Birth year roster

Top names in 1928

The 100 most common names on 1928 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1928 baby-name charts, the top names among Silent Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); Robert was the #1 boys’ name for 17 years in all (between 1924 and 1953). Of the 200 names below, 132 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1920s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered66,871
#2Betty Endangered36,083
#3Dorothy Endangered33,733
#4Helen Endangered22,937
#5Margaret Endangered20,295
#6Ruth Endangered17,859
#7Doris Endangered16,575
#8Barbara Endangered14,872
#9Virginia Endangered14,500
#10Shirley Endangered14,215
#11Patricia Endangered12,331
#12Jean Endangered12,209
#13Frances Endangered12,137
#14Elizabeth Stable11,767
#15Mildred Endangered11,653
#16Anna Declining10,575
#17Evelyn Stable10,533
#18Lois Endangered10,425
#19Alice Stable10,139
#20Dolores Endangered9,615
#21Marie Endangered9,286
#22Martha Endangered8,252
#23Norma Endangered8,166
#24Rose Stable8,161
#25Gloria Endangered8,119
#26Phyllis Endangered7,924
#27Joan Endangered7,854
#28Irene Endangered7,731
#29Marjorie Endangered7,632
#30Joyce Endangered7,244
#31Louise Endangered7,053
#32Florence Endangered6,970
#33Catherine Endangered6,910
#34Ruby Stable6,692
#35Lillian Declining6,577
#36Eleanor Rising6,535
#37Annie Rising6,329
#38Marilyn Endangered6,066
#39Lorraine Endangered5,982
#40Thelma Endangered5,978
#41Gladys Endangered5,791
#42Josephine Rising5,671
#43Nancy Endangered5,537
#44June Rising5,517
#45Edna Endangered5,473
#46Beverly Endangered5,437
#47Marion Endangered5,420
#48Pauline Endangered5,391
#49Theresa Endangered5,330
#50Geraldine Endangered5,156
#51Lucille Stable5,094
#52Grace Declining4,989
#53Bernice Endangered4,943
#54Ann Endangered4,932
#55Ethel Endangered4,928
#56Edith Endangered4,846
#57Rita Endangered4,810
#58Juanita Endangered4,734
#59Hazel Rising4,649
#60Audrey Declining4,630
#61Donna Endangered4,470
#62Jane Stable4,411
#63Wanda Endangered4,318
#64Sarah Endangered4,244
#65Clara Stable4,106
#66Esther Stable4,096
#67Emma Declining4,017
#68Elaine Rising4,004
#69Wilma Endangered3,937
#70Beatrice Endangered3,922
#71Marian Endangered3,886
#72Charlotte Stable3,475
#73Elsie Rising3,470
#74Willie Endangered3,444
#75Katherine Declining3,398
#76Peggy Endangered3,382
#77Carol Endangered3,349
#78Vivian Stable3,310
#79Eva Declining3,212
#80Julia Stable3,206
#81Bertha Endangered3,161
#82Kathleen Endangered3,151
#83Laura Endangered3,146
#84Maxine Rising3,124
#85Agnes Endangered3,023
#86Gertrude Endangered3,011
#87Ida Endangered2,994
#88Rosemary Rising2,972
#89Bonnie Endangered2,923
#90Jeanne Endangered2,879
#91Carolyn Endangered2,847
#92Vera Stable2,841
#93Anne Endangered2,824
#94Delores Endangered2,810
#95Janet Endangered2,782
#96Billie Rising2,777
#97Jacqueline Endangered2,739
#98Ellen Endangered2,682
#99Kathryn Endangered2,681
#100Ella Declining2,670

Boys

#1Robert Endangered60,701
#2John Past peak53,760
#3James Stable52,752
#4William Declining49,118
#5Charles Stable31,243
#6Richard Endangered28,793
#7Donald Endangered25,704
#8George Stable24,391
#9Joseph Declining22,322
#10Edward Endangered18,492
#11Thomas Stable16,582
#12Frank Endangered13,570
#13Paul Endangered13,160
#14Harold Endangered12,670
#15Jack Stable12,494
#16Raymond Endangered11,946
#17Kenneth Endangered11,167
#18Walter Stable10,651
#19David Past peak9,990
#20Eugene Endangered9,708
#21Henry Stable9,313
#22Arthur Rising8,880
#23Albert Endangered8,812
#24Ralph Endangered8,100
#25Herbert Endangered8,065
#26Harry Endangered7,604
#27Billy Endangered7,310
#28Carl Endangered6,946
#29Willie Endangered6,817
#30Joe Endangered6,682
#31Howard Endangered6,496
#32Louis Stable6,299
#33Alfred Endangered6,252
#34Roy Endangered6,229
#35Clarence Endangered6,068
#36Fred Endangered6,036
#37Earl Endangered5,966
#38Lawrence Endangered5,597
#39Norman Endangered5,590
#40Francis Stable5,516
#41Gerald Endangered5,487
#42Leonard Endangered5,131
#43Ernest Endangered4,941
#44Anthony Declining4,719
#45Stanley Endangered4,481
#46Marvin Endangered4,452
#47Daniel Declining4,426
#48Melvin Endangered4,249
#49Bernard Endangered4,067
#50Ronald Endangered3,969
#51Leroy Endangered3,872
#52Samuel Stable3,844
#53Michael Past peak3,598
#54Floyd Endangered3,338
#55Russell Stable3,325
#56Peter Stable3,299
#57Ray Endangered3,248
#58Edwin Stable3,166
#59Lloyd Endangered3,158
#60Andrew Declining3,142
#61Leo Rising3,095
#62Gene Endangered3,088
#63Elmer Endangered2,977
#64Bill Endangered2,976
#65Bobby Endangered2,972
#66Theodore Rising2,916
#67Frederick Stable2,882
#68Clifford Endangered2,862
#69Wayne Endangered2,855
#70Vernon Endangered2,852
#71Roger Endangered2,774
#72Alvin Declining2,750
#73Philip Endangered2,726
#74Clyde Stable2,713
#75Dale Endangered2,640
#76Glenn Endangered2,603
#77Gordon Endangered2,596
#78Herman Endangered2,588
#79Jerry Endangered2,588
#80Charlie Rising2,463
#81Leon Rising2,460
#82Vincent Stable2,440
#83Martin Stable2,428
#84Don Endangered2,382
#85Warren Rising2,361
#86Lewis Rising2,339
#87Lee Endangered2,282
#88Chester Endangered2,243
#89Lester Endangered2,229
#90Harvey Rising2,186
#91Jesse Stable2,171
#92Milton Endangered2,170
#93Allen Endangered2,137
#94Calvin Stable2,128
#95Bob Endangered2,093
#96Gilbert Endangered2,048
#97Cecil Endangered2,005
#98Arnold Endangered1,974
#99Victor Declining1,946
#100Jimmie Endangered1,924