Popular Baby Names
Based on US Social Security Administration data
Top Names in 1930
Rising Stars
Names with the biggest jump in popularity from 1929
Top Boy Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 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 |
Top Girl Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 1 |
Mary
|
64,153 |
| 2 |
Betty
|
38,238 |
| 3 |
Dorothy
|
30,409 |
| 4 |
Helen
|
19,913 |
| 5 |
Margaret
|
18,351 |
| 6 |
Barbara
|
18,280 |
| 7 |
Patricia
|
15,751 |
| 8 |
Joan
|
15,478 |
| 9 |
Doris
|
15,464 |
| 10 |
Ruth
|
14,942 |
| 11 |
Shirley
|
14,775 |
| 12 |
Virginia
|
13,197 |
| 13 |
Dolores
|
12,842 |
| 14 |
Jean
|
11,986 |
| 15 |
Elizabeth
|
10,995 |
| 16 |
Frances
|
10,644 |
| 17 |
Lois
|
10,114 |
| 18 |
Joyce
|
9,658 |
| 19 |
Evelyn
|
9,536 |
| 20 |
Alice
|
9,516 |