Anthony | 4,674 | 0 |
| 45 | Leonard | 4,662 | -3 |
| 46 | Alfred | 4,558 | -5 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,465 | 0 |
| 48 | Marvin | 4,404 | -2 |
| 49 | Stanley | 4,383 | -1 |
| 50 | Melvin | 4,048 | -1 |
| 51 | Jerry | 3,891 | +10 |
| 52 | Bernard | 3,831 | 0 |
| 53 | Leroy | 3,802 | -2 |
| 54 | Michael | 3,543 | 0 |
| 55 | Samuel | 3,531 | -2 |
| 56 | Peter | 3,266 | -1 |
| 57 | Ray | 3,254 | 0 |
| 58 | Roger | 3,246 | +6 |
| 59 | Bill | 3,160 | +4 |
| 60 | Russell | 3,101 | -4 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,077 | -3 |
| 62 | Andrew | 3,056 | -3 |
| 63 | Leo | 3,035 | -3 |
| 64 | Dale | 2,994 | +9 |
| 65 | Wayne | 2,981 | +4 |
| 66 | Edwin | 2,972 | 0 |
| 67 | Theodore | 2,958 | -2 |
| 68 | Don | 2,922 | +10 |
| 69 | Lloyd | 2,838 | -7 |
| 70 | Gene | 2,787 | -2 |
| 71 | Glenn | 2,758 | +9 |
| 72 | Vernon | 2,703 | -1 |
| 73 | Clifford | 2,696 | -1 |
| 74 | Frederick | 2,694 | -7 |
| 75 | Philip | 2,655 | +1 |
| 76 | Clyde | 2,631 | -2 |
| 77 | Gordon | 2,611 | +2 |
| 78 | Herman | 2,598 | -3 |
| 79 | Alvin | 2,512 | -2 |
| 80 | Elmer | 2,476 | -10 |
| 81 | Leon | 2,401 | 0 |
| 82 | Lee | 2,361 | +3 |
| 83 | Martin | 2,322 | 0 |
| 84 | Vincent | 2,318 | -2 |
| 85 | Allen | 2,278 | +1 |
| 86 | Jimmie | 2,255 | +12 |
| 87 | Lewis | 2,243 | -3 |
| 88 | Bob | 2,242 | +1 |
| 89 | Douglas | 2,166 | +8 |
| 90 | Gilbert | 2,119 | +1 |
| 91 | Charlie | 2,113 | -4 |
| 92 | Harvey | 2,062 | -2 |
| 93 | Milton | 2,053 | +1 |
| 94 | Jesse | 2,035 | -1 |
| 95 | Lester | 2,020 | -7 |
| 96 | Warren | 2,011 | -4 |
| 97 | Eddie | 1,972 | +5 |
| 98 | Arnold | 1,948 | -3 |
| 99 | Cecil | 1,882 | +2 |
| 100 | Victor | 1,844 | 0 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.