Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1926

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1926 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	67,832	5.514	-125	-65,505	1	Robert	61,130	5.337	-70	-55,990
2	Dorothy	36,617	2.977	-584	-36,100	2	John	56,110	4.898	-25	-46,991
3	Betty	32,964	2.680	-1,125	-32,749	3	James	53,209	4.645	-1	-39,684
4	Helen	26,884	2.185	-409	-26,139	4	William	51,920	4.533	1	-37,404
5	Margaret	23,070	1.875	-122	-20,758	5	Charles	29,521	2.577	-47	-22,917
6	Ruth	20,223	1.644	-259	-18,989	6	George	25,904	2.261	-121	-22,845
7	Doris	16,298	1.325	-1,807	-16,187	7	Richard	25,149	2.195	-181	-23,030
8	Virginia	16,162	1.314	-532	-15,584	8	Joseph	23,759	2.074	-15	-14,204
9	Mildred	13,551	1.102	-2,060	-13,458	9	Donald	20,912	1.826	-517	-20,379
10	Frances	13,355	1.086	-435	-12,640	10	Edward	19,378	1.692	-159	-17,110
11	Elizabeth	12,835	1.043	-2	-4,322	11	Thomas	16,598	1.449	-38	-9,819
12	Jean	12,168	0.989	-2,381	-12,093	12	Frank	14,494	1.265	-380	-13,691
13	Evelyn	11,780	0.958	3	-1,404	13	Paul	13,656	1.192	-221	-12,031
14	Shirley	11,761	0.956	-1,450	-11,611	14	Harold	13,311	1.162	-783	-13,030
15	Anna	11,698	0.951	-39	-7,553	15	Raymond	12,807	1.118	-284	-11,658
16	Barbara	11,080	0.901	-914	-10,795	16	Jack	12,200	1.065	-12	-3,366
17	Alice	10,956	0.891	-54	-7,313	17	Walter	11,772	1.028	-254	-10,469
18	Marie	10,632	0.864	-558	-10,102	18	Kenneth	10,341	0.903	-208	-8,686
19	Lois	9,819	0.798	-1,674	-9,697	19	Henry	10,001	0.873	3	648
20	Gloria	9,196	0.748	-564	-8,675	20	Arthur	9,467	0.826	-210	-7,825
21	Irene	9,168	0.745	-616	-8,704	21	Albert	9,144	0.798	-431	-8,487
22	Marjorie	8,640	0.702	-1,145	-8,435	22	David	9,038	0.789	0	659
23	Patricia	8,589	0.698	-890	-8,296	23	Eugene	9,014	0.787	-839	-8,762
24	Martha	8,554	0.695	-773	-8,213	24	Ralph	8,454	0.738	-927	-8,237
25	Rose	8,509	0.692	-98	-6,077	25	Harry	8,214	0.717	-595	-7,787
26	Florence	8,180	0.665	-945	-7,911	26	Carl	6,940	0.606	-674	-6,598
27	Louise	7,983	0.649	-773	-7,644	27	Howard	6,838	0.597	-941	-6,625
28	Lillian	7,662	0.623	-6	-2,128	28	Willie	6,820	0.595	-906	-6,596
29	Norma	7,528	0.612	-2,242	-7,448	29	Clarence	6,540	0.571	-1,087	-6,368
30	Ruby	7,473	0.607	-44	-3,921	30	Louis	6,512	0.568	-233	-5,144
31	Catherine	7,468	0.607	-173	-5,970	31	Fred	6,446	0.563	-1,619	-6,349
32	Eleanor	7,305	0.594	0	-1,611	32	Earl	6,444	0.563	-1,632	-6,349
33	Phyllis	6,920	0.563	-6,942	-6,903	33	Joe	6,336	0.553	-662	-5,991
34	Annie	6,876	0.559	-274	-5,796	34	Roy	6,227	0.544	-508	-5,713
35	Gladys	6,633	0.539	-3,404	-6,588	35	Francis	5,789	0.505	-445	-5,183
36	Thelma	6,583	0.535	-4,922	-6,556	36	Lawrence	5,582	0.487	-462	-5,009
37	Josephine	6,407	0.521	-54	-3,384	37	Ernest	5,438	0.475	-941	-5,228
38	Edna	6,395	0.520	-1,699	-6,278	38	Leonard	5,402	0.472	-595	-4,987
39	Pauline	6,356	0.517	-2,746	-6,295	39	Norman	5,287	0.462	-1,185	-5,136
40	June	6,076	0.494	-201	-4,734	40	Billy	5,180	0.452	-805	-4,920
41	Ethel	5,858	0.476	-4,315	-5,826	41	Gerald	5,122	0.447	-853	-4,881
42	Edith	5,788	0.471	-476	-5,189	42	Anthony	5,060	0.442	4	2,943
43	Lucille	5,760	0.468	-252	-4,645	43	Stanley	4,964	0.433	-664	-4,625
44	Joyce	5,704	0.464	-903	-5,426	44	Herbert	4,938	0.431	-1,983	-4,867
45	Bernice	5,443	0.442	-2,623	-5,379	45	Alfred	4,732	0.413	-827	-4,483
46	Grace	5,427	0.441	22	1,297	46	Daniel	4,515	0.394	31	6,658
47	Marion	5,354	0.435	-1,558	-5,221	47	Melvin	4,194	0.366	-673	-3,864
48	Hazel	5,302	0.431	6	-386	48	Samuel	4,179	0.365	27	5,555
49	Dolores	5,217	0.424	-3,875	-5,180	49	Bernard	4,172	0.364	-1,102	-4,007
50	Rita	5,014	0.408	-1,201	-4,830	50	Marvin	4,112	0.359	-530	-3,639

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.