Popular Baby Names in 1929
The most popular baby names in 1929.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 63,511 |
| 1 | Robert | Boy | 59,808 |
| 2 | James | Boy | 52,133 |
| 3 | John | Boy | 52,110 |
| 4 | William | Boy | 47,814 |
| 2 | Betty | Girl | 36,677 |
| 3 | Dorothy | Girl | 31,477 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 29,929 |
| 6 | Richard | Boy | 29,570 |
| 7 | Donald | Boy | 27,181 |
| 8 | George | Boy | 23,021 |
| 9 | Joseph | Boy | 21,165 |
| 4 | Helen | Girl | 20,982 |
| 5 | Margaret | Girl | 19,211 |
| 10 | Edward | Boy | 17,220 |
| 6 | Doris | Girl | 16,498 |
| 11 | Thomas | Boy | 16,274 |
| 7 | Barbara | Girl | 16,038 |
| 8 | Ruth | Girl | 16,022 |
| 9 | Shirley | Girl | 14,576 |
| 10 | Patricia | Girl | 13,624 |
| 11 | Virginia | Girl | 13,234 |
| 12 | Frank | Boy | 12,966 |
| 13 | Paul | Boy | 12,431 |
| 14 | Jack | Boy | 12,167 |
| 15 | Raymond | Boy | 11,909 |
| 12 | Jean | Girl | 11,865 |
| 16 | Harold | Boy | 11,677 |
| 13 | Joan | Girl | 11,666 |
| 14 | Dolores | Girl | 11,506 |
| 17 | David | Boy | 11,301 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | Girl | 11,248 |
| 16 | Frances | Girl | 11,092 |
| 18 | Kenneth | Boy | 10,841 |
| 17 | Lois | Girl | 10,295 |
| 18 | Mildred | Girl | 10,255 |
| 19 | Evelyn | Girl | 9,886 |
| 19 | Walter | Boy | 9,850 |
| 20 | Anna | Girl | 9,750 |
| 21 | Alice | Girl | 9,480 |
| 22 | Marie | Girl | 9,158 |
| 20 | Eugene | Boy | 9,045 |
| 23 | Joyce | Girl | 8,596 |
| 21 | Henry | Boy | 8,571 |
| 22 | Arthur | Boy | 8,470 |
| 23 | Billy | Boy | 8,320 |
| 24 | Albert | Boy | 8,079 |
| 24 | Phyllis | Girl | 7,995 |
| 25 | Norma | Girl | 7,894 |
| 25 | Herbert | Boy | 7,881 |
| 26 | Rose | Girl | 7,785 |
| 26 | Ralph | Boy | 7,715 |
| 27 | Martha | Girl | 7,639 |
| 28 | Gloria | Girl | 7,539 |
| 27 | Harry | Boy | 7,144 |
| 29 | Irene | Girl | 7,039 |
| 30 | Marjorie | Girl | 6,987 |
| 31 | Louise | Girl | 6,903 |
| 28 | Carl | Boy | 6,895 |
| 32 | Nancy | Girl | 6,872 |
| 33 | Marilyn | Girl | 6,731 |
| 29 | Willie | Boy | 6,616 |
| 30 | Joe | Boy | 6,596 |
| 34 | Catherine | Girl | 6,277 |
| 35 | Florence | Girl | 6,212 |
| 36 | Ruby | Girl | 6,152 |
| 31 | Howard | Boy | 6,010 |
| 32 | Louis | Boy | 5,995 |
| 33 | Gerald | Boy | 5,966 |
| 37 | Annie | Girl | 5,955 |
| 38 | Eleanor | Girl | 5,865 |
| 39 | Beverly | Girl | 5,862 |
| 34 | Fred | Boy | 5,857 |
| 35 | Roy | Boy | 5,812 |
| 36 | Earl | Boy | 5,737 |
| 37 | Clarence | Boy | 5,729 |
| 40 | Lillian | Girl | 5,711 |
| 41 | Thelma | Girl | 5,476 |
| 42 | Lorraine | Girl | 5,352 |
| 43 | Geraldine | Girl | 5,334 |
| 44 | Gladys | Girl | 5,327 |
| 38 | Lawrence | Boy | 5,306 |
| 45 | Josephine | Girl | 5,298 |
| 39 | Francis | Boy | 5,270 |
| 46 | Ann | Girl | 5,172 |
| 40 | Norman | Boy | 5,157 |
| 47 | Donna | Girl | 5,139 |
| 48 | June | Girl | 5,094 |
| 49 | Theresa | Girl | 5,068 |
| 50 | Pauline | Girl | 5,026 |
| 51 | Edna | Girl | 4,931 |
| 41 | Alfred | Boy | 4,928 |
| 42 | Leonard | Boy | 4,829 |
| 52 | Rita | Girl | 4,767 |
| 43 | Ernest | Boy | 4,753 |
| 44 | Anthony | Boy | 4,733 |
| 53 | Marion | Girl | 4,633 |
| 54 | Grace | Girl | 4,569 |
| 55 | Bernice | Girl | 4,551 |
| 56 | Ethel | Girl | 4,519 |