Popular baby names of 1906

In 1906, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (16,370 babies) and John for boys (8,264). Social Security records show 428,451 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 2,220 girls' names and 1,413 boys' names.

1906 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 20.6% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 32.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Hilda, Theresa, Jean.
New in the boys' top 100: Morris, Vernon, Glenn, Archie, Patrick.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1906

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1905
1	Mary	16,370	–
2	Helen	7,176	–
3	Margaret	6,096	–
4	Anna	5,502	–
5	Ruth	5,140	–
6	Dorothy	4,326	↑1
7	Elizabeth	4,320	↓1
8	Alice	4,192	↑2
9	Mildred	3,873	↓1
10	Florence	3,691	↑1
11	Marie	3,690	↓2
12	Ethel	3,511	–
13	Lillian	3,293	–
14	Frances	3,026	↑2
15	Edna	3,011	–
16	Gladys	3,000	↓2
17	Rose	2,901	↑1
18	Annie	2,774	↓1
19	Grace	2,626	–
20	Irene	2,423	↑4
21	Bessie	2,396	↓1
22	Gertrude	2,375	↑5
23	Hazel	2,315	↑2
24	Louise	2,307	↓1
25	Bertha	2,302	↓4
26	Catherine	2,230	↑2
27	Clara	2,228	↓5
28	Emma	2,224	↓2
29	Martha	2,199	↑3
30	Edith	2,160	–
31	Thelma	2,114	↑5
32	Evelyn	2,077	↑14
33	Esther	2,065	↑1
34	Mabel	2,054	↓5
35	Pearl	2,035	↓4
36	Ruby	1,962	↑2
37	Myrtle	1,921	↓4
38	Josephine	1,900	↓1
39	Minnie	1,777	↓4
40	Elsie	1,771	–
41	Agnes	1,758	↑2
42	Eva	1,758	↓3
43	Ida	1,753	↓1
44	Sarah	1,697	↓3
45	Beatrice	1,679	–
46	Lucille	1,676	↑4
47	Viola	1,675	↓3
48	Julia	1,603	↓1
49	Nellie	1,596	↓1
50	Lillie	1,500	↑1
51	Virginia	1,491	↑2
52	Laura	1,467	↓3
53	Pauline	1,428	↑1
54	Ella	1,343	↓2
55	Mattie	1,325	–
56	Katherine	1,277	↑8
57	Alma	1,266	↓1
58	Jessie	1,247	↓1
59	Willie	1,233	–
60	Mae	1,225	–
61	Lena	1,206	–
62	Carrie	1,188	↓4
63	Marion	1,183	↑2
64	Blanche	1,173	↓1
65	Stella	1,141	↑2
66	Bernice	1,107	↑8
67	Eleanor	1,088	↑6
68	Vera	1,083	↑3
69	Lucy	1,077	↓3
70	Ann	1,064	↑5
71	Hattie	1,056	↓9
72	Leona	1,017	↓3
73	Mamie	1,002	↓3
74	Jennie	986	↑2
75	Beulah	980	↑2
76	Fannie	955	↓8
77	Cora	952	↓5
78	Kathryn	911	↑8
79	Lula	911	↓1
80	Ellen	898	↑1
81	Betty	865	↑4
82	Rosa	865	↓3
83	Doris	856	–
84	Maggie	839	–
85	Anne	835	↑13
86	Violet	830	↓4
87	Ada	819	↓7
88	Lois	799	–
89	Marguerite	791	↑1
90	Daisy	773	↓3
91	Dora	761	↓2
92	Sadie	748	↓1
93	Marjorie	728	↑3
94	Velma	721	↑1
95	Opal	718	↑4
96	Georgia	706	↓2
97	Hilda	705	new
98	Susie	693	↓5
99	Theresa	669	new
100	Jean	666	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1905
1	John	8,264	–
2	William	6,566	–
3	James	5,908	–
4	George	4,201	–
5	Robert	3,635	↑1
6	Charles	3,607	↓1
7	Joseph	3,527	–
8	Frank	2,798	–
9	Edward	2,398	–
10	Thomas	2,176	–
11	Henry	2,112	–
12	Walter	1,934	–
13	Willie	1,756	–
14	Harry	1,631	–
15	Arthur	1,486	↑1
16	Albert	1,469	↓1
17	Harold	1,330	↑3
18	Clarence	1,319	↓1
19	Paul	1,308	–
20	Fred	1,193	↓2
21	Raymond	1,133	–
22	Louis	1,101	↑3
23	Richard	1,084	↓1
24	Roy	1,024	–
25	Joe	1,020	↓2
26	Ralph	984	↑1
27	Carl	951	↓1
28	Ernest	943	↑3
29	Earl	912	–
30	Jack	880	↓2
31	David	878	↑1
32	Howard	803	↑3
33	Samuel	783	↓3
34	Charlie	744	–
35	Francis	737	↑1
36	Lawrence	717	↑2
37	Herbert	689	–
38	Theodore	688	↓5
39	Eugene	637	↑3
40	Alfred	632	↑3
41	Andrew	611	↓1
42	Elmer	598	↓1
43	Sam	552	↓4
44	Anthony	542	↑4
45	Kenneth	534	↑8
46	Michael	531	↓1
47	Leo	508	↓1
48	Daniel	506	↑2
49	Herman	502	↑2
50	Leonard	492	↓3
51	Donald	486	↑8
52	Lester	482	↑5
53	Russell	459	↑5
54	Floyd	458	↓10
55	Clyde	457	↓3
56	Stanley	455	↑10
57	Jesse	436	↓3
58	Lee	436	↓9
59	Peter	427	↑3
60	Ray	421	–
61	Chester	420	↑3
62	Leroy	420	↓7
63	Clifford	413	↓2
64	Oscar	412	↓8
65	Edwin	390	↑5
66	Eddie	377	↑7
67	Frederick	377	–
68	Cecil	368	↑4
69	Lewis	365	↓4
70	Lloyd	357	↓1
71	Benjamin	352	↓3
72	Harvey	351	↑13
73	Claude	346	↓10
74	Bernard	343	↑8
75	Martin	334	–
76	Norman	324	↓5
77	Jessie	323	↓3
78	Milton	303	↑2
79	Edgar	301	↓1
80	Tom	298	↓3
81	Everett	291	↑8
82	Ben	285	↑2
83	Melvin	285	–
84	Allen	282	↑4
85	Philip	280	↑11
86	Homer	267	↓10
87	Leon	263	–
88	Leslie	263	↑6
89	Luther	262	↓10
90	Jim	261	↑5
91	Johnnie	255	↓10
92	Will	253	↓6
93	Victor	249	↓3
94	Marvin	245	↑6
95	Alvin	239	↓3
96	Morris	226	new
97	Vernon	223	new
98	Glenn	217	new
99	Archie	216	new
100	Patrick	213	new

Every name given in 1906

All 3,633 names Social Security recorded for 1906, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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