Top baby names of 1926
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James92,884
- 5William90,646
- 6Dorothy59,530
- 7Betty53,598
- 8Charles51,564
- 9George45,208
- 10Richard43,910
- 11Helen43,694
- 12Joseph41,474
- 13Margaret37,502
- 14Donald36,528
- 15Edward33,882
- 16Ruth32,842
- 17Thomas28,978
- 18Doris26,508
- 19Virginia26,292
- 20Frank25,278
- 21Paul23,840
- 22Harold23,220
- 23Raymond22,398
- 24Mildred22,000
- 25Frances21,710
- 26Jack21,306
- 27Elizabeth20,874
- 28Walter20,554
- 29Jean19,776
- 30Evelyn19,156
- 31Shirley19,126
- 32Anna19,036
- 33Kenneth18,066
- 34Barbara18,010
- 35Alice17,816
- 36Henry17,434
- 37Marie17,284
- 38Arthur16,526
- 39Lois15,968
- 40Albert15,956
- 41David15,780
- 42Eugene15,740
- 43Gloria14,956
- 44Irene14,904
- 45Ralph14,750
- 46Harry14,320
- 47Marjorie14,048
- 48Patricia13,988
- 49Martha13,914
- 50Rose13,836
- 51Florence13,300
- 52Louise12,956
- 53Lillian12,450
- 54Norma12,242
- 55Catherine12,146
- 56Ruby12,142
- 57Carl12,130
- 58Howard11,936
- 59Willie11,894
- 60Eleanor11,884
- 61Clarence11,396
- 62Louis11,386
- 63Fred11,270
- 64Phyllis11,256
- 65Earl11,238
- 66Annie11,184
- 67Joe11,074
- 68Roy10,878
- 69Gladys10,788
- 70Thelma10,710
- 71Josephine10,408
- 72Edna10,396
- 73Pauline10,344
- 74Francis10,104
- 75June9,872
- 76Lawrence9,762
- 77Ethel9,536
- 78Ernest9,518
- 79Leonard9,430
- 80Edith9,390
- 81Lucille9,376
- 82Joyce9,274
- 83Norman9,250
- 84Billy9,058
- 85Gerald8,940
- 86Bernice8,854
- 87Grace8,830
- 88Anthony8,810
- 89Marion8,714
- 90Stanley8,660
- 91Hazel8,620
- 92Herbert8,618
- 93Dolores8,474
- 94Alfred8,250
- 95Rita8,150
- 96Daniel7,868
- 97Melvin7,330
- 98Samuel7,292
- 99Bernard7,282
- 100Marvin7,192