Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1929

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1928.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1928
1	Robert	59,807	0
2	James	52,135	+1
3	John	52,112	-1
4	William	47,815	0
5	Charles	29,930	0
6	Richard	29,572	0
7	Donald	27,181	0
8	George	23,020	0
9	Joseph	21,165	0
10	Edward	17,220	0
11	Thomas	16,272	0
12	Frank	12,966	0
13	Paul	12,431	0
14	Jack	12,167	+1
15	Raymond	11,909	+1
16	Harold	11,677	-2
17	David	11,302	+2
18	Kenneth	10,841	-1
19	Walter	9,850	-1
20	Eugene	9,046	0
21	Henry	8,571	0
22	Arthur	8,470	0
23	Billy	8,320	+4
24	Albert	8,078	-1
25	Herbert	7,881	0
26	Ralph	7,715	-2
27	Harry	7,144	-1
28	Carl	6,895	0
29	Willie	6,616	0
30	Joe	6,596	0
31	Howard	6,010	0
32	Louis	5,995	0
33	Gerald	5,965	+8
34	Fred	5,856	+2
35	Roy	5,812	-1
36	Earl	5,737	+1
37	Clarence	5,729	-2
38	Lawrence	5,305	0
39	Francis	5,270	+1
40	Norman	5,157	-1
41	Alfred	4,928	-8
42	Leonard	4,829	0
43	Ernest	4,753	0
44	Anthony	4,733	0
45	Ronald	4,479	+5
46	Marvin	4,389	0
47	Daniel	4,366	0
48	Stanley	4,265	-3
49	Melvin	4,100	-1
50	Bobby	3,925	+15
51	Leroy	3,819	0
52	Bernard	3,807	-3
53	Samuel	3,567	-1
54	Michael	3,464	-1
55	Peter	3,216	+1
56	Russell	3,183	-1
57	Ray	3,174	0
58	Floyd	3,079	-4
59	Andrew	3,076	+1
60	Leo	3,018	+1
61	Jerry	2,991	+17
62	Lloyd	2,949	-3
63	Bill	2,947	+1
64	Roger	2,928	+7
65	Theodore	2,903	+1
66	Edwin	2,897	-8
67	Frederick	2,813	0
68	Gene	2,810	-6
69	Wayne	2,741	0
70	Elmer	2,697	-7
71	Vernon	2,683	-1
72	Clifford	2,669	-4
73	Dale	2,664	+2
74	Clyde	2,628	0
75	Herman	2,622	+3
76	Philip	2,606	-3
77	Alvin	2,555	-5
78	Don	2,519	+6
79	Gordon	2,493	-2
80	Glenn	2,433	-4
81	Leon	2,336	0
82	Vincent	2,328	0
83	Martin	2,308	0
84	Lewis	2,228	+2
85	Lee	2,209	+2
86	Allen	2,189	+7
87	Charlie	2,185	-7
88	Lester	2,106	+1
89	Bob	2,103	+6
90	Harvey	2,064	0
91	Gilbert	2,056	+5
92	Warren	2,037	-7
93	Jesse	2,030	-2
94	Milton	2,029	-2
95	Arnold	1,979	+3
96	Chester	1,969	-8
97	Douglas	1,965	+5
98	Jimmie	1,952	+2
99	Curtis	1,946	+2
100	Victor	1,941	-1