Popular Baby Names
Based on US Social Security Administration data
Top Names in 1929
Rising Stars
Names with the biggest jump in popularity from 1928
Top Boy Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 1 |
Robert
|
59,808 |
| 2 |
James
|
52,133 |
| 3 |
John
|
52,110 |
| 4 |
William
|
47,814 |
| 5 |
Charles
|
29,929 |
| 6 |
Richard
|
29,570 |
| 7 |
Donald
|
27,181 |
| 8 |
George
|
23,021 |
| 9 |
Joseph
|
21,165 |
| 10 |
Edward
|
17,220 |
| 11 |
Thomas
|
16,274 |
| 12 |
Frank
|
12,966 |
| 13 |
Paul
|
12,431 |
| 14 |
Jack
|
12,167 |
| 15 |
Raymond
|
11,909 |
| 16 |
Harold
|
11,677 |
| 17 |
David
|
11,301 |
| 18 |
Kenneth
|
10,841 |
| 19 |
Walter
|
9,850 |
| 20 |
Eugene
|
9,045 |
Top Girl Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 1 |
Mary
|
63,511 |
| 2 |
Betty
|
36,677 |
| 3 |
Dorothy
|
31,477 |
| 4 |
Helen
|
20,982 |
| 5 |
Margaret
|
19,211 |
| 6 |
Doris
|
16,498 |
| 7 |
Barbara
|
16,038 |
| 8 |
Ruth
|
16,022 |
| 9 |
Shirley
|
14,576 |
| 10 |
Patricia
|
13,624 |
| 11 |
Virginia
|
13,234 |
| 12 |
Jean
|
11,865 |
| 13 |
Joan
|
11,666 |
| 14 |
Dolores
|
11,506 |
| 15 |
Elizabeth
|
11,248 |
| 16 |
Frances
|
11,092 |
| 17 |
Lois
|
10,295 |
| 18 |
Mildred
|
10,255 |
| 19 |
Evelyn
|
9,886 |
| 20 |
Anna
|
9,750 |