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The most popular baby names of 1929

SSA recorded 2,192,176 births in 1929 across all reported names — 1,116,561 girls and 1,075,615 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1929

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1928.
#NameBirthsvs 1928
1 Mary 63,512 —
2 Betty 36,675 —
3 Dorothy 31,476 —
4 Helen 20,983 —
5 Margaret 19,212 —
6 Doris 16,498 +1
7 Barbara 16,038 +1
8 Ruth 16,021 -2
9 Shirley 14,576 +1
10 Patricia 13,624 +1
11 Virginia 13,234 -2
12 Jean 11,865 —
13 Joan 11,666 +14
14 Dolores 11,508 +6
15 Elizabeth 11,248 -1
16 Frances 11,093 -3
17 Lois 10,295 +1
18 Mildred 10,255 -3
19 Evelyn 9,886 -2
20 Anna 9,751 -4
21 Alice 9,480 -2
22 Marie 9,158 -1
23 Joyce 8,596 +7
24 Phyllis 7,995 +2
25 Norma 7,893 -2
26 Rose 7,785 -2
27 Martha 7,639 -5
28 Gloria 7,539 -3
29 Irene 7,039 -1
30 Marjorie 6,987 -1
31 Louise 6,903 —
32 Nancy 6,872 +11
33 Marilyn 6,731 +5
34 Catherine 6,277 -1
35 Florence 6,212 -3
36 Ruby 6,153 -2
37 Annie 5,955 —
38 Eleanor 5,865 -2
39 Beverly 5,862 +7
40 Lillian 5,712 -5
41 Thelma 5,476 -1
42 Lorraine 5,352 -3
43 Geraldine 5,334 +7
44 Gladys 5,327 -3
45 Josephine 5,298 -3
46 Ann 5,172 +8
47 Donna 5,139 +14
48 June 5,093 -4
49 Theresa 5,068 —
50 Pauline 5,026 -2
51 Edna 4,931 -6
52 Rita 4,767 +5
53 Marion 4,633 -6
54 Grace 4,569 -2
55 Bernice 4,551 -2
56 Ethel 4,519 -1
57 Lucille 4,502 -6
58 Audrey 4,460 +2
59 Edith 4,455 -3
60 Juanita 4,412 -2
61 Wanda 4,397 +2
62 Jane 4,353 —
63 Carol 4,279 +14
64 Hazel 4,164 -5
65 Clara 4,148 —
66 Wilma 4,007 +3
67 Elaine 3,852 +1
68 Sarah 3,816 -4
69 Emma 3,803 -2
70 Peggy 3,780 +6
71 Esther 3,587 -5
72 Beatrice 3,574 -2
73 Charlotte 3,537 -1
74 Delores 3,517 +20
75 Marian 3,447 -4
76 Willie 3,318 -2
77 Carolyn 3,272 +14
78 Elsie 3,230 -5
79 Billie 3,191 +17
80 Rosemary 3,107 +8
81 Vivian 3,101 -3
82 Janet 3,050 +13
83 Eva 3,019 -4
84 Katherine 3,016 -9
85 Maxine 2,994 -1
86 Bonnie 2,974 +3
87 Jacqueline 2,970 +10
88 Julia 2,950 -8
89 Kathleen 2,941 -7
90 Laura 2,936 -7
91 Anne 2,881 +2
92 Jeanne 2,818 -2
93 Bertha 2,800 -12
94 Agnes 2,770 -9
95 Gertrude 2,725 -9
96 Ida 2,673 -9
97 Ellen 2,567 +1
98 Eileen 2,558 +4
99 Vera 2,549 -7
100 Maria 2,532 +5

