Popular baby names of 1929

In 1929, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (63,512 babies) and Robert for boys (59,807). Social Security records show 2,192,176 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,277 girls' names and 4,545 boys' names.

1929 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Eileen, Maria.
New in the boys' top 100: Douglas, Curtis.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928
1	Mary	63,512	–
2	Betty	36,675	–
3	Dorothy	31,476	–
4	Helen	20,983	–
5	Margaret	19,212	–
6	Doris	16,498	↑1
7	Barbara	16,038	↑1
8	Ruth	16,021	↓2
9	Shirley	14,576	↑1
10	Patricia	13,624	↑1
11	Virginia	13,234	↓2
12	Jean	11,865	–
13	Joan	11,666	↑14
14	Dolores	11,508	↑6
15	Elizabeth	11,248	↓1
16	Frances	11,093	↓3
17	Lois	10,295	↑1
18	Mildred	10,255	↓3
19	Evelyn	9,886	↓2
20	Anna	9,751	↓4
21	Alice	9,480	↓2
22	Marie	9,158	↓1
23	Joyce	8,596	↑7
24	Phyllis	7,995	↑2
25	Norma	7,893	↓2
26	Rose	7,785	↓2
27	Martha	7,639	↓5
28	Gloria	7,539	↓3
29	Irene	7,039	↓1
30	Marjorie	6,987	↓1
31	Louise	6,903	–
32	Nancy	6,872	↑11
33	Marilyn	6,731	↑5
34	Catherine	6,277	↓1
35	Florence	6,212	↓3
36	Ruby	6,153	↓2
37	Annie	5,955	–
38	Eleanor	5,865	↓2
39	Beverly	5,862	↑7
40	Lillian	5,712	↓5
41	Thelma	5,476	↓1
42	Lorraine	5,352	↓3
43	Geraldine	5,334	↑7
44	Gladys	5,327	↓3
45	Josephine	5,298	↓3
46	Ann	5,172	↑8
47	Donna	5,139	↑14
48	June	5,093	↓4
49	Theresa	5,068	–
50	Pauline	5,026	↓2
51	Edna	4,931	↓6
52	Rita	4,767	↑5
53	Marion	4,633	↓6
54	Grace	4,569	↓2
55	Bernice	4,551	↓2
56	Ethel	4,519	↓1
57	Lucille	4,502	↓6
58	Audrey	4,460	↑2
59	Edith	4,455	↓3
60	Juanita	4,412	↓2
61	Wanda	4,397	↑2
62	Jane	4,353	–
63	Carol	4,279	↑14
64	Hazel	4,164	↓5
65	Clara	4,148	–
66	Wilma	4,007	↑3
67	Elaine	3,852	↑1
68	Sarah	3,816	↓4
69	Emma	3,803	↓2
70	Peggy	3,780	↑6
71	Esther	3,587	↓5
72	Beatrice	3,574	↓2
73	Charlotte	3,537	↓1
74	Delores	3,517	↑20
75	Marian	3,447	↓4
76	Willie	3,318	↓2
77	Carolyn	3,272	↑14
78	Elsie	3,230	↓5
79	Billie	3,191	↑17
80	Rosemary	3,107	↑8
81	Vivian	3,101	↓3
82	Janet	3,050	↑13
83	Eva	3,019	↓4
84	Katherine	3,016	↓9
85	Maxine	2,994	↓1
86	Bonnie	2,974	↑3
87	Jacqueline	2,970	↑10
88	Julia	2,950	↓8
89	Kathleen	2,941	↓7
90	Laura	2,936	↓7
91	Anne	2,881	↑2
92	Jeanne	2,818	↓2
93	Bertha	2,800	↓12
94	Agnes	2,770	↓9
95	Gertrude	2,725	↓9
96	Ida	2,673	↓9
97	Ellen	2,567	↑1
98	Eileen	2,558	new
99	Vera	2,549	↓7
100	Maria	2,532	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928
1	Robert	59,807	–
2	James	52,135	↑1
3	John	52,112	↓1
4	William	47,815	–
5	Charles	29,930	–
6	Richard	29,572	–
7	Donald	27,181	–
8	George	23,020	–
9	Joseph	21,165	–
10	Edward	17,220	–
11	Thomas	16,272	–
12	Frank	12,966	–
13	Paul	12,431	–
14	Jack	12,167	↑1
15	Raymond	11,909	↑1
16	Harold	11,677	↓2
17	David	11,302	↑2
18	Kenneth	10,841	↓1
19	Walter	9,850	↓1
20	Eugene	9,046	–
21	Henry	8,571	–
22	Arthur	8,470	–
23	Billy	8,320	↑4
24	Albert	8,078	↓1
25	Herbert	7,881	–
26	Ralph	7,715	↓2
27	Harry	7,144	↓1
28	Carl	6,895	–
29	Willie	6,616	–
30	Joe	6,596	–
31	Howard	6,010	–
32	Louis	5,995	–
33	Gerald	5,965	↑8
34	Fred	5,856	↑2
35	Roy	5,812	↓1
36	Earl	5,737	↑1
37	Clarence	5,729	↓2
38	Lawrence	5,305	–
39	Francis	5,270	↑1
40	Norman	5,157	↓1
41	Alfred	4,928	↓8
42	Leonard	4,829	–
43	Ernest	4,753	–
44	Anthony	4,733	–
45	Ronald	4,479	↑5
46	Marvin	4,389	–
47	Daniel	4,366	–
48	Stanley	4,265	↓3
49	Melvin	4,100	↓1
50	Bobby	3,925	↑15
51	Leroy	3,819	–
52	Bernard	3,807	↓3
53	Samuel	3,567	↓1
54	Michael	3,464	↓1
55	Peter	3,216	↑1
56	Russell	3,183	↓1
57	Ray	3,174	–
58	Floyd	3,079	↓4
59	Andrew	3,076	↑1
60	Leo	3,018	↑1
61	Jerry	2,991	↑18
62	Lloyd	2,949	↓3
63	Bill	2,947	↑1
64	Roger	2,928	↑7
65	Theodore	2,903	↑1
66	Edwin	2,897	↓8
67	Frederick	2,813	–
68	Gene	2,810	↓6
69	Wayne	2,741	–
70	Elmer	2,697	↓7
71	Vernon	2,683	↓1
72	Clifford	2,669	↓4
73	Dale	2,664	↑2
74	Clyde	2,628	–
75	Herman	2,622	↑3
76	Philip	2,606	↓3
77	Alvin	2,555	↓5
78	Don	2,519	↑6
79	Gordon	2,493	↓2
80	Glenn	2,433	↓4
81	Leon	2,336	–
82	Vincent	2,328	–
83	Martin	2,308	–
84	Lewis	2,228	↑2
85	Lee	2,209	↑2
86	Allen	2,189	↑7
87	Charlie	2,185	↓7
88	Lester	2,106	↑1
89	Bob	2,103	↑6
90	Harvey	2,064	–
91	Gilbert	2,056	↑5
92	Warren	2,037	↓7
93	Jesse	2,030	↓2
94	Milton	2,029	↓2
95	Arnold	1,979	↑3
96	Chester	1,969	↓8
97	Douglas	1,965	new
98	Jimmie	1,952	↑2
99	Curtis	1,946	new
100	Victor	1,941	↓1

Every name given in 1929

All 9,822 names Social Security recorded for 1929, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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