Year rank 1926

Names picked for kids in 1926

For a girl

1. mary

67833

2. dorothy

36616

3. betty

32964

4. helen

26886

5. margaret

23074

6. ruth

20225

7. doris

16298

8. virginia

16161

9. mildred

13548

10. frances

13355

11. elizabeth

12836

12. jean

12167

13. evelyn

11780

14. shirley

11760

15. anna

11697

16. barbara

11079

17. alice

10956

18. marie

10630

19. lois

9818

20. gloria

9198

21. irene

9169

22. marjorie

8640

23. patricia

8586

24. martha

8555

25. rose

8509

26. florence

8178

27. louise

7979

28. lillian

7661

29. norma

7528

30. ruby

7475

31. catherine

7470

32. eleanor

7304

33. phyllis

6921

34. annie

6876

35. gladys

6634

36. thelma

6584

37. josephine

6410

38. edna

6396

39. pauline

6357

40. june

6077

41. ethel

5858

42. edith

5786

43. lucille

5760

44. joyce

5704

45. bernice

5443

46. grace

5427

47. marion

5353

48. hazel

5303

49. dolores

5219

50. rita

5015

51. joan

4995

52. juanita

4981

53. lorraine

4891

54. geraldine

4812

55. ann

4778

56. jane

4642

57. nancy

4567

58. beatrice

4518

59. emma

4481

60. audrey

4477

61. clara

4464

62. esther

4454

63. sarah

4423

64. theresa

4406

65. marilyn

4370

66. wanda

4125

67. wilma

4055

68. elaine

4004

69. elsie

3910

70. marian

3859

71. gertrude

3852

72. katherine

3834

73. willie

3817

74. beverly

3776

75. julia

3688

76. bertha

3583

77. agnes

3533

78. charlotte

3512

79. eva

3494

80. vivian

3430

81. laura

3373

82. ida

3285

83. kathleen

3277

84. vera

3152

85. maxine

3150

86. anne

3109

87. kathryn

3094

88. jeanne

3063

89. bessie

3054

90. donna

3008

91. alma

2990

92. eileen

2928

93. jessie

2921

94. violet

2904

95. rosemary

2900

96. pearl

2899

97. viola

2876

98. ella

2852

99. lillie

2845

100. ellen

2768

For a boy

1. robert

61130

2. john

56104

3. james

53194

4. william

51920

5. charles

29522

6. george

25908

7. richard

25142

8. joseph

23759

9. donald

20912

10. edward

19377

11. thomas

16594

12. frank

14493

13. paul

13653

14. harold

13311

15. raymond

12808

16. jack

12196

17. walter

11774

18. kenneth

10343

19. henry

9996

20. arthur

9465

21. albert

9144

22. david

9041

23. eugene

9016

24. ralph

8454

25. harry

8215

26. carl

6939

27. howard

6837

28. willie

6819

29. clarence

6539

30. louis

6513

31. fred

6447

32. earl

6441

33. joe

6338

34. roy

6224

35. francis

5789

36. lawrence

5582

37. ernest

5436

38. leonard

5402

39. norman

5283

40. billy

5180

41. gerald

5122

42. anthony

5059

43. stanley

4965

44. herbert

4938

45. alfred

4726

46. daniel

4516

47. melvin

4194

48. samuel

4179

49. bernard

4173

50. marvin

4111

51. leroy

3808

52. russell

3793

53. floyd

3622

54. leo

3552

55. edwin

3491

56. michael

3485

57. ray

3410

58. peter

3358

59. andrew

3344

60. lloyd

3279

61. elmer

3233

62. clifford

3189

63. theodore

3129

64. frederick

3120

65. calvin

3015

66. vernon

2953

67. clyde

2873

68. wayne

2812

69. herman

2798

70. philip

2708

71. warren

2701

72. alvin

2693

73. leon

2647

74. bill

2643

75. glenn

2635

76. gordon

2630

77. vincent

2543

78. lester

2539

79. chester

2534

80. martin

2493

81. charlie

2446

82. lewis

2444

83. milton

2418

84. dale

2398

85. lee

2313

86. cecil

2304

87. jesse

2298

88. ronald

2284

89. roger

2261

90. harvey

2128

91. gene

2084

92. sam

2033

93. allen

2021

94. victor

2016

95. wallace

2011

96. don

1966

97. jerry

1933

98. benjamin

1898

99. arnold

1882

100. willard

1810