The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1928

4,723 different boys’ names were recorded in 1928, covering 1,107,613 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
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
8	George	24,391
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
16	Raymond	11,946
17	Kenneth	11,167
18	Walter	10,651
19	David	9,990
20	Eugene	9,708
21	Henry	9,313
22	Arthur	8,880
23	Albert	8,812
24	Ralph	8,100
25	Herbert	8,065
26	Harry	7,604
27	Billy	7,310
28	Carl	6,946
29	Willie	6,817
30	Joe	6,682
31	Howard	6,496
32	Louis	6,299
33	Alfred	6,252
34	Roy	6,229
35	Clarence	6,068
36	Fred	6,036
37	Earl	5,966
38	Lawrence	5,597
39	Norman	5,590
40	Francis	5,516
41	Gerald	5,487
42	Leonard	5,131
43	Ernest	4,941
44	Anthony	4,719
45	Stanley	4,481
46	Marvin	4,452
47	Daniel	4,426
48	Melvin	4,249
49	Bernard	4,067
50	Ronald	3,969
51	Leroy	3,872
52	Samuel	3,844
53	Michael	3,598
54	Floyd	3,338
55	Russell	3,325
56	Peter	3,299
57	Ray	3,248
58	Edwin	3,166
59	Lloyd	3,158
60	Andrew	3,142
61	Leo	3,095
62	Gene	3,088
63	Elmer	2,977
64	Bill	2,976
65	Bobby	2,972
66	Theodore	2,916
67	Frederick	2,882
68	Clifford	2,862
69	Wayne	2,855
70	Vernon	2,852
71	Roger	2,774
72	Alvin	2,750
73	Philip	2,726
74	Clyde	2,713
75	Dale	2,640
76	Glenn	2,603
77	Gordon	2,596
78	Herman	2,588
78	Jerry	2,588
80	Charlie	2,463
81	Leon	2,460
82	Vincent	2,440
83	Martin	2,428
84	Don	2,382
85	Warren	2,361
86	Lewis	2,339
87	Lee	2,282
88	Chester	2,243
89	Lester	2,229
90	Harvey	2,186
91	Jesse	2,171
92	Milton	2,170
93	Allen	2,137
94	Calvin	2,128
95	Bob	2,093
96	Gilbert	2,048
97	Cecil	2,005
98	Arnold	1,974
99	Victor	1,946
100	Jimmie	1,924
101	Curtis	1,920
102	Douglas	1,912
103	Johnnie	1,868
104	Wallace	1,845
105	Eddie	1,807
106	Benjamin	1,805
107	Roland	1,779
108	Jose	1,770
109	Sam	1,759
110	Jerome	1,750
111	Manuel	1,646
112	Willard	1,628
112	Bruce	1,628
114	Edgar	1,600
115	Glen	1,595
116	Claude	1,533
117	Johnny	1,529
118	Marion	1,515
119	Maurice	1,494
120	Junior	1,493
121	Hubert	1,488
122	Oscar	1,464
123	Everett	1,427
124	Jessie	1,419
125	Max	1,405
126	Virgil	1,404
127	Wilbur	1,400
128	Leslie	1,380
129	Hugh	1,374
130	Stephen	1,335
131	Patrick	1,320
131	Homer	1,320
133	Billie	1,317
134	Rudolph	1,308
135	Tom	1,305
136	Dean	1,287
137	Jim	1,237
138	Jimmy	1,226
139	Keith	1,223
140	Nicholas	1,216
141	Duane	1,212
142	Sidney	1,206
143	Wesley	1,181
144	Morris	1,157
145	Luther	1,153
146	Franklin	1,103
147	Horace	1,098
148	Willis	1,085
149	Phillip	1,078
150	Larry	1,068
151	Tommy	1,062
152	Alexander	1,048
153	Earnest	1,043
154	Delbert	1,023
155	Lyle	999
156	Ben	987
157	Alan	964
158	Salvatore	963
159	Dennis	957
160	Tony	955
161	Oliver	933
162	Steve	925
163	Edmund	911
164	Dan	908
165	Otis	884
166	Irving	879
167	Guy	866
168	Julius	863
169	Archie	860
170	Juan	858
171	Allan	844
172	Dick	834
173	Clayton	833
174	Bennie	832
175	Ted	826
176	Alton	816
177	Orville	811
177	Angelo	811
179	Alex	799
180	Clinton	789
180	Leland	789
182	Matthew	784
183	Clifton	781
184	Jesus	775
185	Jay	769
186	Merle	764
187	Mike	761
188	Lowell	758
189	Ivan	755
190	Antonio	746
191	Freddie	744
192	Wilbert	741
193	Ira	728
193	Nathaniel	728
195	Marshall	727
196	Jacob	718
197	Lonnie	708
198	Neil	696
199	Irvin	687
200	Ramon	683

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1928 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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