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Top Baby Names 1926

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,185,401 · Total Boys: 1,110,504

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	67,833	5.722%
2	Dorothy	36,618	3.089%
3	Betty	32,964	2.781%
4	Helen	26,885	2.268%
5	Margaret	23,073	1.946%
6	Ruth	20,225	1.706%
7	Doris	16,295	1.375%
8	Virginia	16,161	1.363%
9	Mildred	13,548	1.143%
10	Frances	13,355	1.127%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Elizabeth	12,837	1.083%
12	Jean	12,168	1.026%
13	Evelyn	11,780	0.994%
14	Shirley	11,761	0.992%
15	Anna	11,698	0.987%
16	Barbara	11,079	0.935%
17	Alice	10,956	0.924%
18	Marie	10,629	0.897%
19	Lois	9,817	0.828%
20	Gloria	9,199	0.776%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Irene	9,169	0.773%
22	Marjorie	8,640	0.729%
23	Patricia	8,586	0.724%
24	Martha	8,556	0.722%
25	Rose	8,509	0.718%
26	Florence	8,178	0.690%
27	Louise	7,979	0.673%
28	Lillian	7,661	0.646%
29	Norma	7,528	0.635%
30	Ruby	7,476	0.631%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Catherine	7,469	0.630%
32	Eleanor	7,305	0.616%
33	Phyllis	6,921	0.584%
34	Annie	6,877	0.580%
35	Gladys	6,634	0.560%
36	Thelma	6,584	0.555%
37	Josephine	6,410	0.541%
38	Edna	6,396	0.540%
39	Pauline	6,357	0.536%
40	June	6,077	0.513%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Ethel	5,856	0.494%
42	Edith	5,786	0.488%
43	Lucille	5,760	0.486%
44	Joyce	5,704	0.481%
45	Bernice	5,443	0.459%
46	Grace	5,427	0.458%
47	Marion	5,353	0.452%
48	Hazel	5,303	0.447%
49	Dolores	5,219	0.440%
50	Rita	5,015	0.423%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Joan	4,995	0.421%
52	Juanita	4,981	0.420%
53	Lorraine	4,891	0.413%
54	Geraldine	4,812	0.406%
55	Ann	4,779	0.403%
56	Jane	4,641	0.392%
57	Nancy	4,566	0.385%
58	Beatrice	4,518	0.381%
59	Emma	4,480	0.378%
60	Audrey	4,477	0.378%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Clara	4,464	0.377%
62	Esther	4,454	0.376%
63	Sarah	4,423	0.373%
64	Theresa	4,407	0.372%
65	Marilyn	4,370	0.369%
66	Wanda	4,125	0.348%
67	Wilma	4,054	0.342%
68	Elaine	4,004	0.338%
69	Elsie	3,910	0.330%
70	Marian	3,859	0.326%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Gertrude	3,852	0.325%
72	Katherine	3,834	0.323%
73	Willie	3,817	0.322%
74	Beverly	3,775	0.318%
75	Julia	3,688	0.311%
76	Bertha	3,583	0.302%
77	Agnes	3,533	0.298%
78	Charlotte	3,512	0.296%
79	Eva	3,494	0.295%
80	Vivian	3,430	0.289%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Laura	3,373	0.285%
82	Ida	3,285	0.277%
83	Kathleen	3,277	0.276%
84	Vera	3,152	0.266%
85	Maxine	3,150	0.266%
86	Anne	3,109	0.262%
87	Kathryn	3,094	0.261%
88	Jeanne	3,063	0.258%
89	Bessie	3,054	0.258%
90	Donna	3,008	0.254%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Alma	2,990	0.252%
92	Eileen	2,928	0.247%
93	Jessie	2,921	0.246%
94	Violet	2,903	0.245%
95	Rosemary	2,900	0.245%
96	Pearl	2,899	0.245%
97	Viola	2,876	0.243%
