What were popular baby names in the 1930s?

Question: What were popular baby names in the 1930s?

Answer: The 1930s are well known for the 25% unemployment rate and the Great Depression. The average income was $1,368 per year. What were the popular baby names in the 1930s? Here are the top twenty names for the girls and boys born in the 1930s:

Boy Baby Names

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

Girl Baby Names

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

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