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The most popular baby names of 1928

SSA recorded 2,260,931 births in 1928 across all reported names — 1,153,318 girls and 1,107,613 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1928

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1927.
#NameBirthsvs 1927
1 Mary 66,871 —
2 Betty 36,083 +1
3 Dorothy 33,733 -1
4 Helen 22,937 —
5 Margaret 20,295 —
6 Ruth 17,859 —
7 Doris 16,575 —
8 Barbara 14,872 +2
9 Virginia 14,500 -1
10 Shirley 14,215 -1
11 Patricia 12,331 +7
12 Jean 12,209 +2
13 Frances 12,137 -1
14 Elizabeth 11,767 -1
15 Mildred 11,653 -4
16 Anna 10,575 —
17 Evelyn 10,533 -2
18 Lois 10,425 +1
19 Alice 10,139 -2
20 Dolores 9,615 +14
21 Marie 9,286 -1
22 Martha 8,252 +2
23 Norma 8,166 +3
24 Rose 8,161 -1
25 Gloria 8,119 -3
26 Phyllis 7,924 +3
27 Joan 7,854 +14
28 Irene 7,731 -7
29 Marjorie 7,632 -4
30 Joyce 7,244 +5
31 Louise 7,053 -4
32 Florence 6,970 -4
33 Catherine 6,910 -2
34 Ruby 6,692 -4
35 Lillian 6,577 -3
36 Eleanor 6,535 -3
37 Annie 6,329 -1
38 Marilyn 6,066 +8
39 Lorraine 5,982 +5
40 Thelma 5,978 -2
41 Gladys 5,791 -4
42 Josephine 5,671 -3
43 Nancy 5,537 +13
44 June 5,517 -1
45 Edna 5,473 -5
46 Beverly 5,437 +11
47 Marion 5,420 +4
48 Pauline 5,391 -6
49 Theresa 5,330 +3
50 Geraldine 5,156 +8
51 Lucille 5,094 -6
52 Grace 4,989 -2
53 Bernice 4,943 -4
54 Ann 4,932 +5
55 Ethel 4,928 -8
56 Edith 4,846 -8
57 Rita 4,810 -3
58 Juanita 4,734 -3
59 Hazel 4,649 -6
60 Audrey 4,630 +2
61 Donna 4,470 +9
62 Jane 4,411 -2
63 Wanda 4,318 +3
64 Sarah 4,244 -3
65 Clara 4,106 -2
66 Esther 4,096 -2
67 Emma 4,017 -3
68 Elaine 4,004 +1
69 Wilma 3,937 -1
70 Beatrice 3,922 -3
71 Marian 3,886 +3
72 Charlotte 3,475 +3
73 Elsie 3,470 -1
74 Willie 3,444 -3
75 Katherine 3,398 -2
76 Peggy 3,382 +20
77 Carol 3,349 +29
78 Vivian 3,310 -1
79 Eva 3,212 —
80 Julia 3,206 -4
81 Bertha 3,161 -1
82 Kathleen 3,151 +1
83 Laura 3,146 -2
84 Maxine 3,124 +3
85 Agnes 3,023 -4
86 Gertrude 3,011 -8
87 Ida 2,994 -3
88 Rosemary 2,972 -2
89 Bonnie 2,923 +11
90 Jeanne 2,879 -5
91 Carolyn 2,847 +8
92 Vera 2,841 -3
93 Anne 2,824 -1
94 Delores 2,810 +34
95 Janet 2,782 +16
96 Billie 2,777 +13
97 Jacqueline 2,739 +18
98 Ellen 2,682 -5
99 Kathryn 2,681 -9
100 Ella 2,670 -2

