Names by year · United States
The names of 1928
In 1928, the SSA recorded 2,260,931 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and Robert the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 17 | 66,871 | #125 |
| 2 | Betty1 in 32 | 36,083 | #1,113 |
| 3 | Dorothy1 in 34 | 33,733 | #421 |
| 4 | Helen1 in 50 | 22,937 | #462 |
| 5 | Margaret1 in 57 | 20,295 | #112 |
| 6 | Ruth1 in 65 | 17,859 | #173 |
| 7 | Doris1 in 70 | 16,575 | #2,909 |
| 8 | Barbara1 in 78 | 14,872 | #968 |
| 9 | Virginia1 in 80 | 14,500 | #526 |
| 10 | Shirley1 in 81 | 14,215 | #1,586 |
| 11 | Patricia1 in 94 | 12,331 | #1,336 |
| 12 | Jean1 in 94 | 12,209 | #2,130 |
| 13 | Frances1 in 95 | 12,137 | #318 |
| 14 | Elizabeth1 in 98 | 11,767 | #17 |
| 15 | Mildred1 in 99 | 11,653 | #1,973 |
| 16 | Anna1 in 109 | 10,575 | #107 |
| 17 | Evelyn1 in 109 | 10,533 | #8 |
| 18 | Lois1 in 111 | 10,425 | #1,670 |
| 19 | Alice1 in 114 | 10,139 | #65 |
| 20 | Dolores1 in 120 | 9,615 | #2,567 |
| 21 | Marie1 in 124 | 9,286 | #618 |
| 22 | Martha1 in 140 | 8,252 | #713 |
| 23 | Norma1 in 141 | 8,166 | #2,012 |
| 24 | Rose1 in 141 | 8,161 | #114 |
| 25 | Gloria1 in 142 | 8,119 | #655 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert1 in 18 | 60,701 | #92 |
| 2 | John1 in 21 | 53,760 | #23 |
| 3 | James1 in 21 | 52,752 | #6 |
| 4 | William1 in 23 | 49,118 | #9 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 35 | 31,243 | #48 |
| 6 | Richard1 in 38 | 28,793 | #234 |
| 7 | Donald1 in 43 | 25,704 | #690 |
| 8 | George1 in 45 | 24,391 | #126 |
| 9 | Joseph1 in 50 | 22,322 | #29 |
| 10 | Edward1 in 60 | 18,492 | #224 |
| 11 | Thomas1 in 67 | 16,582 | #34 |
| 12 | Frank1 in 82 | 13,570 | #514 |
| 13 | Paul1 in 84 | 13,160 | #262 |
| 14 | Harold1 in 87 | 12,670 | #993 |
| 15 | Jack1 in 89 | 12,494 | #15 |
| 16 | Raymond1 in 93 | 11,946 | #395 |
| 17 | Kenneth1 in 99 | 11,167 | #294 |
| 18 | Walter1 in 104 | 10,651 | #252 |
| 19 | David1 in 111 | 9,990 | #35 |
| 20 | Eugene1 in 114 | 9,708 | #943 |
| 21 | Henry1 in 119 | 9,313 | #5 |
| 22 | Arthur1 in 125 | 8,880 | #87 |
| 23 | Albert1 in 126 | 8,812 | #614 |
| 24 | Ralph1 in 137 | 8,100 | #1,048 |
| 25 | Herbert1 in 137 | 8,065 | #2,656 |
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