Top 100 boys' names in 1929

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1928.
#NameBirthsvs 1928
1 Robert 59,807 —
2 James 52,135 +1
3 John 52,112 -1
4 William 47,815 —
5 Charles 29,930 —
6 Richard 29,572 —
7 Donald 27,181 —
8 George 23,020 —
9 Joseph 21,165 —
10 Edward 17,220 —
11 Thomas 16,272 —
12 Frank 12,966 —
13 Paul 12,431 —
14 Jack 12,167 +1
15 Raymond 11,909 +1
16 Harold 11,677 -2
17 David 11,302 +2
18 Kenneth 10,841 -1
19 Walter 9,850 -1
20 Eugene 9,046 —
21 Henry 8,571 —
22 Arthur 8,470 —
23 Billy 8,320 +4
24 Albert 8,078 -1
25 Herbert 7,881 —
26 Ralph 7,715 -2
27 Harry 7,144 -1
28 Carl 6,895 —
29 Willie 6,616 —
30 Joe 6,596 —
31 Howard 6,010 —
32 Louis 5,995 —
33 Gerald 5,965 +8
34 Fred 5,856 +2
35 Roy 5,812 -1
36 Earl 5,737 +1
37 Clarence 5,729 -2
38 Lawrence 5,305 —
39 Francis 5,270 +1
40 Norman 5,157 -1
41 Alfred 4,928 -8
42 Leonard 4,829 —
43 Ernest 4,753 —
44 Anthony 4,733 —
45 Ronald 4,479 +5
46 Marvin 4,389 —
47 Daniel 4,366 —
48 Stanley 4,265 -3
49 Melvin 4,100 -1
50 Bobby 3,925 +15
51 Leroy 3,819 —
52 Bernard 3,807 -3
53 Samuel 3,567 -1
54 Michael 3,464 -1
55 Peter 3,216 +1
56 Russell 3,183 -1
57 Ray 3,174 —
58 Floyd 3,079 -4
59 Andrew 3,076 +1
60 Leo 3,018 +1
61 Jerry 2,991 +17
62 Lloyd 2,949 -3
63 Bill 2,947 +1
64 Roger 2,928 +7
65 Theodore 2,903 +1
66 Edwin 2,897 -8
67 Frederick 2,813 —
68 Gene 2,810 -6
69 Wayne 2,741 —
70 Elmer 2,697 -7
71 Vernon 2,683 -1
72 Clifford 2,669 -4
73 Dale 2,664 +2
74 Clyde 2,628 —
75 Herman 2,622 +3
76 Philip 2,606 -3
77 Alvin 2,555 -5
78 Don 2,519 +6
79 Gordon 2,493 -2
80 Glenn 2,433 -4
81 Leon 2,336 —
82 Vincent 2,328 —
83 Martin 2,308 —
84 Lewis 2,228 +2
85 Lee 2,209 +2
86 Allen 2,189 +7
87 Charlie 2,185 -7
88 Lester 2,106 +1
89 Bob 2,103 +6
90 Harvey 2,064 —
91 Gilbert 2,056 +5
92 Warren 2,037 -7
93 Jesse 2,030 -2
94 Milton 2,029 -2
95 Arnold 1,979 +3
96 Chester 1,969 -8
97 Douglas 1,965 +5
98 Jimmie 1,952 +2
99 Curtis 1,946 +2
100 Victor 1,941 -1

Names that climbed fastest in 1929

Ranked by places gained against 1928, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1929Rank 1928Change
Gary boys 234 395 +161
Jeannine girls 172 321 +149
Marianne girls 259 342 +83
Buddy boys 295 368 +73
Sheila girls 367 433 +66
Joann girls 144 201 +57
Myrna girls 317 372 +55
Carole girls 373 428 +55
Diana girls 278 330 +52
Judy girls 385 432 +47
Alva boys 369 416 +47
Pat girls 262 308 +46
Greta girls 397 443 +46
Kermit boys 334 377 +43
Patty girls 250 292 +42

Names that fell fastest in 1929

NameRank 1929Rank 1928Change
Madge girls 465 391 -74
Bertie girls 405 336 -69
Randolph boys 399 331 -68
Merle girls 440 389 -51
Leah girls 381 332 -49
Hoover boys 406 362 -44
Aileen girls 345 302 -43
Marietta girls 473 430 -43
Harrison boys 387 345 -42
Jackson boys 414 372 -42
Lenora girls 303 262 -41
Francis girls 310 271 -39
Emogene girls 465 427 -38
Marceline girls 473 435 -38
Thurman boys 360 322 -38

Names that first appear in 1929

1929 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1929

For these names, 1929 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.