Names by year · United States
The names of 1929
In 1929, the SSA recorded 2,192,176 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 18 | 63,512 | #125 |
| 2 | Betty1 in 30 | 36,675 | #1,113 |
| 3 | Dorothy1 in 35 | 31,476 | #421 |
| 4 | Helen1 in 53 | 20,983 | #462 |
| 5 | Margaret1 in 58 | 19,212 | #112 |
| 6 | Doris1 in 68 | 16,498 | #2,909 |
| 7 | Barbara1 in 70 | 16,038 | #968 |
| 8 | Ruth1 in 70 | 16,021 | #173 |
| 9 | Shirley1 in 77 | 14,576 | #1,586 |
| 10 | Patricia1 in 82 | 13,624 | #1,336 |
| 11 | Virginia1 in 84 | 13,234 | #526 |
| 12 | Jean1 in 94 | 11,865 | #2,130 |
| 13 | Joan1 in 96 | 11,666 | #1,087 |
| 14 | Dolores1 in 97 | 11,508 | #2,567 |
| 15 | Elizabeth1 in 99 | 11,248 | #17 |
| 16 | Frances1 in 101 | 11,093 | #318 |
| 17 | Lois1 in 108 | 10,295 | #1,670 |
| 18 | Mildred1 in 109 | 10,255 | #1,973 |
| 19 | Evelyn1 in 113 | 9,886 | #8 |
| 20 | Anna1 in 115 | 9,751 | #107 |
| 21 | Alice1 in 118 | 9,480 | #65 |
| 22 | Marie1 in 122 | 9,158 | #618 |
| 23 | Joyce1 in 130 | 8,596 | #1,074 |
| 24 | Phyllis1 in 140 | 7,995 | #12,873 |
| 25 | Norma1 in 141 | 7,893 | #2,012 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert1 in 18 | 59,807 | #92 |
| 2 | James1 in 21 | 52,135 | #6 |
| 3 | John1 in 21 | 52,112 | #23 |
| 4 | William1 in 22 | 47,815 | #9 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 36 | 29,930 | #48 |
| 6 | Richard1 in 36 | 29,572 | #234 |
| 7 | Donald1 in 40 | 27,181 | #690 |
| 8 | George1 in 47 | 23,020 | #126 |
| 9 | Joseph1 in 51 | 21,165 | #29 |
| 10 | Edward1 in 62 | 17,220 | #224 |
| 11 | Thomas1 in 66 | 16,272 | #34 |
| 12 | Frank1 in 83 | 12,966 | #514 |
| 13 | Paul1 in 87 | 12,431 | #262 |
| 14 | Jack1 in 88 | 12,167 | #15 |
| 15 | Raymond1 in 90 | 11,909 | #395 |
| 16 | Harold1 in 92 | 11,677 | #993 |
| 17 | David1 in 95 | 11,302 | #35 |
| 18 | Kenneth1 in 99 | 10,841 | #294 |
| 19 | Walter1 in 109 | 9,850 | #252 |
| 20 | Eugene1 in 119 | 9,046 | #943 |
| 21 | Henry1 in 125 | 8,571 | #5 |
| 22 | Arthur1 in 127 | 8,470 | #87 |
| 23 | Billy1 in 129 | 8,320 | #1,068 |
| 24 | Albert1 in 133 | 8,078 | #614 |
| 25 | Herbert1 in 136 | 7,881 | #2,656 |
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