Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1926
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1925.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1925 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 61,130 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 56,108 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 53,196 | +1 |
| 4 | William | 51,922 | -1 |
| 5 | Charles | 29,521 | 0 |
| 6 | George | 25,910 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 25,143 | +1 |
| 8 | Joseph | 23,756 | -1 |
| 9 | Donald | 20,912 | +1 |
| 10 | Edward | 19,375 | -1 |
| 11 | Thomas | 16,592 | 0 |
| 12 | Frank | 14,493 | 0 |
| 13 | Paul | 13,653 | 0 |
| 14 | Harold | 13,310 | 0 |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,809 | 0 |
| 16 | Jack | 12,195 | +1 |
| 17 | Walter | 11,774 | -1 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 10,342 | +1 |
| 19 | Henry | 9,994 | -1 |
| 20 | Arthur | 9,465 | 0 |
| 21 | Albert | 9,146 | 0 |
| 22 | David | 9,041 | 0 |
| 23 | Eugene | 9,016 | +1 |
| 24 | Ralph | 8,455 | +1 |
| 25 | Harry | 8,216 | -2 |
| 26 | Carl | 6,939 | +2 |
| 27 | Howard | 6,836 | -1 |
| 28 | Willie | 6,820 | -1 |
| 29 | Clarence | 6,537 | +1 |
| 30 | Louis | 6,513 | -1 |
| 31 | Fred | 6,447 | +2 |
| 32 | Earl | 6,441 | -1 |
| 33 | Joe | 6,338 | +1 |
| 34 | Roy | 6,224 | -2 |
| 35 | Francis | 5,789 | 0 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,582 | 0 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,436 | 0 |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,402 | 0 |
| 39 | Norman | 5,282 | +2 |
| 40 | Billy | 5,180 | +9 |
| 41 | Gerald | 5,123 | +4 |
| 42 | Anthony | 5,058 | -3 |
| 43 | Stanley | 4,966 | -3 |
| 44 | Herbert | 4,939 | -2 |
| 45 | Alfred | 4,726 | -2 |
| 46 | Daniel | 4,516 | -2 |
| 47 | Melvin | 4,194 | +3 |
| 48 | Samuel | 4,180 | -2 |
| 49 | Bernard | 4,172 | -1 |
| 50 | Marvin | 4,111 | +1 |
| 51 | Leroy | 3,808 | +1 |
| 52 | Russell | 3,793 | +1 |
| 53 | Floyd | 3,623 | +5 |
| 54 | Leo | 3,552 | 0 |
| 55 | Edwin | 3,491 | +2 |
| 56 | Michael | 3,485 | -1 |
| 57 | Ray | 3,409 | +7 |
| 58 | Peter | 3,358 | +2 |
| 59 | Andrew | 3,344 | -3 |
| 60 | Lloyd | 3,278 | +2 |
| 61 | Elmer | 3,233 | 0 |
| 62 | Clifford | 3,190 | -3 |
| 63 | Theodore | 3,129 | 0 |
| 64 | Frederick | 3,120 | +1 |
| 65 | Calvin | 3,014 | -18 |
| 66 | Vernon | 2,953 | +1 |
| 67 | Clyde | 2,873 | +1 |
| 68 | Wayne | 2,811 | +6 |
| 69 | Herman | 2,798 | 0 |
| 70 | Philip | 2,708 | +5 |
| 71 | Warren | 2,701 | -5 |
| 72 | Alvin | 2,693 | -2 |
| 73 | Leon | 2,647 | +3 |
| 74 | Bill | 2,643 | +10 |
| 75 | Glenn | 2,635 | +2 |
| 76 | Gordon | 2,629 | -4 |
| 77 | Vincent | 2,543 | -6 |
| 78 | Lester | 2,539 | +3 |
| 79 | Chester | 2,534 | -6 |
| 80 | Martin | 2,493 | +3 |
| 81 | Charlie | 2,446 | -3 |
| 82 | Lewis | 2,444 | -3 |
| 83 | Milton | 2,418 | -3 |
| 84 | Dale | 2,398 | +2 |
| 85 | Lee | 2,313 | -3 |
| 86 | Cecil | 2,305 | +1 |
| 87 | Jesse | 2,298 | -2 |
| 88 | Ronald | 2,283 | +16 |
| 89 | Roger | 2,260 | +1 |
| 90 | Harvey | 2,128 | -2 |
| 91 | Gene | 2,083 | +21 |
| 92 | Sam | 2,033 | -1 |
| 93 | Allen | 2,021 | +1 |
| 94 | Victor | 2,016 | -5 |
| 95 | Wallace | 2,012 | -3 |
| 96 | Don | 1,966 | +10 |
| 97 | Jerry | 1,934 | +10 |
| 98 | Benjamin | 1,898 | -5 |
| 99 | Arnold | 1,882 | -4 |
| 100 | Willard | 1,810 | -3 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.