Top Names of 1928

The most popular names recorded in 1928 were Mary for girls and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary66,872
2Betty36,083
3Dorothy33,733
4Helen22,937
5Margaret20,295
6Ruth17,859
7Doris16,574
8Barbara14,872
9Virginia14,500
10Shirley14,215
11Patricia12,331
12Jean12,209
13Frances12,137
14Elizabeth11,767
15Mildred11,652
16Anna10,575
17Evelyn10,533
18Lois10,425
19Alice10,139
20Dolores9,614
21Marie9,286
22Martha8,252
23Norma8,165
24Rose8,161
25Gloria8,119
26Phyllis7,924
27Joan7,854
28Irene7,731
29Marjorie7,632
30Joyce7,244
31Louise7,053
32Florence6,970
33Catherine6,910
34Ruby6,692
35Lillian6,577
36Eleanor6,535
37Annie6,329
38Marilyn6,066
39Lorraine5,982
40Thelma5,978
41Gladys5,791
42Josephine5,671
43Nancy5,537
44June5,517
45Edna5,473
46Beverly5,437
47Marion5,420
48Pauline5,391
49Theresa5,331
50Geraldine5,156

Boys

#NameBabies
1Robert60,701
2John53,761
3James52,753
4William49,119
5Charles31,244
6Richard28,794
7Donald25,705
8George24,391
9Joseph22,319
10Edward18,492
11Thomas16,582
12Frank13,570
13Paul13,159
14Harold12,669
15Jack12,494
16Raymond11,947
17Kenneth11,167
18Walter10,651
19David9,992
20Eugene9,709
21Henry9,313
22Arthur8,880
23Albert8,812
24Ralph8,100
25Herbert8,065
26Harry7,604
27Billy7,310
28Carl6,946
29Willie6,817
30Joe6,682
31Howard6,496
32Louis6,297
33Alfred6,252
34Roy6,229
35Clarence6,068
36Fred6,036
37Earl5,966
38Lawrence5,596
39Norman5,590
40Francis5,516
41Gerald5,487
42Leonard5,130
43Ernest4,941
44Anthony4,718
45Stanley4,481
46Marvin4,452
47Daniel4,426
48Melvin4,249
49Bernard4,067
50Ronald3,969