1930s baby names took a serious turn along with the mood of the country during the Great Depression, with many names popular in that decade feeling decidedly out of style today. But given the Hundred Year Rule, we see names from the 1930s starting to feel more appealing over the coming decade, so we may be in for a new generation of girls named Barbara and Joan and boys called Ronald and Howard.
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Along with Ronald and Howard, other 1930s baby names that remain in the US Top 1000 include Alice, Arthur, Dorothy, Francis, Irene, Marvin, Patricia, and Walter. Among those with the greatest drop in popularity are Wanda and Phyllis for girls, and Fred and Earl for boys.
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These 1930s names may be familiar to you via grandparents or great-grandparents or other older relatives born in the first half of the 20th century. If you are interested in exploring names from the 1930s for your baby, browse the selection here drawn from the Top 50 for that decade but relatively rare today.

Top 1930s Baby Names 

Albert

Alice

Anna

Annie

Anthony

Arthur

Barbara

Betty

Beverly

Billy

Bobby

Carl

Carol

Carolyn

Catherine

Charles

Clarence

Daniel

David

Dolores

Donald

Donna

Dorothy

Earl

Edward

Elaine

Eleanor

Elizabeth

Eugene

Evelyn

Frances

Francis

Frank

Fred

Gary

George

Gerald

Geraldine

Gloria

Harold

Harry

Helen

Henry

Howard

Irene

Jack

James

Jane

Janet

Janice

Jean

Jerry

Joan

John

Joseph

Joyce

Judith

Kenneth

Larry

Lawrence

Lois

Louis

Louise

Margaret

Marie

Marilyn

Marjorie

Martha

Marvin

Mary

Michael

Mildred

Nancy

Norma

Norman

Patricia

Paul

Peggy

Phyllis

Ralph

Raymond

Richard

Robert

Roger

Ronald

Rose

Ruby

Ruth

Sandra

Shirley

Thomas

Virginia

Walter

Wanda

Wayne

William

Willie

1930s Baby Names - child with vintage radio

1930s Baby Names

1930s names with vintage baby names popular in the 1930s for boys and girls, such as Dorothy, Alice, Francis, and Walter (All Names)

1930s Names - All Names