100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1928

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 60,649
2 John 0 53,736
3 James 0 52,743
4 William 0 49,088
5 Charles 0 31,223
6 Richard 0 28,769
7 Donald +1 25,704
8 George -1 24,360
9 Joseph 0 22,315
10 Edward 0 18,480
11 Thomas 0 16,569
12 Frank 0 13,556
13 Paul 0 13,162
14 Harold 0 12,675
15 Jack +1 12,483
16 Raymond -1 11,943
17 Kenneth +1 11,165
18 Walter -1 10,650
19 David +2 9,981
20 Eugene 0 9,692
21 Henry -2 9,320
22 Arthur 0 8,867
23 Albert 0 8,792
24 Ralph 0 8,112
25 Herbert +17 8,052
26 Harry -1 7,601
27 Billy +5 7,308
28 Carl -2 6,940
29 Willie -2 6,817
30 Joe 0 6,681
31 Howard -3 6,496
32 Louis -3 6,287
33 Alfred +12 6,247
34 Roy 0 6,221
35 Clarence -4 6,071
36 Fred -1 6,025
37 Earl -4 5,959
38 Norman +1 5,588
39 Lawrence -2 5,586
40 Francis -4 5,513
41 Gerald -3 5,489
42 Leonard -2 5,141
43 Ernest -2 4,946
44 Anthony -1 4,716
45 Stanley -1 4,486
46 Marvin +1 4,455
47 Daniel -1 4,433
48 Melvin 0 4,250
49 Bernard +1 4,062
50 Ronald +13 3,981
51 Leroy 0 3,872
52 Samuel -3 3,848
53 Michael -1 3,593
54 Floyd -1 3,335
55 Russell 0 3,325
56 Peter +3 3,300
57 Ray +3 3,252
58 Edwin -1 3,171
59 Lloyd -1 3,162
60 Andrew -4 3,140
61 Gene +11 3,089
62 Leo -8 3,089
63 Bill +6 2,975
64 Elmer -3 2,972
65 Bobby +26 2,968
66 Theodore -4 2,916
67 Frederick -3 2,888
68 Vernon +2 2,858
69 Wayne -1 2,858
70 Clifford -5 2,854
71 Roger +13 2,772
72 Alvin -6 2,745
73 Philip +1 2,727
74 Clyde -7 2,704
75 Dale +6 2,632
76 Glenn 0 2,597
77 Gordon -2 2,592
78 Herman -7 2,590
79 Jerry +14 2,589
80 Leon -2 2,462
81 Charlie -1 2,457
82 Vincent -5 2,436
83 Martin +4 2,422
84 Don +6 2,382
85 Warren -6 2,365
86 Lewis -4 2,335
87 Lee -1 2,279
88 Chester -3 2,239
89 Lester -6 2,225
90 Harvey +4 2,187
91 Jesse -2 2,170
92 Milton -4 2,170
93 Allen +2 2,132
94 Calvin -21 2,126
95 Bob +5 2,092
96 Gilbert +3 2,046
97 Cecil -5 2,007
98 Arnold -1 1,974
99 Victor -1 1,942
100 Jimmie +8 1,927
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 66,867
2 Betty +1 36,074
3 Dorothy -1 33,726
4 Helen 0 22,922
5 Margaret 0 20,290
6 Ruth 0 17,854
7 Doris 0 16,564
8 Barbara +2 14,871
9 Virginia -1 14,492
10 Shirley -1 14,201
11 Patricia +7 12,331
12 Jean +2 12,208
13 Frances -1 12,137
14 Elizabeth -1 11,758
15 Mildred -4 11,658
16 Anna 0 10,567
17 Evelyn -2 10,536
18 Lois +1 10,422
19 Alice -2 10,140
20 Dolores +14 9,615
21 Marie -1 9,291
22 Martha +2 8,243
23 Norma +3 8,159
24 Rose -1 8,158
25 Gloria -3 8,116
26 Phyllis +3 7,914
27 Joan +14 7,861
28 Irene -7 7,728
29 Marjorie -4 7,638
30 Joyce +5 7,241
31 Louise -4 7,048
32 Florence -4 6,968
33 Catherine -2 6,904
34 Ruby -4 6,695
35 Lillian -3 6,571
36 Eleanor -3 6,528
37 Annie -1 6,327
38 Marilyn +8 6,068
39 Lorraine +5 5,978
40 Thelma -2 5,970
41 Gladys -4 5,795
42 Josephine -3 5,670
43 Nancy +13 5,533
44 June -1 5,518
45 Edna -5 5,473
46 Beverly +12 5,432
47 Marion +4 5,420
48 Pauline -6 5,390
49 Theresa +3 5,321
50 Geraldine +7 5,146
51 Lucille -6 5,088
52 Grace -2 4,988
53 Bernice -4 4,938
54 Ann +5 4,926
55 Ethel -8 4,916
56 Edith -8 4,841
57 Rita -3 4,805
58 Juanita -3 4,724
59 Hazel -6 4,654
60 Audrey +2 4,626
61 Donna +9 4,463
62 Jane -2 4,405
63 Wanda +3 4,315
64 Sarah -3 4,241
65 Clara -2 4,102
66 Esther -1 4,096
67 Emma -3 4,018
68 Elaine +1 4,004
69 Wilma -1 3,933
70 Beatrice -3 3,923
71 Marian +3 3,887
72 Charlotte +3 3,476
73 Elsie -1 3,469
74 Willie -3 3,444
75 Katherine -2 3,398
76 Peggy +19 3,378
77 Carol +29 3,348
78 Vivian -1 3,309
79 Eva 0 3,216
80 Julia -4 3,203
81 Bertha -1 3,157
82 Laura 0 3,148
83 Kathleen 0 3,146
84 Maxine +3 3,127
85 Agnes -4 3,019
86 Gertrude -8 3,012
87 Ida -3 2,994
88 Rosemary -2 2,968
89 Bonnie +11 2,933
90 Jeanne -5 2,876
91 Carolyn +8 2,844
92 Vera -3 2,844
93 Anne -1 2,823
94 Delores +34 2,810
95 Janet +17 2,785
96 Billie +14 2,776
97 Jacqueline +18 2,736
98 Ellen -5 2,679
99 Kathryn -9 2,678
100 Bessie -12 2,667