Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	66,871
2	Betty	36,083
3	Dorothy	33,733
4	Helen	22,937
5	Margaret	20,295
6	Ruth	17,859
7	Doris	16,575
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	11,653
16	Anna	10,575
17	Evelyn	10,533
18	Lois	10,425
19	Alice	10,139
20	Dolores	9,615
21	Marie	9,286
22	Martha	8,252
23	Norma	8,166
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	5,330
50	Geraldine	5,156
51	Lucille	5,094
52	Grace	4,989
53	Bernice	4,943
54	Ann	4,932
55	Ethel	4,928
56	Edith	4,846
57	Rita	4,810
58	Juanita	4,734
59	Hazel	4,649
60	Audrey	4,630
61	Donna	4,470
62	Jane	4,411
63	Wanda	4,318
64	Sarah	4,244
65	Clara	4,106
66	Esther	4,096
67	Emma	4,017
68	Elaine	4,004
69	Wilma	3,937
70	Beatrice	3,922
71	Marian	3,886
72	Charlotte	3,475
73	Elsie	3,470
74	Willie	3,444
75	Katherine	3,398
76	Peggy	3,382
77	Carol	3,349
78	Vivian	3,310
79	Eva	3,212
80	Julia	3,206
81	Bertha	3,161
82	Kathleen	3,151
83	Laura	3,146
84	Maxine	3,124
85	Agnes	3,023
86	Gertrude	3,011
87	Ida	2,994
88	Rosemary	2,972
89	Bonnie	2,923
90	Jeanne	2,879
91	Carolyn	2,847
92	Vera	2,841
93	Anne	2,824
94	Delores	2,810
95	Janet	2,782
96	Billie	2,777
97	Jacqueline	2,739
98	Ellen	2,682
99	Kathryn	2,681
100	Ella	2,670

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	60,701
2	John	53,760
3	James	52,752
4	William	49,118
5	Charles	31,243
6	Richard	28,793
7	Donald	25,704
8	George	24,391
9	Joseph	22,322
10	Edward	18,492
11	Thomas	16,582
12	Frank	13,570
13	Paul	13,160
14	Harold	12,670
15	Jack	12,494
16	Raymond	11,946
17	Kenneth	11,167
18	Walter	10,651
19	David	9,990
20	Eugene	9,708
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	6,299
33	Alfred	6,252
34	Roy	6,229
35	Clarence	6,068
36	Fred	6,036
37	Earl	5,966
38	Lawrence	5,597
39	Norman	5,590
40	Francis	5,516
41	Gerald	5,487
42	Leonard	5,131
43	Ernest	4,941
44	Anthony	4,719
45	Stanley	4,481
46	Marvin	4,452
47	Daniel	4,426
48	Melvin	4,249
49	Bernard	4,067
50	Ronald	3,969
51	Leroy	3,872
52	Samuel	3,844
53	Michael	3,598
54	Floyd	3,338
55	Russell	3,325
56	Peter	3,299
57	Ray	3,248
58	Edwin	3,166
59	Lloyd	3,158
60	Andrew	3,142
61	Leo	3,095
62	Gene	3,088
63	Elmer	2,977
64	Bill	2,976
65	Bobby	2,972
66	Theodore	2,916
67	Frederick	2,882
68	Clifford	2,862
69	Wayne	2,855
70	Vernon	2,852
71	Roger	2,774
72	Alvin	2,750
73	Philip	2,726
74	Clyde	2,713
75	Dale	2,640
76	Glenn	2,603
77	Gordon	2,596
78	Herman	2,588
78	Jerry	2,588
80	Charlie	2,463
81	Leon	2,460
82	Vincent	2,440
83	Martin	2,428
84	Don	2,382
85	Warren	2,361
86	Lewis	2,339
87	Lee	2,282
88	Chester	2,243
89	Lester	2,229
90	Harvey	2,186
91	Jesse	2,171
92	Milton	2,170
93	Allen	2,137
94	Calvin	2,128
95	Bob	2,093
96	Gilbert	2,048
97	Cecil	2,005
98	Arnold	1,974
99	Victor	1,946
100	Jimmie	1,924