United States · 2,260,931 recorded births
Top baby names of 1928
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Joanne (up 39), Delores (up 34), Bobby (up 26), Larry (up 26).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1927 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 66,871 | · |
| 2 | Betty | 36,083 | ▲ 1 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 33,733 | ▼ 1 |
| 4 | Helen | 22,937 | · |
| 5 | Margaret | 20,295 | · |
| 6 | Ruth | 17,859 | · |
| 7 | Doris | 16,575 | · |
| 8 | Barbara | 14,872 | ▲ 2 |
| 9 | Virginia | 14,500 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Shirley | 14,215 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Patricia | 12,331 | ▲ 7 |
| 12 | Jean | 12,209 | ▲ 2 |
| 13 | Frances | 12,137 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 11,767 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Mildred | 11,653 | ▼ 4 |
| 16 | Anna | 10,575 | · |
| 17 | Evelyn | 10,533 | ▼ 2 |
| 18 | Lois | 10,425 | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | Alice | 10,139 | ▼ 2 |
| 20 | Dolores | 9,615 | ▲ 14 |
| 21 | Marie | 9,286 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Martha | 8,252 | ▲ 2 |
| 23 | Norma | 8,166 | ▲ 3 |
| 24 | Rose | 8,161 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Gloria | 8,119 | ▼ 3 |
| 26 | Phyllis | 7,924 | ▲ 3 |
| 27 | Joan | 7,854 | ▲ 14 |
| 28 | Irene | 7,731 | ▼ 7 |
| 29 | Marjorie | 7,632 | ▼ 4 |
| 30 | Joyce | 7,244 | ▲ 5 |
| 31 | Louise | 7,053 | ▼ 4 |
| 32 | Florence | 6,970 | ▼ 4 |
| 33 | Catherine | 6,910 | ▼ 2 |
| 34 | Ruby | 6,692 | ▼ 4 |
| 35 | Lillian | 6,577 | ▼ 3 |
| 36 | Eleanor | 6,535 | ▼ 3 |
| 37 | Annie | 6,329 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Marilyn | 6,066 | ▲ 8 |
| 39 | Lorraine | 5,982 | ▲ 5 |
| 40 | Thelma | 5,978 | ▼ 2 |
| 41 | Gladys | 5,791 | ▼ 4 |
| 42 | Josephine | 5,671 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Nancy | 5,537 | ▲ 13 |
| 44 | June | 5,517 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Edna | 5,473 | ▼ 5 |
| 46 | Beverly | 5,437 | ▲ 11 |
| 47 | Marion | 5,420 | ▲ 4 |
| 48 | Pauline | 5,391 | ▼ 6 |
| 49 | Theresa | 5,330 | ▲ 3 |
| 50 | Geraldine | 5,156 | ▲ 8 |
| 51 | Lucille | 5,094 | ▼ 6 |
| 52 | Grace | 4,989 | ▼ 2 |
| 53 | Bernice | 4,943 | ▼ 4 |
| 54 | Ann | 4,932 | ▲ 5 |
| 55 | Ethel | 4,928 | ▼ 8 |
| 56 | Edith | 4,846 | ▼ 8 |
| 57 | Rita | 4,810 | ▼ 3 |
| 58 | Juanita | 4,734 | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | Hazel | 4,649 | ▼ 6 |
| 60 | Audrey | 4,630 | ▲ 2 |
| 61 | Donna | 4,470 | ▲ 9 |
| 62 | Jane | 4,411 | ▼ 2 |
| 63 | Wanda | 4,318 | ▲ 3 |
| 64 | Sarah | 4,244 | ▼ 3 |
| 65 | Clara | 4,106 | ▼ 2 |
| 66 | Esther | 4,096 | ▼ 1 |
| 67 | Emma | 4,017 | ▼ 3 |
| 68 | Elaine | 4,004 | ▲ 1 |
| 69 | Wilma | 3,937 | ▼ 1 |
| 70 | Beatrice | 3,922 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Marian | 3,886 | ▲ 3 |
| 72 | Charlotte | 3,475 | ▲ 3 |
| 73 | Elsie | 3,470 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Willie | 3,444 | ▼ 3 |
| 75 | Katherine | 3,398 | ▼ 2 |
| 76 | Peggy | 3,382 | ▲ 20 |
| 77 | Carol | 3,349 | ▲ 29 |
| 78 | Vivian | 3,310 | ▼ 1 |
| 79 | Eva | 3,212 | · |
| 80 | Julia | 3,206 | ▼ 4 |
| 81 | Bertha | 3,161 | ▼ 1 |
| 82 | Kathleen | 3,151 | ▲ 1 |
| 83 | Laura | 3,146 | ▼ 1 |
| 84 | Maxine | 3,124 | ▲ 3 |
| 85 | Agnes | 3,023 | ▼ 4 |
| 86 | Gertrude | 3,011 | ▼ 8 |
| 87 | Ida | 2,994 | ▼ 3 |
| 88 | Rosemary | 2,972 | ▼ 2 |
| 89 | Bonnie | 2,923 | ▲ 11 |
| 90 | Jeanne | 2,879 | ▼ 5 |
