Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1929 Most Popular Baby Names of 1929 Social Security has card records for 2,265,176 people born in the U.S. in 1929. Mary was the top girl name (63,512 babies) and Robert the top boy name (59,807).
Top 100 names of 1929 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1929, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 63,512 #125 2 Betty 36,675 #1,113 3 Dorothy 31,476 #421 4 Helen 20,983 #461 5 Margaret 19,212 #112 6 Doris 16,498 #2,895 7 Barbara 16,038 #968 8 Ruth 16,021 #173 9 Shirley 14,576 #1,581 10 Patricia 13,624 #1,334 11 Virginia 13,234 #525 12 Jean 11,865 #2,117 13 Joan 11,666 #1,085 14 Dolores 11,508 #2,564 15 Elizabeth 11,248 #17 16 Frances 11,093 #318 17 Lois 10,295 #1,666 18 Mildred 10,255 #1,962 19 Evelyn 9,886 #8 20 Anna 9,751 #107 21 Alice 9,480 #65 22 Marie 9,158 #617 23 Joyce 8,596 #1,071 24 Phyllis 7,995 #11,932 25 Norma 7,893 #2,002 26 Rose 7,785 #114 27 Martha 7,639 #712 28 Gloria 7,539 #654 29 Irene 7,039 #651 30 Marjorie 6,987 #1,016 31 Louise 6,903 #514 32 Nancy 6,872 #965 33 Marilyn 6,731 #760 34 Catherine 6,277 #313 35 Florence 6,212 #391 36 Ruby 6,153 #64 37 Annie 5,955 #182 38 Eleanor 5,865 #12 39 Beverly 5,862 #1,016 40 Lillian 5,712 #57 41 Thelma 5,476 #4,661 42 Lorraine 5,352 #1,043 43 Geraldine 5,334 #2,438 44 Gladys 5,327 #3,211 45 Josephine 5,298 #53 46 Ann 5,172 #1,076 47 Donna 5,139 #1,962 48 June 5,093 #150 49 Theresa 5,068 #1,548 50 Pauline 5,026 #2,957
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1929, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Edna 4,931 #2,458 52 Rita 4,767 #1,285 53 Marion 4,633 #2,036 54 Grace 4,569 #38 55 Bernice 4,551 #4,067 56 Ethel 4,519 #4,172 57 Lucille 4,502 #237 58 Audrey 4,460 #86 59 Edith 4,455 #499 60 Juanita 4,412 #2,778 61 Wanda 4,397 #5,917 62 Jane 4,353 #221 63 Carol 4,279 #2,239 64 Hazel 4,164 #21 65 Clara 4,148 #63 66 Wilma 4,007 #3,645 67 Elaine 3,852 #304 68 Sarah 3,816 #90 69 Emma 3,803 #3 70 Peggy 3,780 #8,362 71 Esther 3,587 #119 72 Beatrice 3,574 #508 73 Charlotte 3,537 #2 74 Delores 3,517 #5,722 75 Marian 3,447 #1,102 76 Willie 3,318 #10,107 77 Carolyn 3,272 #1,222 78 Elsie 3,230 #123 79 Billie 3,191 #691 80 Rosemary 3,107 #251 81 Vivian 3,101 #70 82 Janet 3,050 #2,778 83 Eva 3,019 #134 84 Katherine 3,016 #186 85 Maxine 2,994 #496 86 Bonnie 2,974 #396 87 Jacqueline 2,970 #558 88 Julia 2,950 #131 89 Kathleen 2,941 #1,150 90 Laura 2,936 #379 91 Anne 2,881 #619 92 Jeanne 2,818 #4,546 93 Bertha 2,800 #4,546 94 Agnes 2,770 #1,016 95 Gertrude 2,725 #6,546 96 Ida 2,673 #1,120 97 Ellen 2,567 #1,062 98 Eileen 2,558 #654 99 Vera 2,549 #205 100 Maria 2,532 #87
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1929, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 59,807 #92 2 James 52,135 #6 3 John 52,112 #23 4 William 47,815 #9 5 Charles 29,930 #48 6 Richard 29,572 #234 7 Donald 27,181 #690 8 George 23,020 #126 9 Joseph 21,165 #29 10 Edward 17,220 #224 11 Thomas 16,272 #34 12 Frank 12,966 #513 13 Paul 12,431 #262 14 Jack 12,167 #15 15 Raymond 11,909 #394 16 Harold 11,677 #991 17 David 11,302 #35 18 Kenneth 10,841 #294 19 Walter 9,850 #251 20 Eugene 9,046 #943 21 Henry 8,571 #5 22 Arthur 8,470 #87 23 Billy 8,320 #1,068 24 Albert 8,078 #614 25 Herbert 7,881 #2,641 26 Ralph 7,715 #1,046 27 Harry 7,144 #775 28 Carl 6,895 #1,132 29 Willie 6,616 #1,315 30 Joe 6,596 #991 31 Howard 6,010 #1,002 32 Louis 5,995 #249 33 Gerald 5,965 #1,204 34 Fred 5,856 #1,932 35 Roy 5,812 #525 36 Earl 5,737 #2,230 37 Clarence 5,729 #1,499 38 Lawrence 5,305 #518 39 Francis 5,270 #420 40 Norman 5,157 #1,196 41 Alfred 4,928 #840 42 Leonard 4,829 #637 43 Ernest 4,753 #1,038 44 Anthony 4,733 #46 45 Ronald 4,479 #637 46 Marvin 4,389 #699 47 Daniel 4,366 #22 48 Stanley 4,265 #863 49 Melvin 4,100 #958 50 Bobby 3,925 #1,097
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1929, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leroy 3,819 #883 52 Bernard 3,807 #1,362 53 Samuel 3,567 #18 54 Michael 3,464 #21 55 Peter 3,216 #187 56 Russell 3,183 #345 57 Ray 3,174 #791 58 Floyd 3,079 #2,230 59 Andrew 3,076 #73 60 Leo 3,018 #19 61 Jerry 2,991 #906 62 Lloyd 2,949 #1,547 63 Bill 2,947 #5,208 64 Roger 2,928 #832 65 Theodore 2,903 #4 66 Edwin 2,897 #398 67 Frederick 2,813 #435 68 Gene 2,810 #2,230 69 Wayne 2,741 #652 70 Elmer 2,697 #1,222 71 Vernon 2,683 #1,382 72 Clifford 2,669 #1,352 73 Dale 2,664 #1,409 74 Clyde 2,628 #742 75 Herman 2,622 #2,363 76 Philip 2,606 #527 77 Alvin 2,555 #838 78 Don 2,519 #1,793 79 Gordon 2,493 #1,051 80 Glenn 2,433 #1,443 81 Leon 2,336 #138 82 Vincent 2,328 #107 83 Martin 2,308 #335 84 Lewis 2,228 #433 85 Lee 2,209 #725 86 Allen 2,189 #578 87 Charlie 2,185 #145 88 Lester 2,106 #1,634 89 Bob 2,103 #9,714 90 Harvey 2,064 #251 91 Gilbert 2,056 #1,328 92 Warren 2,037 #240 93 Jesse 2,030 #184 94 Milton 2,029 #1,436 95 Arnold 1,979 #1,477 96 Chester 1,969 #1,585 97 Douglas 1,965 #807 98 Jimmie 1,952 #3,658 99 Curtis 1,946 #984 100 Victor 1,941 #209
Entered the top 100 in 1929
