Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1928

Robert and Mary topped the list in 1928. The 10 most popular names went to 33% of boys and 22% of girls, from 4,721 boy names and 5,438 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1928

  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
  8. George 24,391
  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
  16. Raymond 11,946
  17. Kenneth 11,167
  18. Walter 10,651
  19. David 9,990
  20. Eugene 9,708
  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 6,299
  33. Alfred 6,252
  34. Roy 6,229
  35. Clarence 6,068
  36. Fred 6,036
  37. Earl 5,966
  38. Lawrence 5,597
  39. Norman 5,590
  40. Francis 5,516
  41. Gerald 5,487
  42. Leonard 5,131
  43. Ernest 4,941
  44. Anthony 4,719
  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 3,872
  52. Samuel 3,844
  53. Michael 3,598
  54. Floyd 3,338
  55. Russell 3,325
  56. Peter 3,299
  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
  64. Bill 2,976
  65. Bobby 2,972
  66. Theodore 2,916
  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 2,713
  75. Dale 2,640
  76. Glenn 2,603
  77. Gordon 2,596
  78. Herman 2,588
  79. Jerry 2,588
  80. Charlie 2,463
  81. Leon 2,460
  82. Vincent 2,440
  83. Martin 2,428
  84. Don 2,382
  85. Warren 2,361
  86. Lewis 2,339
  87. Lee 2,282
  88. Chester 2,243
  89. Lester 2,229
  90. Harvey 2,186
  91. Jesse 2,171
  92. Milton 2,170
  93. Allen 2,137
  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

Top girl names of 1928

  1. Mary 66,871
  2. Betty 36,083
  3. Dorothy 33,733
  4. Helen 22,937
  5. Margaret 20,295
  6. Ruth 17,859
  7. Doris 16,575
  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 11,653
  16. Anna 10,575
  17. Evelyn 10,533
  18. Lois 10,425
  19. Alice 10,139
  20. Dolores 9,615
  21. Marie 9,286
  22. Martha 8,252
  23. Norma 8,166
  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 5,330
  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 4,004
  69. Wilma 3,937
  70. Beatrice 3,922
  71. Marian 3,886
  72. Charlotte 3,475
  73. Elsie 3,470
  74. Willie 3,444
  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 2,994
  88. Rosemary 2,972
  89. Bonnie 2,923
  90. Jeanne 2,879
  91. Carolyn 2,847
  92. Vera 2,841
  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

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1928?
Robert was the #1 boy name in 1928 (60,701 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (66,871 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1928?
Social Security records list 2,260,931 babies born in 1928 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,107,613 boys and 1,153,318 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.