EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1929

United States · 2,192,176 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary63,512—
#2Betty36,675—
#3Dorothy31,476—
#4Helen20,983—
#5Margaret19,212—
#6Doris16,498↑1
#7Barbara16,038↑1
#8Ruth16,021↓2
#9Shirley14,576↑1
#10Patricia13,624↑1
#11Virginia13,234↓2
#12Jean11,865—
#13Joan11,666↑14
#14Dolores11,508↑6
#15Elizabeth11,248↓1
#16Frances11,093↓3
#17Lois10,295↑1
#18Mildred10,255↓3
#19Evelyn9,886↓2
#20Anna9,751↓4
#21Alice9,480↓2
#22Marie9,158↓1
#23Joyce8,596↑7
#24Phyllis7,995↑2
#25Norma7,893↓2
#26Rose7,785↓2
#27Martha7,639↓5
#28Gloria7,539↓3
#29Irene7,039↓1
#30Marjorie6,987↓1
#31Louise6,903—
#32Nancy6,872↑11
#33Marilyn6,731↑5
#34Catherine6,277↓1
#35Florence6,212↓3
#36Ruby6,153↓2
#37Annie5,955—
#38Eleanor5,865↓2
#39Beverly5,862↑7
#40Lillian5,712↓5
#41Thelma5,476↓1
#42Lorraine5,352↓3
#43Geraldine5,334↑7
#44Gladys5,327↓3
#45Josephine5,298↓3
#46Ann5,172↑8
#47Donna5,139↑14
#48June5,093↓4
#49Theresa5,068—
#50Pauline5,026↓2
#51Edna4,931↓6
#52Rita4,767↑5
#53Marion4,633↓6
#54Grace4,569↓2
#55Bernice4,551↓2
#56Ethel4,519↓1
#57Lucille4,502↓6
#58Audrey4,460↑2
#59Edith4,455↓3
#60Juanita4,412↓2
#61Wanda4,397↑2
#62Jane4,353—
#63Carol4,279↑14
#64Hazel4,164↓5
#65Clara4,148—
#66Wilma4,007↑3
#67Elaine3,852↑1
#68Sarah3,816↓4
#69Emma3,803↓2
#70Peggy3,780↑6
#71Esther3,587↓5
#72Beatrice3,574↓2
#73Charlotte3,537↓1
#74Delores3,517↑20
#75Marian3,447↓4
#76Willie3,318↓2
#77Carolyn3,272↑14
#78Elsie3,230↓5
#79Billie3,191↑17
#80Rosemary3,107↑8
#81Vivian3,101↓3
#82Janet3,050↑13
#83Eva3,019↓4
#84Katherine3,016↓9
#85Maxine2,994↓1
#86Bonnie2,974↑3
#87Jacqueline2,970↑10
#88Julia2,950↓8
#89Kathleen2,941↓7
#90Laura2,936↓7
#91Anne2,881↑2
#92Jeanne2,818↓2
#93Bertha2,800↓12
#94Agnes2,770↓9
#95Gertrude2,725↓9
#96Ida2,673↓9
#97Ellen2,567↑1
#98Eileen2,558
#99Vera2,549↓7
#100Maria2,532

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Robert59,807—
#2James52,135↑1
#3John52,112↓1
#4William47,815—
#5Charles29,930—
#6Richard29,572—
#7Donald27,181—
#8George23,020—
#9Joseph21,165—
#10Edward17,220—
#11Thomas16,272—
#12Frank12,966—
#13Paul12,431—
#14Jack12,167↑1
#15Raymond11,909↑1
#16Harold11,677↓2
#17David11,302↑2
#18Kenneth10,841↓1
#19Walter9,850↓1
#20Eugene9,046—
#21Henry8,571—
#22Arthur8,470—
#23Billy8,320↑4
#24Albert8,078↓1
#25Herbert7,881—
#26Ralph7,715↓2
#27Harry7,144↓1
#28Carl6,895—
#29Willie6,616—
#30Joe6,596—
#31Howard6,010—
#32Louis5,995—
#33Gerald5,965↑8
#34Fred5,856↑2
#35Roy5,812↓1
#36Earl5,737↑1
#37Clarence5,729↓2
#38Lawrence5,305—
#39Francis5,270↑1
#40Norman5,157↓1
#41Alfred4,928↓8
#42Leonard4,829—
#43Ernest4,753—
#44Anthony4,733—
#45Ronald4,479↑5
#46Marvin4,389—
#47Daniel4,366—
#48Stanley4,265↓3
#49Melvin4,100↓1
#50Bobby3,925↑15
#51Leroy3,819—
#52Bernard3,807↓3
#53Samuel3,567↓1
#54Michael3,464↓1
#55Peter3,216↑1
#56Russell3,183↓1
#57Ray3,174—
#58Floyd3,079↓4
#59Andrew3,076↑1
#60Leo3,018↑1
#61Jerry2,991↑17
#62Lloyd2,949↓3
#63Bill2,947↑1
#64Roger2,928↑7
#65Theodore2,903↑1
#66Edwin2,897↓8
#67Frederick2,813—
#68Gene2,810↓6
#69Wayne2,741—
#70Elmer2,697↓7
#71Vernon2,683↓1
#72Clifford2,669↓4
#73Dale2,664↑2
#74Clyde2,628—
#75Herman2,622↑3
#76Philip2,606↓3
#77Alvin2,555↓5
#78Don2,519↑6
#79Gordon2,493↓2
#80Glenn2,433↓4
#81Leon2,336—
#82Vincent2,328—
#83Martin2,308—
#84Lewis2,228↑2
#85Lee2,209↑2
#86Allen2,189↑7
#87Charlie2,185↓7
#88Lester2,106↑1
#89Bob2,103↑6
#90Harvey2,064—
#91Gilbert2,056↑5
#92Warren2,037↓7
#93Jesse2,030↓2
#94Milton2,029↓2
#95Arnold1,979↑3
#96Chester1,969↓8
#97Douglas1,965
#98Jimmie1,952↑2
#99Curtis1,946
#100Victor1,941↓1