Popular baby names of 1926

In 1926, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (67,832 babies) and Robert for boys (61,130). Social Security records show 2,295,906 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,622 girls' names and 4,837 boys' names.

1926 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.5% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.0% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Beverly, Donna, Rosemary, Ellen.
New in the boys' top 100: Ronald, Gene, Don, Jerry.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925
1	Mary	67,832	–
2	Dorothy	36,618	–
3	Betty	32,964	–
4	Helen	26,886	–
5	Margaret	23,072	–
6	Ruth	20,225	–
7	Doris	16,295	↑1
8	Virginia	16,161	↓1
9	Mildred	13,547	–
10	Frances	13,355	↑1
11	Elizabeth	12,837	↓1
12	Jean	12,168	↑2
13	Evelyn	11,780	↓1
14	Shirley	11,762	↑3
15	Anna	11,698	↓2
16	Barbara	11,079	↑6
17	Alice	10,956	↓2
18	Marie	10,629	↓2
19	Lois	9,816	↓1
20	Gloria	9,198	–
21	Irene	9,169	↓2
22	Marjorie	8,640	↓1
23	Patricia	8,586	↑5
24	Martha	8,556	↓1
25	Rose	8,509	↑1
26	Florence	8,178	↓2
27	Louise	7,979	–
28	Lillian	7,661	↓3
29	Norma	7,528	↑5
30	Ruby	7,476	–
31	Catherine	7,469	↓2
32	Eleanor	7,305	↓1
33	Phyllis	6,921	↑7
34	Annie	6,877	↓2
35	Gladys	6,634	↓2
36	Thelma	6,585	↓1
37	Josephine	6,410	↓1
38	Edna	6,396	↓1
39	Pauline	6,357	↓1
40	June	6,077	↓1
41	Ethel	5,856	↑2
42	Edith	5,786	–
43	Lucille	5,760	↓2
44	Joyce	5,704	↑15
45	Bernice	5,443	↑1
46	Grace	5,427	↓2
47	Marion	5,353	–
48	Hazel	5,303	↓3
49	Dolores	5,218	↑15
50	Rita	5,015	↓2
51	Joan	4,995	↑15
52	Juanita	4,981	↓3
53	Lorraine	4,891	↓2
54	Geraldine	4,812	–
55	Ann	4,779	↓3
56	Jane	4,641	↓3
57	Nancy	4,566	↑3
58	Beatrice	4,518	↓8
59	Emma	4,480	↓2
60	Audrey	4,477	↑18
61	Clara	4,464	↓6
62	Esther	4,453	↓6
63	Sarah	4,424	↓5
64	Theresa	4,407	↑16
65	Marilyn	4,370	↑18
66	Wanda	4,125	↑6
67	Wilma	4,054	↓5
68	Elaine	4,004	↑5
69	Elsie	3,910	↓6
70	Marian	3,859	↓3
71	Gertrude	3,852	↓1
72	Katherine	3,834	↓11
73	Willie	3,817	↓5
74	Beverly	3,775	new
75	Julia	3,688	↓10
76	Bertha	3,583	↓2
77	Agnes	3,533	↓8
78	Charlotte	3,512	↓1
79	Eva	3,494	↓8
80	Vivian	3,430	↓4
81	Laura	3,373	↓6
82	Ida	3,285	–
83	Kathleen	3,277	↓2
84	Vera	3,152	↑2
85	Maxine	3,150	↓6
86	Anne	3,109	↓1
87	Kathryn	3,094	↑1
88	Jeanne	3,063	↑1
89	Bessie	3,054	↓2
90	Donna	3,008	new
91	Alma	2,990	↑3
92	Eileen	2,928	↑4
93	Jessie	2,921	↑4
94	Violet	2,903	↓2
95	Rosemary	2,900	new
96	Pearl	2,899	↓6
97	Viola	2,876	↓13
98	Ella	2,852	↓5
99	Lillie	2,845	↓8
100	Ellen	2,768	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925
1	Robert	61,130	–
2	John	56,108	–
3	James	53,196	↑1
4	William	51,922	↓1
5	Charles	29,521	–
6	George	25,910	–
7	Richard	25,143	↑1
8	Joseph	23,756	↓1
9	Donald	20,912	↑1
10	Edward	19,375	↓1
11	Thomas	16,592	–
12	Frank	14,493	–
13	Paul	13,653	–
14	Harold	13,310	–
15	Raymond	12,809	–
16	Jack	12,195	↑1
17	Walter	11,774	↓1
18	Kenneth	10,342	↑1
19	Henry	9,994	↓1
20	Arthur	9,465	–
21	Albert	9,146	–
22	David	9,041	–
23	Eugene	9,016	↑1
24	Ralph	8,455	↑1
25	Harry	8,216	↓2
26	Carl	6,939	↑2
27	Howard	6,836	↓1
28	Willie	6,820	↓1
29	Clarence	6,537	↑1
30	Louis	6,513	↓1
31	Fred	6,447	↑2
32	Earl	6,441	↓1
33	Joe	6,338	↑1
34	Roy	6,224	↓2
35	Francis	5,789	–
36	Lawrence	5,582	–
37	Ernest	5,436	–
38	Leonard	5,402	–
39	Norman	5,282	↑2
40	Billy	5,180	↑9
41	Gerald	5,123	↑4
42	Anthony	5,058	↓3
43	Stanley	4,966	↓3
44	Herbert	4,939	↓2
45	Alfred	4,726	↓2
46	Daniel	4,516	↓2
47	Melvin	4,194	↑3
48	Samuel	4,180	↓2
49	Bernard	4,172	↓1
50	Marvin	4,111	↑1
51	Leroy	3,808	↑1
52	Russell	3,793	↑1
53	Floyd	3,623	↑5
54	Leo	3,552	–
55	Edwin	3,491	↑2
56	Michael	3,485	↓1
57	Ray	3,409	↑7
58	Peter	3,358	↑2
59	Andrew	3,344	↓3
60	Lloyd	3,278	↑2
61	Elmer	3,233	–
62	Clifford	3,190	↓3
63	Theodore	3,129	–
64	Frederick	3,120	↑1
65	Calvin	3,014	↓18
66	Vernon	2,953	↑1
67	Clyde	2,873	↑1
68	Wayne	2,811	↑6
69	Herman	2,798	–
70	Philip	2,708	↑5
71	Warren	2,701	↓5
72	Alvin	2,693	↓2
73	Leon	2,647	↑3
74	Bill	2,643	↑10
75	Glenn	2,635	↑2
76	Gordon	2,629	↓4
77	Vincent	2,543	↓6
78	Lester	2,539	↑3
79	Chester	2,534	↓6
80	Martin	2,493	↑3
81	Charlie	2,446	↓3
82	Lewis	2,444	↓3
83	Milton	2,418	↓3
84	Dale	2,398	↑2
85	Lee	2,313	↓3
86	Cecil	2,305	↑1
87	Jesse	2,298	↓2
88	Ronald	2,283	new
89	Roger	2,260	↑1
90	Harvey	2,128	↓2
91	Gene	2,083	new
92	Sam	2,033	↓1
93	Allen	2,021	↑1
94	Victor	2,016	↓5
95	Wallace	2,012	↓3
96	Don	1,966	new
97	Jerry	1,934	new
98	Benjamin	1,898	↓5
99	Arnold	1,882	↓4
100	Willard	1,810	↓3

Every name given in 1926

All 10,459 names Social Security recorded for 1926, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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