Top Baby Names of 1928
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 21
Marie 9,286 22
Martha 8,252 23
Norma 8,165 24
Rose 8,161 25
Gloria 8,119 26
Phyllis 7,924 27
Joan 7,854 28
Irene 7,731 29
Marjorie 7,632 30
Joyce 7,244 31
Louise 7,053 32
Florence 6,970 33
Catherine 6,910 34
Ruby 6,692 35
Lillian 6,577 36
Eleanor 6,535 37
Annie 6,329 38
Marilyn 6,066 39
Lorraine 5,982 40
Thelma 5,978 41
Gladys 5,791 42
Josephine 5,671 43
Nancy 5,537 44
June 5,517 45
Edna 5,473 46
Beverly 5,437 47
Marion 5,420 48
Pauline 5,391 49
Theresa 5,331 50
Geraldine 5,156 👦
Boy Names
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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 21
Henry 9,313 22
Arthur 8,880 23
Albert 8,812 24
Ralph 8,100 25
Herbert 8,065 26
Harry 7,604 27
Billy 7,310 28
Carl 6,946 29
Willie 6,817 30
Joe 6,682 31
Howard 6,496 32
Louis 6,297 33
Alfred 6,252 34
Roy 6,229 35
Clarence 6,068 36
Fred 6,036 37
Earl 5,966 38
Lawrence 5,596 39
Norman 5,590 40
Francis 5,516 41
Gerald 5,487 42
Leonard 5,130 43
Ernest 4,941 44
Anthony 4,718 45
Stanley 4,481 46
Marvin 4,452 47
Daniel 4,426 48
Melvin 4,249 49
Bernard 4,067 50
Ronald 3,969 About 1928 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1928, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.