100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1928

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 60,696
2 John 0 53,755
3 James 0 52,753
4 William 0 49,111
5 Charles 0 31,245
6 Richard 0 28,796
7 Donald +1 25,698
8 George -1 24,397
9 Joseph 0 22,306
10 Edward 0 18,489
11 Thomas 0 16,576
12 Frank 0 13,568
13 Paul 0 13,160
14 Harold 0 12,679
15 Jack +1 12,494
16 Raymond -1 11,952
17 Kenneth +1 11,170
18 Walter -1 10,651
19 David +2 10,002
20 Eugene 0 9,703
21 Henry -2 9,317
22 Arthur 0 8,879
23 Albert 0 8,816
24 Ralph 0 8,100
25 Herbert +17 8,070
26 Harry -1 7,607
27 Billy +4 7,309
28 Carl -2 6,945
29 Willie -2 6,820
30 Joe 0 6,680
31 Howard -3 6,494
32 Louis -3 6,298
33 Alfred +12 6,247
34 Roy 0 6,227
35 Clarence -3 6,070
36 Fred -1 6,034
37 Earl -4 5,967
38 Lawrence -1 5,596
39 Norman 0 5,586
40 Francis -4 5,514
41 Gerald -3 5,490
42 Leonard -2 5,135
43 Ernest -2 4,939
44 Anthony -1 4,717
45 Stanley -1 4,478
46 Marvin +1 4,454
47 Daniel -1 4,435
48 Melvin 0 4,248
49 Bernard +1 4,066
50 Ronald +13 3,976
51 Leroy 0 3,872
52 Samuel -3 3,847
53 Michael -1 3,599
54 Floyd -1 3,337
55 Russell -1 3,326
56 Peter +3 3,300
57 Ray +3 3,250
58 Edwin -1 3,169
59 Lloyd -1 3,159
60 Andrew -4 3,143
61 Leo -6 3,094
62 Gene +10 3,089
63 Bill +6 2,977
64 Elmer -3 2,976
65 Bobby +26 2,969
66 Theodore -4 2,915
67 Frederick -3 2,885
68 Clifford -3 2,859
69 Wayne -2 2,856
70 Vernon +1 2,853
71 Roger +14 2,774
72 Alvin -6 2,749
73 Philip +2 2,727
74 Clyde -6 2,712
75 Dale +6 2,640
76 Glenn 0 2,600
77 Gordon -3 2,595
78 Herman -8 2,592
79 Jerry +14 2,588
80 Charlie 0 2,462
81 Leon -3 2,460
82 Vincent -5 2,437
83 Martin +4 2,427
84 Don +6 2,382
85 Warren -6 2,363
86 Lewis -4 2,340
87 Lee -1 2,279
88 Chester -4 2,242
89 Lester -6 2,230
90 Harvey +4 2,187
91 Jesse -2 2,171
92 Milton -4 2,169
93 Allen +2 2,137
94 Calvin -21 2,127
95 Bob +5 2,093
96 Gilbert +3 2,048
97 Cecil -5 2,007
98 Arnold -1 1,973
99 Victor -1 1,946
100 Jimmie +8 1,929
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 66,869
2 Betty +1 36,079
3 Dorothy -1 33,730
4 Helen 0 22,934
5 Margaret 0 20,294
6 Ruth 0 17,861
7 Doris 0 16,571
8 Barbara +2 14,872
9 Virginia -1 14,500
10 Shirley -1 14,212
11 Patricia +7 12,333
12 Jean +2 12,206
13 Frances -1 12,135
14 Elizabeth -1 11,762
15 Mildred -4 11,646
16 Anna 0 10,574
17 Evelyn -2 10,536
18 Lois +1 10,422
19 Alice -2 10,140
20 Dolores +14 9,614
21 Marie -1 9,289
22 Martha +2 8,249
23 Norma +3 8,163
24 Rose -1 8,160
25 Gloria -3 8,116
26 Phyllis +3 7,920
27 Joan +14 7,856
28 Irene -7 7,730
29 Marjorie -4 7,633
30 Joyce +5 7,242
31 Louise -4 7,055
32 Florence -4 6,970
33 Catherine -2 6,912
34 Ruby -4 6,692
35 Lillian -3 6,575
36 Eleanor -3 6,536
37 Annie -1 6,327
38 Marilyn +8 6,066
39 Lorraine +5 5,983
40 Thelma -2 5,978
41 Gladys -4 5,794
42 Josephine -3 5,670
43 Nancy +13 5,536
44 June -1 5,519
45 Edna -5 5,475
46 Beverly +11 5,435
47 Marion +4 5,422
48 Pauline -6 5,389
49 Theresa +3 5,334
50 Geraldine +8 5,155
51 Lucille -6 5,091
52 Grace -2 4,988
53 Bernice -4 4,942
54 Ann +5 4,930
55 Ethel -8 4,923
56 Edith -8 4,845
57 Rita -3 4,809
58 Juanita -3 4,732
59 Hazel -6 4,650
60 Audrey +2 4,628
61 Donna +9 4,468
62 Jane -2 4,410
63 Wanda +3 4,316
64 Sarah -3 4,242
65 Clara -2 4,103
66 Esther -2 4,096
67 Emma -2 4,018
68 Elaine +1 4,005
69 Wilma -1 3,937
70 Beatrice -3 3,921
71 Marian +3 3,886
72 Charlotte +3 3,473
73 Elsie -1 3,470
74 Willie -3 3,442
75 Katherine -2 3,396
76 Peggy +20 3,381
77 Carol +29 3,350
78 Vivian -1 3,311
79 Eva 0 3,212
80 Julia -4 3,206
81 Bertha -1 3,161
82 Kathleen +1 3,153
83 Laura -2 3,145
84 Maxine +3 3,127
85 Agnes -3 3,022
86 Gertrude -8 3,012
87 Ida -3 2,994
88 Rosemary -2 2,972
89 Bonnie +11 2,923
90 Jeanne -5 2,879
91 Carolyn +8 2,848
92 Vera -3 2,843
93 Anne -2 2,824
94 Delores +34 2,809
95 Janet +16 2,783
96 Billie +13 2,777
97 Jacqueline +18 2,738
98 Ellen -5 2,680
99 Kathryn -9 2,680
100 Ella -2 2,670