98	Ella	2,852	0.241%
99	Lillie	2,845	0.240%
100	Ellen	2,768	0.234%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Robert	61,130	5.505%
2	John	56,108	5.052%
3	James	53,197	4.790%
4	William	51,922	4.676%
5	Charles	29,521	2.658%
6	George	25,909	2.333%
7	Richard	25,143	2.264%
8	Joseph	23,756	2.139%
9	Donald	20,912	1.883%
10	Edward	19,375	1.745%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Thomas	16,592	1.494%
12	Frank	14,493	1.305%
13	Paul	13,653	1.229%
14	Harold	13,311	1.199%
15	Raymond	12,809	1.153%
16	Jack	12,195	1.098%
17	Walter	11,774	1.060%
18	Kenneth	10,342	0.931%
19	Henry	9,994	0.900%
20	Arthur	9,465	0.852%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Albert	9,146	0.824%
22	David	9,041	0.814%
23	Eugene	9,016	0.812%
24	Ralph	8,455	0.761%
25	Harry	8,215	0.740%
26	Carl	6,939	0.625%
27	Howard	6,836	0.616%
28	Willie	6,820	0.614%
29	Clarence	6,537	0.589%
30	Louis	6,513	0.586%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Fred	6,447	0.581%
32	Earl	6,441	0.580%
33	Joe	6,338	0.571%
34	Roy	6,224	0.560%
35	Francis	5,789	0.521%
36	Lawrence	5,582	0.503%
37	Ernest	5,436	0.490%
38	Leonard	5,402	0.486%
39	Norman	5,282	0.476%
40	Billy	5,180	0.466%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Gerald	5,123	0.461%
42	Anthony	5,058	0.455%
43	Stanley	4,966	0.447%
44	Herbert	4,939	0.445%
45	Alfred	4,726	0.426%
46	Daniel	4,516	0.407%
47	Melvin	4,194	0.378%
48	Samuel	4,179	0.376%
49	Bernard	4,172	0.376%
50	Marvin	4,111	0.370%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Leroy	3,808	0.343%
52	Russell	3,793	0.342%
53	Floyd	3,623	0.326%
54	Leo	3,552	0.320%
55	Edwin	3,491	0.314%
56	Michael	3,485	0.314%
57	Ray	3,409	0.307%
58	Peter	3,359	0.302%
59	Andrew	3,344	0.301%
60	Lloyd	3,278	0.295%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Elmer	3,233	0.291%
62	Clifford	3,190	0.287%
63	Theodore	3,129	0.282%
64	Frederick	3,120	0.281%
65	Calvin	3,014	0.271%
66	Vernon	2,953	0.266%
67	Clyde	2,873	0.259%
68	Wayne	2,812	0.253%
69	Herman	2,798	0.252%
70	Philip	2,708	0.244%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Warren	2,701	0.243%
72	Alvin	2,693	0.243%
73	Leon	2,647	0.238%
74	Bill	2,643	0.238%
75	Glenn	2,635	0.237%
76	Gordon	2,629	0.237%
77	Vincent	2,543	0.229%
78	Lester	2,539	0.229%
79	Chester	2,534	0.228%
80	Martin	2,493	0.224%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Charlie	2,446	0.220%
82	Lewis	2,444	0.220%
83	Milton	2,418	0.218%
84	Dale	2,398	0.216%
85	Lee	2,313	0.208%
86	Cecil	2,305	0.208%
87	Jesse	2,298	0.207%
88	Ronald	2,283	0.206%
89	Roger	2,260	0.204%
90	Harvey	2,128	0.192%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Gene	2,083	0.188%
92	Sam	2,033	0.183%
93	Allen	2,021	0.182%
94	Victor	2,016	0.182%
95	Wallace	2,012	0.181%
96	Don	1,966	0.177%
97	Jerry	1,934	0.174%
98	Benjamin	1,898	0.171%
99	Arnold	1,882	0.169%
100	Willard	1,810	0.163%

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