Popular baby names of 1928

In 1928, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (66,871 babies) and Robert for boys (60,701). Social Security records show 2,260,931 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,440 girls' names and 4,723 boys' names.

1928 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.2% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Carol, Delores, Janet, Billie, Jacqueline.
New in the boys' top 100: Jimmie.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927
1	Mary	66,871	–
2	Betty	36,083	↑1
3	Dorothy	33,733	↓1
4	Helen	22,937	–
5	Margaret	20,295	–
6	Ruth	17,859	–
7	Doris	16,575	–
8	Barbara	14,872	↑2
9	Virginia	14,500	↓1
10	Shirley	14,215	↓1
11	Patricia	12,331	↑7
12	Jean	12,209	↑2
13	Frances	12,137	↓1
14	Elizabeth	11,767	↓1
15	Mildred	11,653	↓4
16	Anna	10,575	–
17	Evelyn	10,533	↓2
18	Lois	10,425	↑1
19	Alice	10,139	↓2
20	Dolores	9,615	↑14
21	Marie	9,286	↓1
22	Martha	8,252	↑2
23	Norma	8,166	↑3
24	Rose	8,161	↓1
25	Gloria	8,119	↓3
26	Phyllis	7,924	↑3
27	Joan	7,854	↑14
28	Irene	7,731	↓7
29	Marjorie	7,632	↓4
30	Joyce	7,244	↑5
31	Louise	7,053	↓4
32	Florence	6,970	↓4
33	Catherine	6,910	↓2
34	Ruby	6,692	↓4
35	Lillian	6,577	↓3
36	Eleanor	6,535	↓3
37	Annie	6,329	↓1
38	Marilyn	6,066	↑8
39	Lorraine	5,982	↑5
40	Thelma	5,978	↓2
41	Gladys	5,791	↓4
42	Josephine	5,671	↓3
43	Nancy	5,537	↑13
44	June	5,517	↓1
45	Edna	5,473	↓5
46	Beverly	5,437	↑11
47	Marion	5,420	↑4
48	Pauline	5,391	↓6
49	Theresa	5,330	↑3
50	Geraldine	5,156	↑8
51	Lucille	5,094	↓6
52	Grace	4,989	↓2
53	Bernice	4,943	↓4
54	Ann	4,932	↑5
55	Ethel	4,928	↓8
56	Edith	4,846	↓8
57	Rita	4,810	↓3
58	Juanita	4,734	↓3
59	Hazel	4,649	↓6
60	Audrey	4,630	↑2
61	Donna	4,470	↑9
62	Jane	4,411	↓2
63	Wanda	4,318	↑3
64	Sarah	4,244	↓3
65	Clara	4,106	↓2
66	Esther	4,096	↓1
67	Emma	4,017	↓3
68	Elaine	4,004	↑1
69	Wilma	3,937	↓1
70	Beatrice	3,922	↓3
71	Marian	3,886	↑3
72	Charlotte	3,475	↑3
73	Elsie	3,470	↓1
74	Willie	3,444	↓3
75	Katherine	3,398	↓2
76	Peggy	3,382	↑20
77	Carol	3,349	new
78	Vivian	3,310	↓1
79	Eva	3,212	–
80	Julia	3,206	↓4
81	Bertha	3,161	↓1
82	Kathleen	3,151	↑1
83	Laura	3,146	↓1
84	Maxine	3,124	↑3
85	Agnes	3,023	↓4
86	Gertrude	3,011	↓8
87	Ida	2,994	↓3
88	Rosemary	2,972	↓2
89	Bonnie	2,923	↑11
90	Jeanne	2,879	↓5
91	Carolyn	2,847	↑8
92	Vera	2,841	↓3
93	Anne	2,824	↓1
94	Delores	2,810	new
95	Janet	2,782	new
96	Billie	2,777	new
97	Jacqueline	2,739	new
98	Ellen	2,682	↓5
99	Kathryn	2,681	↓9
100	Ella	2,670	↓2

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927
1	Robert	60,701	–
2	John	53,760	–
3	James	52,752	–
4	William	49,118	–
5	Charles	31,243	–
6	Richard	28,793	–
7	Donald	25,704	↑1
8	George	24,391	↓1
9	Joseph	22,322	–
10	Edward	18,492	–
11	Thomas	16,582	–
12	Frank	13,570	–
13	Paul	13,160	–
14	Harold	12,670	–
15	Jack	12,494	↑1
16	Raymond	11,946	↓1
17	Kenneth	11,167	↑1
18	Walter	10,651	↓1
19	David	9,990	↑2
20	Eugene	9,708	–
21	Henry	9,313	↓2
22	Arthur	8,880	–
23	Albert	8,812	–
24	Ralph	8,100	–
25	Herbert	8,065	↑17
26	Harry	7,604	↓1
27	Billy	7,310	↑4
28	Carl	6,946	↓2
29	Willie	6,817	↓2
30	Joe	6,682	–
31	Howard	6,496	↓3
32	Louis	6,299	↓3
33	Alfred	6,252	↑12
34	Roy	6,229	–
35	Clarence	6,068	↓3
36	Fred	6,036	↓1
37	Earl	5,966	↓4
38	Lawrence	5,597	↓1
39	Norman	5,590	–
40	Francis	5,516	↓4
41	Gerald	5,487	↓3
42	Leonard	5,131	↓2
43	Ernest	4,941	↓2
44	Anthony	4,719	↓1
45	Stanley	4,481	↓1
46	Marvin	4,452	↑1
47	Daniel	4,426	↓1
48	Melvin	4,249	–
49	Bernard	4,067	↑1
50	Ronald	3,969	↑13
51	Leroy	3,872	–
52	Samuel	3,844	↓3
53	Michael	3,598	↓1
54	Floyd	3,338	↓1
55	Russell	3,325	↓1
56	Peter	3,299	↑3
57	Ray	3,248	↑3
58	Edwin	3,166	↓1
59	Lloyd	3,158	↓1
60	Andrew	3,142	↓4
61	Leo	3,095	↓6
62	Gene	3,088	↑10
63	Elmer	2,977	↓2
64	Bill	2,976	↑5
65	Bobby	2,972	↑26
66	Theodore	2,916	↓4
67	Frederick	2,882	↓3
68	Clifford	2,862	↓3
69	Wayne	2,855	↓2
70	Vernon	2,852	↑1
71	Roger	2,774	↑13
72	Alvin	2,750	↓6
73	Philip	2,726	↑2
74	Clyde	2,713	↓6
75	Dale	2,640	↑6
76	Glenn	2,603	–
77	Gordon	2,596	↓3
78	Herman	2,588	↓8
79	Jerry	2,588	↑14
80	Charlie	2,463	–
81	Leon	2,460	↓3
82	Vincent	2,440	↓5
83	Martin	2,428	↑4
84	Don	2,382	↑6
85	Warren	2,361	↓6
86	Lewis	2,339	↓4
87	Lee	2,282	↓1
88	Chester	2,243	↓3
89	Lester	2,229	↓6
90	Harvey	2,186	↑4
91	Jesse	2,171	↓2
92	Milton	2,170	↓4
93	Allen	2,137	↑2
94	Calvin	2,128	↓21
95	Bob	2,093	↑5
96	Gilbert	2,048	↑3
97	Cecil	2,005	↓5
98	Arnold	1,974	↓1
99	Victor	1,946	↓1
100	Jimmie	1,924	new

Every name given in 1928

All 10,163 names Social Security recorded for 1928, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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