Popular baby names of 2006

In 2006, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls (21,412 babies) and Jacob for boys (24,871). Social Security records show 3,956,482 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 20,064 girls' names and 14,047 boys' names.

2006 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 8.7% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 10.1% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Addison, Valeria, Aubrey, Natalia, Gianna, Jayla.
New in the boys' top 100: Tristan, Carson, Henry, Liam.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005
1	Emily	21,412	–
2	Emma	19,133	–
3	Madison	18,635	–
4	Isabella	18,231	↑2
5	Ava	16,941	↑4
6	Abigail	15,633	↓2
7	Olivia	15,508	↓2
8	Hannah	14,556	↓1
9	Sophia	13,503	↑3
10	Samantha	12,470	↓2
11	Elizabeth	12,440	–
12	Ashley	12,353	↓2
13	Mia	12,027	↑4
14	Alexis	11,239	↓1
15	Sarah	11,161	–
16	Grace	10,974	↓2
17	Natalie	10,951	↑1
18	Chloe	10,404	↑1
19	Alyssa	10,177	↓3
20	Brianna	9,370	–
21	Ella	9,213	↑2
22	Anna	8,613	–
23	Taylor	8,566	↑1
24	Lauren	8,498	↓3
25	Hailey	8,423	↑1
26	Kayla	8,226	↓1
27	Victoria	7,653	↑1
28	Addison	7,622	new
29	Jasmine	7,521	–
30	Savannah	7,096	↑5
31	Julia	6,884	–
32	Jessica	6,815	↓5
33	Lily	6,768	↑6
34	Sydney	6,516	↓4
35	Morgan	6,495	↓2
36	Destiny	6,313	↓4
37	Katherine	6,295	↓1
38	Lillian	6,236	↑12
39	Alexa	6,117	↑27
40	Alexandra	6,101	↓3
41	Kaitlyn	6,074	↓7
42	Kaylee	5,998	↓2
43	Nevaeh	5,956	↑26
44	Brooke	5,747	↑3
45	Makayla	5,652	↓1
46	Maria	5,604	–
47	Allison	5,564	↓2
48	Rachel	5,551	↓10
49	Angelina	5,526	↓6
50	Gabriella	5,372	↑11
51	Jennifer	5,268	↓9
52	Avery	5,254	↑15
53	Mackenzie	5,205	↓2
54	Zoe	5,153	↑4
55	Sofia	5,082	↓3
56	Riley	5,056	↓2
57	Maya	5,047	↑16
58	Kimberly	5,011	↑5
59	Andrea	5,006	↑6
60	Megan	4,946	↓19
61	Katelyn	4,890	↓2
62	Faith	4,864	↓13
63	Gabrielle	4,846	↓8
64	Trinity	4,838	↓16
65	Evelyn	4,751	↑6
66	Brooklyn	4,719	↑12
67	Kylie	4,719	↓10
68	Leah	4,657	–
69	Audrey	4,649	↑8
70	Stephanie	4,511	↓6
71	Madeline	4,477	↓1
72	Sara	4,411	↑3
73	Jocelyn	4,370	↑14
74	Nicole	4,322	↓18
75	Haley	4,298	↓22
76	Arianna	4,292	↑12
77	Paige	4,267	↓17
78	Ariana	4,234	↑4
79	Vanessa	4,169	↑1
80	Mary	4,116	↓8
81	Michelle	4,090	↓7
82	Mariah	4,075	↑3
83	Amelia	4,065	↑1
84	Isabelle	4,042	↑12
85	Melanie	4,034	↑7
86	Claire	4,013	↑9
87	Isabel	4,009	↑2
88	Jenna	3,941	↓26
89	Caroline	3,791	↓6
90	Aaliyah	3,745	↑3
