Top Names of 1926

Official birth counts from Social Security card applications.

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary67,832 babies
  2. 2Dorothy36,618 babies
  3. 3Betty32,964 babies
  4. 4Helen26,886 babies
  5. 5Margaret23,072 babies
  6. 6Ruth20,225 babies
  7. 7Doris16,295 babies
  8. 8Virginia16,161 babies
  9. 9Mildred13,547 babies
  10. 10Frances13,355 babies
  11. 11Elizabeth12,837 babies
  12. 12Jean12,168 babies
  13. 13Evelyn11,780 babies
  14. 14Shirley11,762 babies
  15. 15Anna11,698 babies
  16. 16Barbara11,079 babies
  17. 17Alice10,956 babies
  18. 18Marie10,629 babies
  19. 19Lois9,816 babies
  20. 20Gloria9,198 babies
  21. 21Irene9,169 babies
  22. 22Marjorie8,640 babies
  23. 23Patricia8,586 babies
  24. 24Martha8,556 babies
  25. 25Rose8,509 babies
  26. 26Florence8,178 babies
  27. 27Louise7,979 babies
  28. 28Lillian7,661 babies
  29. 29Norma7,528 babies
  30. 30Ruby7,476 babies
  31. 31Catherine7,469 babies
  32. 32Eleanor7,305 babies
  33. 33Phyllis6,921 babies
  34. 34Annie6,877 babies
  35. 35Gladys6,634 babies
  36. 36Thelma6,585 babies
  37. 37Josephine6,410 babies
  38. 38Edna6,396 babies
  39. 39Pauline6,357 babies
  40. 40June6,077 babies
  41. 41Ethel5,856 babies
  42. 42Edith5,786 babies
  43. 43Lucille5,760 babies
  44. 44Joyce5,704 babies
  45. 45Bernice5,443 babies
  46. 46Grace5,427 babies
  47. 47Marion5,353 babies
  48. 48Hazel5,303 babies
  49. 49Dolores5,218 babies
  50. 50Rita5,015 babies
  51. 51Joan4,995 babies
  52. 52Juanita4,981 babies
  53. 53Lorraine4,891 babies
  54. 54Geraldine4,812 babies
  55. 55Ann4,779 babies
  56. 56Jane4,641 babies
  57. 57Nancy4,566 babies
  58. 58Beatrice4,518 babies
  59. 59Emma4,480 babies
  60. 60Audrey4,477 babies
  61. 61Clara4,464 babies
  62. 62Esther4,453 babies
  63. 63Sarah4,424 babies
  64. 64Theresa4,407 babies
  65. 65Marilyn4,370 babies
  66. 66Wanda4,125 babies
  67. 67Wilma4,054 babies
  68. 68Elaine4,004 babies
  69. 69Elsie3,910 babies
  70. 70Marian3,859 babies
  71. 71Gertrude3,852 babies
  72. 72Katherine3,834 babies
  73. 73Willie3,817 babies
  74. 74Beverly3,775 babies
  75. 75Julia3,688 babies
  76. 76Bertha3,583 babies
  77. 77Agnes3,533 babies
  78. 78Charlotte3,512 babies
  79. 79Eva3,494 babies
  80. 80Vivian3,430 babies
  81. 81Laura3,373 babies
  82. 82Ida3,285 babies
  83. 83Kathleen3,277 babies
  84. 84Vera3,152 babies
  85. 85Maxine3,150 babies
  86. 86Anne3,109 babies
  87. 87Kathryn3,094 babies
  88. 88Jeanne3,063 babies
  89. 89Bessie3,054 babies
  90. 90Donna3,008 babies
  91. 91Alma2,990 babies
  92. 92Eileen2,928 babies
  93. 93Jessie2,921 babies
  94. 94Violet2,903 babies
  95. 95Rosemary2,900 babies
  96. 96Pearl2,899 babies
  97. 97Viola2,876 babies
  98. 98Ella2,852 babies
  99. 99Lillie2,845 babies
