Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1906

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1906 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1905						Change from 1905
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	16,370	5.223	0	303	1	John	8,265	5.737	0	205
2	Helen	7,176	2.289	0	365	2	William	6,566	4.558	0	71
3	Margaret	6,096	1.945	0	406	3	James	5,908	4.101	0	-134
4	Anna	5,502	1.755	0	78	4	George	4,201	2.916	0	-55
5	Ruth	5,140	1.640	0	72	5	Robert	3,635	2.523	1	225
6	Dorothy	4,326	1.380	1	389	6	Charles	3,607	2.504	-1	-1
7	Elizabeth	4,321	1.379	-1	200	7	Joseph	3,527	2.448	0	225
8	Alice	4,192	1.337	2	582	8	Frank	2,798	1.942	0	-39
9	Mildred	3,873	1.236	-1	115	9	Edward	2,398	1.664	0	32
10	Florence	3,691	1.178	1	213	10	Thomas	2,176	1.510	0	41
11	Marie	3,690	1.177	-2	47	11	Henry	2,112	1.466	0	-14
12	Ethel	3,511	1.120	0	110	12	Walter	1,934	1.342	0	32
13	Lillian	3,293	1.051	0	108	13	Willie	1,756	1.219	0	-26
14	Frances	3,026	0.965	2	139	14	Harry	1,631	1.132	0	12
15	Edna	3,011	0.961	0	58	15	Arthur	1,486	1.031	1	-19
16	Gladys	3,000	0.957	-2	4	16	Albert	1,469	1.020	-1	-63
17	Rose	2,901	0.926	1	177	17	Harold	1,330	0.923	3	72
18	Annie	2,774	0.885	-1	-19	18	Clarence	1,319	0.916	-1	-58
19	Grace	2,626	0.838	0	-4	19	Paul	1,309	0.909	0	47
20	Irene	2,423	0.773	4	66	20	Fred	1,193	0.828	-2	-91
21	Bessie	2,396	0.764	-1	-50	21	Raymond	1,133	0.786	0	-26
22	Gertrude	2,375	0.758	5	99	22	Louis	1,101	0.764	3	120
23	Hazel	2,315	0.739	2	-36	23	Richard	1,084	0.752	-1	51
24	Louise	2,307	0.736	-1	-60	24	Roy	1,024	0.711	0	8
25	Bertha	2,302	0.734	-4	-132	25	Joe	1,020	0.708	-2	-4
26	Catherine	2,230	0.711	2	32	26	Ralph	984	0.683	1	46
27	Clara	2,228	0.711	-5	-169	27	Carl	951	0.660	-1	-8
28	Emma	2,224	0.710	-2	-74	28	Ernest	943	0.655	3	98
29	Martha	2,199	0.702	3	108	29	Earl	912	0.633	0	8
30	Edith	2,160	0.689	0	23	30	Jack	880	0.611	-2	-27
31	Thelma	2,114	0.674	5	169	31	David	878	0.609	1	40
32	Evelyn	2,077	0.663	14	416	32	Howard	803	0.557	3	68
33	Esther	2,065	0.659	1	72	33	Samuel	783	0.543	-3	-73
34	Mabel	2,054	0.655	-5	-124	34	Charlie	744	0.516	0	-57
35	Pearl	2,035	0.649	-4	-73	35	Francis	737	0.512	1	52
36	Ruby	1,962	0.626	2	77	36	Lawrence	717	0.498	2	47
37	Myrtle	1,921	0.613	-4	-105	37	Herbert	689	0.478	0	8
38	Josephine	1,900	0.606	-1	6	38	Theodore	688	0.478	-5	-146
39	Minnie	1,777	0.567	-4	-173	39	Eugene	637	0.442	3	44
40	Elsie	1,771	0.565	0	-40	40	Alfred	632	0.439	3	41
41	Agnes	1,759	0.561	2	41	41	Andrew	611	0.424	-2	-9
42	Eva	1,758	0.561	-3	-57	42	Elmer	598	0.415	-1	-4
43	Ida	1,753	0.559	-1	-4	43	Sam	552	0.383	-3	-68
44	Sarah	1,697	0.541	-3	-65	44	Anthony	542	0.376	4	52
45	Beatrice	1,679	0.536	0	18	45	Kenneth	534	0.371	8	60
46	Lucille	1,676	0.535	4	143	46	Michael	531	0.369	-1	18
47	Viola	1,675	0.534	-3	-22	47	Leo	508	0.353	-1	-4
48	Julia	1,603	0.511	-1	-39	48	Daniel	506	0.351	2	22
49	Nellie	1,596	0.509	-1	-30	49	Herman	502	0.348	2	27
50	Lillie	1,500	0.479	1	19	50	Leonard	492	0.342	-3	-3

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.