100 Most popular boy names of 1926, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1926 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1926.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Robert
61129
4.97
-
2
John
56106
4.56
-
3
James
53200
4.32
+1
4
William
51921
4.22
-1
5
Charles
29523
2.4
-
6
George
25907
2.11
-
7
Richard
25144
2.04
+1
8
Joseph
23761
1.93
-1
9
Donald
20913
1.7
+1
10
Edward
19376
1.58
-1
11
Thomas
16594
1.35
-
12
Frank
14493
1.18
-
13
Paul
13653
1.11
-
14
Harold
13311
1.08
-
15
Raymond
12807
1.04
-
16
Jack
12196
0.99
+1
17
Walter
11773
0.96
-1
18
Kenneth
10343
0.84
+1
19
Henry
9998
0.81
-1
20
Arthur
9466
0.77
-
21
Albert
9144
0.74
-
22
David
9040
0.73
-
23
Eugene
9014
0.73
+1
24
Ralph
8455
0.69
+1
25
Harry
8215
0.67
-2
26
Carl
6939
0.56
+2
27
Howard
6838
0.56
-1
28
Willie
6819
0.55
-1
29
Clarence
6540
0.53
+1
30
Louis
6511
0.53
-1
31
Fred
6448
0.52
+2
32
Earl
6441
0.52
-1
33
Joe
6339
0.52
+1
34
Roy
6224
0.51
-2
35
Francis
5789
0.47
-
36
Lawrence
5582
0.45
-
37
Ernest
5436
0.44
-
38
Leonard
5402
0.44
-
39
Norman
5283
0.43
+2
40
Billy
5180
0.42
+9
41
Gerald
5121
0.42
+4
42
Anthony
5059
0.41
-3
43
Stanley
4965
0.4
-3
44
Herbert
4938
0.4
-2
45
Alfred
4726
0.38
-2
46
Daniel
4516
0.37
-2
47
Melvin
4193
0.34
+3
48
Samuel
4179
0.34
-2
49
Bernard
4173
0.34
-1
50
Marvin
4111
0.33
+1
51
Leroy
3808
0.31
+1
52
Russell
3793
0.31
+1
53
Floyd
3622
0.29
+5
54
Leo
3552
0.29
-
55
Edwin
3491
0.28
+2
56
Michael
3486
0.28
-1
57
Ray
3410
0.28
+7
58
Peter
3359
0.27
+2
59
Andrew
3344
0.27
-3
60
Lloyd
3279
0.27
+2
61
Elmer
3233
0.26
-
62
Clifford
3189
0.26
-3
63
Theodore
3129
0.25
-
64
Frederick
3120
0.25
+1
65
Calvin
3015
0.25
-18
66
Vernon
2952
0.24
+1
67
Clyde
2872
0.23
+1
68
Wayne
2813
0.23
+6
69
Herman
2798
0.23
-
70
Philip
2708
0.22
+5
71
Warren
2701
0.22
-5
72
Alvin
2693
0.22
-2
73
Leon
2647
0.22
+3
74
Bill
2643
0.21
+10
75
Glenn
2635
0.21
+2
76
Gordon
2630
0.21
-4
77
Vincent
2544
0.21
-6
78
Lester
2539
0.21
+3
79
Chester
2534
0.21
-6
80
Martin
2493
0.2
+3
81
Charlie
2446
0.2
-3
82
Lewis
2444
0.2
-3
83
Milton
2418
0.2
-3
84
Dale
2398
0.19
+2
85
Lee
2313
0.19
-3
86
Cecil
2303
0.19
+1
87
Jesse
2298
0.19
-2
88
Ronald
2286
0.19
+16
89
Roger
2261
0.18
+1
90
Harvey
2128
0.17
-2
91
Gene
2084
0.17
+21
92
Sam
2033
0.17
-1
93
Allen
2021
0.16
+1
94
Victor
2016
0.16
-5
95
Wallace
2011
0.16
-3
96
Don
1966
0.16
+10
97
Jerry
1933
0.16
+10
98
Benjamin
1898
0.15
-5
99
Arnold
1882
0.15
-4
100
Willard
1810
0.15
-3
101
Gilbert
1781
0.14
+4
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1926)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html