Top Names of 1929
The most popular names recorded in 1929 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | 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 |
| 21 | Alice | 9,480 |
| 22 | Marie | 9,158 |
| 23 | Joyce | 8,596 |
| 24 | Phyllis | 7,995 |
| 25 | Norma | 7,894 |
| 26 | Rose | 7,785 |
| 27 | Martha | 7,639 |
| 28 | Gloria | 7,539 |
| 29 | Irene | 7,039 |
| 30 | Marjorie | 6,987 |
| 31 | Louise | 6,903 |
| 32 | Nancy | 6,872 |
| 33 | Marilyn | 6,731 |
| 34 | Catherine | 6,277 |
| 35 | Florence | 6,212 |
| 36 | Ruby | 6,152 |
| 37 | Annie | 5,955 |
| 38 | Eleanor | 5,865 |
| 39 | Beverly | 5,862 |
| 40 | Lillian | 5,711 |
| 41 | Thelma | 5,476 |
| 42 | Lorraine | 5,352 |
| 43 | Geraldine | 5,334 |
| 44 | Gladys | 5,327 |
| 45 | Josephine | 5,298 |
| 46 | Ann | 5,172 |
| 47 | Donna | 5,139 |
| 48 | June | 5,094 |
| 49 | Theresa | 5,068 |
| 50 | Pauline | 5,026 |
Boys
| # | 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 |
| 21 | Henry | 8,571 |
| 22 | Arthur | 8,470 |
| 23 | Billy | 8,320 |
| 24 | Albert | 8,079 |
| 25 | Herbert | 7,881 |
| 26 | Ralph | 7,715 |
| 27 | Harry | 7,144 |
| 28 | Carl | 6,895 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,616 |
| 30 | Joe | 6,596 |
| 31 | Howard | 6,010 |
| 32 | Louis | 5,995 |
| 33 | Gerald | 5,966 |
| 34 | Fred | 5,857 |
| 35 | Roy | 5,812 |
| 36 | Earl | 5,737 |
| 37 | Clarence | 5,729 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 5,306 |
| 39 | Francis | 5,270 |
| 40 | Norman | 5,157 |
| 41 | Alfred | 4,928 |
| 42 | Leonard | 4,829 |
| 43 | Ernest | 4,753 |
| 44 | Anthony | 4,733 |
| 45 | Ronald | 4,479 |
| 46 | Marvin | 4,389 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,366 |
| 48 | Stanley | 4,265 |
| 49 | Melvin | 4,100 |
| 50 | Bobby | 3,924 |