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Top baby names of the 1930s

Mary and Robert lead the 1930s.

Girls

  1. Mary 573,000
  2. Betty 300,409
  3. Barbara 296,420
  4. Shirley 229,380
  5. Patricia 220,582
  6. Dorothy 210,415
  7. Joan 173,439
  8. Margaret 157,369
  9. Nancy 142,488
  10. Helen 140,426
  11. Carol 117,731
  12. Joyce 115,506
  13. Doris 110,658
  14. Ruth 109,204
  15. Virginia 103,089
  16. Marilyn 98,531
  17. Elizabeth 96,480
  18. Jean 94,189
  19. Frances 92,117
  20. Beverly 80,846

Boys

  1. Robert 590,810
  2. James 547,479
  3. John 487,950
  4. William 416,730
  5. Richard 330,502
  6. Charles 303,218
  7. Donald 283,718
  8. George 192,289
  9. Thomas 183,878
  10. Joseph 180,566
  11. David 164,701
  12. Edward 147,849
  13. Ronald 140,332
  14. Paul 125,774
  15. Kenneth 125,111
  16. Frank 108,090
  17. Raymond 99,585
  18. Jack 96,396
  19. Harold 95,467
  20. Billy 88,341

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