The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1930
4,542 different boys’ names were recorded in 1930, covering 1,097,378 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 62,153 |
| 2 | James | 53,957 |
| 3 | John | 52,447 |
| 4 | William | 47,271 |
| 5 | Richard | 32,187 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,867 |
| 7 | Donald | 29,052 |
| 8 | George | 22,788 |
| 9 | Joseph | 20,981 |
| 10 | Edward | 17,352 |
| 11 | Thomas | 17,008 |
| 12 | Paul | 12,955 |
| 13 | Frank | 12,535 |
| 14 | Jack | 12,430 |
| 15 | David | 12,275 |
| 16 | Raymond | 11,714 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 11,705 |
| 18 | Harold | 11,660 |
| 19 | Walter | 9,731 |
| 20 | Billy | 9,285 |
| 21 | Eugene | 9,029 |
| 22 | Henry | 8,594 |
| 23 | Arthur | 8,284 |
| 24 | Albert | 7,950 |
| 25 | Ralph | 7,634 |
| 26 | Carl | 6,951 |
| 27 | Joe | 6,873 |
| 28 | Harry | 6,847 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,667 |
| 30 | Gerald | 6,483 |
| 31 | Howard | 6,341 |
| 32 | Fred | 6,049 |
| 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 | 5,181 |
| 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 | 4,404 |
| 49 | Stanley | 4,383 |
| 50 | Melvin | 4,048 |
| 51 | Jerry | 3,891 |
| 52 | Bernard | 3,831 |
| 53 | Leroy | 3,802 |
| 54 | Michael | 3,543 |
| 55 | Samuel | 3,531 |
| 56 | Peter | 3,266 |
| 57 | Ray | 3,254 |
| 58 | Roger | 3,246 |
| 59 | Bill | 3,160 |
| 60 | Russell | 3,101 |
| 61 | Floyd | 3,077 |
| 62 | Andrew | 3,056 |
| 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 | 2,838 |
| 70 | Gene | 2,787 |
| 71 | Glenn | 2,758 |
| 72 | Vernon | 2,703 |
| 73 | Clifford | 2,696 |
| 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 |
| 101 | Johnny | 1,822 |
| 102 | Jimmy | 1,799 |
| 103 | Chester | 1,791 |
| 104 | Johnnie | 1,783 |
| 105 | Jerome | 1,768 |
| 106 | Curtis | 1,721 |
| 106 | Roland | 1,721 |
| 108 | Larry | 1,719 |
| 109 | Bruce | 1,712 |
| 110 | Sam | 1,668 |
| 111 | Calvin | 1,618 |
| 111 | Wallace | 1,618 |
| 113 | Jose | 1,600 |
| 114 | Glen | 1,595 |
| 115 | Benjamin | 1,594 |
| 116 | Maurice | 1,550 |
| 117 | Willard | 1,537 |
| 118 | Patrick | 1,532 |
| 119 | Edgar | 1,526 |
| 120 | Manuel | 1,520 |
| 120 | Duane | 1,520 |
| 122 | Claude | 1,481 |
| 123 | Billie | 1,474 |
| 124 | Oscar | 1,467 |
| 125 | Jim | 1,464 |
| 126 | Marion | 1,389 |
| 127 | Tommy | 1,386 |
| 128 | Virgil | 1,371 |
| 129 | Dean | 1,365 |
| 130 | Keith | 1,354 |
| 131 | Hugh | 1,343 |
| 132 | Tom | 1,336 |
| 133 | Jessie | 1,329 |
| 134 | Everett | 1,326 |
| 135 | Junior | 1,325 |
| 136 | Alan | 1,301 |
| 137 | Hubert | 1,277 |
| 138 | Stephen | 1,257 |
| 139 | Leslie | 1,237 |
| 140 | Rudolph | 1,219 |
| 141 | Wilbur | 1,214 |
| 142 | Wesley | 1,186 |
| 143 | Max | 1,181 |
| 144 | Phillip | 1,175 |
| 145 | Dennis | 1,173 |
| 146 | Homer | 1,172 |
| 147 | Nicholas | 1,131 |
| 148 | Luther | 1,109 |
| 149 | Franklin | 1,078 |
| 150 | Sidney | 1,076 |
| 151 | Delbert | 1,013 |
| 152 | Morris | 1,006 |
| 153 | Earnest | 991 |
| 154 | Ben | 987 |
| 155 | Allan | 985 |
| 156 | Ted | 983 |
| 157 | Jackie | 974 |
| 158 | Horace | 973 |
| 159 | Willis | 965 |
| 160 | Lyle | 947 |
| 161 | Dick | 940 |
| 162 | Bennie | 916 |
| 163 | Tony | 912 |
| 164 | Juan | 907 |
| 165 | Dan | 899 |
| 166 | Jay | 891 |
| 167 | Salvatore | 882 |
| 168 | Alexander | 872 |
| 169 | Steve | 862 |
| 170 | Oliver | 850 |
| 171 | Freddie | 841 |
| 172 | Otis | 831 |
| 173 | Darrell | 828 |
| 174 | Guy | 827 |
| 174 | Neil | 827 |
| 176 | Julius | 812 |
| 177 | Edmund | 808 |
| 178 | Clayton | 802 |
| 179 | Archie | 768 |
| 180 | Alex | 760 |
| 181 | Carroll | 757 |
| 181 | Ramon | 757 |
| 183 | Alton | 756 |
| 184 | Clifton | 755 |
| 185 | Nathaniel | 754 |
| 186 | Jesus | 753 |
| 187 | Orville | 747 |
| 188 | Marshall | 741 |
| 189 | Antonio | 734 |
| 190 | Angelo | 727 |
| 191 | Lowell | 721 |
| 192 | Wilbert | 720 |
| 193 | Lonnie | 715 |
| 194 | Myron | 713 |
| 194 | Gary | 713 |
| 196 | Merle | 711 |
| 196 | Mike | 711 |
| 198 | Leland | 706 |
| 199 | Ira | 702 |
| 200 | Bobbie | 696 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1930 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.