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Baby Names from 1928

2,260,938 registered births | 1,107,621 boys | 1,153,317 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1928

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Robert
60,701 births
2 John
53,761 births
3 James
52,753 births
4 William
49,119 births
5 Charles
31,244 births
6 Richard
28,794 births
7 Donald
25,705 births
8 George
24,391 births
9 Joseph
22,319 births
10 Edward
18,492 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
66,872 births
2 Betty
36,083 births
3 Dorothy
33,733 births
4 Helen
22,937 births
5 Margaret
20,295 births
6 Ruth
17,859 births
7 Doris
16,574 births
8 Barbara
14,872 births
9 Virginia
14,500 births
10 Shirley
14,215 births

Top Unisex Names of 1928

Willie
6,817 boys 3,443 girls
Marion
1,515 boys 5,420 girls
Francis
5,516 boys 571 girls
Billie
1,317 boys 2,777 girls
Jessie
1,418 boys 2,423 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1928

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Ramona
#277 → #117 (+160)

New to the Top 200 in 1928

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Ramona #117 Jo #179 Neil #198 Ramon #200
1927 All Years 1929