Top Baby Names of 1926
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.