1930s Baby Names

6,820 names were given to children in the United States between 1930 and 1939, ranked below by how many.

A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.

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Rankings for

#9,947
Arzelia
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,948
Loisteen
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,950
Adriane
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,951
Ronella
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,952
Trilla
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,953
Genoa
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,957
Barabara
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,958
Matina
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,962
Joannie
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,964
Cardelia
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,966
Idora
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,967
Sheree
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,969
Merva
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,971
Minetta
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,973
Merrily
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,974
Roanna
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,975
Audrene
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,977
Dellamae
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,979
Yvone
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,980
Zerline
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,984
Fara
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,985
Sable
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,987
Seraphine
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,988
Charmie
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,994
Pablita
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,995
Bernelle
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,996
Vetta
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#9,997
Nattie
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,001
Emiline
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,002
Betteann
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,004
Meridith
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,007
Irlene
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,009
Lazara
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,011
Blondena
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,012
Chere
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,013
Donya
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,016
Wyvonia
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,018
Gillian
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,023
Magline
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,024
Rodella
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,025
Alisia
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,026
Rebia
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,027
Aldea
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,028
Glatha
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,029
Wendie
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,031
Erlean
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,032
Arcadia
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years
#10,033
Ercelle
12 in the 1930s 2 of 10 years

What Made a 1930s Name

Children in the United States were registered with it between 1930 and 1939. A name's position here is how many of them were.

Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade

A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.

Where to Go Next

Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.