The names of 1928

The ten most popular names given in 1928, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 66,871
  2. Betty 36,083
  3. Dorothy 33,733
  4. Helen 22,937
  5. Margaret 20,295
  6. Ruth 17,859
  7. Doris 16,575
  8. Barbara 14,872
  9. Virginia 14,500
  10. Shirley 14,215

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1928

US states in 1928