Top Baby Names of 1926
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1926, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1926)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 61,130 |
| 2 | John | 56,108 |
| 3 | James | 53,197 |
| 4 | William | 51,922 |
| 5 | Charles | 29,521 |
| 6 | George | 25,909 |
| 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 | 13,311 |
| 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 | 8,215 |
| 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 | 4,179 |
| 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 | 3,359 |
| 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 | 2,812 |
| 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 |