Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1928
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1927.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1927 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 67,165 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 61,135 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 54,184 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 53,179 | 0 |
| 5 | William | 49,466 | 0 |
| 6 | Betty | 36,202 | +1 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 33,855 | -1 |
| 8 | Charles | 31,514 | 0 |
| 9 | Richard | 28,994 | 0 |
| 10 | Donald | 25,874 | +2 |
| 11 | George | 24,621 | -1 |
| 12 | Helen | 23,025 | -1 |
| 13 | Joseph | 22,504 | 0 |
| 14 | Margaret | 20,382 | 0 |
| 15 | Edward | 18,630 | +1 |
| 16 | Ruth | 17,927 | -1 |
| 17 | Thomas | 16,725 | 0 |
| 18 | Doris | 16,679 | 0 |
| 19 | Barbara | 14,916 | +5 |
| 20 | Virginia | 14,555 | -1 |
| 21 | Shirley | 14,464 | +1 |
| 22 | Frank | 13,676 | -2 |
| 23 | Paul | 13,283 | -2 |
| 24 | Harold | 12,761 | -1 |
| 25 | Jack | 12,590 | +3 |
| 26 | Jean | 12,536 | +3 |
| 27 | Patricia | 12,363 | +10 |
| 28 | Frances | 12,277 | -3 |
| 29 | Raymond | 12,050 | -2 |
| 30 | Elizabeth | 11,811 | 0 |
| 31 | Mildred | 11,705 | -5 |
| 32 | Kenneth | 11,244 | +2 |
| 33 | Walter | 10,740 | -1 |
| 34 | Anna | 10,626 | -1 |
| 35 | Evelyn | 10,574 | -4 |
| 36 | Lois | 10,501 | +2 |
| 37 | Willie | 10,261 | -2 |
| 38 | Alice | 10,176 | -2 |
| 39 | David | 10,058 | +3 |
| 40 | Eugene | 9,783 | +1 |
| 41 | Dolores | 9,663 | +21 |
| 42 | Henry | 9,394 | -2 |
| 43 | Marie | 9,326 | -4 |
| 44 | Arthur | 8,974 | -1 |
| 45 | Albert | 8,876 | -1 |
| 46 | Martha | 8,289 | +3 |
| 47 | Rose | 8,203 | 0 |
| 48 | Norma | 8,197 | +4 |
| 49 | Ralph | 8,156 | -1 |
| 50 | Gloria | 8,155 | -4 |
| 51 | Herbert | 8,113 | +46 |
| 52 | Phyllis | 7,948 | +3 |
| 53 | Joan | 7,890 | +25 |
| 54 | Irene | 7,774 | -9 |
| 55 | Marjorie | 7,670 | -5 |
| 56 | Harry | 7,664 | -5 |
| 57 | Billy | 7,469 | +11 |
| 58 | Joyce | 7,311 | +7 |
| 59 | Louise | 7,111 | -6 |
| 60 | Florence | 7,009 | -6 |
| 61 | Carl | 7,007 | -4 |
| 62 | Catherine | 6,951 | -4 |
| 63 | Marion | 6,935 | 0 |
| 64 | Joe | 6,894 | 0 |
| 65 | Ruby | 6,746 | -9 |
| 66 | Lillian | 6,623 | -7 |
| 67 | Eleanor | 6,564 | -7 |
| 68 | Howard | 6,552 | -7 |
| 69 | Annie | 6,384 | -2 |
| 70 | Louis | 6,362 | -4 |
| 71 | Alfred | 6,291 | +33 |
| 72 | Roy | 6,278 | -1 |
| 73 | Clarence | 6,116 | -4 |
| 74 | Fred | 6,100 | -1 |
| 75 | Francis | 6,087 | 0 |
| 76 | Marilyn | 6,086 | +8 |
| 77 | Earl | 6,037 | -7 |
| 78 | Thelma | 6,011 | -4 |
| 79 | Lorraine | 6,005 | +2 |
| 80 | Gladys | 5,823 | -9 |
| 81 | Josephine | 5,701 | -5 |
| 82 | Lawrence | 5,640 | +1 |
| 83 | Norman | 5,637 | +3 |
| 84 | June | 5,595 | -4 |
| 85 | Nancy | 5,559 | +14 |
| 86 | Beverly | 5,551 | +12 |
| 87 | Gerald | 5,527 | -2 |
| 88 | Edna | 5,499 | -11 |
| 89 | Pauline | 5,426 | -10 |
| 90 | Theresa | 5,347 | +3 |
| 91 | Geraldine | 5,175 | +9 |
| 92 | Leonard | 5,173 | -2 |
| 93 | Lucille | 5,115 | -11 |
| 94 | Bernice | 5,038 | -5 |
| 95 | Grace | 5,012 | -4 |
| 96 | Ernest | 4,987 | -4 |
| 97 | Ethel | 4,976 | -10 |
| 98 | Ann | 4,956 | +5 |
| 99 | Edith | 4,861 | -11 |
| 100 | Rita | 4,832 | -5 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.