Top Names of 1930
The most popular names recorded in 1930 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 64,153 |
| 2 | Betty | 38,238 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 30,409 |
| 4 | Helen | 19,913 |
| 5 | Margaret | 18,351 |
| 6 | Barbara | 18,280 |
| 7 | Patricia | 15,751 |
| 8 | Joan | 15,478 |
| 9 | Doris | 15,464 |
| 10 | Ruth | 14,942 |
| 11 | Shirley | 14,775 |
| 12 | Virginia | 13,197 |
| 13 | Dolores | 12,842 |
| 14 | Jean | 11,986 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 10,995 |
| 16 | Frances | 10,644 |
| 17 | Lois | 10,114 |
| 18 | Joyce | 9,658 |
| 19 | Evelyn | 9,536 |
| 20 | Alice | 9,516 |
| 21 | Mildred | 9,355 |
| 22 | Marilyn | 9,288 |
| 23 | Anna | 9,081 |
| 24 | Nancy | 9,068 |
| 25 | Norma | 8,511 |
| 26 | Marie | 8,426 |
| 27 | Martha | 7,831 |
| 28 | Phyllis | 7,770 |
| 29 | Rose | 7,688 |
| 30 | Gloria | 7,604 |
| 31 | Louise | 6,942 |
| 32 | Marjorie | 6,633 |
| 33 | Irene | 6,463 |
| 34 | Beverly | 6,455 |
| 35 | Catherine | 6,298 |
| 36 | Ruby | 5,993 |
| 37 | Donna | 5,978 |
| 38 | Florence | 5,867 |
| 39 | Eleanor | 5,823 |
| 40 | Annie | 5,756 |
| 41 | Ann | 5,531 |
| 42 | Rita | 5,470 |
| 43 | Geraldine | 5,448 |
| 44 | Lillian | 5,448 |
| 45 | Thelma | 5,250 |
| 46 | Lorraine | 5,166 |
| 47 | June | 5,093 |
| 48 | Gladys | 5,066 |
| 49 | Josephine | 4,988 |
| 50 | Theresa | 4,783 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 62,152 |
| 2 | James | 53,957 |
| 3 | John | 52,447 |
| 4 | William | 47,271 |
| 5 | Richard | 32,186 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,867 |
| 7 | Donald | 29,051 |
| 8 | George | 22,787 |
| 9 | Joseph | 20,981 |
| 10 | Edward | 17,351 |
| 11 | Thomas | 17,007 |
| 12 | Paul | 12,954 |
| 13 | Frank | 12,535 |
| 14 | Jack | 12,429 |
| 15 | David | 12,275 |
| 16 | Raymond | 11,713 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 11,704 |
| 18 | Harold | 11,661 |
| 19 | Walter | 9,731 |
| 20 | Billy | 9,286 |
| 21 | Eugene | 9,028 |
| 22 | Henry | 8,594 |
| 23 | Arthur | 8,284 |
| 24 | Albert | 7,948 |
| 25 | Ralph | 7,634 |
| 26 | Carl | 6,952 |
| 27 | Joe | 6,873 |
| 28 | Harry | 6,848 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,667 |
| 30 | Gerald | 6,482 |
| 31 | Howard | 6,342 |
| 32 | Fred | 6,048 |
| 33 | Roy | 5,917 |
| 34 | Louis | 5,810 |
| 35 | Herbert | 5,675 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,639 |
| 37 | Ronald | 5,635 |
| 38 | Earl | 5,567 |
| 39 | Clarence | 5,498 |
| 40 | Norman | 5,289 |
| 41 | Bobby | 5,182 |
| 42 | Francis | 4,990 |
| 43 | Ernest | 4,787 |
| 44 | Anthony | 4,674 |
| 45 | Leonard | 4,662 |
| 46 | Alfred | 4,558 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,465 |
| 48 | Marvin | 4,403 |
| 49 | Stanley | 4,383 |
| 50 | Melvin | 4,048 |