100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1929

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 59,796
2 James +1 52,122
3 John -1 52,116
4 William 0 47,809
5 Charles 0 29,932
6 Richard 0 29,572
7 Donald 0 27,186
8 George 0 23,019
9 Joseph 0 21,164
10 Edward 0 17,225
11 Thomas 0 16,276
12 Frank 0 12,959
13 Paul 0 12,429
14 Jack +1 12,167
15 Raymond +1 11,902
16 Harold -2 11,671
17 David +2 11,300
18 Kenneth -1 10,839
19 Walter -1 9,850
20 Eugene 0 9,047
21 Henry 0 8,572
22 Arthur 0 8,472
23 Billy +4 8,321
24 Albert -1 8,075
25 Herbert 0 7,869
26 Ralph -2 7,711
27 Harry -1 7,139
28 Carl 0 6,892
29 Willie 0 6,612
30 Joe 0 6,596
31 Howard 0 6,010
32 Louis 0 5,993
33 Gerald +8 5,965
34 Fred +2 5,858
35 Roy -1 5,813
36 Earl +1 5,740
37 Clarence -2 5,728
38 Lawrence 0 5,304
39 Francis +1 5,271
40 Norman -1 5,157
41 Alfred -8 4,933
42 Leonard 0 4,827
43 Ernest 0 4,754
44 Anthony 0 4,732
45 Ronald +5 4,477
46 Marvin 0 4,390
47 Daniel 0 4,369
48 Stanley -3 4,266
49 Melvin -1 4,098
50 Bobby +15 3,923
51 Leroy 0 3,817
52 Bernard -3 3,809
53 Samuel -1 3,569
54 Michael -1 3,463
55 Peter +1 3,216
56 Russell -1 3,184
57 Ray 0 3,176
58 Floyd -4 3,080
59 Andrew +1 3,078
60 Leo +1 3,018
61 Jerry +18 2,990
62 Bill +1 2,949
63 Lloyd -4 2,947
64 Roger +7 2,927
65 Theodore +1 2,904
66 Edwin -8 2,894
67 Frederick 0 2,812
68 Gene -6 2,811
69 Wayne 0 2,738
70 Elmer -6 2,697
71 Vernon -1 2,680
72 Clifford -4 2,675
73 Dale +2 2,662
74 Clyde 0 2,632
75 Herman +3 2,622
76 Philip -3 2,604
77 Alvin -5 2,554
78 Don +6 2,517
79 Gordon -2 2,493
80 Glenn -4 2,433
81 Leon 0 2,336
82 Vincent 0 2,331
83 Martin 0 2,310
84 Lewis +2 2,227
85 Lee +2 2,211
86 Allen +7 2,187
87 Charlie -7 2,187
88 Lester +1 2,105
89 Bob +6 2,102
90 Harvey 0 2,064
91 Gilbert +5 2,057
92 Warren -7 2,035
93 Milton -1 2,031
94 Jesse -3 2,029
95 Arnold +3 1,979
96 Chester -8 1,968
97 Douglas +5 1,966
98 Jimmie +2 1,951
99 Curtis +2 1,945
100 Victor -1 1,942
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 63,510
2 Betty 0 36,673
3 Dorothy 0 31,478
4 Helen 0 20,984
5 Margaret 0 19,207
6 Doris +1 16,496
7 Barbara +1 16,037
8 Ruth -2 16,015
9 Shirley +1 14,580
10 Patricia +1 13,624
11 Virginia -2 13,234
12 Jean 0 11,866
13 Joan +14 11,664
14 Dolores +6 11,503
15 Elizabeth -1 11,251
16 Frances -3 11,092
17 Lois +1 10,294
18 Mildred -3 10,255
19 Evelyn -2 9,882
20 Anna -4 9,751
21 Alice -2 9,479
22 Marie -1 9,159
23 Joyce +7 8,596
24 Phyllis +2 7,996
25 Norma -2 7,894
26 Rose -2 7,787
27 Martha -5 7,638
28 Gloria -3 7,540
29 Irene -1 7,037
30 Marjorie -1 6,986
31 Louise 0 6,904
32 Nancy +11 6,873
33 Marilyn +5 6,727
34 Catherine -1 6,276
35 Florence -3 6,212
36 Ruby -2 6,151
37 Annie 0 5,951
38 Eleanor -2 5,866
39 Beverly +7 5,862
40 Lillian -5 5,710
41 Thelma -1 5,477
42 Lorraine -3 5,353
43 Geraldine +7 5,335
44 Gladys -3 5,328
45 Josephine -3 5,297
46 Ann +8 5,173
47 Donna +14 5,140
48 June -4 5,092
49 Theresa 0 5,067
50 Pauline -2 5,026
51 Edna -6 4,931
52 Rita +5 4,766
53 Marion -6 4,632
54 Grace -2 4,570
55 Bernice -2 4,552
56 Ethel -1 4,517
57 Lucille -6 4,503
58 Audrey +2 4,462
59 Edith -3 4,455
60 Juanita -2 4,411
61 Wanda +2 4,396
62 Jane 0 4,352
63 Carol +14 4,279
64 Hazel -5 4,164
65 Clara 0 4,149
66 Wilma +3 4,007
67 Elaine +1 3,853
68 Sarah -4 3,816
69 Emma -2 3,802
70 Peggy +6 3,779
71 Esther -5 3,586
72 Beatrice -2 3,572
73 Charlotte -1 3,538
74 Delores +20 3,519
75 Marian -4 3,447
76 Willie -2 3,320
77 Carolyn +14 3,272
78 Elsie -5 3,232
79 Billie +17 3,191
80 Rosemary +8 3,106
81 Vivian -3 3,100
82 Janet +13 3,052
83 Eva -4 3,020
84 Katherine -9 3,017
85 Maxine -1 2,994
86 Bonnie +3 2,972
87 Jacqueline +10 2,970
88 Julia -8 2,950
89 Kathleen -7 2,940
90 Laura -7 2,935
91 Anne +2 2,881
92 Jeanne -2 2,818
93 Bertha -12 2,801
94 Agnes -9 2,772
95 Gertrude -9 2,725
96 Ida -9 2,673
97 Ellen +1 2,567
98 Eileen +4 2,558
99 Vera -7 2,549
100 Maria +5 2,535