The names of 1926

The ten most popular names given in 1926, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 67,832
  2. Dorothy 36,618
  3. Betty 32,964
  4. Helen 26,886
  5. Margaret 23,072
  6. Ruth 20,225
  7. Doris 16,295
  8. Virginia 16,161
  9. Mildred 13,547
  10. Frances 13,355

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1926

US states in 1926