Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	294
2	Dorothy	138
3	Betty	123
4	Margaret	121
5	Helen	106
6	Doris	101
7	Elizabeth	95
8	Ruth	90
9	Barbara	84
10	Jean	65
11	Gloria	60
11	Shirley	60
13	Frances	59
14	Alice	55
14	Catherine	55
16	Patricia	54
17	Mildred	53
18	Evelyn	51
19	Louise	44
20	Virginia	42
21	Anna	40
22	Jane	37
23	Grace	34
24	Marie	33
24	Thelma	33
24	Vivian	33
27	Rose	32
28	Florence	30
28	Jeanne	30
30	Marjorie	28
30	Martha	28
32	Marion	27
32	Nancy	27
34	Lillian	26
35	Irene	25
35	Lois	25
37	Gladys	24
37	Phyllis	24
39	Audrey	23
39	Dolores	23
39	Lucille	23
39	Marian	23
43	Ann	22
43	Josephine	22
43	Juanita	22
43	Pauline	22
47	Anne	21
47	Elaine	21
47	June	21
50	Bernice	20

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	283
2	John	278
3	James	248
4	Robert	242
5	Charles	164
6	George	139
7	Joseph	102
8	Richard	100
9	Thomas	98
10	Edward	75
11	Paul	56
12	Frank	54
13	Walter	49
14	Donald	48
15	David	47
16	Harry	45
17	Raymond	41
18	Bernard	38
19	Eugene	35
19	Francis	35
19	Henry	35
22	Albert	32
22	Louis	32
24	Arthur	31
24	Clarence	31
26	Melvin	30
27	Harold	28
28	Jack	27
28	Lawrence	27
30	Norman	23
30	Stanley	23
32	Carl	22
32	Daniel	22
32	Howard	22
32	Theodore	22
36	Alfred	21
37	Calvin	20
37	Earl	20
37	Kenneth	20
37	Ralph	20
41	Leroy	19
41	Samuel	19
43	Frederick	18
43	Leonard	18
45	Ernest	17
45	Fred	17
45	Lewis	17
45	Warren	17
49	Leon	16
50	Rudolph	15