These Were The Most Popular Baby Names In The 1930s

Baby name trends come and go, but many classics have real staying power.

Looking at the most popular baby names of the 1930s, you'll find a combination of once-hot choices that now sound outdated (like Betty and Eugene) and names that a lot of parents are still choosing for their children (shout out to the Catherines and Williams we know).

The Social Security Administration keeps lists of the most popular names for every year and decade since the 1880s. Without further ado, here are the top baby names for girls and boys born in the 1930s.

Girls

1. Mary
2. Betty
3. Barbara
4. Shirley
5. Patricia
6. Dorothy
7. Joan
8. Margaret
9. Nancy
10. Helen
11. Carol
12. Joyce
13. Doris
14. Ruth
15. Virginia
16. Marilyn
17. Elizabeth
18. Jean
19. Frances
20. Beverly
21. Lois
22. Alice
23. Donna
24. Martha
25. Dolores
26. Janet
27. Phyllis
28. Norma
29. Carolyn
30. Evelyn
31. Gloria
32. Anna
33. Marie
34. Ann
35. Mildred
36. Rose
37. Peggy
38. Geraldine
39. Catherine
40. Judith
41. Louise
42. Janice
43. Marjorie
44. Annie
45. Ruby
46. Eleanor
47. Jane
48. Sandra
49. Irene
50. Wanda

Boys

1. Robert
2. James
3. John
4. William
5. Richard
6. Charles
7. Donald
8. George
9. Thomas
10. Joseph
11. David
12. Edward
13. Ronald
14. Paul
15. Kenneth
16. Frank
17. Raymond
18. Jack
19. Harold
20. Billy
21. Gerald
22. Walter
23. Jerry
24. Joe
25. Eugene
26. Henry
27. Bobby
28. Arthur
29. Carl
30. Larry
31. Ralph
32. Albert
33. Willie
34. Fred
35. Michael
36. Lawrence
37. Harry
38. Roy
39. Howard
40. Norman
41. Roger
42. Daniel
43. Louis
44. Earl
45. Gary
46. Clarence
47. Anthony
48. Francis
49. Wayne
50. Marvin