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

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1906 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	16,370	5.223	-125	-14,043	1	John	8,265	5.737	-26	854
2	Helen	7,176	2.289	-411	-6,431	2	William	6,566	4.558	-1	7,950
3	Margaret	6,096	1.945	-124	-3,784	3	James	5,908	4.101	-1	7,617
4	Anna	5,502	1.755	-50	-1,357	4	George	4,201	2.916	-123	-1,142
5	Ruth	5,140	1.640	-260	-3,906	5	Robert	3,635	2.523	-66	1,505
6	Dorothy	4,326	1.380	-580	-3,809	6	Charles	3,607	2.504	-46	2,997
7	Elizabeth	4,321	1.379	-6	4,192	7	Joseph	3,527	2.448	-16	6,028
8	Alice	4,192	1.337	-63	-549	8	Frank	2,798	1.942	-384	-1,995
9	Mildred	3,873	1.236	-2,060	-3,780	9	Edward	2,398	1.664	-160	-130
10	Florence	3,691	1.178	-961	-3,422	10	Thomas	2,176	1.510	-39	4,603
11	Marie	3,690	1.177	-565	-3,160	11	Henry	2,112	1.466	-5	8,537
12	Ethel	3,511	1.120	-4,344	-3,479	12	Walter	1,934	1.342	-259	-631
13	Lillian	3,293	1.051	-21	2,241	13	Willie	1,756	1.219	-921	-1,532
14	Frances	3,026	0.965	-431	-2,311	14	Harry	1,631	1.132	-606	-1,204
15	Edna	3,011	0.961	-1,722	-2,894	15	Arthur	1,486	1.031	-215	156
16	Gladys	3,000	0.957	-3,423	-2,955	16	Albert	1,469	1.020	-436	-812
17	Rose	2,901	0.926	-106	-469	17	Harold	1,330	0.923	-780	-1,049
18	Annie	2,774	0.885	-290	-1,694	18	Clarence	1,319	0.916	-1,098	-1,147
19	Grace	2,626	0.838	-5	4,098	19	Paul	1,309	0.909	-215	316
20	Irene	2,423	0.773	-617	-1,959	20	Fred	1,193	0.828	-1,630	-1,096
21	Bessie	2,396	0.764	-10,604	-2,387	21	Raymond	1,133	0.786	-278	16
22	Gertrude	2,375	0.758	-5,464	-2,352	22	Louis	1,101	0.764	-241	267
23	Hazel	2,315	0.739	-19	2,601	23	Richard	1,084	0.752	-165	1,035
24	Louise	2,307	0.736	-776	-1,968	24	Roy	1,024	0.711	-518	-510
25	Bertha	2,302	0.734	-4,734	-2,274	25	Joe	1,020	0.708	-670	-675
26	Catherine	2,230	0.711	-178	-732	26	Ralph	984	0.683	-925	-767
27	Clara	2,228	0.711	-76	649	27	Carl	951	0.660	-673	-609
28	Emma	2,224	0.710	27	16,464	28	Ernest	943	0.655	-950	-733
29	Martha	2,199	0.702	-768	-1,858	29	Earl	912	0.633	-1,635	-817
30	Edith	2,160	0.689	-488	-1,561	30	Jack	880	0.611	2	7,954
31	Thelma	2,114	0.674	-4,927	-2,087	31	David	878	0.609	9	8,819
32	Evelyn	2,077	0.663	22	8,299	32	Howard	803	0.557	-936	-590
33	Esther	2,065	0.659	-120	-234	33	Samuel	783	0.543	12	8,951
34	Mabel	2,054	0.655	-402	-1,332	34	Charlie	744	0.516	-184	972
35	Pearl	2,035	0.649	-612	-1,580	35	Francis	737	0.512	-445	-131
36	Ruby	1,962	0.626	-38	1,590	36	Lawrence	717	0.498	-462	-144
37	Myrtle	1,921	0.613	OLD	-1,921	37	Herbert	689	0.478	-1,990	-618
38	Josephine	1,900	0.606	-53	1,123	38	Theodore	688	0.478	-6	6,332
39	Minnie	1,777	0.567	-2,580	-1,711	39	Eugene	637	0.442	-823	-385
40	Elsie	1,771	0.565	-240	-593	40	Alfred	632	0.439	-832	-383
41	Agnes	1,759	0.561	-1,163	-1,564	41	Andrew	611	0.424	-2	6,623
42	Eva	1,758	0.561	-33	1,784	42	Elmer	598	0.415	-1,217	-453
43	Ida	1,753	0.559	-1,178	-1,563	43	Sam	552	0.383	-560	-101
44	Sarah	1,697	0.541	-23	2,037	44	Anthony	542	0.376	6	7,461
45	Beatrice	1,679	0.536	-528	-1,144	45	Kenneth	534	0.371	-181	1,121
46	Lucille	1,676	0.535	-249	-561	46	Michael	531	0.369	32	11,089
47	Viola	1,675	0.534	-1,087	-1,461	47	Leo	508	0.353	-3	6,211
48	Julia	1,603	0.511	-45	1,386	48	Daniel	506	0.351	33	10,667
49	Nellie	1,596	0.509	-1,022	-1,360	49	Herman	502	0.348	-2,183	-441
50	Lillie	1,500	0.479	-618	-1,061	50	Leonard	492	0.342	-583	-77

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.