Top baby names in Massachusetts, 1926
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,331 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 1,141 |
| 3 | Barbara | 994 |
| 4 | Helen | 972 |
| 5 | Ruth | 861 |
| 6 | Margaret | 807 |
| 7 | Rita | 673 |
| 8 | Doris | 610 |
| 9 | Jean | 601 |
| 9 | Theresa | 601 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 584 |
| 12 | Shirley | 580 |
| 13 | Virginia | 551 |
| 14 | Alice | 540 |
| 14 | Eleanor | 540 |
| 16 | Irene | 495 |
| 17 | Phyllis | 493 |
| 18 | Marie | 492 |
| 19 | Frances | 418 |
| 20 | Evelyn | 416 |
| 21 | Anna | 404 |
| 21 | Lillian | 404 |
| 23 | Marjorie | 394 |
| 24 | Rose | 385 |
| 25 | Claire | 381 |
| 26 | Gloria | 371 |
| 27 | Catherine | 359 |
| 28 | Florence | 350 |
| 29 | Marion | 348 |
| 30 | Louise | 330 |
| 31 | Pauline | 326 |
| 32 | Lorraine | 320 |
| 33 | Patricia | 314 |
| 34 | Mildred | 302 |
| 35 | Josephine | 280 |
| 36 | Ann | 276 |
| 37 | Gertrude | 231 |
| 37 | June | 231 |
| 39 | Anne | 216 |
| 40 | Norma | 212 |
| 41 | Grace | 211 |
| 42 | Eileen | 208 |
| 43 | Edith | 206 |
| 44 | Nancy | 204 |
| 45 | Betty | 203 |
| 46 | Jeanne | 198 |
| 47 | Constance | 197 |
| 48 | Beatrice | 196 |
| 49 | Jane | 194 |
| 50 | Marilyn | 193 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,632 |
| 2 | Robert | 2,366 |
| 3 | William | 1,767 |
| 4 | Joseph | 1,513 |
| 5 | James | 1,217 |
| 6 | Richard | 1,165 |
| 7 | George | 1,131 |
| 8 | Edward | 1,075 |
| 9 | Charles | 905 |
| 10 | Donald | 763 |
| 11 | Francis | 728 |
| 12 | Paul | 672 |
| 13 | Thomas | 644 |
| 14 | Raymond | 611 |
| 15 | Arthur | 603 |
| 16 | Frank | 520 |
| 17 | Walter | 500 |
| 18 | Albert | 493 |
| 19 | Henry | 420 |
| 20 | Harold | 372 |
| 21 | Anthony | 342 |
| 21 | David | 342 |
| 23 | Alfred | 331 |
| 24 | Kenneth | 308 |
| 25 | Norman | 301 |
| 26 | Leo | 292 |
| 27 | Louis | 289 |
| 28 | Ralph | 272 |
| 29 | Ernest | 259 |
| 30 | Frederick | 258 |
| 31 | Daniel | 238 |
| 32 | Peter | 230 |
| 33 | Herbert | 227 |
| 34 | Stanley | 220 |
| 35 | Philip | 214 |
| 36 | Roger | 213 |
| 37 | Lawrence | 208 |
| 38 | Eugene | 195 |
| 39 | Leonard | 187 |
| 40 | Bernard | 183 |
| 41 | Harry | 182 |
| 41 | Roland | 182 |
| 43 | Michael | 163 |
| 44 | Gerald | 162 |
| 45 | Vincent | 154 |
| 45 | Warren | 154 |
| 47 | Russell | 152 |
| 48 | Edwin | 146 |
| 49 | Fred | 144 |
| 50 | Theodore | 125 |