1930s Baby Names
12,733 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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#916Claudine Claudine is a French girl's name meaning lame, from a Roman family name.1,686 in the 1930s
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#926Jonathan Jonathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has given," from Yehonatan.1,663 in the 1930s
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#936Elena Elena is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Italian, Spanish, and Russian form of Helen.1,645 in the 1930s
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#937Lucia Lucia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the feminine of Lucius from lux.1,643 in the 1930s
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#947Noah Noah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "rest" or "comfort," from Noach.1,612 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.