Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1928

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1928 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	66,872	5.594	-125	-64,545	1	Robert	60,699	5.319	-70	-55,559
2	Betty	36,080	3.018	-1,126	-35,865	2	John	53,755	4.710	-25	-44,636
3	Dorothy	33,731	2.822	-583	-33,214	3	James	52,754	4.623	-1	-39,229
4	Helen	22,934	1.918	-409	-22,189	4	William	49,117	4.304	1	-34,601
5	Margaret	20,295	1.698	-122	-17,983	5	Charles	31,247	2.738	-47	-24,643
6	Ruth	17,858	1.494	-259	-16,624	6	Richard	28,794	2.523	-182	-26,675
7	Doris	16,572	1.386	-1,807	-16,461	7	Donald	25,698	2.252	-519	-25,165
8	Barbara	14,873	1.244	-922	-14,588	8	George	24,400	2.138	-119	-21,341
9	Virginia	14,501	1.213	-531	-13,923	9	Joseph	22,311	1.955	-14	-12,756
10	Shirley	14,212	1.189	-1,454	-14,062	10	Edward	18,489	1.620	-159	-16,221
11	Patricia	12,332	1.032	-902	-12,039	11	Thomas	16,577	1.453	-38	-9,798
12	Jean	12,205	1.021	-2,381	-12,130	12	Frank	13,568	1.189	-380	-12,765
13	Frances	12,135	1.015	-432	-11,420	13	Paul	13,158	1.153	-221	-11,533
14	Elizabeth	11,763	0.984	1	-3,250	14	Harold	12,681	1.111	-783	-12,400
15	Mildred	11,647	0.974	-2,054	-11,554	15	Jack	12,493	1.095	-13	-3,659
16	Anna	10,574	0.884	-38	-6,429	16	Raymond	11,953	1.047	-283	-10,804
17	Evelyn	10,534	0.881	7	-158	17	Kenneth	11,168	0.979	-209	-9,513
18	Lois	10,422	0.872	-1,675	-10,300	18	Walter	10,652	0.933	-253	-9,349
19	Alice	10,139	0.848	-52	-6,496	19	David	10,001	0.876	-3	-304
20	Dolores	9,616	0.804	-3,904	-9,579	20	Eugene	9,706	0.851	-842	-9,454
21	Marie	9,285	0.777	-555	-8,755	21	Henry	9,316	0.816	5	1,333
22	Martha	8,249	0.690	-775	-7,908	22	Arthur	8,879	0.778	-208	-7,237
23	Norma	8,164	0.683	-2,248	-8,084	23	Albert	8,815	0.772	-429	-8,158
24	Rose	8,161	0.683	-99	-5,729	24	Ralph	8,100	0.710	-927	-7,883
25	Gloria	8,117	0.679	-559	-7,596	25	Herbert	8,069	0.707	-2,002	-7,998
26	Phyllis	7,920	0.662	-6,949	-7,903	26	Harry	7,607	0.667	-594	-7,180
27	Joan	7,855	0.657	-1,700	-7,737	27	Billy	7,310	0.641	-818	-7,050
28	Irene	7,730	0.647	-609	-7,266	28	Carl	6,944	0.609	-672	-6,602
29	Marjorie	7,632	0.638	-1,138	-7,427	29	Willie	6,819	0.598	-905	-6,595
30	Joyce	7,243	0.606	-917	-6,965	30	Joe	6,682	0.586	-665	-6,337
31	Louise	7,053	0.590	-769	-6,714	31	Howard	6,493	0.569	-937	-6,280
32	Florence	6,970	0.583	-939	-6,701	32	Louis	6,296	0.552	-231	-4,928
33	Catherine	6,912	0.578	-171	-5,414	33	Alfred	6,247	0.547	-839	-5,998
34	Ruby	6,692	0.560	-40	-3,140	34	Roy	6,228	0.546	-508	-5,714
35	Lillian	6,575	0.550	1	-1,041	35	Clarence	6,068	0.532	-1,081	-5,896
36	Eleanor	6,536	0.547	4	-842	36	Fred	6,034	0.529	-1,614	-5,937
37	Annie	6,326	0.529	-271	-5,246	37	Earl	5,966	0.523	-1,627	-5,871
38	Marilyn	6,066	0.507	-572	-5,572	38	Lawrence	5,596	0.490	-460	-5,023
39	Lorraine	5,981	0.500	-1,531	-5,844	39	Norman	5,589	0.490	-1,185	-5,438
40	Thelma	5,978	0.500	-4,918	-5,951	40	Francis	5,515	0.483	-440	-4,909
41	Gladys	5,794	0.485	-3,398	-5,749	41	Gerald	5,489	0.481	-853	-5,248
42	Josephine	5,670	0.474	-49	-2,647	42	Leonard	5,134	0.450	-591	-4,719
43	Nancy	5,536	0.463	-796	-5,214	43	Ernest	4,940	0.433	-935	-4,730
44	June	5,518	0.462	-197	-4,176	44	Anthony	4,716	0.413	6	3,287
45	Edna	5,475	0.458	-1,692	-5,358	45	Stanley	4,479	0.392	-662	-4,140
46	Beverly	5,435	0.455	-1,247	-5,260	46	Marvin	4,452	0.390	-534	-3,979
47	Marion	5,422	0.454	-1,558	-5,289	47	Daniel	4,434	0.389	32	6,739
48	Pauline	5,388	0.451	-2,737	-5,327	48	Melvin	4,248	0.372	-672	-3,918
49	Theresa	5,332	0.446	-1,057	-5,111	49	Bernard	4,066	0.356	-1,102	-3,901
50	Geraldine	5,156	0.431	-1,669	-5,037	50	Ronald	3,974	0.348	-443	-3,396

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.