Popular Baby Names
Based on US Social Security Administration data
Top Names in 1926
Rising Stars
Names with the biggest jump in popularity from 1925
Top Boy Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 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 |
Top Girl Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 1 |
Mary
|
67,833 |
| 2 |
Dorothy
|
36,618 |
| 3 |
Betty
|
32,964 |
| 4 |
Helen
|
26,885 |
| 5 |
Margaret
|
23,073 |
| 6 |
Ruth
|
20,225 |
| 7 |
Doris
|
16,295 |
| 8 |
Virginia
|
16,161 |
| 9 |
Mildred
|
13,548 |
| 10 |
Frances
|
13,355 |
| 11 |
Elizabeth
|
12,837 |
| 12 |
Jean
|
12,168 |
| 13 |
Evelyn
|
11,780 |
| 14 |
Shirley
|
11,761 |
| 15 |
Anna
|
11,698 |
| 16 |
Barbara
|
11,079 |
| 17 |
Alice
|
10,956 |
| 18 |
Marie
|
10,629 |
| 19 |
Lois
|
9,817 |
| 20 |
Gloria
|
9,199 |