Most Popular Baby Names in 1928

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
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

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 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