Birth year roster

Top names in 1929

The 100 most common names on 1929 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1929 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 Endangered63,512
#2Betty Endangered36,675
#3Dorothy Endangered31,476
#4Helen Endangered20,983
#5Margaret Endangered19,212
#6Doris Endangered16,498
#7Barbara Endangered16,038
#8Ruth Endangered16,021
#9Shirley Endangered14,576
#10Patricia Endangered13,624
#11Virginia Endangered13,234
#12Jean Endangered11,865
#13Joan Endangered11,666
#14Dolores Endangered11,508
#15Elizabeth Stable11,248
#16Frances Endangered11,093
#17Lois Endangered10,295
#18Mildred Endangered10,255
#19Evelyn Stable9,886
#20Anna Declining9,751
#21Alice Stable9,480
#22Marie Endangered9,158
#23Joyce Endangered8,596
#24Phyllis Endangered7,995
#25Norma Endangered7,893
#26Rose Stable7,785
#27Martha Endangered7,639
#28Gloria Endangered7,539
#29Irene Endangered7,039
#30Marjorie Endangered6,987
#31Louise Endangered6,903
#32Nancy Endangered6,872
#33Marilyn Endangered6,731
#34Catherine Endangered6,277
#35Florence Endangered6,212
#36Ruby Stable6,153
#37Annie Rising5,955
#38Eleanor Rising5,865
#39Beverly Endangered5,862
#40Lillian Declining5,712
#41Thelma Endangered5,476
#42Lorraine Endangered5,352
#43Geraldine Endangered5,334
#44Gladys Endangered5,327
#45Josephine Rising5,298
#46Ann Endangered5,172
#47Donna Endangered5,139
#48June Rising5,093
#49Theresa Endangered5,068
#50Pauline Endangered5,026
#51Edna Endangered4,931
#52Rita Endangered4,767
#53Marion Endangered4,633
#54Grace Declining4,569
#55Bernice Endangered4,551
#56Ethel Endangered4,519
#57Lucille Stable4,502
#58Audrey Declining4,460
#59Edith Endangered4,455
#60Juanita Endangered4,412
#61Wanda Endangered4,397
#62Jane Stable4,353
#63Carol Endangered4,279
#64Hazel Rising4,164
#65Clara Stable4,148
#66Wilma Endangered4,007
#67Elaine Rising3,852
#68Sarah Endangered3,816
#69Emma Declining3,803
#70Peggy Endangered3,780
#71Esther Stable3,587
#72Beatrice Endangered3,574
#73Charlotte Stable3,537
#74Delores Endangered3,517
#75Marian Endangered3,447
#76Willie Endangered3,318
#77Carolyn Endangered3,272
#78Elsie Rising3,230
#79Billie Rising3,191
#80Rosemary Rising3,107
#81Vivian Stable3,101
#82Janet Endangered3,050
#83Eva Declining3,019
#84Katherine Declining3,016
#85Maxine Rising2,994
#86Bonnie Endangered2,974
#87Jacqueline Endangered2,970
#88Julia Stable2,950
#89Kathleen Endangered2,941
#90Laura Endangered2,936
#91Anne Endangered2,881
#92Jeanne Endangered2,818
#93Bertha Endangered2,800
#94Agnes Endangered2,770
#95Gertrude Endangered2,725
#96Ida Endangered2,673
#97Ellen Endangered2,567
#98Eileen Stable2,558
#99Vera Stable2,549
#100Maria Stable2,532

Boys

#1Robert Endangered59,807
#2James Stable52,135
#3John Past peak52,112
#4William Declining47,815
#5Charles Stable29,930
#6Richard Endangered29,572
#7Donald Endangered27,181
#8George Stable23,020
#9Joseph Declining21,165
#10Edward Endangered17,220
#11Thomas Stable16,272
#12Frank Endangered12,966
#13Paul Endangered12,431
#14Jack Stable12,167
#15Raymond Endangered11,909
#16Harold Endangered11,677
#17David Past peak11,302
#18Kenneth Endangered10,841
#19Walter Stable9,850
#20Eugene Endangered9,046
#21Henry Stable8,571
#22Arthur Rising8,470
#23Billy Endangered8,320
#24Albert Endangered8,078
#25Herbert Endangered7,881
#26Ralph Endangered7,715
#27Harry Endangered7,144
#28Carl Endangered6,895
#29Willie Endangered6,616
#30Joe Endangered6,596
#31Howard Endangered6,010
#32Louis Stable5,995
#33Gerald Endangered5,965
#34Fred Endangered5,856
#35Roy Endangered5,812
#36Earl Endangered5,737
#37Clarence Endangered5,729
#38Lawrence Endangered5,305
#39Francis Stable5,270
#40Norman Endangered5,157
#41Alfred Endangered4,928
#42Leonard Endangered4,829
#43Ernest Endangered4,753
#44Anthony Declining4,733
#45Ronald Endangered4,479
#46Marvin Endangered4,389
#47Daniel Declining4,366
#48Stanley Endangered4,265
#49Melvin Endangered4,100
#50Bobby Endangered3,925
#51Leroy Endangered3,819
#52Bernard Endangered3,807
#53Samuel Stable3,567
#54Michael Past peak3,464
#55Peter Stable3,216
#56Russell Stable3,183
#57Ray Endangered3,174
#58Floyd Endangered3,079
#59Andrew Declining3,076
#60Leo Rising3,018
#61Jerry Endangered2,991
#62Lloyd Endangered2,949
#63Bill Endangered2,947
#64Roger Endangered2,928
#65Theodore Rising2,903
#66Edwin Stable2,897
#67Frederick Stable2,813
#68Gene Endangered2,810
#69Wayne Endangered2,741
#70Elmer Endangered2,697
#71Vernon Endangered2,683
#72Clifford Endangered2,669
#73Dale Endangered2,664
#74Clyde Stable2,628
#75Herman Endangered2,622
#76Philip Endangered2,606
#77Alvin Declining2,555
#78Don Endangered2,519
#79Gordon Endangered2,493
#80Glenn Endangered2,433
#81Leon Rising2,336
#82Vincent Stable2,328
#83Martin Stable2,308
#84Lewis Rising2,228
#85Lee Endangered2,209
#86Allen Endangered2,189
#87Charlie Rising2,185
#88Lester Endangered2,106
#89Bob Endangered2,103
#90Harvey Rising2,064
#91Gilbert Endangered2,056
#92Warren Rising2,037
#93Jesse Stable2,030
#94Milton Endangered2,029
#95Arnold Endangered1,979
#96Chester Endangered1,969
#97Douglas Endangered1,965
#98Jimmie Endangered1,952
#99Curtis Endangered1,946
#100Victor Declining1,941