ninan.org

The most popular baby names of 1926

SSA recorded 2,295,906 births in 1926 across all reported names — 1,185,401 girls and 1,110,505 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1926

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1925.
#NameBirthsvs 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

Top 100 boys' names in 1926

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1925.
#NameBirthsvs 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

Names that climbed fastest in 1926

Ranked by places gained against 1925, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1926Rank 1925Change
Rudy boys 299 414 +115
Gilda girls 401 496 +95
Dona girls 403 480 +77
Therese girls 227 291 +64
Lavonne girls 380 439 +59
Joanne girls 205 262 +57
Jackie boys 300 355 +55
Corrine girls 352 405 +53
Jackie girls 370 423 +53
Patsy girls 198 250 +52
Beryl girls 446 496 +50
Colleen girls 204 252 +48
Jacquelyn girls 346 392 +46
Joanna girls 406 452 +46
Bobbie boys 271 315 +44

Names that fell fastest in 1926

NameRank 1926Rank 1925Change
Solomon boys 409 342 -67
Helena girls 429 363 -66
Tillie girls 470 407 -63
Gene girls 408 352 -56
Lessie girls 434 381 -53
Edythe girls 391 342 -49
Bennie girls 480 432 -48
Odell boys 367 322 -45
Roxie girls 469 427 -42
Ila girls 302 261 -41
Lora girls 407 366 -41
Sophia girls 442 402 -40
Alphonse boys 399 359 -40
Marjory girls 470 431 -39
Claud boys 366 327 -39

Names that first appear in 1926

1926 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1926

For these names, 1926 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.