The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1929

4,545 different boys’ names were recorded in 1929, covering 1,075,615 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	59,807
2	James	52,135
3	John	52,112
4	William	47,815
5	Charles	29,930
6	Richard	29,572
7	Donald	27,181
8	George	23,020
9	Joseph	21,165
10	Edward	17,220
11	Thomas	16,272
12	Frank	12,966
13	Paul	12,431
14	Jack	12,167
15	Raymond	11,909
16	Harold	11,677
17	David	11,302
18	Kenneth	10,841
19	Walter	9,850
20	Eugene	9,046
21	Henry	8,571
22	Arthur	8,470
23	Billy	8,320
24	Albert	8,078
25	Herbert	7,881
26	Ralph	7,715
27	Harry	7,144
28	Carl	6,895
29	Willie	6,616
30	Joe	6,596
31	Howard	6,010
32	Louis	5,995
33	Gerald	5,965
34	Fred	5,856
35	Roy	5,812
36	Earl	5,737
37	Clarence	5,729
38	Lawrence	5,305
39	Francis	5,270
40	Norman	5,157
41	Alfred	4,928
42	Leonard	4,829
43	Ernest	4,753
44	Anthony	4,733
45	Ronald	4,479
46	Marvin	4,389
47	Daniel	4,366
48	Stanley	4,265
49	Melvin	4,100
50	Bobby	3,925
51	Leroy	3,819
52	Bernard	3,807
53	Samuel	3,567
54	Michael	3,464
55	Peter	3,216
56	Russell	3,183
57	Ray	3,174
58	Floyd	3,079
59	Andrew	3,076
60	Leo	3,018
61	Jerry	2,991
62	Lloyd	2,949
63	Bill	2,947
64	Roger	2,928
65	Theodore	2,903
66	Edwin	2,897
67	Frederick	2,813
68	Gene	2,810
69	Wayne	2,741
70	Elmer	2,697
71	Vernon	2,683
72	Clifford	2,669
73	Dale	2,664
74	Clyde	2,628
75	Herman	2,622
76	Philip	2,606
77	Alvin	2,555
78	Don	2,519
79	Gordon	2,493
80	Glenn	2,433
81	Leon	2,336
82	Vincent	2,328
83	Martin	2,308
84	Lewis	2,228
85	Lee	2,209
86	Allen	2,189
87	Charlie	2,185
88	Lester	2,106
89	Bob	2,103
90	Harvey	2,064
91	Gilbert	2,056
92	Warren	2,037
93	Jesse	2,030
94	Milton	2,029
95	Arnold	1,979
96	Chester	1,969
97	Douglas	1,965
98	Jimmie	1,952
99	Curtis	1,946
100	Victor	1,941
101	Cecil	1,889
102	Eddie	1,875
103	Johnnie	1,765
104	Sam	1,730
104	Roland	1,730
106	Wallace	1,706
107	Benjamin	1,695
108	Jose	1,692
109	Calvin	1,665
110	Jerome	1,664
111	Manuel	1,626
112	Bruce	1,618
113	Johnny	1,532
114	Willard	1,511
115	Jimmy	1,489
116	Edgar	1,487
117	Oscar	1,482
118	Marion	1,451
119	Claude	1,449
120	Patrick	1,442
120	Junior	1,442
122	Billie	1,430
123	Glen	1,427
124	Hubert	1,384
125	Maurice	1,376
126	Stephen	1,357
127	Virgil	1,339
128	Max	1,336
129	Jessie	1,330
130	Everett	1,309
131	Wilbur	1,294
132	Jim	1,290
133	Dean	1,287
134	Tom	1,270
135	Larry	1,268
136	Leslie	1,259
137	Duane	1,246
138	Keith	1,242
139	Hugh	1,228
140	Rudolph	1,220
141	Homer	1,206
142	Nicholas	1,192
143	Wesley	1,182
144	Tommy	1,164
145	Luther	1,120
146	Alan	1,101
147	Morris	1,090
148	Franklin	1,061
149	Sidney	1,058
150	Willis	1,030
151	Phillip	1,027
152	Lyle	1,007
153	Horace	1,004
154	Dennis	997
155	Earnest	996
156	Alexander	985
157	Delbert	962
158	Bennie	959
159	Ben	957
160	Salvatore	931
161	Allan	930
162	Steve	887
163	Oliver	886
164	Juan	875
165	Tony	874
166	Clayton	855
167	Ted	853
168	Julius	842
168	Jay	842
168	Dick	842
171	Edmund	829
172	Freddie	822
172	Guy	822
174	Orville	808
175	Dan	800
176	Otis	796
176	Angelo	796
178	Clifton	781
179	Jackie	780
180	Alex	775
181	Jesus	767
182	Leland	762
183	Clinton	761
184	Nathaniel	760
185	Irving	754
186	Antonio	734
187	Archie	732
188	Merle	731
189	Matthew	727
190	Lonnie	722
191	Alton	716
192	Carroll	707
193	Lowell	700
194	Darrell	698
195	Mike	696
195	Neil	696
197	Marshall	694
198	Ramon	693
199	Wilbert	684
200	Myron	657

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1929 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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