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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#1,062Elsa Elsa is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath," a German short form of Elisabeth.1,289 in the 1930s
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#1,077Kathy Kathy is a girl's name, the pet form of Katherine, and it inherits that name's unknown meaning.1,254 in the 1930s
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#1,095Elise Elise is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my oath," a short form of Elizabeth.1,229 in the 1930s
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#1,097Louisa Louisa is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a Latinate form of Louise.1,227 in the 1930s
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#1,110Darla Darla is a girl's name coined in twentieth-century America from the word darling.1,206 in the 1930s
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#1,124Valeria Valeria is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy."1,182 in the 1930s
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.