Top 100 names of the 1930s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Robert 590793 5.59
2 James 547475 5.18
3 John 487941 4.62
4 William 416723 3.94
5 Richard 330496 3.13
6 Charles 303210 2.87
7 Donald 283710 2.69
8 George 192288 1.82
9 Thomas 183872 1.74
10 Joseph 180562 1.71
11 David 164699 1.56
12 Edward 147845 1.4
13 Ronald 140332 1.33
14 Paul 125769 1.19
15 Kenneth 125107 1.18
16 Frank 108084 1.02
17 Raymond 99580 0.94
18 Jack 96395 0.91
19 Harold 95466 0.9
20 Billy 88340 0.84
21 Gerald 82816 0.78
22 Walter 80904 0.77
23 Jerry 80689 0.76
24 Joe 71467 0.68
25 Eugene 70940 0.67
26 Henry 70418 0.67
27 Bobby 69416 0.66
28 Arthur 67729 0.64
29 Carl 66757 0.63
30 Larry 65248 0.62
31 Ralph 63801 0.6
32 Albert 62828 0.59
33 Willie 62466 0.59
34 Fred 56162 0.53
35 Michael 55999 0.53
36 Lawrence 54486 0.52
37 Harry 53116 0.5
38 Roy 51495 0.49
39 Howard 51494 0.49
40 Norman 49986 0.47
41 Roger 49611 0.47
42 Daniel 47997 0.45
43 Louis 47755 0.45
44 Earl 44613 0.42
45 Gary 43593 0.41
46 Clarence 42676 0.4
47 Anthony 42544 0.4
48 Francis 41384 0.39
49 Wayne 41140 0.39
50 Marvin 41084 0.39
51 Ernest 39346 0.37
52 Leonard 39214 0.37
53 Herbert 37823 0.36
54 Melvin 37705 0.36
55 Stanley 37131 0.35
56 Leroy 36256 0.34
57 Don 35980 0.34
58 Peter 35821 0.34
59 Jimmy 35397 0.33
60 Alfred 34390 0.33
61 Dale 32535 0.31
62 Bill 32335 0.31
63 Samuel 32133 0.3
64 Bernard 30544 0.29
65 Ray 30210 0.29
66 Gene 29312 0.28
67 Philip 28847 0.27
68 Russell 28839 0.27
69 Frederick 26603 0.25
70 Franklin 26380 0.25
71 Dennis 26366 0.25
72 Douglas 26032 0.25
73 Jimmie 25812 0.24
74 Gordon 25458 0.24
75 Andrew 25025 0.24
76 Theodore 24957 0.24
77 Floyd 24887 0.24
78 Johnny 24596 0.23
79 Allen 24357 0.23
80 Glenn 24222 0.23
81 Bruce 24119 0.23
82 Edwin 24022 0.23
83 Lee 23954 0.23
84 Lloyd 23798 0.23
85 Bob 23293 0.22
86 Clifford 23101 0.22
87 Leon 23005 0.22
88 Leo 22863 0.22
89 Clyde 22453 0.21
90 Eddie 22328 0.21
91 Vernon 22196 0.21
92 Martin 21928 0.21
93 Alvin 21485 0.2
94 Jim 20823 0.2
95 Herman 20319 0.19
96 Lewis 20017 0.19
97 Harvey 19904 0.19
98 Tommy 19857 0.19
99 Vincent 19407 0.18
100 Charlie 19154 0.18

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 572995 5.37
2 Betty 300406 2.82
3 Barbara 296418 2.78
4 Shirley 229378 2.15
5 Patricia 220579 2.07
6 Dorothy 210413 1.97
7 Joan 173438 1.63
8 Margaret 157369 1.48
9 Nancy 142484 1.34
10 Helen 140425 1.32
11 Carol 117729 1.1
12 Joyce 115504 1.08
13 Doris 110657 1.04
14 Ruth 109205 1.02
15 Virginia 103085 0.97
16 Marilyn 98531 0.92
17 Elizabeth 96479 0.9
18 Jean 94186 0.88
19 Frances 92117 0.86
20 Beverly 80841 0.76
21 Lois 80712 0.76
22 Alice 78968 0.74
23 Donna 78846 0.74
24 Martha 77697 0.73
25 Dolores 77136 0.72
26 Janet 76034 0.71
27 Phyllis 73804 0.69
28 Norma 72876 0.68
29 Carolyn 69525 0.65
30 Evelyn 69363 0.65
31 Gloria 68588 0.64
32 Anna 66597 0.62
33 Marie 65801 0.62
34 Ann 64061 0.6
35 Mildred 61735 0.58
36 Rose 59108 0.55
37 Peggy 56272 0.53
38 Geraldine 50040 0.47
39 Catherine 50026 0.47
40 Judith 49905 0.47
41 Louise 49859 0.47
42 Janice 49343 0.46
43 Marjorie 49212 0.46
44 Annie 48946 0.46
45 Ruby 47647 0.45
46 Eleanor 46379 0.43
47 Jane 45814 0.43
48 Sandra 45399 0.43
49 Irene 44449 0.42
50 Wanda 43073 0.4
51 Elaine 41108 0.39
52 June 40743 0.38
53 Joanne 40579 0.38
54 Rita 38740 0.36
55 Florence 37940 0.36
56 Delores 37603 0.35
57 Lillian 37393 0.35
58 Marlene 37355 0.35
59 Edna 36973 0.35
60 Sarah 36513 0.34
61 Patsy 36474 0.34
62 Lorraine 36334 0.34
63 Thelma 36254 0.34
64 Josephine 36051 0.34
65 Juanita 35916 0.34
66 Bonnie 35802 0.34
67 Arlene 34796 0.33
68 Gladys 34762 0.33
69 Joann 34696 0.33
70 Sally 34679 0.33
71 Charlotte 34646 0.32
72 Kathleen 34551 0.32
73 Audrey 34007 0.32
74 Pauline 33690 0.32
75 Wilma 33187 0.31
76 Sylvia 33010 0.31
77 Theresa 32785 0.31
78 Jacqueline 32115 0.3
79 Clara 31658 0.3
80 Ethel 31582 0.3
81 Loretta 31536 0.3
82 Grace 31357 0.29
83 Sharon 31083 0.29
84 Edith 31048 0.29
85 Lucille 30843 0.29
86 Emma 30021 0.28
87 Bernice 29905 0.28
88 Marion 29564 0.28
89 Linda 29358 0.28
90 Jo 28653 0.27
91 Anne 28621 0.27
92 Hazel 28565 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 24937 0.23