100 Most popular girl names of 1928, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular female names in US prevalent in 1928 with their respective percentage. View girl name from popular names trending in America in 1928.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Mary
66873
5.59
-
2
Betty
36081
3.02
+1
3
Dorothy
33734
2.82
-1
4
Helen
22937
1.92
-
5
Margaret
20296
1.7
-
6
Ruth
17859
1.49
-
7
Doris
16574
1.39
-
8
Barbara
14873
1.24
+2
9
Virginia
14503
1.21
-1
10
Shirley
14214
1.19
-1
11
Patricia
12332
1.03
+7
12
Jean
12208
1.02
+2
13
Frances
12137
1.02
-1
14
Elizabeth
11765
0.98
-1
15
Mildred
11650
0.97
-4
16
Anna
10575
0.88
-
17
Evelyn
10533
0.88
-2
18
Lois
10423
0.87
+1
19
Alice
10139
0.85
-2
20
Dolores
9615
0.8
+14
21
Marie
9287
0.78
-1
22
Martha
8251
0.69
+2
23
Norma
8166
0.68
+3
24
Rose
8162
0.68
-1
25
Gloria
8118
0.68
-3
26
Phyllis
7923
0.66
+3
27
Joan
7854
0.66
+14
28
Irene
7729
0.65
-7
29
Marjorie
7632
0.64
-4
30
Joyce
7244
0.61
+5
31
Louise
7053
0.59
-4
32
Florence
6970
0.58
-4
33
Catherine
6910
0.58
-2
34
Ruby
6693
0.56
-4
35
Lillian
6576
0.55
-3
36
Eleanor
6535
0.55
-3
37
Annie
6329
0.53
-1
38
Marilyn
6066
0.51
+8
39
Lorraine
5982
0.5
+5
40
Thelma
5979
0.5
-2
41
Gladys
5793
0.48
-4
42
Josephine
5670
0.47
-3
43
Nancy
5537
0.46
+13
44
June
5517
0.46
-1
45
Edna
5473
0.46
-5
46
Beverly
5435
0.45
+11
47
Marion
5420
0.45
+4
48
Pauline
5390
0.45
-6
49
Theresa
5332
0.45
+3
50
Geraldine
5156
0.43
+8
51
Lucille
5095
0.43
-6
52
Grace
4989
0.42
-2
53
Bernice
4943
0.41
-4
54
Ann
4932
0.41
+5
55
Ethel
4927
0.41
-8
56
Edith
4846
0.41
-8
57
Rita
4811
0.4
-3
58
Juanita
4734
0.4
-3
59
Hazel
4649
0.39
-6
60
Audrey
4630
0.39
+2
61
Donna
4468
0.37
+9
62
Jane
4410
0.37
-2
63
Wanda
4318
0.36
+3
64
Sarah
4245
0.36
-3
65
Clara
4105
0.34
-2
66
Esther
4097
0.34
-2
67
Emma
4017
0.34
-2
68
Elaine
4005
0.33
+1
69
Wilma
3936
0.33
-1
70
Beatrice
3922
0.33
-3
71
Marian
3886
0.33
+3
72
Charlotte
3474
0.29
+3
73
Elsie
3469
0.29
-1
74
Willie
3443
0.29
-3
75
Katherine
3398
0.28
-2
76
Peggy
3381
0.28
+20
77
Carol
3350
0.28
+29
78
Vivian
3310
0.28
-1
79
Eva
3212
0.27
-
80
Julia
3206
0.27
-4
81
Bertha
3161
0.26
-1
82
Kathleen
3151
0.26
+1
83
Laura
3146
0.26
-2
84
Maxine
3125
0.26
+3
85
Agnes
3023
0.25
-4
86
Gertrude
3011
0.25
-8
87
Ida
2995
0.25
-3
88
Rosemary
2972
0.25
-2
89
Bonnie
2923
0.24
+11
90
Jeanne
2879
0.24
-5
91
Carolyn
2848
0.24
+8
92
Vera
2842
0.24
-3
93
Anne
2824
0.24
-2
94
Delores
2810
0.24
+34
95
Janet
2782
0.23
+16
96
Billie
2776
0.23
+13
97
Jacqueline
2738
0.23
+18
98
Ellen
2682
0.22
-5
99
Kathryn
2681
0.22
-9
100
Ella
2670
0.22
-2
101
Bessie
2662
0.22
-13
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100 Most Popular Boy Names in USA (1928)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html