Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1926
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1925.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1925 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 68,104 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 61,499 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 56,493 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 53,554 | +1 |
| 5 | William | 52,225 | -1 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 36,737 | 0 |
| 7 | Betty | 33,055 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles | 29,746 | 0 |
| 9 | Helen | 26,960 | 0 |
| 10 | George | 26,140 | 0 |
| 11 | Richard | 25,262 | +2 |
| 12 | Joseph | 23,917 | -1 |
| 13 | Margaret | 23,163 | -1 |
| 14 | Donald | 21,045 | +2 |
| 15 | Ruth | 20,298 | -1 |
| 16 | Edward | 19,488 | -1 |
| 17 | Thomas | 16,702 | +1 |
| 18 | Doris | 16,402 | +1 |
| 19 | Virginia | 16,215 | -2 |
| 20 | Frank | 14,586 | 0 |
| 21 | Paul | 13,739 | +1 |
| 22 | Mildred | 13,599 | -1 |
| 23 | Frances | 13,469 | +1 |
| 24 | Harold | 13,401 | +1 |
| 25 | Elizabeth | 12,891 | -2 |
| 26 | Raymond | 12,882 | +1 |
| 27 | Jean | 12,466 | +4 |
| 28 | Jack | 12,279 | +2 |
| 29 | Shirley | 11,976 | +6 |
| 30 | Walter | 11,866 | -1 |
| 31 | Evelyn | 11,820 | -5 |
| 32 | Anna | 11,746 | -4 |
| 33 | Barbara | 11,114 | +11 |
| 34 | Alice | 11,005 | -2 |
| 35 | Marie | 10,684 | -1 |
| 36 | Willie | 10,637 | -3 |
| 37 | Kenneth | 10,413 | 0 |
| 38 | Henry | 10,100 | -2 |
| 39 | Lois | 9,872 | 0 |
| 40 | Arthur | 9,543 | -2 |
| 41 | Gloria | 9,235 | +1 |
| 42 | Irene | 9,211 | -1 |
| 43 | Albert | 9,194 | -3 |
| 44 | David | 9,097 | +1 |
| 45 | Eugene | 9,091 | +4 |
| 46 | Marjorie | 8,664 | -3 |
| 47 | Patricia | 8,615 | +7 |
| 48 | Martha | 8,592 | -2 |
| 49 | Rose | 8,555 | +4 |
| 50 | Ralph | 8,499 | 0 |
| 51 | Harry | 8,268 | -4 |
| 52 | Florence | 8,212 | -4 |
| 53 | Louise | 8,031 | -1 |
| 54 | Lillian | 7,688 | -3 |
| 55 | Norma | 7,554 | +8 |
| 56 | Ruby | 7,534 | -1 |
| 57 | Catherine | 7,498 | -1 |
| 58 | Eleanor | 7,324 | -1 |
| 59 | Carl | 6,986 | +3 |
| 60 | Marion | 6,979 | +1 |
| 61 | Phyllis | 6,937 | +11 |
| 62 | Annie | 6,919 | -4 |
| 63 | Howard | 6,886 | -3 |
| 64 | Gladys | 6,661 | -5 |
| 65 | Thelma | 6,621 | 0 |
| 66 | Louis | 6,584 | -2 |
| 67 | Clarence | 6,575 | +3 |
| 68 | Joe | 6,550 | +9 |
| 69 | Earl | 6,498 | +4 |
| 70 | Fred | 6,495 | +8 |
| 71 | Francis | 6,441 | 0 |
| 72 | Josephine | 6,428 | -6 |
| 73 | Edna | 6,416 | -6 |
| 74 | Pauline | 6,388 | -6 |
| 75 | Roy | 6,277 | -1 |
| 76 | June | 6,146 | -7 |
| 77 | Ethel | 5,886 | +2 |
| 78 | Edith | 5,810 | -2 |
| 79 | Lucille | 5,792 | -4 |
| 80 | Joyce | 5,758 | +26 |
| 81 | Lawrence | 5,621 | +2 |
| 82 | Bernice | 5,540 | 0 |
| 83 | Ernest | 5,473 | +1 |
| 84 | Grace | 5,449 | -4 |
| 85 | Leonard | 5,443 | 0 |
| 86 | Hazel | 5,363 | -5 |
| 87 | Norman | 5,337 | +5 |
| 88 | Billy | 5,327 | +20 |
| 89 | Dolores | 5,249 | +26 |
| 90 | Gerald | 5,171 | +13 |
| 91 | Anthony | 5,092 | -3 |
| 92 | Rita | 5,028 | -6 |
| 93 | Joan | 5,022 | +25 |
| 94 | Stanley | 5,006 | -5 |
| 95 | Juanita | 5,000 | -8 |
| 96 | Herbert | 4,980 | -2 |
| 97 | Lorraine | 4,915 | -6 |
| 98 | Geraldine | 4,832 | -2 |
| 99 | Ann | 4,784 | -6 |
| 100 | Alfred | 4,759 | -3 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.