The names of 1929

The ten most popular names given in 1929, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 63,512
  2. Betty 36,675
  3. Dorothy 31,476
  4. Helen 20,983
  5. Margaret 19,212
  6. Doris 16,498
  7. Barbara 16,038
  8. Ruth 16,021
  9. Shirley 14,576
  10. Patricia 13,624

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1929

US states in 1929