Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1928 Most Popular Baby Names of 1928 Social Security has card records for 2,336,682 people born in the U.S. in 1928. Mary was the top girl name (66,871 babies) and Robert the top boy name (60,701).
Top 100 names of 1928 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1928, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 66,871 #125 2 Betty 36,083 #1,113 3 Dorothy 33,733 #421 4 Helen 22,937 #461 5 Margaret 20,295 #112 6 Ruth 17,859 #173 7 Doris 16,575 #2,895 8 Barbara 14,872 #968 9 Virginia 14,500 #525 10 Shirley 14,215 #1,581 11 Patricia 12,331 #1,334 12 Jean 12,209 #2,117 13 Frances 12,137 #318 14 Elizabeth 11,767 #17 15 Mildred 11,653 #1,962 16 Anna 10,575 #107 17 Evelyn 10,533 #8 18 Lois 10,425 #1,666 19 Alice 10,139 #65 20 Dolores 9,615 #2,564 21 Marie 9,286 #617 22 Martha 8,252 #712 23 Norma 8,166 #2,002 24 Rose 8,161 #114 25 Gloria 8,119 #654 26 Phyllis 7,924 #11,932 27 Joan 7,854 #1,085 28 Irene 7,731 #651 29 Marjorie 7,632 #1,016 30 Joyce 7,244 #1,071 31 Louise 7,053 #514 32 Florence 6,970 #391 33 Catherine 6,910 #313 34 Ruby 6,692 #64 35 Lillian 6,577 #57 36 Eleanor 6,535 #12 37 Annie 6,329 #182 38 Marilyn 6,066 #760 39 Lorraine 5,982 #1,043 40 Thelma 5,978 #4,661 41 Gladys 5,791 #3,211 42 Josephine 5,671 #53 43 Nancy 5,537 #965 44 June 5,517 #150 45 Edna 5,473 #2,458 46 Beverly 5,437 #1,016 47 Marion 5,420 #2,036 48 Pauline 5,391 #2,957 49 Theresa 5,330 #1,548 50 Geraldine 5,156 #2,438
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1928, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lucille 5,094 #237 52 Grace 4,989 #38 53 Bernice 4,943 #4,067 54 Ann 4,932 #1,076 55 Ethel 4,928 #4,172 56 Edith 4,846 #499 57 Rita 4,810 #1,285 58 Juanita 4,734 #2,778 59 Hazel 4,649 #21 60 Audrey 4,630 #86 61 Donna 4,470 #1,962 62 Jane 4,411 #221 63 Wanda 4,318 #5,917 64 Sarah 4,244 #90 65 Clara 4,106 #63 66 Esther 4,096 #119 67 Emma 4,017 #3 68 Elaine 4,004 #304 69 Wilma 3,937 #3,645 70 Beatrice 3,922 #508 71 Marian 3,886 #1,102 72 Charlotte 3,475 #2 73 Elsie 3,470 #123 74 Willie 3,444 #10,107 75 Katherine 3,398 #186 76 Peggy 3,382 #8,362 77 Carol 3,349 #2,239 78 Vivian 3,310 #70 79 Eva 3,212 #134 80 Julia 3,206 #131 81 Bertha 3,161 #4,546 82 Kathleen 3,151 #1,150 83 Laura 3,146 #379 84 Maxine 3,124 #496 85 Agnes 3,023 #1,016 86 Gertrude 3,011 #6,546 87 Ida 2,994 #1,120 88 Rosemary 2,972 #251 89 Bonnie 2,923 #396 90 Jeanne 2,879 #4,546 91 Carolyn 2,847 #1,222 92 Vera 2,841 #205 93 Anne 2,824 #619 94 Delores 2,810 #5,722 95 Janet 2,782 #2,778 96 Billie 2,777 #691 97 Jacqueline 2,739 #558 98 Ellen 2,682 #1,062 99 Kathryn 2,681 #729 100 Ella 2,670 #29
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1928, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 60,701 #92 2 John 53,760 #23 3 James 52,752 #6 4 William 49,118 #9 5 Charles 31,243 #48 6 Richard 28,793 #234 7 Donald 25,704 #690 8 George 24,391 #126 9 Joseph 22,322 #29 10 Edward 18,492 #224 11 Thomas 16,582 #34 12 Frank 13,570 #513 13 Paul 13,160 #262 14 Harold 12,670 #991 15 Jack 12,494 #15 16 Raymond 11,946 #394 17 Kenneth 11,167 #294 18 Walter 10,651 #251 19 David 9,990 #35 20 Eugene 9,708 #943 21 Henry 9,313 #5 22 Arthur 8,880 #87 23 Albert 8,812 #614 24 Ralph 8,100 #1,046 25 Herbert 8,065 #2,641 26 Harry 7,604 #775 27 Billy 7,310 #1,068 28 Carl 6,946 #1,132 29 Willie 6,817 #1,315 30 Joe 6,682 #991 31 Howard 6,496 #1,002 32 Louis 6,299 #249 33 Alfred 6,252 #840 34 Roy 6,229 #525 35 Clarence 6,068 #1,499 36 Fred 6,036 #1,932 37 Earl 5,966 #2,230 38 Lawrence 5,597 #518 39 Norman 5,590 #1,196 40 Francis 5,516 #420 41 Gerald 5,487 #1,204 42 Leonard 5,131 #637 43 Ernest 4,941 #1,038 44 Anthony 4,719 #46 45 Stanley 4,481 #863 46 Marvin 4,452 #699 47 Daniel 4,426 #22 48 Melvin 4,249 #958 49 Bernard 4,067 #1,362 50 Ronald 3,969 #637
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1928, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leroy 3,872 #883 52 Samuel 3,844 #18 53 Michael 3,598 #21 54 Floyd 3,338 #2,230 55 Russell 3,325 #345 56 Peter 3,299 #187 57 Ray 3,248 #791 58 Edwin 3,166 #398 59 Lloyd 3,158 #1,547 60 Andrew 3,142 #73 61 Leo 3,095 #19 62 Gene 3,088 #2,230 63 Elmer 2,977 #1,222 64 Bill 2,976 #5,208 65 Bobby 2,972 #1,097 66 Theodore 2,916 #4 67 Frederick 2,882 #435 68 Clifford 2,862 #1,352 69 Wayne 2,855 #652 70 Vernon 2,852 #1,382 71 Roger 2,774 #832 72 Alvin 2,750 #838 73 Philip 2,726 #527 74 Clyde 2,713 #742 75 Dale 2,640 #1,409 76 Glenn 2,603 #1,443 77 Gordon 2,596 #1,051 78 Herman 2,588 #2,363 78 Jerry 2,588 #906 80 Charlie 2,463 #145 81 Leon 2,460 #138 82 Vincent 2,440 #107 83 Martin 2,428 #335 84 Don 2,382 #1,793 85 Warren 2,361 #240 86 Lewis 2,339 #433 87 Lee 2,282 #725 88 Chester 2,243 #1,585 89 Lester 2,229 #1,634 90 Harvey 2,186 #251 91 Jesse 2,171 #184 92 Milton 2,170 #1,436 93 Allen 2,137 #578 94 Calvin 2,128 #132 95 Bob 2,093 #9,714 96 Gilbert 2,048 #1,328 97 Cecil 2,005 #1,486 98 Arnold 1,974 #1,477 99 Victor 1,946 #209 100 Jimmie 1,924 #3,658
Entered the top 100 in 1928
