Top 100 names of the 1930s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Robert 590810 5.59
2 James 547479 5.18
3 John 487950 4.62
4 William 416730 3.94
5 Richard 330502 3.13
6 Charles 303218 2.87
7 Donald 283718 2.69
8 George 192289 1.82
9 Thomas 183878 1.74
10 Joseph 180566 1.71
11 David 164701 1.56
12 Edward 147849 1.4
13 Ronald 140332 1.33
14 Paul 125774 1.19
15 Kenneth 125111 1.18
16 Frank 108090 1.02
17 Raymond 99585 0.94
18 Jack 96396 0.91
19 Harold 95467 0.9
20 Billy 88341 0.84
21 Gerald 82821 0.78
22 Walter 80908 0.77
23 Jerry 80690 0.76
24 Joe 71470 0.68
25 Eugene 70938 0.67
26 Henry 70419 0.67
27 Bobby 69419 0.66
28 Arthur 67730 0.64
29 Carl 66759 0.63
30 Larry 65249 0.62
31 Ralph 63802 0.6
32 Albert 62829 0.59
33 Willie 62466 0.59
34 Fred 56164 0.53
35 Michael 56001 0.53
36 Lawrence 54485 0.52
37 Harry 53115 0.5
38 Roy 51495 0.49
39 Howard 51495 0.49
40 Norman 49987 0.47
41 Roger 49615 0.47
42 Daniel 47998 0.45
43 Louis 47754 0.45
44 Earl 44613 0.42
45 Gary 43596 0.41
46 Clarence 42676 0.4
47 Anthony 42546 0.4
48 Francis 41384 0.39
49 Wayne 41141 0.39
50 Marvin 41085 0.39
51 Ernest 39346 0.37
52 Leonard 39214 0.37
53 Herbert 37821 0.36
54 Melvin 37705 0.36
55 Stanley 37130 0.35
56 Leroy 36255 0.34
57 Don 35980 0.34
58 Peter 35822 0.34
59 Jimmy 35399 0.34
60 Alfred 34392 0.33
61 Dale 32536 0.31
62 Bill 32338 0.31
63 Samuel 32135 0.3
64 Bernard 30545 0.29
65 Ray 30211 0.29
66 Gene 29313 0.28
67 Philip 28847 0.27
68 Russell 28840 0.27
69 Frederick 26602 0.25
70 Franklin 26381 0.25
71 Dennis 26366 0.25
72 Douglas 26031 0.25
73 Jimmie 25813 0.24
74 Gordon 25460 0.24
75 Andrew 25025 0.24
76 Theodore 24957 0.24
77 Floyd 24887 0.24
78 Johnny 24596 0.23
79 Allen 24356 0.23
80 Glenn 24222 0.23
81 Bruce 24119 0.23
82 Edwin 24023 0.23
83 Lee 23954 0.23
84 Lloyd 23799 0.23
85 Bob 23293 0.22
86 Clifford 23100 0.22
87 Leon 23005 0.22
88 Leo 22864 0.22
89 Clyde 22452 0.21
90 Eddie 22328 0.21
91 Vernon 22197 0.21
92 Martin 21927 0.21
93 Alvin 21484 0.2
94 Jim 20823 0.2
95 Herman 20319 0.19
96 Lewis 20017 0.19
97 Harvey 19906 0.19
98 Tommy 19857 0.19
99 Vincent 19407 0.18
100 Charlie 19154 0.18

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 573000 5.37
2 Betty 300409 2.82
3 Barbara 296420 2.78
4 Shirley 229380 2.15
5 Patricia 220582 2.07
6 Dorothy 210415 1.97
7 Joan 173439 1.63
8 Margaret 157369 1.48
9 Nancy 142488 1.34
10 Helen 140426 1.32
11 Carol 117731 1.1
12 Joyce 115506 1.08
13 Doris 110658 1.04
14 Ruth 109204 1.02
15 Virginia 103089 0.97
16 Marilyn 98531 0.92
17 Elizabeth 96480 0.9
18 Jean 94189 0.88
19 Frances 92117 0.86
20 Beverly 80846 0.76
21 Lois 80713 0.76
22 Alice 78968 0.74
23 Donna 78846 0.74
24 Martha 77697 0.73
25 Dolores 77139 0.72
26 Janet 76038 0.71
27 Phyllis 73805 0.69
28 Norma 72878 0.68
29 Carolyn 69525 0.65
30 Evelyn 69364 0.65
31 Gloria 68588 0.64
32 Anna 66598 0.62
33 Marie 65803 0.62
34 Ann 64060 0.6
35 Mildred 61738 0.58
36 Rose 59111 0.55
37 Peggy 56275 0.53
38 Geraldine 50042 0.47
39 Catherine 50027 0.47
40 Judith 49904 0.47
41 Louise 49859 0.47
42 Janice 49343 0.46
43 Marjorie 49213 0.46
44 Annie 48946 0.46
45 Ruby 47648 0.45
46 Eleanor 46379 0.43
47 Jane 45814 0.43
48 Sandra 45399 0.43
49 Irene 44448 0.42
50 Wanda 43072 0.4
51 Elaine 41108 0.39
52 June 40745 0.38
53 Joanne 40581 0.38
54 Rita 38741 0.36
55 Florence 37942 0.36
56 Delores 37603 0.35
57 Lillian 37391 0.35
58 Marlene 37355 0.35
59 Edna 36973 0.35
60 Sarah 36513 0.34
61 Patsy 36475 0.34
62 Lorraine 36333 0.34
63 Thelma 36254 0.34
64 Josephine 36051 0.34
65 Juanita 35915 0.34
66 Bonnie 35803 0.34
67 Arlene 34796 0.33
68 Gladys 34762 0.33
69 Joann 34698 0.33
70 Sally 34680 0.33
71 Charlotte 34646 0.32
72 Kathleen 34550 0.32
73 Audrey 34007 0.32
74 Pauline 33690 0.32
75 Wilma 33188 0.31
76 Sylvia 33011 0.31
77 Theresa 32785 0.31
78 Jacqueline 32115 0.3
79 Clara 31658 0.3
80 Ethel 31582 0.3
81 Loretta 31537 0.3
82 Grace 31357 0.29
83 Sharon 31083 0.29
84 Edith 31047 0.29
85 Lucille 30843 0.29
86 Emma 30022 0.28
87 Bernice 29905 0.28
88 Marion 29565 0.28
89 Linda 29358 0.28
90 Jo 28653 0.27
91 Anne 28621 0.27
92 Hazel 28567 0.27
93 Roberta 27731 0.26
94 Carole 26768 0.25
95 Darlene 25956 0.24
96 Esther 25791 0.24
97 Katherine 25193 0.24
98 Ellen 25139 0.24
99 Laura 25093 0.24
100 Julia 24938 0.23