Most Popular Baby Names in 1929

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
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

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
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