| 91 | Carolyn | 2,847 | ▲ 8 |
| 92 | Vera | 2,841 | ▼ 3 |
| 93 | Anne | 2,824 | ▼ 1 |
| 94 | Delores | 2,810 | ▲ 34 |
| 95 | Janet | 2,782 | ▲ 16 |
| 96 | Billie | 2,777 | ▲ 13 |
| 97 | Jacqueline | 2,739 | ▲ 18 |
| 98 | Ellen | 2,682 | ▼ 5 |
| 99 | Kathryn | 2,681 | ▼ 9 |
| 100 | Ella | 2,670 | ▼ 2 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1927 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | George | 24,391 | ▼ 1 |
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 16 | Raymond | 11,946 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 11,167 | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Walter | 10,651 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | David | 9,990 | ▲ 2 |
| 20 | Eugene | 9,708 | · |
| 21 | Henry | 9,313 | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | Arthur | 8,880 | · |
| 23 | Albert | 8,812 | · |
| 24 | Ralph | 8,100 | · |
| 25 | Herbert | 8,065 | ▲ 17 |
| 26 | Harry | 7,604 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Billy | 7,310 | ▲ 4 |
| 28 | Carl | 6,946 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | Willie | 6,817 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Joe | 6,682 | · |
| 31 | Howard | 6,496 | ▼ 3 |
| 32 | Louis | 6,299 | ▼ 3 |
| 33 | Alfred | 6,252 | ▲ 12 |
| 34 | Roy | 6,229 | · |
| 35 | Clarence | 6,068 | ▼ 3 |
| 36 | Fred | 6,036 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Earl | 5,966 | ▼ 4 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 5,597 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Norman | 5,590 | · |
| 40 | Francis | 5,516 | ▼ 4 |
| 41 | Gerald | 5,487 | ▼ 3 |
| 42 | Leonard | 5,131 | ▼ 2 |
| 43 | Ernest | 4,941 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Anthony | 4,719 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Stanley | 4,481 | ▼ 1 |
| 46 | Marvin | 4,452 | ▲ 1 |
| 47 | Daniel | 4,426 | ▼ 1 |
| 48 | Melvin | 4,249 | · |
| 49 | Bernard | 4,067 | ▲ 1 |
| 50 | Ronald | 3,969 | ▲ 13 |
| 51 | Leroy | 3,872 | · |
| 52 | Samuel | 3,844 | ▼ 3 |
| 53 | Michael | 3,598 | ▼ 1 |
| 54 | Floyd | 3,338 | ▼ 1 |
| 55 | Russell | 3,325 | ▼ 1 |
| 56 | Peter | 3,299 | ▲ 3 |
| 57 | Ray | 3,248 | ▲ 3 |
| 58 | Edwin | 3,166 | ▼ 1 |
| 59 | Lloyd | 3,158 | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | Andrew | 3,142 | ▼ 4 |
| 61 | Leo | 3,095 | ▼ 6 |
| 62 | Gene | 3,088 | ▲ 10 |
| 63 | Elmer | 2,977 | ▼ 2 |
| 64 | Bill | 2,976 | ▲ 5 |
| 65 | Bobby | 2,972 | ▲ 26 |
| 66 | Theodore | 2,916 | ▼ 4 |
| 67 | Frederick | 2,882 | ▼ 3 |
| 68 | Clifford | 2,862 | ▼ 3 |
| 69 | Wayne | 2,855 | ▼ 2 |
| 70 | Vernon | 2,852 | ▲ 1 |
| 71 | Roger | 2,774 | ▲ 13 |
| 72 | Alvin | 2,750 | ▼ 6 |
| 73 | Philip | 2,726 | ▲ 2 |
| 74 | Clyde | 2,713 | ▼ 6 |
| 75 | Dale | 2,640 | ▲ 6 |
| 76 | Glenn | 2,603 | · |
| 77 | Gordon | 2,596 | ▼ 3 |
| 78 | Herman | 2,588 | ▼ 8 |
| 79 | Jerry | 2,588 | ▲ 14 |
| 80 | Charlie | 2,463 | · |
| 81 | Leon | 2,460 | ▼ 3 |
| 82 | Vincent | 2,440 | ▼ 5 |
| 83 | Martin | 2,428 | ▲ 4 |
| 84 | Don | 2,382 | ▲ 6 |
| 85 | Warren | 2,361 | ▼ 6 |
| 86 | Lewis | 2,339 | ▼ 4 |
| 87 | Lee | 2,282 | ▼ 1 |
| 88 | Chester | 2,243 | ▼ 3 |
| 89 | Lester | 2,229 | ▼ 6 |
| 90 | Harvey | 2,186 | ▲ 4 |
| 91 | Jesse | 2,171 | ▼ 2 |
| 92 | Milton | 2,170 | ▼ 4 |
| 93 | Allen | 2,137 | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Calvin | 2,128 | ▼ 21 |
| 95 | Bob | 2,093 | ▲ 5 |
| 96 | Gilbert | 2,048 | ▲ 3 |
| 97 | Cecil | 2,005 | ▼ 5 |
| 98 | Arnold | 1,974 | ▼ 1 |
| 99 | Victor | 1,946 | ▼ 1 |
| 100 | Jimmie | 1,924 | ▲ 8 |