Top Baby Names of 1930
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1930, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1930)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 62,152 |
| 2 | James | 53,957 |
| 3 | John | 52,447 |
| 4 | William | 47,271 |
| 5 | Richard | 32,186 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,867 |
| 7 | Donald | 29,051 |
| 8 | George | 22,787 |
| 9 | Joseph | 20,981 |
| 10 | Edward | 17,351 |
| 11 | Thomas | 17,007 |
| 12 | Paul | 12,954 |
| 13 | Frank | 12,535 |
| 14 | Jack | 12,429 |
| 15 | David | 12,275 |
| 16 | Raymond | 11,713 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 11,704 |
| 18 | Harold | 11,661 |
| 19 | Walter | 9,731 |
| 20 | Billy | 9,286 |
| 21 | Eugene | 9,028 |
| 22 | Henry | 8,594 |
| 23 | Arthur | 8,284 |
| 24 | Albert | 7,948 |
| 25 | Ralph | 7,634 |
| 26 | Carl | 6,952 |
| 27 | Joe | 6,873 |
| 28 | Harry | 6,848 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,667 |
| 30 | Gerald | 6,482 |
| 31 | Howard | 6,342 |
| 32 | Fred | 6,048 |
| 33 | Roy | 5,917 |
| 34 | Louis | 5,810 |
| 35 | Herbert | 5,675 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,639 |
| 37 | Ronald | 5,635 |
| 38 | Earl | 5,567 |
| 39 | Clarence | 5,498 |
| 40 | Norman | 5,289 |
| 41 | Bobby | 5,182 |
| 42 | Francis | 4,990 |
| 43 | Ernest | 4,787 |
| 44 | Anthony | 4,674 |
| 45 | Leonard | 4,662 |
| 46 | Alfred | 4,558 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,465 |
| 48 | Marvin | 4,403 |
| 49 | Stanley | 4,383 |
| 50 | Melvin | 4,048 |
| 51 | Jerry | 3,891 |
| 52 | Bernard | 3,830 |
| 53 | Leroy | 3,804 |
| 54 | Michael | 3,542 |
| 55 | Samuel | 3,531 |
| 56 | Peter | 3,266 |
| 57 | Ray | 3,253 |
| 58 | Roger | 3,246 |
| 59 | Bill | 3,160 |
| 60 | Russell | 3,101 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,077 |
| 62 | Andrew | 3,057 |
| 63 | Leo | 3,035 |
| 64 | Dale | 2,994 |
| 65 | Wayne | 2,981 |
| 66 | Edwin | 2,972 |
| 67 | Theodore | 2,958 |
| 68 | Don | 2,922 |
| 69 | Lloyd | 2,839 |
| 70 | Gene | 2,787 |
| 71 | Glenn | 2,758 |
| 72 | Vernon | 2,703 |
| 73 | Clifford | 2,697 |
| 74 | Frederick | 2,694 |
| 75 | Philip | 2,655 |
| 76 | Clyde | 2,631 |
| 77 | Gordon | 2,611 |
| 78 | Herman | 2,598 |
| 79 | Alvin | 2,512 |
| 80 | Elmer | 2,476 |
| 81 | Leon | 2,401 |
| 82 | Lee | 2,361 |
| 83 | Martin | 2,322 |
| 84 | Vincent | 2,318 |
| 85 | Allen | 2,278 |
| 86 | Jimmie | 2,255 |
| 87 | Lewis | 2,243 |
| 88 | Bob | 2,242 |
| 89 | Douglas | 2,166 |
| 90 | Gilbert | 2,119 |
| 91 | Charlie | 2,113 |
| 92 | Harvey | 2,062 |
| 93 | Milton | 2,053 |
| 94 | Jesse | 2,035 |
| 95 | Lester | 2,020 |
| 96 | Warren | 2,011 |
| 97 | Eddie | 1,972 |
| 98 | Arnold | 1,948 |
| 99 | Cecil | 1,882 |
| 100 | Victor | 1,844 |