Name.Baby Names by year 1900s 1906 Most Popular Baby Names of 1906 Social Security has card records for 457,500 people born in the U.S. in 1906. Mary was the top girl name (16,370 babies) and John the top boy name (8,264).
Top 100 names of 1906 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1906, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 16,370 #125 2 Helen 7,176 #461 3 Margaret 6,096 #112 4 Anna 5,502 #107 5 Ruth 5,140 #173 6 Dorothy 4,326 #421 7 Elizabeth 4,320 #17 8 Alice 4,192 #65 9 Mildred 3,873 #1,962 10 Florence 3,691 #391 11 Marie 3,690 #617 12 Ethel 3,511 #4,172 13 Lillian 3,293 #57 14 Frances 3,026 #318 15 Edna 3,011 #2,458 16 Gladys 3,000 #3,211 17 Rose 2,901 #114 18 Annie 2,774 #182 19 Grace 2,626 #38 20 Irene 2,423 #651 21 Bessie 2,396 #6,838 22 Gertrude 2,375 #6,546 23 Hazel 2,315 #21 24 Louise 2,307 #514 25 Bertha 2,302 #4,546 26 Catherine 2,230 #313 27 Clara 2,228 #63 28 Emma 2,224 #3 29 Martha 2,199 #712 30 Edith 2,160 #499 31 Thelma 2,114 #4,661 32 Evelyn 2,077 #8 33 Esther 2,065 #119 34 Mabel 2,054 #201 35 Pearl 2,035 #776 36 Ruby 1,962 #64 37 Myrtle 1,921 #10,917 38 Josephine 1,900 #53 39 Minnie 1,777 #3,028 40 Elsie 1,771 #123 41 Agnes 1,758 #1,016 41 Eva 1,758 #134 43 Ida 1,753 #1,120 44 Sarah 1,697 #90 45 Beatrice 1,679 #508 46 Lucille 1,676 #237 47 Viola 1,675 #1,013 48 Julia 1,603 #131 49 Nellie 1,596 #533 50 Lillie 1,500 #675
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1906, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Virginia 1,491 #525 52 Laura 1,467 #379 53 Pauline 1,428 #2,957 54 Ella 1,343 #29 55 Mattie 1,325 #1,004 56 Katherine 1,277 #186 57 Alma 1,266 #449 58 Jessie 1,247 #823 59 Willie 1,233 #10,107 60 Mae 1,225 #500 61 Lena 1,206 #279 62 Carrie 1,188 #2,719 63 Marion 1,183 #2,036 64 Blanche 1,173 #6,838 65 Stella 1,141 #52 66 Bernice 1,107 #4,067 67 Eleanor 1,088 #12 68 Vera 1,083 #205 69 Lucy 1,077 #24 70 Ann 1,064 #1,076 71 Hattie 1,056 #334 72 Leona 1,017 #429 73 Mamie 1,002 #6,116 74 Jennie 986 #2,298 75 Beulah 980 #5,917 76 Fannie 955 #3,342 77 Cora 952 #113 78 Kathryn 911 #729 78 Lula 911 #1,927 80 Ellen 898 #1,062 81 Betty 865 #1,113 81 Rosa 865 #652 83 Doris 856 #2,895 84 Maggie 839 #294 85 Anne 835 #619 86 Violet 830 #13 87 Ada 819 #219 88 Lois 799 #1,666 89 Marguerite 791 #2,485 90 Daisy 773 #75 91 Dora 761 #2,387 92 Sadie 748 #50 93 Marjorie 728 #1,016 94 Velma 721 #5,722 95 Opal 718 #423 96 Georgia 706 #99 97 Hilda 705 #2,998 98 Susie 693 #1,911 99 Theresa 669 #1,548 100 Jean 666 #2,117
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1906, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,264 #23 2 William 6,566 #9 3 James 5,908 #6 4 George 4,201 #126 5 Robert 3,635 #92 6 Charles 3,607 #48 7 Joseph 3,527 #29 8 Frank 2,798 #513 9 Edward 2,398 #224 10 Thomas 2,176 #34 11 Henry 2,112 #5 12 Walter 1,934 #251 13 Willie 1,756 #1,315 14 Harry 1,631 #775 15 Arthur 1,486 #87 16 Albert 1,469 #614 17 Harold 1,330 #991 18 Clarence 1,319 #1,499 19 Paul 1,308 #262 20 Fred 1,193 #1,932 21 Raymond 1,133 #394 22 Louis 1,101 #249 23 Richard 1,084 #234 24 Roy 1,024 #525 25 Joe 1,020 #991 26 Ralph 984 #1,046 27 Carl 951 #1,132 28 Ernest 943 #1,038 29 Earl 912 #2,230 30 Jack 880 #15 31 David 878 #35 32 Howard 803 #1,002 33 Samuel 783 #18 34 Charlie 744 #145 35 Francis 737 #420 36 Lawrence 717 #518 37 Herbert 689 #2,641 38 Theodore 688 #4 39 Eugene 637 #943 40 Alfred 632 #840 41 Andrew 611 #73 42 Elmer 598 #1,222 43 Sam 552 #647 44 Anthony 542 #46 45 Kenneth 534 #294 46 Michael 531 #21 47 Leo 508 #19 48 Daniel 506 #22 49 Herman 502 #2,363 50 Leonard 492 #637
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1906, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Donald 486 #690 52 Lester 482 #1,634 53 Russell 459 #345 54 Floyd 458 #2,230 55 Clyde 457 #742 56 Stanley 455 #863 57 Jesse 436 #184 57 Lee 436 #725 59 Peter 427 #187 60 Ray 421 #791 61 Chester 420 #1,585 61 Leroy 420 #883 63 Clifford 413 #1,352 64 Oscar 412 #223 65 Edwin 390 #398 66 Eddie 377 #860 66 Frederick 377 #435 68 Cecil 368 #1,486 69 Lewis 365 #433 70 Lloyd 357 #1,547 71 Benjamin 352 #11 72 Harvey 351 #251 73 Claude 346 #3,036 74 Bernard 343 #1,362 75 Martin 334 #335 76 Norman 324 #1,196 77 Jessie 323 #1,425 78 Milton 303 #1,436 79 Edgar 301 #486 80 Tom 298 #2,183 81 Everett 291 #77 82 Ben 285 #843 82 Melvin 285 #958 84 Allen 282 #578 85 Philip 280 #527 86 Homer 267 #4,707 87 Leon 263 #138 87 Leslie 263 #3,513 89 Luther 262 #1,459 90 Jim 261 #3,128 91 Johnnie 255 #2,284 92 Will 253 #1,193 93 Victor 249 #209 94 Marvin 245 #699 95 Alvin 239 #838 96 Morris 226 #1,753 97 Vernon 223 #1,382 98 Glenn 217 #1,443 99 Archie 216 #301 100 Patrick 213 #235
Entered the top 100 in 1906
