Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1930

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	64,153
2	Betty	38,240
3	Dorothy	30,411
4	Helen	19,913
5	Margaret	18,350
6	Barbara	18,279
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	9,356
22	Marilyn	9,288
23	Anna	9,081
24	Nancy	9,068
25	Norma	8,511
26	Marie	8,426
27	Martha	7,832
28	Phyllis	7,770
29	Rose	7,688
30	Gloria	7,605
31	Louise	6,942
32	Marjorie	6,633
33	Irene	6,464
34	Beverly	6,455
35	Catherine	6,299
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	5,447
45	Thelma	5,250
46	Lorraine	5,166
47	June	5,094
48	Gladys	5,066
49	Josephine	4,988
50	Theresa	4,783
51	Edna	4,762
52	Pauline	4,655
53	Janet	4,602
54	Carol	4,598
55	Jane	4,575
56	Wanda	4,524
57	Juanita	4,512
58	Bernice	4,439
59	Lucille	4,327
60	Marion	4,305
61	Edith	4,273
62	Grace	4,218
63	Audrey	4,129
64	Clara	4,124
65	Ethel	4,101
66	Delores	4,098
67	Peggy	4,084
68	Wilma	4,075
69	Elaine	3,954
70	Sarah	3,920
71	Hazel	3,888
72	Carolyn	3,725
73	Emma	3,555
74	Jacqueline	3,414
75	Charlotte	3,406
76	Beatrice	3,390
77	Esther	3,350
78	Bonnie	3,265
79	Billie	3,241
80	Marian	3,213
81	Joanne	3,154
82	Rosemary	3,151
83	Anne	3,091
84	Kathleen	3,074
85	Katherine	3,033
86	Eva	3,019
87	Willie	3,018
88	Elsie	2,973
89	Laura	2,908
90	Julia	2,880
91	Vivian	2,872
92	Jeanne	2,720
93	Maxine	2,700
94	Ida	2,643
95	Bertha	2,605
96	Gertrude	2,555
97	Patsy	2,544
98	Sally	2,542
99	Maria	2,540
100	Ellen	2,522

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	62,153
2	James	53,957
3	John	52,447
4	William	47,271
5	Richard	32,187
6	Charles	31,867
7	Donald	29,052
8	George	22,788
9	Joseph	20,981
10	Edward	17,352
11	Thomas	17,008
12	Paul	12,955
13	Frank	12,535
14	Jack	12,430
15	David	12,275
16	Raymond	11,714
17	Kenneth	11,705
18	Harold	11,660
19	Walter	9,731
20	Billy	9,285
21	Eugene	9,029
22	Henry	8,594
23	Arthur	8,284
24	Albert	7,950
25	Ralph	7,634
26	Carl	6,951
27	Joe	6,873
28	Harry	6,847
29	Willie	6,667
30	Gerald	6,483
31	Howard	6,341
32	Fred	6,049
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	5,181
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	4,404
49	Stanley	4,383
50	Melvin	4,048
51	Jerry	3,891
52	Bernard	3,831
53	Leroy	3,802
54	Michael	3,543
55	Samuel	3,531
56	Peter	3,266
57	Ray	3,254
58	Roger	3,246
59	Bill	3,160
60	Russell	3,101
61	Floyd	3,077
62	Andrew	3,056
63	Leo	3,035
64	Dale	2,994
65	Wayne	2,981
66	Edwin	2,972
67	Theodore	2,958
68	Don	2,922
69	Lloyd	2,838
70	Gene	2,787
71	Glenn	2,758
72	Vernon	2,703
73	Clifford	2,696
74	Frederick	2,694
75	Philip	2,655
76	Clyde	2,631
77	Gordon	2,611
78	Herman	2,598
79	Alvin	2,512
80	Elmer	2,476
81	Leon	2,401
82	Lee	2,361
83	Martin	2,322
84	Vincent	2,318
85	Allen	2,278
86	Jimmie	2,255
87	Lewis	2,243
88	Bob	2,242
89	Douglas	2,166
90	Gilbert	2,119
91	Charlie	2,113
92	Harvey	2,062
93	Milton	2,053
94	Jesse	2,035
95	Lester	2,020
96	Warren	2,011
97	Eddie	1,972
98	Arnold	1,948
99	Cecil	1,882
100	Victor	1,844