Top Names of 1906
The most popular names recorded in 1906 were Mary for girls
and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |