Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1929
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1928.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1928 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 63,839 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 60,248 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 52,532 | +1 |
| 4 | John | 52,523 | -1 |
| 5 | William | 48,152 | 0 |
| 6 | Betty | 36,808 | 0 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 31,594 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles | 30,192 | 0 |
| 9 | Richard | 29,772 | 0 |
| 10 | Donald | 27,351 | 0 |
| 11 | George | 23,221 | 0 |
| 12 | Joseph | 21,324 | +1 |
| 13 | Helen | 21,060 | -1 |
| 14 | Margaret | 19,288 | 0 |
| 15 | Edward | 17,352 | 0 |
| 16 | Doris | 16,607 | +2 |
| 17 | Thomas | 16,393 | 0 |
| 18 | Barbara | 16,101 | +1 |
| 19 | Ruth | 16,091 | -3 |
| 20 | Shirley | 14,839 | +1 |
| 21 | Patricia | 13,667 | +6 |
| 22 | Virginia | 13,294 | -2 |
| 23 | Frank | 13,096 | -1 |
| 24 | Paul | 12,522 | -1 |
| 25 | Jack | 12,248 | 0 |
| 26 | Jean | 12,153 | 0 |
| 27 | Raymond | 11,985 | +2 |
| 28 | Harold | 11,775 | -4 |
| 29 | Joan | 11,721 | +24 |
| 30 | Dolores | 11,562 | +11 |
| 31 | David | 11,375 | +8 |
| 32 | Elizabeth | 11,309 | -2 |
| 33 | Frances | 11,188 | -5 |
| 34 | Kenneth | 10,930 | -2 |
| 35 | Lois | 10,372 | +1 |
| 36 | Mildred | 10,307 | -5 |
| 37 | Walter | 9,950 | -4 |
| 38 | Willie | 9,934 | -1 |
| 39 | Evelyn | 9,925 | -4 |
| 40 | Anna | 9,793 | -6 |
| 41 | Alice | 9,527 | -3 |
| 42 | Marie | 9,203 | +1 |
| 43 | Eugene | 9,114 | -3 |
| 44 | Joyce | 8,672 | +14 |
| 45 | Henry | 8,671 | -3 |
| 46 | Arthur | 8,560 | -2 |
| 47 | Billy | 8,475 | +10 |
| 48 | Albert | 8,141 | -3 |
| 49 | Phyllis | 8,017 | +3 |
| 50 | Norma | 7,932 | -2 |
| 51 | Herbert | 7,929 | 0 |
| 52 | Rose | 7,837 | -5 |
| 53 | Ralph | 7,773 | -4 |
| 54 | Martha | 7,678 | -8 |
| 55 | Gloria | 7,570 | -5 |
| 56 | Harry | 7,204 | 0 |
| 57 | Irene | 7,081 | -3 |
| 58 | Marjorie | 7,003 | -3 |
| 59 | Louise | 6,962 | 0 |
| 60 | Carl | 6,945 | +1 |
| 61 | Nancy | 6,896 | +24 |
| 62 | Joe | 6,814 | +2 |
| 63 | Marilyn | 6,763 | +13 |
| 64 | Catherine | 6,300 | -2 |
| 65 | Florence | 6,249 | -5 |
| 66 | Ruby | 6,217 | -1 |
| 67 | Marion | 6,084 | -4 |
| 68 | Howard | 6,056 | 0 |
| 69 | Louis | 6,047 | +1 |
| 70 | Gerald | 6,014 | +17 |
| 71 | Annie | 6,002 | -2 |
| 72 | Beverly | 5,976 | +14 |
| 73 | Fred | 5,910 | +1 |
| 74 | Eleanor | 5,885 | -7 |
| 75 | Roy | 5,879 | -3 |
| 76 | Earl | 5,803 | +1 |
| 77 | Clarence | 5,772 | -4 |
| 78 | Lillian | 5,755 | -12 |
| 79 | Francis | 5,743 | -4 |
| 80 | Thelma | 5,508 | -2 |
| 81 | Lorraine | 5,383 | -2 |
| 82 | Geraldine | 5,355 | +9 |
| 83 | Gladys | 5,350 | -3 |
| 84 | Lawrence | 5,335 | -2 |
| 85 | Josephine | 5,324 | -4 |
| 86 | Norman | 5,212 | -3 |
| 87 | Ann | 5,190 | +11 |
| 88 | June | 5,162 | -4 |
| 89 | Donna | 5,156 | +17 |
| 90 | Theresa | 5,085 | 0 |
| 91 | Pauline | 5,051 | -2 |
| 92 | Alfred | 4,965 | -21 |
| 93 | Edna | 4,952 | -5 |
| 94 | Leonard | 4,869 | -2 |
| 95 | Ernest | 4,792 | +1 |
| 96 | Rita | 4,784 | +4 |
| 97 | Anthony | 4,782 | +5 |
| 98 | Bernice | 4,641 | -4 |
| 99 | Billie | 4,621 | +17 |
| 100 | Grace | 4,599 | -5 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.