1926
Top Baby Names of 1926
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1926
1
Mary 67,833 2
Dorothy 36,618 3
Betty 32,964 4
Helen 26,885 5
Margaret 23,073 6
Ruth 20,225 7
Doris 16,295 8
Virginia 16,161 9
Mildred 13,548 10
Frances 13,355 11
Elizabeth 12,837 12
Jean 12,168 13
Evelyn 11,780 14
Shirley 11,761 15
Anna 11,698 16
Barbara 11,079 17
Alice 10,956 18
Marie 10,629 19
Lois 9,817 20
Gloria 9,199 21
Irene 9,169 22
Marjorie 8,640 23
Patricia 8,586 24
Martha 8,556 25
Rose 8,509 26
Florence 8,178 27
Louise 7,979 28
Lillian 7,661 29
Norma 7,528 30
Ruby 7,476 31
Catherine 7,469 32
Eleanor 7,305 33
Phyllis 6,921 34
Annie 6,877 35
Gladys 6,634 36
Thelma 6,584 37
Josephine 6,410 38
Edna 6,396 39
Pauline 6,357 40
June 6,077 41
Ethel 5,856 42
Edith 5,786 43
Lucille 5,760 44
Joyce 5,704 45
Bernice 5,443 46
Grace 5,427 47
Marion 5,353 48
Hazel 5,303 49
Dolores 5,219 50
Rita 5,015 51
Joan 4,995 52
Juanita 4,981 53
Lorraine 4,891 54
Geraldine 4,812 55
Ann 4,779 56
Jane 4,641 57
Nancy 4,566 58
Beatrice 4,518 59
Emma 4,480 60
Audrey 4,477 61
Clara 4,464 62
Esther 4,454 63
Sarah 4,423 64
Theresa 4,407 65
Marilyn 4,370 66
Wanda 4,125 67
Wilma 4,054 68
Elaine 4,004 69
Elsie 3,910 70
Marian 3,859 71
Gertrude 3,852 72
Katherine 3,834 73
Willie 3,817 74
Beverly 3,775 75
Julia 3,688 76
Bertha 3,583 77
Agnes 3,533 78
Charlotte 3,512 79
Eva 3,494 80
Vivian 3,430 81
Laura 3,373 82
Ida 3,285 83
Kathleen 3,277 84
Vera 3,152 85
Maxine 3,150 86
Anne 3,109 87
Kathryn 3,094 88
Jeanne 3,063 89
Bessie 3,054 90
Donna 3,008 91
Alma 2,990 92
Eileen 2,928 93
Jessie 2,921 94
Violet 2,903 95
Rosemary 2,900 96
Pearl 2,899 97
Viola 2,876 98
Ella 2,852 99
Lillie 2,845 100
Ellen 2,768 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1926
1
Robert 61,130 2
John 56,108 3
James 53,197 4
William 51,922 5
Charles 29,521 6
George 25,909 7
Richard 25,143 8
Joseph 23,756 9
Donald 20,912 10
Edward 19,375 11
Thomas 16,592 12
Frank 14,493 13
Paul 13,653 14
Harold 13,311 15
Raymond 12,809 16
Jack 12,195 17
Walter 11,774 18
Kenneth 10,342 19
Henry 9,994 20
Arthur 9,465 21
Albert 9,146 22
David 9,041 23
Eugene 9,016 24
Ralph 8,455 25
Harry 8,215 26
Carl 6,939 27
Howard 6,836 28
Willie 6,820 29
Clarence 6,537 30
Louis 6,513 31
Fred 6,447 32
Earl 6,441 33
Joe 6,338 34
Roy 6,224 35
Francis 5,789 36
Lawrence 5,582 37
Ernest 5,436 38
Leonard 5,402 39
Norman 5,282 40
Billy 5,180 41
Gerald 5,123 42
Anthony 5,058 43
Stanley 4,966 44
Herbert 4,939 45
Alfred 4,726 46
Daniel 4,516 47
Melvin 4,194 48
Samuel 4,179 49
Bernard 4,172 50
Marvin 4,111 51
Leroy 3,808 52
Russell 3,793 53
Floyd 3,623 54
Leo 3,552 55
Edwin 3,491 56
Michael 3,485 57
Ray 3,409 58
Peter 3,359 59
Andrew 3,344 60
Lloyd 3,278 61
Elmer 3,233 62
Clifford 3,190 63
Theodore 3,129 64
Frederick 3,120 65
Calvin 3,014 66
Vernon 2,953 67
Clyde 2,873 68
Wayne 2,812 69
Herman 2,798 70
Philip 2,708 71
Warren 2,701 72
Alvin 2,693 73
Leon 2,647 74
Bill 2,643 75
Glenn 2,635 76
Gordon 2,629 77
Vincent 2,543 78
Lester 2,539 79
Chester 2,534 80
Martin 2,493 81
Charlie 2,446 82
Lewis 2,444 83
Milton 2,418 84
Dale 2,398 85
Lee 2,313 86
Cecil 2,305 87
Jesse 2,298 88
Ronald 2,283 89
Roger 2,260 90
Harvey 2,128 91
Gene 2,083 92
Sam 2,033 93
Allen 2,021 94
Victor 2,016 95
Wallace 2,012 96
Don 1,966 97
Jerry 1,934 98
Benjamin 1,898 99
Arnold 1,882 100
Willard 1,810 About 1926 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1926, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.