1929
Top Baby Names of 1929
Start of Great Depression
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1929
1
Mary 63,511 2
Betty 36,677 3
Dorothy 31,477 4
Helen 20,982 5
Margaret 19,211 6
Doris 16,498 7
Barbara 16,038 8
Ruth 16,022 9
Shirley 14,576 10
Patricia 13,624 11
Virginia 13,234 12
Jean 11,865 13
Joan 11,666 14
Dolores 11,506 15
Elizabeth 11,248 16
Frances 11,092 17
Lois 10,295 18
Mildred 10,255 19
Evelyn 9,886 20
Anna 9,750 21
Alice 9,480 22
Marie 9,158 23
Joyce 8,596 24
Phyllis 7,995 25
Norma 7,894 26
Rose 7,785 27
Martha 7,639 28
Gloria 7,539 29
Irene 7,039 30
Marjorie 6,987 31
Louise 6,903 32
Nancy 6,872 33
Marilyn 6,731 34
Catherine 6,277 35
Florence 6,212 36
Ruby 6,152 37
Annie 5,955 38
Eleanor 5,865 39
Beverly 5,862 40
Lillian 5,711 41
Thelma 5,476 42
Lorraine 5,352 43
Geraldine 5,334 44
Gladys 5,327 45
Josephine 5,298 46
Ann 5,172 47
Donna 5,139 48
June 5,094 49
Theresa 5,068 50
Pauline 5,026 51
Edna 4,931 52
Rita 4,767 53
Marion 4,633 54
Grace 4,569 55
Bernice 4,551 56
Ethel 4,519 57
Lucille 4,502 58
Audrey 4,460 59
Edith 4,455 60
Juanita 4,412 61
Wanda 4,397 62
Jane 4,353 63
Carol 4,279 64
Hazel 4,164 65
Clara 4,148 66
Wilma 4,007 67
Elaine 3,852 68
Sarah 3,815 69
Emma 3,803 70
Peggy 3,780 71
Esther 3,586 72
Beatrice 3,574 73
Charlotte 3,537 74
Delores 3,517 75
Marian 3,447 76
Willie 3,319 77
Carolyn 3,272 78
Elsie 3,230 79
Billie 3,191 80
Rosemary 3,107 81
Vivian 3,101 82
Janet 3,050 83
Eva 3,019 84
Katherine 3,016 85
Maxine 2,994 86
Bonnie 2,974 87
Jacqueline 2,970 88
Julia 2,950 89
Kathleen 2,941 90
Laura 2,936 91
Anne 2,881 92
Jeanne 2,818 93
Bertha 2,800 94
Agnes 2,770 95
Gertrude 2,725 96
Ida 2,673 97
Ellen 2,567 98
Eileen 2,558 99
Vera 2,549 100
Maria 2,532 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1929
1
Robert 59,808 2
James 52,133 3
John 52,110 4
William 47,814 5
Charles 29,929 6
Richard 29,570 7
Donald 27,181 8
George 23,021 9
Joseph 21,165 10
Edward 17,220 11
Thomas 16,274 12
Frank 12,966 13
Paul 12,431 14
Jack 12,167 15
Raymond 11,909 16
Harold 11,677 17
David 11,301 18
Kenneth 10,841 19
Walter 9,850 20
Eugene 9,045 21
Henry 8,571 22
Arthur 8,470 23
Billy 8,320 24
Albert 8,079 25
Herbert 7,881 26
Ralph 7,715 27
Harry 7,144 28
Carl 6,895 29
Willie 6,616 30
Joe 6,596 31
Howard 6,010 32
Louis 5,995 33
Gerald 5,966 34
Fred 5,857 35
Roy 5,812 36
Earl 5,737 37
Clarence 5,729 38
Lawrence 5,306 39
Francis 5,270 40
Norman 5,157 41
Alfred 4,928 42
Leonard 4,829 43
Ernest 4,753 44
Anthony 4,733 45
Ronald 4,479 46
Marvin 4,389 47
Daniel 4,366 48
Stanley 4,265 49
Melvin 4,100 50
Bobby 3,924 51
Leroy 3,818 52
Bernard 3,809 53
Samuel 3,567 54
Michael 3,465 55
Peter 3,216 56
Russell 3,183 57
Ray 3,174 58
Floyd 3,079 59
Andrew 3,076 60
Leo 3,018 61
Jerry 2,991 62
Lloyd 2,949 63
Bill 2,947 64
Roger 2,928 65
Theodore 2,902 66
Edwin 2,897 67
Frederick 2,813 68
Gene 2,810 69
Wayne 2,741 70
Elmer 2,697 71
Vernon 2,683 72
Clifford 2,669 73
Dale 2,664 74
Clyde 2,628 75
Herman 2,622 76
Philip 2,606 77
Alvin 2,555 78
Don 2,519 79
Gordon 2,493 80
Glenn 2,433 81
Leon 2,336 82
Vincent 2,328 83
Martin 2,309 84
Lewis 2,228 85
Lee 2,209 86
Allen 2,189 87
Charlie 2,185 88
Lester 2,106 89
Bob 2,103 90
Harvey 2,063 91
Gilbert 2,056 92
Warren 2,036 93
Jesse 2,030 94
Milton 2,029 95
Arnold 1,979 96
Chester 1,969 97
Douglas 1,965 98
Jimmie 1,952 99
Curtis 1,946 100
Victor 1,941 About 1929 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1929, 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.