Most Popular Baby Names in 1926

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
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

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
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