100 Most popular boy names of 1928, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

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

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Robert
60701
5.08
-
2
John
53758
4.5
-
3
James
52757
4.41
-
4
William
49120
4.11
-
5
Charles
31245
2.61
-
6
Richard
28796
2.41
-
7
Donald
25704
2.15
+1
8
George
24394
2.04
-1
9
Joseph
22320
1.87
-
10
Edward
18493
1.55
-
11
Thomas
16580
1.39
-
12
Frank
13569
1.13
-
13
Paul
13162
1.1
-
14
Harold
12676
1.06
-
15
Jack
12494
1.05
+1
16
Raymond
11948
1
-1
17
Kenneth
11168
0.93
+1
18
Walter
10652
0.89
-1
19
David
9993
0.84
+2
20
Eugene
9709
0.81
-
21
Henry
9315
0.78
-2
22
Arthur
8879
0.74
-
23
Albert
8812
0.74
-
24
Ralph
8100
0.68
-
25
Herbert
8065
0.67
+17
26
Harry
7605
0.64
-1
27
Billy
7310
0.61
+4
28
Carl
6943
0.58
-2
29
Willie
6819
0.57
-2
30
Joe
6681
0.56
-
31
Howard
6497
0.54
-3
32
Louis
6297
0.53
-3
33
Alfred
6250
0.52
+12
34
Roy
6229
0.52
-
35
Clarence
6067
0.51
-3
36
Fred
6035
0.5
-1
37
Earl
5967
0.5
-4
38
Lawrence
5595
0.47
-1
39
Norman
5589
0.47
-
40
Francis
5515
0.46
-4
41
Gerald
5487
0.46
-3
42
Leonard
5133
0.43
-2
43
Ernest
4941
0.41
-2
44
Anthony
4718
0.39
-1
45
Stanley
4481
0.37
-1
46
Marvin
4451
0.37
+1
47
Daniel
4430
0.37
-1
48
Melvin
4249
0.36
-
49
Bernard
4066
0.34
+1
50
Ronald
3973
0.33
+13
51
Leroy
3872
0.32
-
52
Samuel
3844
0.32
-3
53
Michael
3596
0.3
-1
54
Floyd
3338
0.28
-1
55
Russell
3325
0.28
-1
56
Peter
3300
0.28
+3
57
Ray
3247
0.27
+3
58
Edwin
3166
0.26
-1
59
Lloyd
3159
0.26
-1
60
Andrew
3142
0.26
-4
61
Leo
3095
0.26
-6
62
Gene
3089
0.26
+10
63
Bill
2977
0.25
+6
64
Elmer
2976
0.25
-3
65
Bobby
2971
0.25
+26
66
Theodore
2918
0.24
-4
67
Frederick
2882
0.24
-3
68
Clifford
2861
0.24
-3
69
Wayne
2856
0.24
-2
70
Vernon
2852
0.24
+1
71
Roger
2774
0.23
+13
72
Alvin
2750
0.23
-6
73
Philip
2726
0.23
+2
74
Clyde
2714
0.23
-6
75
Dale
2639
0.22
+6
76
Glenn
2602
0.22
-
77
Gordon
2596
0.22
-3
78
Herman
2589
0.22
-8
79
Jerry
2587
0.22
+14
80
Charlie
2462
0.21
-
81
Leon
2459
0.21
-3
82
Vincent
2438
0.2
-5
83
Martin
2427
0.2
+4
84
Don
2383
0.2
+6
85
Warren
2362
0.2
-6
86
Lewis
2338
0.2
-4
87
Lee
2281
0.19
-1
88
Chester
2243
0.19
-3
89
Lester
2229
0.19
-6
90
Harvey
2187
0.18
+4
91
Jesse
2171
0.18
-2
92
Milton
2170
0.18
-4
93
Allen
2137
0.18
+2
94
Calvin
2128
0.18
-21
95
Bob
2093
0.18
+5
96
Gilbert
2048
0.17
+3
97
Cecil
2006
0.17
-5
98
Arnold
1974
0.17
-1
99
Victor
1946
0.16
-1
100
Jimmie
1924
0.16
+8
101
Curtis
1920
0.16
+17
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1928)

Sources

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