1001 rows Most Popular Names of the 1930s.

Popular female names of the 1930s. Government draws from Social Security Administration records to provide an official list of baby names and their popularity across the country. In the years to come women authors of the 1930s that graced the top-selling fiction list are a number that went on to become literary legends. Top American girls names of the 1930s.

Kay Francis is possibly the biggest of the forgotten stars from Hollywoods Golden Era yet for a while in the 1930s she ranked as one of the most popular actresses tagged the Queen of Warner Brothers by 1935 earning a yearly salary of 115000 compared to Bette Davis with 18000. An athletic tomboy as a child she was very close to her brother Tom. Start with the top 100 or view all 1000 rankings.

In this list spellings are not combined. Check out these popular girls names -- Peggy Doris Joyce Shirley Beverly Irene Wanda and more. The 30s werent dirty they were golden.

Katharine Hepburn was born on May 12 1907 in Hartford Connecticut to a suffragist and a doctor who both always encouraged her to speak her mind develop it fully and exercise her body to its full potential. Isak Dinesen Out of Africa 1937 Virginia Woolf The Years 1937 Daphne Du Maurier Rebecca 1938 and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Yearling 1938 among others. Most Popular Baby Names of the 30s.

Rank Male Name Female Name. Rank Name Number Name Number. Top 1930s Girl Names.

All names for 1930. 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. The Social Security Administration keeps lists of the most popular.