The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1926

4,837 different boys’ names were recorded in 1926, covering 1,110,505 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
101	Gilbert	1,781
102	Bob	1,778
102	Douglas	1,778
104	Johnnie	1,731
105	Oscar	1,715
106	Claude	1,714
107	Roland	1,702
108	Eddie	1,678
109	Edgar	1,677
110	Maurice	1,640
111	Rudolph	1,636
112	Marion	1,626
112	Curtis	1,626
114	Jerome	1,612
115	Jimmie	1,609
116	Bobby	1,595
117	Junior	1,590
118	Virgil	1,576
119	Everett	1,569
120	Manuel	1,549
121	Glen	1,519
122	Wilbur	1,510
123	Homer	1,503
124	Jessie	1,481
125	Jose	1,474
126	Leslie	1,467
127	Bruce	1,413
128	Hugh	1,393
129	Sidney	1,350
130	Stephen	1,335
131	Wesley	1,320
131	Hubert	1,320
133	Nicholas	1,319
134	Morris	1,306
135	Luther	1,295
136	Johnny	1,289
137	Max	1,254
138	Tom	1,252
139	Dean	1,245
140	Willis	1,233
141	Patrick	1,219
142	Franklin	1,202
143	Jim	1,165
144	Irving	1,159
145	Billie	1,155
146	Alexander	1,150
147	Earnest	1,149
148	Keith	1,120
149	Horace	1,107
150	Oliver	1,065
151	Steve	1,052
152	Lyle	1,051
153	Julius	1,032
154	Phillip	1,020
155	Ben	1,013
156	Edmund	1,012
156	Tony	1,012
158	Salvatore	995
159	Guy	994
160	Duane	963
161	Clayton	956
162	Archie	920
163	Delbert	916
164	Orville	894
165	Clifton	884
166	Jimmy	882
167	Dan	880
168	Otis	878
169	Bennie	865
170	Mike	857
171	Clinton	843
172	Angelo	840
173	Dennis	838
174	Alan	836
175	Jay	827
176	Nathaniel	821
177	Jacob	810
178	Larry	807
179	Alex	805
180	Merle	787
181	Ira	785
182	Allan	780
183	Wilbert	778
183	Alton	778
185	Matthew	777
186	Leland	776
187	Ervin	768
188	Dewey	767
189	Ivan	766
190	Marshall	765
191	Ted	764
192	Tommy	751
193	Carroll	738
194	Antonio	729
195	Lowell	725
196	Elbert	717
197	Jesus	713
198	Freddie	708
199	Julian	703
200	Mark	702

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1926 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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