These are the Most Popular Names in the United States for all years of the 1930s.

Table of contents
1 1930
2 1931
3 1932
4 1933
5 1934
6 1935
7 1936
8 1937
9 1938
10 1939

1930

1931

  • Males
    1. Robert
    2. James
    3. John
    4. William
    5. Richard
    6. Charles
    7. Donald
    8. George
    9. Joseph
    10. Thomas

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Betty
    3. Dorothy
    4. Barbara
    5. Joan
    6. Helen
    7. Maria
    8. Patricia
    9. Margaret
    10. Shirley

1932

  • Males
    1. Robert
    2. John
    3. James
    4. William
    5. Charles
    6. Richard
    7. Donald
    8. George
    9. Joseph
    10. Thomas

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Betty
    3. Barbara
    4. Dorothy
    5. Joan
    6. Patricia
    7. Shirley
    8. Margaret
    9. Doris
    10. Helen

1933

  • Males
    1. Robert
    2. James
    3. John
    4. William
    5. Richard
    6. Donald
    7. Charles
    8. Joseph
    9. George
    10. Thomas

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Betty
    3. Barbara
    4. Dorothy
    5. Joan
    6. Patricia
    7. Maria
    8. Helen
    9. Margaret
    10. Doris

1934

  • Males
    1. Robert
    2. James
    3. John
    4. William
    5. Richard
    6. Charles
    7. Donald
    8. George
    9. Thomas
    10. Joseph

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Betty
    3. Shirley
    4. Barbara
    5. Joan
    6. Patricia
    7. Dorothy
    8. Maria
    9. Margaret
    10. Helen

1935

  • Males
    1. James
    2. Robert
    3. John
    4. William
    5. Richard
    6. Charles
    7. Donald
    8. Thomas
    9. Ronald
    10. David

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Shirley
    3. Barbara
    4. Betty
    5. Patricia
    6. Joan
    7. Dorothy
    8. Margaret
    9. Maria
    10. Helen

1936

  • Males
    1. Robert
    2. James
    3. John
    4. William
    5. Donald
    6. Richard
    7. Charles
    8. Ronald
    9. George
    10. Joseph

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Shirley
    3. Barbara
    4. Betty
    5. Patricia
    6. Maria
    7. Dorothy; Nancy (tie)
    8. Joan
    9. Margaret
    10. -----

1937

  • Males
    1. Robert
    2. James
    3. John
    4. William
    5. Richard
    6. Donald
    7. Charles
    8. David
    9. George
    10. Thomas

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Barbara
    3. Patricia
    4. Shirley
    5. Betty
    6. Maria; Nancy (tie)
    7. Dorothy
    8. Carol
    9. Margaret
    10. -----

1938

  • Males
    1. Robert
    2. James
    3. John
    4. William
    5. Richard
    6. Charles
    7. Donald
    8. David
    9. George
    10. Ronald; Thomas (tie)

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Barbara
    3. Patricia
    4. Betty
    5. Shirley
    6. Nancy
    7. Carol; Maria (tie)
    8. Margaret
    9. Joan
    10. -----

1939

  • Males
    1. Robert
    2. James
    3. John
    4. William
    5. Richard
    6. Charles
    7. David
    8. Thomas
    9. Donald
    10. Ronald

  • Females
    1. Mary
    2. Barbara
    3. Patricia
    4. Betty
    5. Shirley
    6. Maria
    7. Margaret
    8. Carol
    9. Nancy
    10. Judith