100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1929

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 59,798
2 James +1 52,100
3 John -1 52,068
4 William 0 47,782
5 Charles 0 29,916
6 Richard 0 29,564
7 Donald 0 27,170
8 George 0 23,015
9 Joseph 0 21,131
10 Edward 0 17,212
11 Thomas 0 16,271
12 Frank 0 12,947
13 Paul 0 12,422
14 Jack +1 12,151
15 Raymond +1 11,900
16 Harold -2 11,661
17 David +2 11,300
18 Kenneth -1 10,825
19 Walter -1 9,847
20 Eugene 0 9,045
21 Henry 0 8,566
22 Arthur 0 8,469
23 Billy +4 8,317
24 Albert -1 8,073
25 Herbert 0 7,864
26 Ralph -2 7,694
27 Harry -1 7,132
28 Carl 0 6,886
29 Willie 0 6,612
30 Joe 0 6,596
31 Howard 0 6,009
32 Louis 0 5,991
33 Gerald +8 5,961
34 Fred +2 5,855
35 Roy -1 5,816
36 Earl +1 5,729
37 Clarence -2 5,718
38 Lawrence +1 5,304
39 Francis +1 5,269
40 Norman -2 5,152
41 Alfred -8 4,929
42 Leonard 0 4,826
43 Ernest 0 4,743
44 Anthony 0 4,726
45 Ronald +5 4,470
46 Marvin 0 4,375
47 Daniel 0 4,367
48 Stanley -3 4,254
49 Melvin -1 4,095
50 Bobby +15 3,924
51 Leroy 0 3,816
52 Bernard -3 3,805
53 Samuel -1 3,563
54 Michael -1 3,461
55 Peter +1 3,212
56 Russell -1 3,185
57 Ray 0 3,173
58 Andrew +2 3,080
59 Floyd -5 3,076
60 Leo +2 3,021
61 Jerry +18 2,987
62 Bill +1 2,947
63 Lloyd -4 2,940
64 Roger +7 2,922
65 Theodore +1 2,902
66 Edwin -8 2,894
67 Frederick 0 2,809
68 Gene -7 2,808
69 Wayne 0 2,736
70 Elmer -6 2,694
71 Clifford -1 2,677
72 Vernon -4 2,674
73 Dale +2 2,664
74 Clyde 0 2,629
75 Herman +3 2,625
76 Philip -3 2,598
77 Alvin -5 2,551
78 Don +6 2,519
79 Gordon -2 2,493
80 Glenn -4 2,432
81 Leon -1 2,332
82 Vincent 0 2,325
83 Martin 0 2,308
84 Lewis +2 2,232
85 Lee +2 2,210
86 Allen +7 2,189
87 Charlie -6 2,183
88 Lester +1 2,104
89 Bob +6 2,103
90 Harvey 0 2,064
91 Gilbert +5 2,053
92 Warren -7 2,034
93 Milton -1 2,032
94 Jesse -3 2,031
95 Arnold +3 1,977
96 Chester -8 1,966
97 Douglas +5 1,966
98 Jimmie +2 1,951
99 Curtis +2 1,947
100 Victor -1 1,944
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 63,502
2 Betty 0 36,665
3 Dorothy 0 31,467
4 Helen 0 20,994
5 Margaret 0 19,196
6 Doris +1 16,488
7 Barbara +1 16,033
8 Ruth -2 16,014
9 Shirley +1 14,577
10 Patricia +1 13,622
11 Virginia -2 13,238
12 Jean 0 11,868
13 Joan +14 11,659
14 Dolores +6 11,498
15 Elizabeth -1 11,245
16 Frances -3 11,082
17 Lois +1 10,286
18 Mildred -3 10,248
19 Evelyn -2 9,882
20 Anna -4 9,740
21 Alice -2 9,470
22 Marie -1 9,159
23 Joyce +7 8,597
24 Phyllis +2 7,995
25 Norma -2 7,893
26 Rose -2 7,785
27 Martha -5 7,631
28 Gloria -3 7,540
29 Irene -1 7,035
30 Marjorie -1 6,978
31 Louise 0 6,898
32 Nancy +11 6,875
33 Marilyn +5 6,726
34 Catherine -1 6,272
35 Florence -3 6,211
36 Ruby -2 6,147
37 Annie 0 5,947
38 Eleanor -2 5,864
39 Beverly +7 5,863
40 Lillian -5 5,710
41 Thelma -1 5,482
42 Lorraine -3 5,347
43 Geraldine +7 5,334
44 Gladys -3 5,325
45 Josephine -3 5,296
46 Ann +8 5,176
47 Donna +14 5,135
48 June -4 5,090
49 Theresa 0 5,068
50 Pauline -2 5,025
51 Edna -6 4,927
52 Rita +5 4,766
53 Marion -6 4,631
54 Grace -2 4,566
55 Bernice -2 4,550
56 Ethel -1 4,522
57 Lucille -6 4,500
58 Audrey +2 4,459
59 Edith -3 4,457
60 Juanita -2 4,413
61 Wanda +2 4,394
62 Jane 0 4,353
63 Carol +14 4,278
64 Hazel -5 4,160
65 Clara 0 4,146
66 Wilma +3 4,007
67 Elaine +1 3,855
68 Sarah -4 3,820
69 Emma -2 3,806
70 Peggy +6 3,776
71 Esther -5 3,588
72 Beatrice -2 3,570
73 Charlotte -1 3,531
74 Delores +20 3,522
75 Marian -4 3,443
76 Willie -2 3,321
77 Carolyn +14 3,272
78 Elsie -5 3,229
79 Billie +17 3,191
80 Rosemary +8 3,103
81 Vivian -3 3,099
82 Janet +13 3,050
83 Katherine -8 3,016
84 Eva -5 3,015
85 Maxine -1 2,996
86 Jacqueline +11 2,973
87 Bonnie +2 2,964
88 Julia -8 2,951
89 Kathleen -6 2,941
90 Laura -8 2,934
91 Anne +2 2,883
92 Jeanne -2 2,820
93 Bertha -12 2,800
94 Agnes -9 2,773
95 Gertrude -9 2,725
96 Ida -9 2,676
97 Ellen +1 2,565
98 Eileen +4 2,558
99 Vera -7 2,546
100 Maria +5 2,532