Name.Baby Names by year 1920s 1926 Most Popular Baby Names of 1926 Social Security has card records for 2,375,617 people born in the U.S. in 1926. Mary was the top girl name (67,832 babies) and Robert the top boy name (61,130).
Top 100 names of 1926 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1926, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 67,832 #125 2 Dorothy 36,618 #421 3 Betty 32,964 #1,113 4 Helen 26,886 #461 5 Margaret 23,072 #112 6 Ruth 20,225 #173 7 Doris 16,295 #2,895 8 Virginia 16,161 #525 9 Mildred 13,547 #1,962 10 Frances 13,355 #318 11 Elizabeth 12,837 #17 12 Jean 12,168 #2,117 13 Evelyn 11,780 #8 14 Shirley 11,762 #1,581 15 Anna 11,698 #107 16 Barbara 11,079 #968 17 Alice 10,956 #65 18 Marie 10,629 #617 19 Lois 9,816 #1,666 20 Gloria 9,198 #654 21 Irene 9,169 #651 22 Marjorie 8,640 #1,016 23 Patricia 8,586 #1,334 24 Martha 8,556 #712 25 Rose 8,509 #114 26 Florence 8,178 #391 27 Louise 7,979 #514 28 Lillian 7,661 #57 29 Norma 7,528 #2,002 30 Ruby 7,476 #64 31 Catherine 7,469 #313 32 Eleanor 7,305 #12 33 Phyllis 6,921 #11,932 34 Annie 6,877 #182 35 Gladys 6,634 #3,211 36 Thelma 6,585 #4,661 37 Josephine 6,410 #53 38 Edna 6,396 #2,458 39 Pauline 6,357 #2,957 40 June 6,077 #150 41 Ethel 5,856 #4,172 42 Edith 5,786 #499 43 Lucille 5,760 #237 44 Joyce 5,704 #1,071 45 Bernice 5,443 #4,067 46 Grace 5,427 #38 47 Marion 5,353 #2,036 48 Hazel 5,303 #21 49 Dolores 5,218 #2,564 50 Rita 5,015 #1,285
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1926, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Joan 4,995 #1,085 52 Juanita 4,981 #2,778 53 Lorraine 4,891 #1,043 54 Geraldine 4,812 #2,438 55 Ann 4,779 #1,076 56 Jane 4,641 #221 57 Nancy 4,566 #965 58 Beatrice 4,518 #508 59 Emma 4,480 #3 60 Audrey 4,477 #86 61 Clara 4,464 #63 62 Esther 4,453 #119 63 Sarah 4,424 #90 64 Theresa 4,407 #1,548 65 Marilyn 4,370 #760 66 Wanda 4,125 #5,917 67 Wilma 4,054 #3,645 68 Elaine 4,004 #304 69 Elsie 3,910 #123 70 Marian 3,859 #1,102 71 Gertrude 3,852 #6,546 72 Katherine 3,834 #186 73 Willie 3,817 #10,107 74 Beverly 3,775 #1,016 75 Julia 3,688 #131 76 Bertha 3,583 #4,546 77 Agnes 3,533 #1,016 78 Charlotte 3,512 #2 79 Eva 3,494 #134 80 Vivian 3,430 #70 81 Laura 3,373 #379 82 Ida 3,285 #1,120 83 Kathleen 3,277 #1,150 84 Vera 3,152 #205 85 Maxine 3,150 #496 86 Anne 3,109 #619 87 Kathryn 3,094 #729 88 Jeanne 3,063 #4,546 89 Bessie 3,054 #6,838 90 Donna 3,008 #1,962 91 Alma 2,990 #449 92 Eileen 2,928 #654 93 Jessie 2,921 #823 94 Violet 2,903 #13 95 Rosemary 2,900 #251 96 Pearl 2,899 #776 97 Viola 2,876 #1,013 98 Ella 2,852 #29 99 Lillie 2,845 #675 100 Ellen 2,768 #1,062
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1926, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 61,130 #92 2 John 56,108 #23 3 James 53,196 #6 4 William 51,922 #9 5 Charles 29,521 #48 6 George 25,910 #126 7 Richard 25,143 #234 8 Joseph 23,756 #29 9 Donald 20,912 #690 10 Edward 19,375 #224 11 Thomas 16,592 #34 12 Frank 14,493 #513 13 Paul 13,653 #262 14 Harold 13,310 #991 15 Raymond 12,809 #394 16 Jack 12,195 #15 17 Walter 11,774 #251 18 Kenneth 10,342 #294 19 Henry 9,994 #5 20 Arthur 9,465 #87 21 Albert 9,146 #614 22 David 9,041 #35 23 Eugene 9,016 #943 24 Ralph 8,455 #1,046 25 Harry 8,216 #775 26 Carl 6,939 #1,132 27 Howard 6,836 #1,002 28 Willie 6,820 #1,315 29 Clarence 6,537 #1,499 30 Louis 6,513 #249 31 Fred 6,447 #1,932 32 Earl 6,441 #2,230 33 Joe 6,338 #991 34 Roy 6,224 #525 35 Francis 5,789 #420 36 Lawrence 5,582 #518 37 Ernest 5,436 #1,038 38 Leonard 5,402 #637 39 Norman 5,282 #1,196 40 Billy 5,180 #1,068 41 Gerald 5,123 #1,204 42 Anthony 5,058 #46 43 Stanley 4,966 #863 44 Herbert 4,939 #2,641 45 Alfred 4,726 #840 46 Daniel 4,516 #22 47 Melvin 4,194 #958 48 Samuel 4,180 #18 49 Bernard 4,172 #1,362 50 Marvin 4,111 #699
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1926, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Leroy 3,808 #883 52 Russell 3,793 #345 53 Floyd 3,623 #2,230 54 Leo 3,552 #19 55 Edwin 3,491 #398 56 Michael 3,485 #21 57 Ray 3,409 #791 58 Peter 3,358 #187 59 Andrew 3,344 #73 60 Lloyd 3,278 #1,547 61 Elmer 3,233 #1,222 62 Clifford 3,190 #1,352 63 Theodore 3,129 #4 64 Frederick 3,120 #435 65 Calvin 3,014 #132 66 Vernon 2,953 #1,382 67 Clyde 2,873 #742 68 Wayne 2,811 #652 69 Herman 2,798 #2,363 70 Philip 2,708 #527 71 Warren 2,701 #240 72 Alvin 2,693 #838 73 Leon 2,647 #138 74 Bill 2,643 #5,208 75 Glenn 2,635 #1,443 76 Gordon 2,629 #1,051 77 Vincent 2,543 #107 78 Lester 2,539 #1,634 79 Chester 2,534 #1,585 80 Martin 2,493 #335 81 Charlie 2,446 #145 82 Lewis 2,444 #433 83 Milton 2,418 #1,436 84 Dale 2,398 #1,409 85 Lee 2,313 #725 86 Cecil 2,305 #1,486 87 Jesse 2,298 #184 88 Ronald 2,283 #637 89 Roger 2,260 #832 90 Harvey 2,128 #251 91 Gene 2,083 #2,230 92 Sam 2,033 #647 93 Allen 2,021 #578 94 Victor 2,016 #209 95 Wallace 2,012 #960 96 Don 1,966 #1,793 97 Jerry 1,934 #906 98 Benjamin 1,898 #11 99 Arnold 1,882 #1,477 100 Willard 1,810 #2,718
Entered the top 100 in 1926
