Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1906

John and Mary topped the list in 1906. The 10 most popular names went to 32% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,412 boy names and 2,220 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1906

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

Top girl names of 1906

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

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1906?
John was the #1 boy name in 1906 (8,264 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (16,370 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1906?
Social Security records list 428,451 babies born in 1906 with names given to at least 5 babies: 133,154 boys and 295,297 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.