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Most popular baby names in the US, 1926

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1926, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and Robert led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
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
8	Virginia	16,161
9	Mildred	13,547
10	Frances	13,355
11	Elizabeth	12,837
12	Jean	12,168
13	Evelyn	11,780
14	Shirley	11,762
15	Anna	11,698
16	Barbara	11,079
17	Alice	10,956
18	Marie	10,629
19	Lois	9,816
20	Gloria	9,198
21	Irene	9,169
22	Marjorie	8,640
23	Patricia	8,586
24	Martha	8,556
25	Rose	8,509
26	Florence	8,178
27	Louise	7,979
28	Lillian	7,661
29	Norma	7,528
30	Ruby	7,476
31	Catherine	7,469
32	Eleanor	7,305
33	Phyllis	6,921
34	Annie	6,877
35	Gladys	6,634
36	Thelma	6,585
37	Josephine	6,410
38	Edna	6,396
39	Pauline	6,357
40	June	6,077
41	Ethel	5,856
42	Edith	5,786
43	Lucille	5,760
44	Joyce	5,704
45	Bernice	5,443
46	Grace	5,427
47	Marion	5,353
48	Hazel	5,303
49	Dolores	5,218
50	Rita	5,015
51	Joan	4,995
52	Juanita	4,981
53	Lorraine	4,891
54	Geraldine	4,812
55	Ann	4,779
56	Jane	4,641
57	Nancy	4,566
58	Beatrice	4,518
59	Emma	4,480
60	Audrey	4,477
61	Clara	4,464
62	Esther	4,453
63	Sarah	4,424
64	Theresa	4,407
65	Marilyn	4,370
66	Wanda	4,125
67	Wilma	4,054
68	Elaine	4,004
69	Elsie	3,910
70	Marian	3,859
71	Gertrude	3,852
72	Katherine	3,834
73	Willie	3,817
74	Beverly	3,775
75	Julia	3,688
76	Bertha	3,583
77	Agnes	3,533
78	Charlotte	3,512
79	Eva	3,494
80	Vivian	3,430
81	Laura	3,373
82	Ida	3,285
83	Kathleen	3,277
84	Vera	3,152
85	Maxine	3,150
86	Anne	3,109
87	Kathryn	3,094
88	Jeanne	3,063
89	Bessie	3,054
90	Donna	3,008
91	Alma	2,990
92	Eileen	2,928
93	Jessie	2,921
94	Violet	2,903
95	Rosemary	2,900
96	Pearl	2,899
97	Viola	2,876
98	Ella	2,852
99	Lillie	2,845
100	Ellen	2,768

Boys

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

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.