91	Valeria	3,731	new
92	Jada	3,674	↓16
93	Aubrey	3,660	new
94	Natalia	3,588	new
95	Autumn	3,581	↓5
96	Rebecca	3,573	↓15
97	Jordan	3,547	↓11
98	Gianna	3,454	new
99	Jayla	3,410	new
100	Amanda	3,362	↓21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005
1	Jacob	24,871	–
2	Michael	22,653	–
3	Joshua	22,336	–
4	Ethan	20,522	↑1
5	Matthew	20,339	↓1
6	Daniel	20,082	↑1
7	Andrew	19,733	↓1
8	Christopher	19,688	↑2
9	Anthony	19,413	↓1
10	William	18,965	↑1
11	Joseph	18,471	↓2
12	Alexander	18,235	↑1
13	David	17,671	↓1
14	Ryan	16,434	–
15	Noah	16,342	↑8
16	James	16,255	↑1
17	Nicholas	15,675	↓2
18	Tyler	15,550	↓2
19	John	15,177	↓1
20	Logan	15,151	↑6
21	Christian	14,487	↑1
22	Jonathan	14,387	↓3
23	Nathan	14,278	↓3
24	Benjamin	13,766	↑1
25	Samuel	13,652	↓4
26	Dylan	13,171	↓2
27	Brandon	12,686	–
28	Gabriel	12,543	–
29	Elijah	12,055	↑2
30	Jose	11,604	–
31	Angel	11,602	↑1
32	Aiden	11,591	↑18
33	Zachary	11,013	↓4
34	Caleb	11,001	↑1
35	Jackson	10,896	↑9
36	Jack	10,837	↓2
37	Kevin	10,779	↓4
38	Gavin	10,479	↑9
39	Isaiah	10,459	↑6
40	Mason	10,414	↑2
41	Austin	10,293	↓3
42	Evan	10,129	↓3
43	Luke	10,087	↓2
44	Aidan	10,035	↓1
45	Justin	9,973	↓9
46	Jordan	9,935	–
47	Robert	9,911	↓10
48	Isaac	9,685	↑1
49	Jayden	9,624	↑5
50	Landon	9,574	↑11
51	Thomas	9,514	↓11
52	Cameron	8,856	–
53	Connor	8,676	↓5
54	Hunter	8,574	↓1
55	Jason	8,456	↓4
56	Diego	8,403	↑6
57	Aaron	8,310	–
58	Owen	8,173	↑2
59	Lucas	8,139	↓1
60	Charles	8,013	↓4
61	Juan	7,940	↓6
62	Luis	7,921	↓3
63	Adrian	7,383	↑2
64	Adam	6,806	–
65	Julian	6,797	↑9
66	Bryan	6,699	↑6
67	Alex	6,670	↑4
68	Sean	6,643	↑7
69	Nathaniel	6,627	↓2
70	Carlos	6,549	–
71	Jeremiah	6,544	↑7
72	Brian	6,511	↓9
73	Hayden	6,470	↑3
74	Jesus	6,461	↓1
75	Carter	6,433	↑2
76	Sebastian	6,287	↑10
77	Eric	6,232	↓11
78	Xavier	6,184	↑9
79	Brayden	6,160	↑1
80	Ian	6,154	↓12
81	Kyle	6,150	↓12
82	Wyatt	5,835	↓1
83	Chase	5,746	↓1
84	Cole	5,640	↓5
85	Dominic	5,577	–
86	Tristan	5,414	new
87	Carson	5,012	new
88	Jaden	4,947	–
89	Miguel	4,903	↑4
90	Steven	4,824	↓7
91	Caden	4,775	↑7
92	Kaden	4,746	↑8
93	Timothy	4,706	↓9
94	Antonio	4,697	↓2
95	Henry	4,677	new
96	Alejandro	4,551	↑1
97	Blake	4,537	↑2
98	Liam	4,514	new
99	Richard	4,469	↓5
100	Devin	4,451	↓10

Every name given in 2006

All 34,111 names Social Security recorded for 2006, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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