Top Baby Names of 1929
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 About 1929 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1929, 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.