1928
Top Baby Names of 1928
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1928
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Mary 66,872 2
Betty 36,083 3
Dorothy 33,733 4
Helen 22,937 5
Margaret 20,295 6
Ruth 17,859 7
Doris 16,574 8
Barbara 14,872 9
Virginia 14,500 10
Shirley 14,215 11
Patricia 12,331 12
Jean 12,209 13
Frances 12,137 14
Elizabeth 11,767 15
Mildred 11,652 16
Anna 10,575 17
Evelyn 10,533 18
Lois 10,425 19
Alice 10,139 20
Dolores 9,614 21
Marie 9,286 22
Martha 8,252 23
Norma 8,165 24
Rose 8,161 25
Gloria 8,119 26
Phyllis 7,924 27
Joan 7,854 28
Irene 7,731 29
Marjorie 7,632 30
Joyce 7,244 31
Louise 7,053 32
Florence 6,970 33
Catherine 6,910 34
Ruby 6,692 35
Lillian 6,577 36
Eleanor 6,535 37
Annie 6,329 38
Marilyn 6,066 39
Lorraine 5,982 40
Thelma 5,978 41
Gladys 5,791 42
Josephine 5,671 43
Nancy 5,537 44
June 5,517 45
Edna 5,473 46
Beverly 5,437 47
Marion 5,420 48
Pauline 5,391 49
Theresa 5,331 50
Geraldine 5,156 51
Lucille 5,094 52
Grace 4,989 53
Bernice 4,943 54
Ann 4,932 55
Ethel 4,928 56
Edith 4,846 57
Rita 4,810 58
Juanita 4,734 59
Hazel 4,649 60
Audrey 4,630 61
Donna 4,470 62
Jane 4,411 63
Wanda 4,318 64
Sarah 4,244 65
Clara 4,106 66
Esther 4,096 67
Emma 4,017 68
Elaine 4,005 69
Wilma 3,937 70
Beatrice 3,923 71
Marian 3,886 72
Charlotte 3,475 73
Elsie 3,470 74
Willie 3,443 75
Katherine 3,398 76
Peggy 3,382 77
Carol 3,349 78
Vivian 3,310 79
Eva 3,212 80
Julia 3,206 81
Bertha 3,161 82
Kathleen 3,151 83
Laura 3,146 84
Maxine 3,124 85
Agnes 3,023 86
Gertrude 3,011 87
Ida 2,995 88
Rosemary 2,972 89
Bonnie 2,923 90
Jeanne 2,879 91
Carolyn 2,847 92
Vera 2,842 93
Anne 2,824 94
Delores 2,810 95
Janet 2,782 96
Billie 2,777 97
Jacqueline 2,739 98
Ellen 2,682 99
Kathryn 2,681 100
Ella 2,670 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1928
1
Robert 60,701 2
John 53,761 3
James 52,753 4
William 49,119 5
Charles 31,244 6
Richard 28,794 7
Donald 25,705 8
George 24,391 9
Joseph 22,319 10
Edward 18,492 11
Thomas 16,582 12
Frank 13,570 13
Paul 13,159 14
Harold 12,669 15
Jack 12,494 16
Raymond 11,947 17
Kenneth 11,167 18
Walter 10,651 19
David 9,992 20
Eugene 9,709 21
Henry 9,313 22
Arthur 8,880 23
Albert 8,812 24
Ralph 8,100 25
Herbert 8,065 26
Harry 7,604 27
Billy 7,310 28
Carl 6,946 29
Willie 6,817 30
Joe 6,682 31
Howard 6,496 32
Louis 6,297 33
Alfred 6,252 34
Roy 6,229 35
Clarence 6,068 36
Fred 6,036 37
Earl 5,966 38
Lawrence 5,596 39
Norman 5,590 40
Francis 5,516 41
Gerald 5,487 42
Leonard 5,130 43
Ernest 4,941 44
Anthony 4,718 45
Stanley 4,481 46
Marvin 4,452 47
Daniel 4,426 48
Melvin 4,249 49
Bernard 4,067 50
Ronald 3,969 51
Leroy 3,871 52
Samuel 3,844 53
Michael 3,598 54
Floyd 3,338 55
Russell 3,325 56
Peter 3,300 57
Ray 3,248 58
Edwin 3,166 59
Lloyd 3,158 60
Andrew 3,142 61
Leo 3,095 62
Gene 3,088 63
Elmer 2,977 63
Bill 2,977 65
Bobby 2,971 66
Theodore 2,917 67
Frederick 2,882 68
Clifford 2,862 69
Wayne 2,855 70
Vernon 2,852 71
Roger 2,774 72
Alvin 2,750 73
Philip 2,726 74
Clyde 2,714 75
Dale 2,640 76
Glenn 2,603 77
Gordon 2,596 78
Herman 2,588 78
Jerry 2,588 80
Charlie 2,463 81
Leon 2,460 82
Vincent 2,440 83
Martin 2,427 84
Don 2,382 85
Warren 2,362 86
Lewis 2,339 87
Lee 2,282 88
Chester 2,243 89
Lester 2,229 90
Harvey 2,187 91
Jesse 2,171 92
Milton 2,170 93
Allen 2,136 94
Calvin 2,128 95
Bob 2,093 96
Gilbert 2,048 97
Cecil 2,005 98
Arnold 1,974 99
Victor 1,946 100
Jimmie 1,924 About 1928 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1928, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.