United States · 2,223,305 recorded births
Top baby names of 1930
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Sue (up 31), Janet (up 29), Larry (up 27), Jackie (up 22).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1929 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 64,153 | · |
| 2 | Betty | 38,240 | · |
| 3 | Dorothy | 30,411 | · |
| 4 | Helen | 19,913 | · |
| 5 | Margaret | 18,350 | · |
| 6 | Barbara | 18,279 | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | Patricia | 15,751 | ▲ 3 |
| 8 | Joan | 15,478 | ▲ 5 |
| 9 | Doris | 15,464 | ▼ 3 |
| 10 | Ruth | 14,942 | ▼ 2 |
| 11 | Shirley | 14,775 | ▼ 2 |
| 12 | Virginia | 13,197 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Dolores | 12,842 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Jean | 11,986 | ▼ 2 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 10,995 | · |
| 16 | Frances | 10,644 | · |
| 17 | Lois | 10,114 | · |
| 18 | Joyce | 9,658 | ▲ 5 |
| 19 | Evelyn | 9,536 | · |
| 20 | Alice | 9,516 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Mildred | 9,356 | ▼ 3 |
| 22 | Marilyn | 9,288 | ▲ 11 |
| 23 | Anna | 9,081 | ▼ 3 |
| 24 | Nancy | 9,068 | ▲ 8 |
| 25 | Norma | 8,511 | · |
| 26 | Marie | 8,426 | ▼ 4 |
| 27 | Martha | 7,832 | · |
| 28 | Phyllis | 7,770 | ▼ 4 |
| 29 | Rose | 7,688 | ▼ 3 |
| 30 | Gloria | 7,605 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | Louise | 6,942 | · |
| 32 | Marjorie | 6,633 | ▼ 2 |
| 33 | Irene | 6,464 | ▼ 4 |
| 34 | Beverly | 6,455 | ▲ 5 |
| 35 | Catherine | 6,299 | ▼ 1 |
| 36 | Ruby | 5,993 | · |
| 37 | Donna | 5,978 | ▲ 10 |
| 38 | Florence | 5,867 | ▼ 3 |
| 39 | Eleanor | 5,823 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Annie | 5,756 | ▼ 3 |
| 41 | Ann | 5,531 | ▲ 5 |
| 42 | Rita | 5,470 | ▲ 10 |
| 43 | Geraldine | 5,448 | · |
| 44 | Lillian | 5,447 | ▼ 4 |
| 45 | Thelma | 5,250 | ▼ 4 |
| 46 | Lorraine | 5,166 | ▼ 4 |
| 47 | June | 5,094 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Gladys | 5,066 | ▼ 4 |
| 49 | Josephine | 4,988 | ▼ 4 |
| 50 | Theresa | 4,783 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Edna | 4,762 | · |
| 52 | Pauline | 4,655 | ▼ 2 |
| 53 | Janet | 4,602 | ▲ 29 |
| 54 | Carol | 4,598 | ▲ 9 |
| 55 | Jane | 4,575 | ▲ 7 |
| 56 | Wanda | 4,524 | ▲ 5 |
| 57 | Juanita | 4,512 | ▲ 3 |
| 58 | Bernice | 4,439 | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | Lucille | 4,327 | ▼ 2 |
| 60 | Marion | 4,305 | ▼ 7 |
| 61 | Edith | 4,273 | ▼ 2 |
| 62 | Grace | 4,218 | ▼ 8 |
| 63 | Audrey | 4,129 | ▼ 5 |
| 64 | Clara | 4,124 | ▲ 1 |
| 65 | Ethel | 4,101 | ▼ 9 |
| 66 | Delores | 4,098 | ▲ 8 |
| 67 | Peggy | 4,084 | ▲ 3 |
| 68 | Wilma | 4,075 | ▼ 2 |
| 69 | Elaine | 3,954 | ▼ 2 |
| 70 | Sarah | 3,920 | ▼ 2 |
| 71 | Hazel | 3,888 | ▼ 7 |
| 72 | Carolyn | 3,725 | ▲ 5 |
| 73 | Emma | 3,555 | ▼ 4 |
| 74 | Jacqueline | 3,414 | ▲ 13 |
| 75 | Charlotte | 3,406 | ▼ 2 |
| 76 | Beatrice | 3,390 | ▼ 4 |
| 77 | Esther | 3,350 | ▼ 6 |
| 78 | Bonnie | 3,265 | ▲ 8 |
| 79 | Billie | 3,241 | · |
| 80 | Marian | 3,213 | ▼ 5 |
| 81 | Joanne | 3,154 | ▲ 20 |
| 82 | Rosemary | 3,151 | ▼ 2 |
| 83 | Anne | 3,091 | ▲ 8 |
| 84 | Kathleen | 3,074 | ▲ 5 |
| 85 | Katherine | 3,033 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Eva | 3,019 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Willie | 3,018 | ▼ 11 |
| 88 | Elsie | 2,973 | ▼ 10 |
| 89 | Laura | 2,908 | ▲ 1 |
| 90 | Julia | 2,880 | ▼ 2 |
| 91 | Vivian | 2,872 | ▼ 10 |
| 92 | Jeanne | 2,720 | · |
| 93 | Maxine | 2,700 | ▼ 8 |
| 94 | Ida | 2,643 | ▲ 2 |
| 95 | Bertha | 2,605 | ▼ 2 |
| 96 | Gertrude | 2,555 | ▼ 1 |
| 97 | Patsy | 2,544 | ▲ 21 |
| 98 | Sally | 2,542 | ▲ 14 |
| 99 | Maria | 2,540 | ▲ 1 |
