United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1926

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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