Top baby names in California, 1930
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,850 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,411 |
| 3 | Betty | 1,172 |
| 4 | Patricia | 865 |
| 5 | Dorothy | 834 |
| 6 | Shirley | 711 |
| 7 | Joan | 603 |
| 8 | Dolores | 589 |
| 8 | Virginia | 589 |
| 10 | Beverly | 582 |
| 11 | Helen | 573 |
| 12 | Margaret | 549 |
| 13 | Marilyn | 520 |
| 14 | Gloria | 484 |
| 15 | Alice | 441 |
| 16 | Nancy | 422 |
| 17 | Ruth | 410 |
| 18 | Joyce | 385 |
| 19 | Jean | 384 |
| 20 | Frances | 369 |
| 21 | Doris | 342 |
| 22 | Lois | 319 |
| 23 | Maria | 315 |
| 24 | Norma | 292 |
| 25 | Carol | 270 |
| 26 | Evelyn | 269 |
| 27 | Marjorie | 265 |
| 28 | Donna | 254 |
| 29 | Elizabeth | 253 |
| 30 | Phyllis | 245 |
| 31 | Rose | 230 |
| 32 | Josephine | 228 |
| 32 | Marie | 228 |
| 34 | June | 226 |
| 35 | Eleanor | 223 |
| 36 | Carmen | 215 |
| 36 | Jacqueline | 215 |
| 38 | Lorraine | 206 |
| 39 | Esther | 202 |
| 39 | Joanne | 202 |
| 41 | Irene | 196 |
| 41 | Louise | 196 |
| 43 | Sally | 195 |
| 44 | Geraldine | 193 |
| 45 | Janet | 189 |
| 46 | Florence | 171 |
| 47 | Marian | 169 |
| 48 | Carolyn | 160 |
| 49 | Lillian | 159 |
| 49 | Mildred | 159 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,460 |
| 2 | Richard | 1,601 |
| 3 | John | 1,558 |
| 4 | William | 1,321 |
| 5 | Donald | 1,282 |
| 6 | James | 1,169 |
| 7 | Charles | 842 |
| 8 | George | 777 |
| 9 | Frank | 681 |
| 10 | David | 638 |
| 11 | Jack | 637 |
| 12 | Edward | 563 |
| 13 | Joe | 513 |
| 14 | Raymond | 478 |
| 15 | Thomas | 441 |
| 16 | Joseph | 396 |
| 17 | Paul | 390 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 387 |
| 19 | Ronald | 346 |
| 20 | Harold | 343 |
| 21 | Albert | 339 |
| 22 | Arthur | 324 |
| 23 | Manuel | 323 |
| 24 | Henry | 318 |
| 25 | Ralph | 294 |
| 26 | Walter | 262 |
| 27 | Don | 261 |
| 27 | Fred | 261 |
| 29 | Jose | 257 |
| 30 | Eugene | 251 |
| 31 | Bill | 242 |
| 32 | Louis | 240 |
| 33 | Bob | 235 |
| 34 | Gerald | 228 |
| 35 | Norman | 219 |
| 36 | Ernest | 217 |
| 37 | Harry | 214 |
| 38 | Daniel | 212 |
| 39 | Gilbert | 207 |
| 40 | Roy | 205 |
| 41 | Alfred | 203 |
| 42 | Stanley | 200 |
| 43 | Jerry | 199 |
| 44 | Howard | 197 |
| 45 | Lawrence | 194 |
| 46 | Tony | 182 |
| 47 | Peter | 179 |
| 48 | Leonard | 158 |
| 49 | Ray | 152 |
| 50 | Juan | 146 |