| 100 | Ellen | 2,522 | ▼ 3 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1929 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 62,153 | · |
| 2 | James | 53,957 | · |
| 3 | John | 52,447 | · |
| 4 | William | 47,271 | · |
| 5 | Richard | 32,187 | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,867 | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | Donald | 29,052 | · |
| 8 | George | 22,788 | · |
| 9 | Joseph | 20,981 | · |
| 10 | Edward | 17,352 | · |
| 11 | Thomas | 17,008 | · |
| 12 | Paul | 12,955 | ▲ 1 |
| 13 | Frank | 12,535 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Jack | 12,430 | · |
| 15 | David | 12,275 | ▲ 2 |
| 16 | Raymond | 11,714 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 11,705 | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Harold | 11,660 | ▼ 2 |
| 19 | Walter | 9,731 | · |
| 20 | Billy | 9,285 | ▲ 3 |
| 21 | Eugene | 9,029 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Henry | 8,594 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Arthur | 8,284 | ▼ 1 |
| 24 | Albert | 7,950 | · |
| 25 | Ralph | 7,634 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Carl | 6,951 | ▲ 2 |
| 27 | Joe | 6,873 | ▲ 3 |
| 28 | Harry | 6,847 | ▼ 1 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,667 | · |
| 30 | Gerald | 6,483 | ▲ 3 |
| 31 | Howard | 6,341 | · |
| 32 | Fred | 6,049 | ▲ 2 |
| 33 | Roy | 5,917 | ▲ 2 |
| 34 | Louis | 5,810 | ▼ 2 |
| 35 | Herbert | 5,675 | ▼ 10 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,639 | ▲ 2 |
| 37 | Ronald | 5,635 | ▲ 8 |
| 38 | Earl | 5,567 | ▼ 2 |
| 39 | Clarence | 5,498 | ▼ 2 |
| 40 | Norman | 5,289 | · |
| 41 | Bobby | 5,181 | ▲ 9 |
| 42 | Francis | 4,990 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Ernest | 4,787 | · |
| 44 | Anthony | 4,674 | · |
| 45 | Leonard | 4,662 | ▼ 3 |
| 46 | Alfred | 4,558 | ▼ 5 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,465 | · |
| 48 | Marvin | 4,404 | ▼ 2 |
| 49 | Stanley | 4,383 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Melvin | 4,048 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Jerry | 3,891 | ▲ 10 |
| 52 | Bernard | 3,831 | · |
| 53 | Leroy | 3,802 | ▼ 2 |
| 54 | Michael | 3,543 | · |
| 55 | Samuel | 3,531 | ▼ 2 |
| 56 | Peter | 3,266 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Ray | 3,254 | · |
| 58 | Roger | 3,246 | ▲ 6 |
| 59 | Bill | 3,160 | ▲ 4 |
| 60 | Russell | 3,101 | ▼ 4 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,077 | ▼ 3 |
| 62 | Andrew | 3,056 | ▼ 3 |
| 63 | Leo | 3,035 | ▼ 3 |
| 64 | Dale | 2,994 | ▲ 9 |
| 65 | Wayne | 2,981 | ▲ 4 |
| 66 | Edwin | 2,972 | · |
| 67 | Theodore | 2,958 | ▼ 2 |
| 68 | Don | 2,922 | ▲ 10 |
| 69 | Lloyd | 2,838 | ▼ 7 |
| 70 | Gene | 2,787 | ▼ 2 |
| 71 | Glenn | 2,758 | ▲ 9 |
| 72 | Vernon | 2,703 | ▼ 1 |
| 73 | Clifford | 2,696 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Frederick | 2,694 | ▼ 7 |
| 75 | Philip | 2,655 | ▲ 1 |
| 76 | Clyde | 2,631 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Gordon | 2,611 | ▲ 2 |
| 78 | Herman | 2,598 | ▼ 3 |
| 79 | Alvin | 2,512 | ▼ 2 |
| 80 | Elmer | 2,476 | ▼ 10 |
| 81 | Leon | 2,401 | · |
| 82 | Lee | 2,361 | ▲ 3 |
| 83 | Martin | 2,322 | · |
| 84 | Vincent | 2,318 | ▼ 2 |
| 85 | Allen | 2,278 | ▲ 1 |
| 86 | Jimmie | 2,255 | ▲ 12 |
| 87 | Lewis | 2,243 | ▼ 3 |
| 88 | Bob | 2,242 | ▲ 1 |
| 89 | Douglas | 2,166 | ▲ 8 |
| 90 | Gilbert | 2,119 | ▲ 1 |
| 91 | Charlie | 2,113 | ▼ 4 |
| 92 | Harvey | 2,062 | ▼ 2 |
| 93 | Milton | 2,053 | ▲ 1 |
| 94 | Jesse | 2,035 | ▼ 1 |
| 95 | Lester | 2,020 | ▼ 7 |
| 96 | Warren | 2,011 | ▼ 4 |
| 97 | Eddie | 1,972 | ▲ 5 |
| 98 | Arnold | 1,948 | ▼ 3 |
| 99 | Cecil | 1,882 | ▲ 2 |
| 100 | Victor | 1,844 | · |