Birth year roster

Top names in 1930

The 100 most common names on 1930 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1930 baby-name charts, the top names among Silent Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); Robert was the #1 boys’ name for 17 years in all (between 1924 and 1953). Of the 200 names below, 134 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1930s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered64,153
#2Betty Endangered38,240
#3Dorothy Endangered30,411
#4Helen Endangered19,913
#5Margaret Endangered18,350
#6Barbara Endangered18,279
#7Patricia Endangered15,751
#8Joan Endangered15,478
#9Doris Endangered15,464
#10Ruth Endangered14,942
#11Shirley Endangered14,775
#12Virginia Endangered13,197
#13Dolores Endangered12,842
#14Jean Endangered11,986
#15Elizabeth Stable10,995
#16Frances Endangered10,644
#17Lois Endangered10,114
#18Joyce Endangered9,658
#19Evelyn Stable9,536
#20Alice Stable9,516
#21Mildred Endangered9,356
#22Marilyn Endangered9,288
#23Anna Declining9,081
#24Nancy Endangered9,068
#25Norma Endangered8,511
#26Marie Endangered8,426
#27Martha Endangered7,832
#28Phyllis Endangered7,770
#29Rose Stable7,688
#30Gloria Endangered7,605
#31Louise Endangered6,942
#32Marjorie Endangered6,633
#33Irene Endangered6,464
#34Beverly Endangered6,455
#35Catherine Endangered6,299
#36Ruby Stable5,993
#37Donna Endangered5,978
#38Florence Endangered5,867
#39Eleanor Rising5,823
#40Annie Rising5,756
#41Ann Endangered5,531
#42Rita Endangered5,470
#43Geraldine Endangered5,448
#44Lillian Declining5,447
#45Thelma Endangered5,250
#46Lorraine Endangered5,166
#47June Rising5,094
#48Gladys Endangered5,066
#49Josephine Rising4,988
#50Theresa Endangered4,783
#51Edna Endangered4,762
#52Pauline Endangered4,655
#53Janet Endangered4,602
#54Carol Endangered4,598
#55Jane Stable4,575
#56Wanda Endangered4,524
#57Juanita Endangered4,512
#58Bernice Endangered4,439
#59Lucille Stable4,327
#60Marion Endangered4,305
#61Edith Endangered4,273
#62Grace Declining4,218
#63Audrey Declining4,129
#64Clara Stable4,124
#65Ethel Endangered4,101
#66Delores Endangered4,098
#67Peggy Endangered4,084
#68Wilma Endangered4,075
#69Elaine Rising3,954
#70Sarah Endangered3,920
#71Hazel Rising3,888
#72Carolyn Endangered3,725
#73Emma Declining3,555
#74Jacqueline Endangered3,414
#75Charlotte Stable3,406
#76Beatrice Endangered3,390
#77Esther Stable3,350
#78Bonnie Endangered3,265
#79Billie Rising3,241
#80Marian Endangered3,213
#81Joanne Endangered3,154
#82Rosemary Rising3,151
#83Anne Endangered3,091
#84Kathleen Endangered3,074
#85Katherine Declining3,033
#86Eva Declining3,019
#87Willie Endangered3,018
#88Elsie Rising2,973
#89Laura Endangered2,908
#90Julia Stable2,880
#91Vivian Stable2,872
#92Jeanne Endangered2,720
#93Maxine Rising2,700
#94Ida Endangered2,643
#95Bertha Endangered2,605
#96Gertrude Endangered2,555
#97Patsy Endangered2,544
#98Sally Endangered2,542
#99Maria Stable2,540
#100Ellen Endangered2,522

Boys

#1Robert Endangered62,153
#2James Stable53,957
#3John Past peak52,447
#4William Declining47,271
#5Richard Endangered32,187
#6Charles Stable31,867
#7Donald Endangered29,052
#8George Stable22,788
#9Joseph Declining20,981
#10Edward Endangered17,352
#11Thomas Stable17,008
#12Paul Endangered12,955
#13Frank Endangered12,535
#14Jack Stable12,430
#15David Past peak12,275
#16Raymond Endangered11,714
#17Kenneth Endangered11,705
#18Harold Endangered11,660
#19Walter Stable9,731
#20Billy Endangered9,285
#21Eugene Endangered9,029
#22Henry Stable8,594
#23Arthur Rising8,284
#24Albert Endangered7,950
#25Ralph Endangered7,634
#26Carl Endangered6,951
#27Joe Endangered6,873
#28Harry Endangered6,847
#29Willie Endangered6,667
#30Gerald Endangered6,483
#31Howard Endangered6,341
#32Fred Endangered6,049
#33Roy Endangered5,917
#34Louis Stable5,810
#35Herbert Endangered5,675
#36Lawrence Endangered5,639
#37Ronald Endangered5,635
#38Earl Endangered5,567
#39Clarence Endangered5,498
#40Norman Endangered5,289
#41Bobby Endangered5,181
#42Francis Stable4,990
#43Ernest Endangered4,787
#44Anthony Declining4,674
#45Leonard Endangered4,662
#46Alfred Endangered4,558
#47Daniel Declining4,465
#48Marvin Endangered4,404
#49Stanley Endangered4,383
#50Melvin Endangered4,048
#51Jerry Endangered3,891
#52Bernard Endangered3,831
#53Leroy Endangered3,802
#54Michael Past peak3,543
#55Samuel Stable3,531
#56Peter Stable3,266
#57Ray Endangered3,254
#58Roger Endangered3,246
#59Bill Endangered3,160
#60Russell Stable3,101
#61Floyd Endangered3,077
#62Andrew Declining3,056
#63Leo Rising3,035
#64Dale Endangered2,994
#65Wayne Endangered2,981
#66Edwin Stable2,972
#67Theodore Rising2,958
#68Don Endangered2,922
#69Lloyd Endangered2,838
#70Gene Endangered2,787
#71Glenn Endangered2,758
#72Vernon Endangered2,703
#73Clifford Endangered2,696
#74Frederick Stable2,694
#75Philip Endangered2,655
#76Clyde Stable2,631
#77Gordon Endangered2,611
#78Herman Endangered2,598
#79Alvin Declining2,512
#80Elmer Endangered2,476
#81Leon Rising2,401
#82Lee Endangered2,361
#83Martin Stable2,322
#84Vincent Stable2,318
#85Allen Endangered2,278
#86Jimmie Endangered2,255
#87Lewis Rising2,243
#88Bob Endangered2,242
#89Douglas Endangered2,166
#90Gilbert Endangered2,119
#91Charlie Rising2,113
#92Harvey Rising2,062
#93Milton Endangered2,053
#94Jesse Stable2,035
#95Lester Endangered2,020
#96Warren Rising2,011
#97Eddie Endangered1,972
#98Arnold Endangered1,948
#99Cecil Endangered1,882
#100Victor Declining1,844