Names That Peaked in the 1930s
Every name here reached its all-time U.S. popularity high in the 1930s. Some faded, some are staging comebacks — the peak year tells the story.
- 1Shirley#2 in 1935
- 2Barbara#2 in 1937
- 3Richard#5 in 1930
- 4Donald#6 in 1934
- 5Patricia#3 in 1937
- 6Joan#5 in 1931
- 7Kenneth#13 in 1939
- 8Joyce#11 in 1937
- 9Marilyn#13 in 1936
- 10Janet#16 in 1938
- 11Beverly#14 in 1937
- 12Billy#19 in 1931
- 13Gerald#19 in 1936
- 14Norma#22 in 1931
- 15Bobby#23 in 1934
- 16Ann#28 in 1936
- 17Rita#42 in 1930
- 18Norman#36 in 1931
- 19Geraldine#38 in 1931
- 20Franklin#33 in 1933
- 21Elaine#42 in 1938
- 22Marlene#39 in 1935
- 23Joanne#44 in 1935
- 24Sylvia#50 in 1937
- 25Marvin#44 in 1931
- 26Sally#52 in 1939
- 27Joann#50 in 1934
- 28Don#50 in 1934
- 29Arlene#53 in 1934
- 30Loretta#62 in 1938
- 31Rosalie#66 in 1938
- 32Yvonne#77 in 1937
- 33Gene#61 in 1937
- 34Jeanette#82 in 1939
- 35Gordon#70 in 1935
- 36Jerome#93 in 1938
- 37Gilbert#90 in 1930
- 38Jackie#102 in 1935
- 39Duane#102 in 1933
- 40Glen#112 in 1931
- 41Faye#146 in 1934
- 42Freddie#132 in 1938
- 43Rosemarie#158 in 1936
- 44Dixie#167 in 1938
- 45Sonja#180 in 1938
- 46Benny#172 in 1939
- 47Ramon#181 in 1930
- 48Myron#192 in 1931
- 49Conrad#213 in 1931
- 50Willa#273 in 1932