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

#NameBabies
1Mary16,370
2Helen7,176
3Margaret6,096
4Anna5,502
5Ruth5,140
6Dorothy4,326
7Elizabeth4,320
8Alice4,192
9Mildred3,873
10Florence3,691
11Marie3,690
12Ethel3,511
13Lillian3,293
14Frances3,026
15Edna3,011
16Gladys3,000
17Rose2,901
18Annie2,774
19Grace2,626
20Irene2,423
21Bessie2,396
22Gertrude2,375
23Hazel2,315
24Louise2,307
25Bertha2,302
26Catherine2,230
27Clara2,228
28Emma2,224
29Martha2,199
30Edith2,160
31Thelma2,114
32Evelyn2,077
33Esther2,065
34Mabel2,054
35Pearl2,035
36Ruby1,962
37Myrtle1,921
38Josephine1,900
39Minnie1,777
40Elsie1,771
41Agnes1,758
42Eva1,758
43Ida1,753
44Sarah1,697
45Beatrice1,679
46Lucille1,676
47Viola1,675
48Julia1,603
49Nellie1,596
50Lillie1,500

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,264
2William6,566
3James5,908
4George4,201
5Robert3,635
6Charles3,607
7Joseph3,527
8Frank2,798
9Edward2,398
10Thomas2,176
11Henry2,112
12Walter1,934
13Willie1,756
14Harry1,631
15Arthur1,486
16Albert1,469
17Harold1,330
18Clarence1,319
19Paul1,308
20Fred1,193
21Raymond1,133
22Louis1,101
23Richard1,084
24Roy1,024
25Joe1,020
26Ralph984
27Carl951
28Ernest943
29Earl912
30Jack880
31David878
32Howard803
33Samuel783
34Charlie744
35Francis737
36Lawrence717
37Herbert689
38Theodore688
39Eugene637
40Alfred632
41Andrew611
42Elmer598
43Sam552
44Anthony542
45Kenneth534
46Michael531
47Leo508
48Daniel506
49Herman502
50Leonard492