EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1928

United States · 2,260,931 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary66,871—
#2Betty36,083↑1
#3Dorothy33,733↓1
#4Helen22,937—
#5Margaret20,295—
#6Ruth17,859—
#7Doris16,575—
#8Barbara14,872↑2
#9Virginia14,500↓1
#10Shirley14,215↓1
#11Patricia12,331↑7
#12Jean12,209↑2
#13Frances12,137↓1
#14Elizabeth11,767↓1
#15Mildred11,653↓4
#16Anna10,575—
#17Evelyn10,533↓2
#18Lois10,425↑1
#19Alice10,139↓2
#20Dolores9,615↑14
#21Marie9,286↓1
#22Martha8,252↑2
#23Norma8,166↑3
#24Rose8,161↓1
#25Gloria8,119↓3
#26Phyllis7,924↑3
#27Joan7,854↑14
#28Irene7,731↓7
#29Marjorie7,632↓4
#30Joyce7,244↑5
#31Louise7,053↓4
#32Florence6,970↓4
#33Catherine6,910↓2
#34Ruby6,692↓4
#35Lillian6,577↓3
#36Eleanor6,535↓3
#37Annie6,329↓1
#38Marilyn6,066↑8
#39Lorraine5,982↑5
#40Thelma5,978↓2
#41Gladys5,791↓4
#42Josephine5,671↓3
#43Nancy5,537↑13
#44June5,517↓1
#45Edna5,473↓5
#46Beverly5,437↑11
#47Marion5,420↑4
#48Pauline5,391↓6
#49Theresa5,330↑3
#50Geraldine5,156↑8
#51Lucille5,094↓6
#52Grace4,989↓2
#53Bernice4,943↓4
#54Ann4,932↑5
#55Ethel4,928↓8
#56Edith4,846↓8
#57Rita4,810↓3
#58Juanita4,734↓3
#59Hazel4,649↓6
#60Audrey4,630↑2
#61Donna4,470↑9
#62Jane4,411↓2
#63Wanda4,318↑3
#64Sarah4,244↓3
#65Clara4,106↓2
#66Esther4,096↓2
#67Emma4,017↓3
#68Elaine4,004↑1
#69Wilma3,937↓1
#70Beatrice3,922↓3
#71Marian3,886↑3
#72Charlotte3,475↑3
#73Elsie3,470↓1
#74Willie3,444↓3
#75Katherine3,398↓2
#76Peggy3,382↑20
#77Carol3,349
#78Vivian3,310↓1
#79Eva3,212—
#80Julia3,206↓4
#81Bertha3,161↓1
#82Kathleen3,151↑1
#83Laura3,146↓2
#84Maxine3,124↑3
#85Agnes3,023↓4
#86Gertrude3,011↓8
#87Ida2,994↓3
#88Rosemary2,972↓2
#89Bonnie2,923↑11
#90Jeanne2,879↓5
#91Carolyn2,847↑8
#92Vera2,841↓3
#93Anne2,824↓1
#94Delores2,810
#95Janet2,782
#96Billie2,777
#97Jacqueline2,739
#98Ellen2,682↓5
#99Kathryn2,681↓9
#100Ella2,670↓2

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Robert60,701—
#2John53,760—
#3James52,752—
#4William49,118—
#5Charles31,243—
#6Richard28,793—
#7Donald25,704↑1
#8George24,391↓1
#9Joseph22,322—
#10Edward18,492—
#11Thomas16,582—
#12Frank13,570—
#13Paul13,160—
#14Harold12,670—
#15Jack12,494↑1
#16Raymond11,946↓1
#17Kenneth11,167↑1
#18Walter10,651↓1
#19David9,990↑2
#20Eugene9,708—
#21Henry9,313↓2
#22Arthur8,880—
#23Albert8,812—
#24Ralph8,100—
#25Herbert8,065↑17
#26Harry7,604↓1
#27Billy7,310↑4
#28Carl6,946↓2
#29Willie6,817↓2
#30Joe6,682—
#31Howard6,496↓3
#32Louis6,299↓3
#33Alfred6,252↑12
#34Roy6,229—
#35Clarence6,068↓3
#36Fred6,036↓1
#37Earl5,966↓4
#38Lawrence5,597↓1
#39Norman5,590—
#40Francis5,516↓4
#41Gerald5,487↓3
#42Leonard5,131↓2
#43Ernest4,941↓2
#44Anthony4,719↓1
#45Stanley4,481↓1
#46Marvin4,452↑1
#47Daniel4,426↓1
#48Melvin4,249—
#49Bernard4,067↑1
#50Ronald3,969↑13
#51Leroy3,872—
#52Samuel3,844↓3
#53Michael3,598↓1
#54Floyd3,338↓1
#55Russell3,325↓1
#56Peter3,299↑3
#57Ray3,248↑3
#58Edwin3,166↓1
#59Lloyd3,158↓1
#60Andrew3,142↓4
#61Leo3,095↓6
#62Gene3,088↑10
#63Elmer2,977↓2
#64Bill2,976↑5
#65Bobby2,972↑26
#66Theodore2,916↓4
#67Frederick2,882↓3
#68Clifford2,862↓3
#69Wayne2,855↓2
#70Vernon2,852↑1
#71Roger2,774↑13
#72Alvin2,750↓6
#73Philip2,726↑2
#74Clyde2,713↓6
#75Dale2,640↑6
#76Glenn2,603—
#77Gordon2,596↓3
#78Herman2,588↓8
#78Jerry2,588↑15
#80Charlie2,463—
#81Leon2,460↓3
#82Vincent2,440↓5
#83Martin2,428↑4
#84Don2,382↑6
#85Warren2,361↓6
#86Lewis2,339↓4
#87Lee2,282↓1
#88Chester2,243↓3
#89Lester2,229↓6
#90Harvey2,186↑4
#91Jesse2,171↓2
#92Milton2,170↓4
#93Allen2,137↑2
#94Calvin2,128↓21
#95Bob2,093↑5
#96Gilbert2,048↑3
#97Cecil2,005↓5
#98Arnold1,974↓1
#99Victor1,946↓1
#100Jimmie1,924