Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	63,512
2	Betty	36,675
3	Dorothy	31,476
4	Helen	20,983
5	Margaret	19,212
6	Doris	16,498
7	Barbara	16,038
8	Ruth	16,021
9	Shirley	14,576
10	Patricia	13,624
11	Virginia	13,234
12	Jean	11,865
13	Joan	11,666
14	Dolores	11,508
15	Elizabeth	11,248
16	Frances	11,093
17	Lois	10,295
18	Mildred	10,255
19	Evelyn	9,886
20	Anna	9,751
21	Alice	9,480
22	Marie	9,158
23	Joyce	8,596
24	Phyllis	7,995
25	Norma	7,893
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	6,153
37	Annie	5,955
38	Eleanor	5,865
39	Beverly	5,862
40	Lillian	5,712
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	5,093
49	Theresa	5,068
50	Pauline	5,026
51	Edna	4,931
52	Rita	4,767
53	Marion	4,633
54	Grace	4,569
55	Bernice	4,551
56	Ethel	4,519
57	Lucille	4,502
58	Audrey	4,460
59	Edith	4,455
60	Juanita	4,412
61	Wanda	4,397
62	Jane	4,353
63	Carol	4,279
64	Hazel	4,164
65	Clara	4,148
66	Wilma	4,007
67	Elaine	3,852
68	Sarah	3,816
69	Emma	3,803
70	Peggy	3,780
71	Esther	3,587
72	Beatrice	3,574
73	Charlotte	3,537
74	Delores	3,517
75	Marian	3,447
76	Willie	3,318
77	Carolyn	3,272
78	Elsie	3,230
79	Billie	3,191
80	Rosemary	3,107
81	Vivian	3,101
82	Janet	3,050
83	Eva	3,019
84	Katherine	3,016
85	Maxine	2,994
86	Bonnie	2,974
87	Jacqueline	2,970
88	Julia	2,950
89	Kathleen	2,941
90	Laura	2,936
91	Anne	2,881
92	Jeanne	2,818
93	Bertha	2,800
94	Agnes	2,770
95	Gertrude	2,725
96	Ida	2,673
97	Ellen	2,567
98	Eileen	2,558
99	Vera	2,549
100	Maria	2,532

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	59,807
2	James	52,135
3	John	52,112
4	William	47,815
5	Charles	29,930
6	Richard	29,572
7	Donald	27,181
8	George	23,020
9	Joseph	21,165
10	Edward	17,220
11	Thomas	16,272
12	Frank	12,966
13	Paul	12,431
14	Jack	12,167
15	Raymond	11,909
16	Harold	11,677
17	David	11,302
18	Kenneth	10,841
19	Walter	9,850
20	Eugene	9,046
21	Henry	8,571
22	Arthur	8,470
23	Billy	8,320
24	Albert	8,078
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	5,965
34	Fred	5,856
35	Roy	5,812
36	Earl	5,737
37	Clarence	5,729
38	Lawrence	5,305
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	3,925
51	Leroy	3,819
52	Bernard	3,807
53	Samuel	3,567
54	Michael	3,464
55	Peter	3,216
56	Russell	3,183
57	Ray	3,174
58	Floyd	3,079
59	Andrew	3,076
60	Leo	3,018
61	Jerry	2,991
62	Lloyd	2,949
63	Bill	2,947
64	Roger	2,928
65	Theodore	2,903
66	Edwin	2,897
67	Frederick	2,813
68	Gene	2,810
69	Wayne	2,741
70	Elmer	2,697
71	Vernon	2,683
72	Clifford	2,669
73	Dale	2,664
74	Clyde	2,628
75	Herman	2,622
76	Philip	2,606
77	Alvin	2,555
78	Don	2,519
79	Gordon	2,493
80	Glenn	2,433
81	Leon	2,336
82	Vincent	2,328
83	Martin	2,308
84	Lewis	2,228
85	Lee	2,209
86	Allen	2,189
87	Charlie	2,185
88	Lester	2,106
89	Bob	2,103
90	Harvey	2,064
91	Gilbert	2,056
92	Warren	2,037
93	Jesse	2,030
94	Milton	2,029
95	Arnold	1,979
96	Chester	1,969
97	Douglas	1,965
98	Jimmie	1,952
99	Curtis	1,946
100	Victor	1,941