United States · 2,295,906 recorded births
Top baby names of 1926
Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Beverly (up 31), Donna (up 20), Bobby (up 34), Jimmy (up 32).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1925 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 67,832 | · |
| 2 | Dorothy | 36,618 | · |
| 3 | Betty | 32,964 | · |
| 4 | Helen | 26,886 | · |
| 5 | Margaret | 23,072 | · |
| 6 | Ruth | 20,225 | · |
| 7 | Doris | 16,295 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Virginia | 16,161 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Mildred | 13,547 | · |
| 10 | Frances | 13,355 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 12,837 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Jean | 12,168 | ▲ 2 |
| 13 | Evelyn | 11,780 | ▼ 1 |
| 14 | Shirley | 11,762 | ▲ 3 |
| 15 | Anna | 11,698 | ▼ 2 |
| 16 | Barbara | 11,079 | ▲ 6 |
| 17 | Alice | 10,956 | ▼ 2 |
| 18 | Marie | 10,629 | ▼ 2 |
| 19 | Lois | 9,816 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Gloria | 9,198 | · |
| 21 | Irene | 9,169 | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | Marjorie | 8,640 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Patricia | 8,586 | ▲ 5 |
| 24 | Martha | 8,556 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Rose | 8,509 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Florence | 8,178 | ▼ 2 |
| 27 | Louise | 7,979 | · |
| 28 | Lillian | 7,661 | ▼ 3 |
| 29 | Norma | 7,528 | ▲ 5 |
| 30 | Ruby | 7,476 | · |
| 31 | Catherine | 7,469 | ▼ 2 |
| 32 | Eleanor | 7,305 | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Phyllis | 6,921 | ▲ 7 |
| 34 | Annie | 6,877 | ▼ 2 |
| 35 | Gladys | 6,634 | ▼ 2 |
| 36 | Thelma | 6,585 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Josephine | 6,410 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Edna | 6,396 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Pauline | 6,357 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | June | 6,077 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Ethel | 5,856 | ▲ 2 |
| 42 | Edith | 5,786 | · |
| 43 | Lucille | 5,760 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Joyce | 5,704 | ▲ 15 |
| 45 | Bernice | 5,443 | ▲ 1 |
| 46 | Grace | 5,427 | ▼ 2 |
| 47 | Marion | 5,353 | · |
| 48 | Hazel | 5,303 | ▼ 3 |
| 49 | Dolores | 5,218 | ▲ 15 |
| 50 | Rita | 5,015 | ▼ 2 |
| 51 | Joan | 4,995 | ▲ 15 |
| 52 | Juanita | 4,981 | ▼ 3 |
| 53 | Lorraine | 4,891 | ▼ 2 |
| 54 | Geraldine | 4,812 | · |
| 55 | Ann | 4,779 | ▼ 3 |
| 56 | Jane | 4,641 | ▼ 3 |
| 57 | Nancy | 4,566 | ▲ 3 |
| 58 | Beatrice | 4,518 | ▼ 8 |
| 59 | Emma | 4,480 | ▼ 2 |
| 60 | Audrey | 4,477 | ▲ 18 |
| 61 | Clara | 4,464 | ▼ 6 |
| 62 | Esther | 4,453 | ▼ 6 |
| 63 | Sarah | 4,424 | ▼ 5 |
| 64 | Theresa | 4,407 | ▲ 16 |
| 65 | Marilyn | 4,370 | ▲ 18 |
| 66 | Wanda | 4,125 | ▲ 6 |
| 67 | Wilma | 4,054 | ▼ 5 |
| 68 | Elaine | 4,004 | ▲ 5 |
| 69 | Elsie | 3,910 | ▼ 6 |
| 70 | Marian | 3,859 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Gertrude | 3,852 | ▼ 1 |
| 72 | Katherine | 3,834 | ▼ 11 |
| 73 | Willie | 3,817 | ▼ 5 |
| 74 | Beverly | 3,775 | ▲ 31 |
| 75 | Julia | 3,688 | ▼ 10 |
| 76 | Bertha | 3,583 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Agnes | 3,533 | ▼ 8 |
| 78 | Charlotte | 3,512 | ▼ 1 |
| 79 | Eva | 3,494 | ▼ 8 |
| 80 | Vivian | 3,430 | ▼ 4 |
| 81 | Laura | 3,373 | ▼ 6 |
| 82 | Ida | 3,285 | · |
| 83 | Kathleen | 3,277 | ▼ 2 |
| 84 | Vera | 3,152 | ▲ 2 |
| 85 | Maxine | 3,150 | ▼ 6 |
| 86 | Anne | 3,109 | ▼ 1 |
| 87 | Kathryn | 3,094 | ▲ 1 |
| 88 | Jeanne | 3,063 | ▲ 1 |
| 89 | Bessie | 3,054 | ▼ 2 |
| 90 | Donna | 3,008 | ▲ 20 |
| 91 | Alma | 2,990 | ▲ 3 |
| 92 | Eileen | 2,928 | ▲ 4 |
| 93 | Jessie | 2,921 | ▲ 4 |
| 94 | Violet | 2,903 | ▼ 2 |
| 95 | Rosemary | 2,900 | ▲ 8 |
| 96 | Pearl | 2,899 | ▼ 6 |
| 97 | Viola | 2,876 | ▼ 13 |
| 98 | Ella | 2,852 | ▼ 5 |
| 99 | Lillie | 2,845 | ▼ 8 |
| 100 | Ellen | 2,768 | ▲ 1 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1925 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 61,130 | · |
| 2 | John | 56,108 | · |
| 3 | James | 53,196 | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | William | 51,922 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | Charles | 29,521 | · |
| 6 | George | 25,910 | · |
| 7 | Richard | 25,143 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Joseph | 23,756 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Donald | 20,912 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Edward | 19,375 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Thomas | 16,592 | · |
| 12 | Frank | 14,493 | · |
| 13 | Paul | 13,653 | · |
| 14 | Harold | 13,310 | · |
| 15 | Raymond | 12,809 | · |
| 16 | Jack | 12,195 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Walter | 11,774 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 10,342 | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | Henry | 9,994 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Arthur | 9,465 | · |
| 21 | Albert | 9,146 | · |
| 22 | David | 9,041 | · |
| 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 | · |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,582 | · |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,436 | · |
| 38 | Leonard | 5,402 | · |
| 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 | · |
| 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 | · |
| 62 | Clifford | 3,190 | ▼ 3 |
| 63 | Theodore | 3,129 | · |
| 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 | · |
| 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 |