Popular Baby Names in 1926
The most popular baby names in 1926.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 67,833 |
| 1 | Robert | Boy | 61,130 |
| 2 | John | Boy | 56,108 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 53,197 |
| 4 | William | Boy | 51,922 |
| 2 | Dorothy | Girl | 36,618 |
| 3 | Betty | Girl | 32,964 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 29,521 |
| 4 | Helen | Girl | 26,885 |
| 6 | George | Boy | 25,909 |
| 7 | Richard | Boy | 25,143 |
| 8 | Joseph | Boy | 23,756 |
| 5 | Margaret | Girl | 23,073 |
| 9 | Donald | Boy | 20,912 |
| 6 | Ruth | Girl | 20,225 |
| 10 | Edward | Boy | 19,375 |
| 11 | Thomas | Boy | 16,592 |
| 7 | Doris | Girl | 16,295 |
| 8 | Virginia | Girl | 16,161 |
| 12 | Frank | Boy | 14,493 |
| 13 | Paul | Boy | 13,653 |
| 9 | Mildred | Girl | 13,548 |
| 10 | Frances | Girl | 13,355 |
| 14 | Harold | Boy | 13,311 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | Girl | 12,837 |
| 15 | Raymond | Boy | 12,809 |
| 16 | Jack | Boy | 12,195 |
| 12 | Jean | Girl | 12,168 |
| 13 | Evelyn | Girl | 11,780 |
| 17 | Walter | Boy | 11,774 |
| 14 | Shirley | Girl | 11,761 |
| 15 | Anna | Girl | 11,698 |
| 16 | Barbara | Girl | 11,079 |
| 17 | Alice | Girl | 10,956 |
| 18 | Marie | Girl | 10,629 |
| 18 | Kenneth | Boy | 10,342 |
| 19 | Henry | Boy | 9,994 |
| 19 | Lois | Girl | 9,817 |
| 20 | Arthur | Boy | 9,465 |
| 20 | Gloria | Girl | 9,199 |
| 21 | Irene | Girl | 9,169 |
| 21 | Albert | Boy | 9,146 |
| 22 | David | Boy | 9,041 |
| 23 | Eugene | Boy | 9,016 |
| 22 | Marjorie | Girl | 8,640 |
| 23 | Patricia | Girl | 8,586 |
| 24 | Martha | Girl | 8,556 |
| 25 | Rose | Girl | 8,509 |
| 24 | Ralph | Boy | 8,455 |
| 25 | Harry | Boy | 8,215 |
| 26 | Florence | Girl | 8,178 |
| 27 | Louise | Girl | 7,979 |
| 28 | Lillian | Girl | 7,661 |
| 29 | Norma | Girl | 7,528 |
| 30 | Ruby | Girl | 7,476 |
| 31 | Catherine | Girl | 7,469 |
| 32 | Eleanor | Girl | 7,305 |
| 26 | Carl | Boy | 6,939 |
| 33 | Phyllis | Girl | 6,921 |
| 34 | Annie | Girl | 6,877 |
| 27 | Howard | Boy | 6,836 |
| 28 | Willie | Boy | 6,820 |
| 35 | Gladys | Girl | 6,634 |
| 36 | Thelma | Girl | 6,584 |
| 29 | Clarence | Boy | 6,537 |
| 30 | Louis | Boy | 6,513 |
| 31 | Fred | Boy | 6,447 |
| 32 | Earl | Boy | 6,441 |
| 37 | Josephine | Girl | 6,410 |
| 38 | Edna | Girl | 6,396 |
| 39 | Pauline | Girl | 6,357 |
| 33 | Joe | Boy | 6,338 |
| 34 | Roy | Boy | 6,224 |
| 40 | June | Girl | 6,077 |
| 41 | Ethel | Girl | 5,856 |
| 35 | Francis | Boy | 5,789 |
| 42 | Edith | Girl | 5,786 |
| 43 | Lucille | Girl | 5,760 |
| 44 | Joyce | Girl | 5,704 |
| 36 | Lawrence | Boy | 5,582 |
| 45 | Bernice | Girl | 5,443 |
| 37 | Ernest | Boy | 5,436 |
| 46 | Grace | Girl | 5,427 |
| 38 | Leonard | Boy | 5,402 |
| 47 | Marion | Girl | 5,353 |
| 48 | Hazel | Girl | 5,303 |
| 39 | Norman | Boy | 5,282 |
| 49 | Dolores | Girl | 5,219 |
| 40 | Billy | Boy | 5,180 |
| 41 | Gerald | Boy | 5,123 |
| 42 | Anthony | Boy | 5,058 |
| 50 | Rita | Girl | 5,015 |
| 51 | Joan | Girl | 4,995 |
| 52 | Juanita | Girl | 4,981 |
| 43 | Stanley | Boy | 4,966 |
| 44 | Herbert | Boy | 4,939 |
| 53 | Lorraine | Girl | 4,891 |
| 54 | Geraldine | Girl | 4,812 |
| 55 | Ann | Girl | 4,779 |
| 45 | Alfred | Boy | 4,726 |