100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1926

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 61,131
2 John 0 56,119
3 James +1 53,205
4 William -1 51,919
5 Charles 0 29,521
6 George 0 25,905
7 Richard +1 25,149
8 Joseph -1 23,762
9 Donald +1 20,910
10 Edward -1 19,378
11 Thomas 0 16,601
12 Frank 0 14,492
13 Paul 0 13,656
14 Harold 0 13,309
15 Raymond 0 12,808
16 Jack +1 12,201
17 Walter -1 11,770
18 Kenneth +1 10,341
19 Henry -1 10,000
20 Arthur 0 9,464
21 Albert 0 9,144
22 David 0 9,039
23 Eugene +1 9,014
24 Ralph +1 8,454
25 Harry -2 8,211
26 Carl +2 6,939
27 Howard -1 6,838
28 Willie -1 6,819
29 Clarence +1 6,539
30 Louis -1 6,511
31 Fred +2 6,446
32 Earl -1 6,443
33 Joe +1 6,337
34 Roy -2 6,227
35 Francis 0 5,789
36 Lawrence 0 5,585
37 Ernest 0 5,440
38 Leonard 0 5,403
39 Norman +2 5,285
40 Billy +9 5,181
41 Gerald +4 5,122
42 Anthony -3 5,061
43 Stanley -3 4,962
44 Herbert -2 4,938
45 Alfred -2 4,732
46 Daniel -2 4,514
47 Melvin +3 4,194
48 Samuel -2 4,179
49 Bernard -1 4,171
50 Marvin +1 4,110
51 Leroy +1 3,807
52 Russell +1 3,794
53 Floyd +5 3,621
54 Leo 0 3,551
55 Edwin +2 3,492
56 Michael -1 3,487
57 Ray +7 3,409
58 Peter +2 3,358
59 Andrew -3 3,343
60 Lloyd +2 3,280
61 Elmer 0 3,231
62 Clifford -3 3,192
63 Theodore 0 3,128
64 Frederick +1 3,118
65 Calvin -18 3,015
66 Vernon +1 2,951
67 Clyde +1 2,874
68 Wayne +6 2,813
69 Herman 0 2,795
70 Philip +5 2,706
71 Warren -5 2,702
72 Alvin -2 2,694
73 Leon +3 2,646
74 Bill +10 2,644
75 Glenn +2 2,635
76 Gordon -4 2,628
77 Vincent -6 2,544
78 Lester +3 2,536
79 Chester -6 2,534
80 Martin +3 2,492
81 Charlie -3 2,447
82 Lewis -3 2,445
83 Milton -3 2,419
84 Dale +2 2,398
85 Lee -3 2,312
86 Cecil +1 2,303
87 Jesse -2 2,296
88 Ronald +16 2,287
89 Roger +1 2,261
90 Harvey -2 2,129
91 Gene +21 2,085
92 Sam -1 2,031
93 Allen +1 2,019
94 Victor -5 2,015
95 Wallace -3 2,011
96 Don +10 1,964
97 Jerry +10 1,931
98 Benjamin -5 1,897
99 Arnold -4 1,882
100 Willard -3 1,809
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 67,829
2 Dorothy 0 36,615
3 Betty 0 32,963
4 Helen 0 26,885
5 Margaret 0 23,068
6 Ruth 0 20,221
7 Doris +1 16,297
8 Virginia -1 16,160
9 Mildred 0 13,550
10 Frances +1 13,356
11 Elizabeth -1 12,836
12 Jean +2 12,167
13 Evelyn -1 11,781
14 Shirley +3 11,762
15 Anna -2 11,698
16 Barbara +6 11,079
17 Alice -2 10,955
18 Marie -2 10,630
19 Lois -1 9,819
20 Gloria 0 9,196
21 Irene -2 9,169
22 Marjorie -1 8,640
23 Patricia +5 8,590
24 Martha -1 8,555
25 Rose +1 8,509
26 Florence -2 8,181
27 Louise 0 7,983
28 Lillian -3 7,661
29 Norma +5 7,528
30 Ruby 0 7,473
31 Catherine -2 7,468
32 Eleanor -1 7,305
33 Phyllis +7 6,920
34 Annie -2 6,877
35 Gladys -2 6,633
36 Thelma -1 6,584
37 Josephine -1 6,407
38 Edna -1 6,395
39 Pauline -1 6,358
40 June -1 6,075
41 Ethel +2 5,859
42 Edith 0 5,788
43 Lucille -2 5,760
44 Joyce +15 5,706
45 Bernice +1 5,443
46 Grace -2 5,428
47 Marion 0 5,353
48 Hazel -3 5,302
49 Dolores +15 5,217
50 Rita -2 5,014
51 Joan +15 4,995
52 Juanita -3 4,984
53 Lorraine -2 4,892
54 Geraldine 0 4,812
55 Ann -3 4,779
56 Jane -3 4,642
57 Nancy +3 4,565
58 Beatrice -8 4,519
59 Emma -2 4,481
60 Audrey +18 4,478
61 Clara -6 4,463
62 Esther -6 4,455
63 Sarah -5 4,422
64 Theresa +16 4,406
65 Marilyn +18 4,370
66 Wanda +6 4,125
67 Wilma -5 4,056
68 Elaine +5 4,004
69 Elsie -6 3,908
70 Marian -3 3,859
71 Gertrude -1 3,853
72 Katherine -11 3,835
73 Willie -5 3,821
74 Beverly +31 3,775
75 Julia -10 3,687
76 Bertha -2 3,583
77 Agnes -8 3,532
78 Charlotte -1 3,514
79 Eva -8 3,493
80 Vivian -4 3,431
81 Laura -6 3,377
82 Ida 0 3,285
83 Kathleen -2 3,276
84 Maxine -5 3,151
85 Vera +1 3,151
86 Anne -1 3,108
87 Kathryn +1 3,094
88 Jeanne +1 3,062
89 Bessie -2 3,054
90 Donna +20 3,008
91 Alma +3 2,989
92 Eileen +4 2,929
93 Jessie +4 2,921
94 Violet -2 2,902
95 Rosemary +8 2,900
96 Pearl -6 2,899
97 Viola -13 2,878
98 Ella -5 2,851
99 Lillie -8 2,843
100 Ellen +1 2,768