Popular Baby Names

Based on US Social Security Administration data

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Top Names of the 1930s

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	590,799
2	James	547,478
3	John	487,946
4	William	416,728
5	Richard	330,501
6	Charles	303,215
7	Donald	283,716
8	George	192,290
9	Thomas	183,873
10	Joseph	180,565
11	David	164,699
12	Edward	147,848
13	Ronald	140,332
14	Paul	125,771
15	Kenneth	125,109
16	Frank	108,088
17	Raymond	99,583
18	Jack	96,397
19	Harold	95,467
20	Billy	88,340

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	572,997
2	Betty	300,408
3	Barbara	296,419
4	Shirley	229,378
5	Patricia	220,579
6	Dorothy	210,414
7	Joan	173,439
8	Margaret	157,371
9	Nancy	142,486
10	Helen	140,426
11	Carol	117,729
12	Joyce	115,505
13	Doris	110,657
14	Ruth	109,205
15	Virginia	103,088
16	Marilyn	98,531
17	Elizabeth	96,479
18	Jean	94,189
19	Frances	92,118
20	Beverly	80,842

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