Popular Baby Names in 1928
The most popular baby names in 1928.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 66,872 |
| 1 | Robert | Boy | 60,701 |
| 2 | John | Boy | 53,761 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 52,753 |
| 4 | William | Boy | 49,119 |
| 2 | Betty | Girl | 36,083 |
| 3 | Dorothy | Girl | 33,733 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 31,244 |
| 6 | Richard | Boy | 28,794 |
| 7 | Donald | Boy | 25,705 |
| 8 | George | Boy | 24,391 |
| 4 | Helen | Girl | 22,937 |
| 9 | Joseph | Boy | 22,319 |
| 5 | Margaret | Girl | 20,295 |
| 10 | Edward | Boy | 18,492 |
| 6 | Ruth | Girl | 17,859 |
| 11 | Thomas | Boy | 16,582 |
| 7 | Doris | Girl | 16,574 |
| 8 | Barbara | Girl | 14,872 |
| 9 | Virginia | Girl | 14,500 |
| 10 | Shirley | Girl | 14,215 |
| 12 | Frank | Boy | 13,570 |
| 13 | Paul | Boy | 13,159 |
| 14 | Harold | Boy | 12,669 |
| 15 | Jack | Boy | 12,494 |
| 11 | Patricia | Girl | 12,331 |
| 12 | Jean | Girl | 12,209 |
| 13 | Frances | Girl | 12,137 |
| 16 | Raymond | Boy | 11,947 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | Girl | 11,767 |
| 15 | Mildred | Girl | 11,652 |
| 17 | Kenneth | Boy | 11,167 |
| 18 | Walter | Boy | 10,651 |
| 16 | Anna | Girl | 10,575 |
| 17 | Evelyn | Girl | 10,533 |
| 18 | Lois | Girl | 10,425 |
| 19 | Alice | Girl | 10,139 |
| 19 | David | Boy | 9,992 |
| 20 | Eugene | Boy | 9,709 |
| 20 | Dolores | Girl | 9,614 |
| 21 | Henry | Boy | 9,313 |
| 21 | Marie | Girl | 9,286 |
| 22 | Arthur | Boy | 8,880 |
| 23 | Albert | Boy | 8,812 |
| 22 | Martha | Girl | 8,252 |
| 23 | Norma | Girl | 8,165 |
| 24 | Rose | Girl | 8,161 |
| 25 | Gloria | Girl | 8,119 |
| 24 | Ralph | Boy | 8,100 |
| 25 | Herbert | Boy | 8,065 |
| 26 | Phyllis | Girl | 7,924 |
| 27 | Joan | Girl | 7,854 |
| 28 | Irene | Girl | 7,731 |
| 29 | Marjorie | Girl | 7,632 |
| 26 | Harry | Boy | 7,604 |
| 27 | Billy | Boy | 7,310 |
| 30 | Joyce | Girl | 7,244 |
| 31 | Louise | Girl | 7,053 |
| 32 | Florence | Girl | 6,970 |
| 28 | Carl | Boy | 6,946 |
| 33 | Catherine | Girl | 6,910 |
| 29 | Willie | Boy | 6,817 |
| 34 | Ruby | Girl | 6,692 |
| 30 | Joe | Boy | 6,682 |
| 35 | Lillian | Girl | 6,577 |
| 36 | Eleanor | Girl | 6,535 |
| 31 | Howard | Boy | 6,496 |
| 37 | Annie | Girl | 6,329 |
| 32 | Louis | Boy | 6,297 |
| 33 | Alfred | Boy | 6,252 |
| 34 | Roy | Boy | 6,229 |
| 35 | Clarence | Boy | 6,068 |
| 38 | Marilyn | Girl | 6,066 |
| 36 | Fred | Boy | 6,036 |
| 39 | Lorraine | Girl | 5,982 |
| 40 | Thelma | Girl | 5,978 |
| 37 | Earl | Boy | 5,966 |
| 41 | Gladys | Girl | 5,791 |
| 42 | Josephine | Girl | 5,671 |
| 38 | Lawrence | Boy | 5,596 |
| 39 | Norman | Boy | 5,590 |
| 43 | Nancy | Girl | 5,537 |
| 44 | June | Girl | 5,517 |
| 40 | Francis | Boy | 5,516 |
| 41 | Gerald | Boy | 5,487 |
| 45 | Edna | Girl | 5,473 |
| 46 | Beverly | Girl | 5,437 |
| 47 | Marion | Girl | 5,420 |
| 48 | Pauline | Girl | 5,391 |
| 49 | Theresa | Girl | 5,331 |
| 50 | Geraldine | Girl | 5,156 |
| 42 | Leonard | Boy | 5,130 |
| 51 | Lucille | Girl | 5,094 |
| 52 | Grace | Girl | 4,989 |
| 53 | Bernice | Girl | 4,943 |
| 43 | Ernest | Boy | 4,941 |
| 54 | Ann | Girl | 4,932 |
| 55 | Ethel | Girl | 4,928 |
| 56 | Edith | Girl | 4,846 |
| 57 | Rita | Girl | 4,810 |