Popular Baby Names
Based on US Social Security Administration data
Top Names in 1928
Rising Stars
Names with the biggest jump in popularity from 1927
Top Boy Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 1 |
Robert
|
60,701 |
| 2 |
John
|
53,761 |
| 3 |
James
|
52,753 |
| 4 |
William
|
49,119 |
| 5 |
Charles
|
31,244 |
| 6 |
Richard
|
28,794 |
| 7 |
Donald
|
25,705 |
| 8 |
George
|
24,391 |
| 9 |
Joseph
|
22,319 |
| 10 |
Edward
|
18,492 |
| 11 |
Thomas
|
16,582 |
| 12 |
Frank
|
13,570 |
| 13 |
Paul
|
13,159 |
| 14 |
Harold
|
12,669 |
| 15 |
Jack
|
12,494 |
| 16 |
Raymond
|
11,947 |
| 17 |
Kenneth
|
11,167 |
| 18 |
Walter
|
10,651 |
| 19 |
David
|
9,992 |
| 20 |
Eugene
|
9,709 |
Top Girl Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 1 |
Mary
|
66,872 |
| 2 |
Betty
|
36,083 |
| 3 |
Dorothy
|
33,733 |
| 4 |
Helen
|
22,937 |
| 5 |
Margaret
|
20,295 |
| 6 |
Ruth
|
17,859 |
| 7 |
Doris
|
16,574 |
| 8 |
Barbara
|
14,872 |
| 9 |
Virginia
|
14,500 |
| 10 |
Shirley
|
14,215 |
| 11 |
Patricia
|
12,331 |
| 12 |
Jean
|
12,209 |
| 13 |
Frances
|
12,137 |
| 14 |
Elizabeth
|
11,767 |
| 15 |
Mildred
|
11,652 |
| 16 |
Anna
|
10,575 |
| 17 |
Evelyn
|
10,533 |
| 18 |
Lois
|
10,425 |
| 19 |
Alice
|
10,139 |
| 20 |
Dolores
|
9,614 |