Top 100 boys' names in 1928

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1927.
#NameBirthsvs 1927
1 Robert 60,701 —
2 John 53,760 —
3 James 52,752 —
4 William 49,118 —
5 Charles 31,243 —
6 Richard 28,793 —
7 Donald 25,704 +1
8 George 24,391 -1
9 Joseph 22,322 —
10 Edward 18,492 —
11 Thomas 16,582 —
12 Frank 13,570 —
13 Paul 13,160 —
14 Harold 12,670 —
15 Jack 12,494 +1
16 Raymond 11,946 -1
17 Kenneth 11,167 +1
18 Walter 10,651 -1
19 David 9,990 +2
20 Eugene 9,708 —
21 Henry 9,313 -2
22 Arthur 8,880 —
23 Albert 8,812 —
24 Ralph 8,100 —
25 Herbert 8,065 +17
26 Harry 7,604 -1
27 Billy 7,310 +4
28 Carl 6,946 -2
29 Willie 6,817 -2
30 Joe 6,682 —
31 Howard 6,496 -3
32 Louis 6,299 -3
33 Alfred 6,252 +12
34 Roy 6,229 —
35 Clarence 6,068 -3
36 Fred 6,036 -1
37 Earl 5,966 -4
38 Lawrence 5,597 -1
39 Norman 5,590 —
40 Francis 5,516 -4
41 Gerald 5,487 -3
42 Leonard 5,131 -2
43 Ernest 4,941 -2
44 Anthony 4,719 -1
45 Stanley 4,481 -1
46 Marvin 4,452 +1
47 Daniel 4,426 -1
48 Melvin 4,249 —
49 Bernard 4,067 +1
50 Ronald 3,969 +13
51 Leroy 3,872 —
52 Samuel 3,844 -3
53 Michael 3,598 -1
54 Floyd 3,338 -1
55 Russell 3,325 -1
56 Peter 3,299 +3
57 Ray 3,248 +3
58 Edwin 3,166 -1
59 Lloyd 3,158 -1
60 Andrew 3,142 -4
61 Leo 3,095 -6
62 Gene 3,088 +10
63 Elmer 2,977 -2
64 Bill 2,976 +5
65 Bobby 2,972 +26
66 Theodore 2,916 -4
67 Frederick 2,882 -3
68 Clifford 2,862 -3
69 Wayne 2,855 -2
70 Vernon 2,852 +1
71 Roger 2,774 +13
72 Alvin 2,750 -6
73 Philip 2,726 +2
74 Clyde 2,713 -6
75 Dale 2,640 +6
76 Glenn 2,603 —
77 Gordon 2,596 -3
78 Herman 2,588 -8
78 Jerry 2,588 +15
80 Charlie 2,463 —
81 Leon 2,460 -3
82 Vincent 2,440 -5
83 Martin 2,428 +4
84 Don 2,382 +6
85 Warren 2,361 -6
86 Lewis 2,339 -4
87 Lee 2,282 -1
88 Chester 2,243 -3
89 Lester 2,229 -6
90 Harvey 2,186 +4
91 Jesse 2,171 -2
92 Milton 2,170 -4
93 Allen 2,137 +2
94 Calvin 2,128 -21
95 Bob 2,093 +5
96 Gilbert 2,048 +3
97 Cecil 2,005 -5
98 Arnold 1,974 -1
99 Victor 1,946 -1
100 Jimmie 1,924 +8

Names that climbed fastest in 1928

Ranked by places gained against 1927, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1928Rank 1927Change
Ramona girls 117 277 +160
Myrna girls 372 490 +118
Bertie girls 336 451 +115
Marianne girls 342 419 +77
Danny boys 343 416 +73
Joanna girls 397 449 +52
Jean boys 309 360 +51
Sammy boys 337 387 +50
Molly girls 381 430 +49
Carole girls 428 477 +49
Alfredo boys 335 383 +48
Renee girls 316 361 +45
Marietta girls 430 475 +45
Noel boys 350 395 +45
Jackie boys 216 260 +44

Names that fell fastest in 1928

NameRank 1928Rank 1927Change
Woodrow boys 390 312 -78
Cleo boys 377 315 -62
Leatrice girls 406 350 -56
Clark boys 379 334 -45
Hannah girls 410 367 -43
Kay girls 462 419 -43
Alva boys 416 374 -42
Cornelia girls 382 341 -41
Evangeline girls 455 414 -41
Philomena girls 459 419 -40
Amy girls 355 316 -39
Neva girls 365 327 -38
Hester girls 466 428 -38
Isaac boys 241 203 -38
Lupe girls 354 317 -37

Names that first appear in 1928

1928 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1928

For these names, 1928 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.