EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1926

United States · 2,295,906 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary67,832—
#2Dorothy36,618—
#3Betty32,964—
#4Helen26,886—
#5Margaret23,072—
#6Ruth20,225—
#7Doris16,295↑1
#8Virginia16,161↓1
#9Mildred13,547—
#10Frances13,355↑1
#11Elizabeth12,837↓1
#12Jean12,168↑2
#13Evelyn11,780↓1
#14Shirley11,762↑3
#15Anna11,698↓2
#16Barbara11,079↑6
#17Alice10,956↓2
#18Marie10,629↓2
#19Lois9,816↓1
#20Gloria9,198—
#21Irene9,169↓2
#22Marjorie8,640↓1
#23Patricia8,586↑5
#24Martha8,556↓1
#25Rose8,509↑1
#26Florence8,178↓2
#27Louise7,979—
#28Lillian7,661↓3
#29Norma7,528↑5
#30Ruby7,476—
#31Catherine7,469↓2
#32Eleanor7,305↓1
#33Phyllis6,921↑7
#34Annie6,877↓2
#35Gladys6,634↓2
#36Thelma6,585↓1
#37Josephine6,410↓1
#38Edna6,396↓1
#39Pauline6,357↓1
#40June6,077↓1
#41Ethel5,856↑2
#42Edith5,786—
#43Lucille5,760↓2
#44Joyce5,704↑15
#45Bernice5,443↑1
#46Grace5,427↓2
#47Marion5,353—
#48Hazel5,303↓3
#49Dolores5,218↑15
#50Rita5,015↓2
#51Joan4,995↑15
#52Juanita4,981↓3
#53Lorraine4,891↓2
#54Geraldine4,812—
#55Ann4,779↓3
#56Jane4,641↓3
#57Nancy4,566↑3
#58Beatrice4,518↓8
#59Emma4,480↓2
#60Audrey4,477↑18
#61Clara4,464↓6
#62Esther4,453↓6
#63Sarah4,424↓5
#64Theresa4,407↑16
#65Marilyn4,370↑18
#66Wanda4,125↑6
#67Wilma4,054↓5
#68Elaine4,004↑5
#69Elsie3,910↓6
#70Marian3,859↓3
#71Gertrude3,852↓1
#72Katherine3,834↓11
#73Willie3,817↓5
#74Beverly3,775
#75Julia3,688↓10
#76Bertha3,583↓2
#77Agnes3,533↓8
#78Charlotte3,512↓1
#79Eva3,494↓8
#80Vivian3,430↓4
#81Laura3,373↓6
#82Ida3,285—
#83Kathleen3,277↓2
#84Vera3,152↑2
#85Maxine3,150↓6
#86Anne3,109↓1
#87Kathryn3,094↑1
#88Jeanne3,063↑1
#89Bessie3,054↓2
#90Donna3,008
#91Alma2,990↑3
#92Eileen2,928↑4
#93Jessie2,921↑4
#94Violet2,903↓2
#95Rosemary2,900
#96Pearl2,899↓6
#97Viola2,876↓13
#98Ella2,852↓5
#99Lillie2,845↓8
#100Ellen2,768

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Robert61,130—
#2John56,108—
#3James53,196↑1
#4William51,922↓1
#5Charles29,521—
#6George25,910—
#7Richard25,143↑1
#8Joseph23,756↓1
#9Donald20,912↑1
#10Edward19,375↓1
#11Thomas16,592—
#12Frank14,493—
#13Paul13,653—
#14Harold13,310—
#15Raymond12,809—
#16Jack12,195↑1
#17Walter11,774↓1
#18Kenneth10,342↑1
#19Henry9,994↓1
#20Arthur9,465—
#21Albert9,146—
#22David9,041—
#23Eugene9,016↑1
#24Ralph8,455↑1
#25Harry8,216↓2
#26Carl6,939↑2
#27Howard6,836↓1
#28Willie6,820↓1
#29Clarence6,537↑1
#30Louis6,513↓1
#31Fred6,447↑2
#32Earl6,441↓1
#33Joe6,338↑1
#34Roy6,224↓2
#35Francis5,789—
#36Lawrence5,582—
#37Ernest5,436—
#38Leonard5,402—
#39Norman5,282↑2
#40Billy5,180↑9
#41Gerald5,123↑4
#42Anthony5,058↓3
#43Stanley4,966↓3
#44Herbert4,939↓2
#45Alfred4,726↓2
#46Daniel4,516↓2
#47Melvin4,194↑3
#48Samuel4,180↓2
#49Bernard4,172↓1
#50Marvin4,111↑1
#51Leroy3,808↑1
#52Russell3,793↑1
#53Floyd3,623↑5
#54Leo3,552—
#55Edwin3,491↑2
#56Michael3,485↓1
#57Ray3,409↑7
#58Peter3,358↑2
#59Andrew3,344↓3
#60Lloyd3,278↑2
#61Elmer3,233—
#62Clifford3,190↓3
#63Theodore3,129—
#64Frederick3,120↑1
#65Calvin3,014↓18
#66Vernon2,953↑1
#67Clyde2,873↑1
#68Wayne2,811↑6
#69Herman2,798—
#70Philip2,708↑5
#71Warren2,701↓5
#72Alvin2,693↓2
#73Leon2,647↑3
#74Bill2,643↑10
#75Glenn2,635↑2
#76Gordon2,629↓4
#77Vincent2,543↓6
#78Lester2,539↑3
#79Chester2,534↓6
#80Martin2,493↑3
#81Charlie2,446↓3
#82Lewis2,444↓3
#83Milton2,418↓3
#84Dale2,398↑2
#85Lee2,313↓3
#86Cecil2,305↑1
#87Jesse2,298↓2
#88Ronald2,283
#89Roger2,260↑1
#90Harvey2,128↓2
#91Gene2,083
#92Sam2,033↓1
#93Allen2,021↑1
#94Victor2,016↓5
#95Wallace2,012↓3
#96Don1,966
#97Jerry1,934
#98Benjamin1,898↓5
#99Arnold1,882↓4
#100Willard1,810↓3