Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1929

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1929 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	63,508	5.486	-125	-61,181	1	Robert	59,798	5.399	-70	-54,658
2	Betty	36,675	3.168	-1,126	-36,460	2	James	52,127	4.706	-2	-38,602
3	Dorothy	31,477	2.719	-583	-30,960	3	John	52,113	4.705	-24	-42,994
4	Helen	20,985	1.813	-409	-20,240	4	William	47,805	4.316	1	-33,289
5	Margaret	19,206	1.659	-122	-16,894	5	Charles	29,931	2.702	-47	-23,327
6	Doris	16,496	1.425	-1,808	-16,385	6	Richard	29,569	2.670	-182	-27,450
7	Barbara	16,037	1.385	-923	-15,752	7	Donald	27,186	2.455	-519	-26,653
8	Ruth	16,019	1.384	-257	-14,785	8	George	23,017	2.078	-119	-19,958
9	Shirley	14,579	1.259	-1,455	-14,429	9	Joseph	21,162	1.911	-14	-11,607
10	Patricia	13,625	1.177	-903	-13,332	10	Edward	17,226	1.555	-159	-14,958
11	Virginia	13,234	1.143	-529	-12,656	11	Thomas	16,277	1.470	-38	-9,498
12	Jean	11,867	1.025	-2,381	-11,792	12	Frank	12,962	1.170	-380	-12,159
13	Joan	11,665	1.008	-1,714	-11,547	13	Paul	12,432	1.122	-221	-10,807
14	Dolores	11,504	0.994	-3,910	-11,467	14	Jack	12,168	1.099	-14	-3,334
15	Elizabeth	11,250	0.972	2	-2,737	15	Raymond	11,902	1.075	-284	-10,753
16	Frances	11,092	0.958	-429	-10,377	16	Harold	11,672	1.054	-781	-11,391
17	Lois	10,294	0.889	-1,676	-10,172	17	David	11,298	1.020	-5	-1,601
18	Mildred	10,254	0.886	-2,051	-10,161	18	Kenneth	10,842	0.979	-208	-9,187
19	Evelyn	9,882	0.854	9	494	19	Walter	9,848	0.889	-252	-8,545
20	Anna	9,751	0.842	-34	-5,606	20	Eugene	9,046	0.817	-842	-8,794
21	Alice	9,479	0.819	-50	-5,836	21	Henry	8,573	0.774	5	2,076
22	Marie	9,159	0.791	-554	-8,629	22	Arthur	8,473	0.765	-208	-6,831
23	Joyce	8,597	0.743	-924	-8,319	23	Billy	8,320	0.751	-822	-8,060
24	Phyllis	7,996	0.691	-6,951	-7,979	24	Albert	8,077	0.729	-428	-7,420
25	Norma	7,894	0.682	-2,246	-7,814	25	Herbert	7,873	0.711	-2,002	-7,802
26	Rose	7,786	0.673	-97	-5,354	26	Ralph	7,711	0.696	-925	-7,494
27	Martha	7,639	0.660	-770	-7,298	27	Harry	7,141	0.645	-593	-6,714
28	Gloria	7,540	0.651	-556	-7,019	28	Carl	6,894	0.622	-672	-6,552
29	Irene	7,039	0.608	-608	-6,575	29	Willie	6,614	0.597	-905	-6,390
30	Marjorie	6,986	0.604	-1,137	-6,781	30	Joe	6,595	0.595	-665	-6,250
31	Louise	6,904	0.596	-769	-6,565	31	Howard	6,012	0.543	-937	-5,799
32	Nancy	6,871	0.594	-807	-6,549	32	Louis	5,994	0.541	-231	-4,626
33	Marilyn	6,727	0.581	-577	-6,233	33	Gerald	5,965	0.539	-861	-5,724
34	Catherine	6,276	0.542	-170	-4,778	34	Fred	5,859	0.529	-1,616	-5,762
35	Florence	6,212	0.537	-936	-5,943	35	Roy	5,813	0.525	-507	-5,299
36	Ruby	6,150	0.531	-38	-2,598	36	Earl	5,741	0.518	-1,628	-5,646
37	Annie	5,952	0.514	-271	-4,872	37	Clarence	5,730	0.517	-1,079	-5,558
38	Eleanor	5,866	0.507	6	-172	38	Lawrence	5,306	0.479	-460	-4,733
39	Beverly	5,862	0.506	-1,254	-5,687	39	Francis	5,271	0.476	-441	-4,665
40	Lillian	5,711	0.493	6	-177	40	Norman	5,157	0.466	-1,184	-5,006
41	Thelma	5,477	0.473	-4,917	-5,450	41	Alfred	4,932	0.445	-831	-4,683
42	Lorraine	5,353	0.462	-1,528	-5,216	42	Leonard	4,827	0.436	-591	-4,412
43	Geraldine	5,335	0.461	-1,676	-5,216	43	Ernest	4,754	0.429	-935	-4,544
44	Gladys	5,328	0.460	-3,395	-5,283	44	Anthony	4,733	0.427	6	3,270
45	Josephine	5,298	0.458	-46	-2,275	45	Ronald	4,478	0.404	-448	-3,900
46	Ann	5,172	0.447	-937	-4,905	46	Marvin	4,390	0.396	-534	-3,917
47	Donna	5,140	0.444	-1,520	-5,003	47	Daniel	4,369	0.394	32	6,804
48	June	5,093	0.440	-193	-3,751	48	Stanley	4,265	0.385	-659	-3,926
49	Theresa	5,068	0.438	-1,057	-4,847	49	Melvin	4,099	0.370	-671	-3,769
50	Pauline	5,026	0.434	-2,735	-4,965	50	Bobby	3,923	0.354	-774	-3,655

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.