  100. 100Ellen2,768 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1Robert61,130 babies
  2. 2John56,108 babies
  3. 3James53,196 babies
  4. 4William51,922 babies
  5. 5Charles29,521 babies
  6. 6George25,910 babies
  7. 7Richard25,143 babies
  8. 8Joseph23,756 babies
  9. 9Donald20,912 babies
  10. 10Edward19,375 babies
  11. 11Thomas16,592 babies
  12. 12Frank14,493 babies
  13. 13Paul13,653 babies
  14. 14Harold13,310 babies
  15. 15Raymond12,809 babies
  16. 16Jack12,195 babies
  17. 17Walter11,774 babies
  18. 18Kenneth10,342 babies
  19. 19Henry9,994 babies
  20. 20Arthur9,465 babies
  21. 21Albert9,146 babies
  22. 22David9,041 babies
  23. 23Eugene9,016 babies
  24. 24Ralph8,455 babies
  25. 25Harry8,216 babies
  26. 26Carl6,939 babies
  27. 27Howard6,836 babies
  28. 28Willie6,820 babies
  29. 29Clarence6,537 babies
  30. 30Louis6,513 babies
  31. 31Fred6,447 babies
  32. 32Earl6,441 babies
  33. 33Joe6,338 babies
  34. 34Roy6,224 babies
  35. 35Francis5,789 babies
  36. 36Lawrence5,582 babies
  37. 37Ernest5,436 babies
  38. 38Leonard5,402 babies
  39. 39Norman5,282 babies
  40. 40Billy5,180 babies
  41. 41Gerald5,123 babies
  42. 42Anthony5,058 babies
  43. 43Stanley4,966 babies
  44. 44Herbert4,939 babies
  45. 45Alfred4,726 babies
  46. 46Daniel4,516 babies
  47. 47Melvin4,194 babies
  48. 48Samuel4,180 babies
  49. 49Bernard4,172 babies
  50. 50Marvin4,111 babies
  51. 51Leroy3,808 babies
  52. 52Russell3,793 babies
  53. 53Floyd3,623 babies
  54. 54Leo3,552 babies
  55. 55Edwin3,491 babies
  56. 56Michael3,485 babies
  57. 57Ray3,409 babies
  58. 58Peter3,358 babies
  59. 59Andrew3,344 babies
  60. 60Lloyd3,278 babies
  61. 61Elmer3,233 babies
  62. 62Clifford3,190 babies
  63. 63Theodore3,129 babies
  64. 64Frederick3,120 babies
  65. 65Calvin3,014 babies
  66. 66Vernon2,953 babies
  67. 67Clyde2,873 babies
  68. 68Wayne2,811 babies
  69. 69Herman2,798 babies
  70. 70Philip2,708 babies
  71. 71Warren2,701 babies
  72. 72Alvin2,693 babies
  73. 73Leon2,647 babies
  74. 74Bill2,643 babies
  75. 75Glenn2,635 babies
  76. 76Gordon2,629 babies
  77. 77Vincent2,543 babies
  78. 78Lester2,539 babies
  79. 79Chester2,534 babies
  80. 80Martin2,493 babies
  81. 81Charlie2,446 babies
  82. 82Lewis2,444 babies
  83. 83Milton2,418 babies
  84. 84Dale2,398 babies
  85. 85Lee2,313 babies
  86. 86Cecil2,305 babies
  87. 87Jesse2,298 babies
  88. 88Ronald2,283 babies
  89. 89Roger2,260 babies
  90. 90Harvey2,128 babies
  91. 91Gene2,083 babies
  92. 92Sam2,033 babies
  93. 93Allen2,021 babies
  94. 94Victor2,016 babies
  95. 95Wallace2,012 babies
  96. 96Don1,966 babies
  97. 97Jerry1,934 babies
  98. 98Benjamin1,898 babies
  99. 99Arnold1,882 babies
  100. 100Willard1,810 babies
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