Birth year roster
Top names in 1929
The names most likely to appear on 1929 birth certificates, ranked by SSA records.
Mary and Robert led the 1929 baby-name charts, a pair that captures the naming culture of mid-century America — a timeless classic that had dominated since the 1880s and Robert, a perennial powerhouse that would anchor the decade. The full top 25 below reveals which names defined the 1929 classroom and how many have since faded or endured.
Girls
- #1Mary63,512
- #2Betty36,675
- #3Dorothy31,476
- #4Helen20,983
- #5Margaret19,212
- #6Doris16,498
- #7Barbara16,038
- #8Ruth16,021
- #9Shirley14,576
- #10Patricia13,624
- #11Virginia13,234
- #12Jean11,865
- #13Joan11,666
- #14Dolores11,508
- #15Elizabeth11,248
- #16Frances11,093
- #17Lois10,295
- #18Mildred10,255
- #19Evelyn9,886
- #20Anna9,751
- #21Alice9,480
- #22Marie9,158
- #23Joyce8,596
- #24Phyllis7,995
- #25Norma7,893
Boys
- #1Robert59,807
- #2James52,135
- #3John52,112
- #4William47,815
- #5Charles29,930
- #6Richard29,572
- #7Donald27,181
- #8George23,020
- #9Joseph21,165
- #10Edward17,220
- #11Thomas16,272
- #12Frank12,966
- #13Paul12,431
- #14Jack12,167
- #15Raymond11,909
- #16Harold11,677
- #17David11,302
- #18Kenneth10,841
- #19Walter9,850
- #20Eugene9,046
- #21Henry8,571
- #22Arthur8,470
- #23Billy8,320
- #24Albert8,078
- #25Herbert7,881