United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1906

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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