United States · 428,451 recorded births
Top baby names of 1906
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Erma (up 25), Geraldine (up 22), Manuel (up 34), Franklin (up 31).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1905 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 16,370 | · |
| 2 | Helen | 7,176 | · |
| 3 | Margaret | 6,096 | · |
| 4 | Anna | 5,502 | · |
| 5 | Ruth | 5,140 | · |
| 6 | Dorothy | 4,326 | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | 4,320 | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Alice | 4,192 | ▲ 2 |
| 9 | Mildred | 3,873 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Florence | 3,691 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Marie | 3,690 | ▼ 2 |
| 12 | Ethel | 3,511 | · |
| 13 | Lillian | 3,293 | · |
| 14 | Frances | 3,026 | ▲ 2 |
| 15 | Edna | 3,011 | · |
| 16 | Gladys | 3,000 | ▼ 2 |
| 17 | Rose | 2,901 | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Annie | 2,774 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Grace | 2,626 | · |
| 20 | Irene | 2,423 | ▲ 4 |
| 21 | Bessie | 2,396 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Gertrude | 2,375 | ▲ 5 |
| 23 | Hazel | 2,315 | ▲ 2 |
| 24 | Louise | 2,307 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Bertha | 2,302 | ▼ 4 |
| 26 | Catherine | 2,230 | ▲ 2 |
| 27 | Clara | 2,228 | ▼ 5 |
| 28 | Emma | 2,224 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | Martha | 2,199 | ▲ 3 |
| 30 | Edith | 2,160 | · |
| 31 | Thelma | 2,114 | ▲ 5 |
| 32 | Evelyn | 2,077 | ▲ 14 |
| 33 | Esther | 2,065 | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Mabel | 2,054 | ▼ 5 |
| 35 | Pearl | 2,035 | ▼ 4 |
| 36 | Ruby | 1,962 | ▲ 2 |
| 37 | Myrtle | 1,921 | ▼ 4 |
| 38 | Josephine | 1,900 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Minnie | 1,777 | ▼ 4 |
| 40 | Elsie | 1,771 | · |
| 41 | Agnes | 1,758 | ▲ 2 |
| 42 | Eva | 1,758 | ▼ 3 |
| 43 | Ida | 1,753 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Sarah | 1,697 | ▼ 3 |
| 45 | Beatrice | 1,679 | · |
| 46 | Lucille | 1,676 | ▲ 4 |
| 47 | Viola | 1,675 | ▼ 3 |
| 48 | Julia | 1,603 | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Nellie | 1,596 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Lillie | 1,500 | ▲ 1 |
| 51 | Virginia | 1,491 | ▲ 2 |
| 52 | Laura | 1,467 | ▼ 3 |
| 53 | Pauline | 1,428 | ▲ 1 |
| 54 | Ella | 1,343 | ▼ 2 |
| 55 | Mattie | 1,325 | · |
| 56 | Katherine | 1,277 | ▲ 8 |
| 57 | Alma | 1,266 | ▼ 1 |
| 58 | Jessie | 1,247 | ▼ 1 |
| 59 | Willie | 1,233 | · |
| 60 | Mae | 1,225 | · |
| 61 | Lena | 1,206 | · |
| 62 | Carrie | 1,188 | ▼ 4 |
| 63 | Marion | 1,183 | ▲ 2 |
| 64 | Blanche | 1,173 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Stella | 1,141 | ▲ 2 |
| 66 | Bernice | 1,107 | ▲ 8 |
| 67 | Eleanor | 1,088 | ▲ 6 |
| 68 | Vera | 1,083 | ▲ 3 |
| 69 | Lucy | 1,077 | ▼ 3 |
| 70 | Ann | 1,064 | ▲ 5 |
| 71 | Hattie | 1,056 | ▼ 9 |
| 72 | Leona | 1,017 | ▼ 3 |
| 73 | Mamie | 1,002 | ▼ 3 |
| 74 | Jennie | 986 | ▲ 2 |
| 75 | Beulah | 980 | ▲ 2 |
| 76 | Fannie | 955 | ▼ 8 |
| 77 | Cora | 952 | ▼ 5 |
| 78 | Kathryn | 911 | ▲ 8 |
| 79 | Lula | 911 | ▼ 1 |
| 80 | Ellen | 898 | ▲ 1 |
| 81 | Betty | 865 | ▲ 4 |
| 82 | Rosa | 865 | ▼ 3 |
| 83 | Doris | 856 | · |
| 84 | Maggie | 839 | · |
| 85 | Anne | 835 | ▲ 13 |
| 86 | Violet | 830 | ▼ 4 |
| 87 | Ada | 819 | ▼ 7 |
| 88 | Lois | 799 | · |
| 89 | Marguerite | 791 | ▲ 1 |
| 90 | Daisy | 773 | ▼ 3 |
| 91 | Dora | 761 | ▼ 2 |
| 92 | Sadie | 748 | ▼ 1 |
| 93 | Marjorie | 728 | ▲ 3 |
| 94 | Velma | 721 | ▲ 1 |
| 95 | Opal | 718 | ▲ 4 |
| 96 | Georgia | 706 | ▼ 2 |
| 97 | Hilda | 705 | ▲ 4 |
| 98 | Susie | 693 | ▼ 5 |
| 99 | Theresa | 669 | ▲ 9 |
| 100 | Jean | 666 | ▲ 15 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1905 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,264 | · |
| 2 | William | 6,566 | · |
| 3 | James | 5,908 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,201 | · |
| 5 | Robert | 3,635 | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | Charles | 3,607 | ▼ 1 |
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,469 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Harold | 1,330 | ▲ 3 |
| 18 | Clarence | 1,319 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,308 | · |
| 20 | Fred | 1,193 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,133 | · |
| 22 | Louis | 1,101 | ▲ 3 |
| 23 | Richard | 1,084 | ▼ 1 |
| 24 | Roy | 1,024 | · |
| 25 | Joe | 1,020 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Ralph | 984 | ▲ 1 |
| 27 | Carl | 951 | ▼ 1 |
| 28 | Ernest | 943 | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | Earl | 912 | · |
| 30 | Jack | 880 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | David | 878 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | Howard | 803 | ▲ 3 |
| 33 | Samuel | 783 | ▼ 3 |
| 34 | Charlie | 744 | · |
| 35 | Francis | 737 | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 717 | ▲ 2 |
| 37 | Herbert | 689 | · |
| 38 | Theodore | 688 | ▼ 5 |
| 39 | Eugene | 637 | ▲ 3 |
| 40 | Alfred | 632 | ▲ 3 |
| 41 | Andrew | 611 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Elmer | 598 | ▼ 1 |
| 43 | Sam | 552 | ▼ 4 |
| 44 | Anthony | 542 | ▲ 4 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 534 | ▲ 8 |
| 46 | Michael | 531 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Leo | 508 | ▼ 1 |
| 48 | Daniel | 506 | ▲ 2 |
| 49 | Herman | 502 | ▲ 2 |
| 50 | Leonard | 492 | ▼ 3 |
| 51 | Donald | 486 | ▲ 8 |
| 52 | Lester | 482 | ▲ 5 |
| 53 | Russell | 459 | ▲ 5 |
| 54 | Floyd | 458 | ▼ 10 |
| 55 | Clyde | 457 | ▼ 3 |
| 56 | Stanley | 455 | ▲ 10 |
| 57 | Jesse | 436 | ▼ 3 |
| 58 | Lee | 436 | ▼ 9 |
| 59 | Peter | 427 | ▲ 3 |
| 60 | Ray | 421 | · |
| 61 | Chester | 420 | ▲ 3 |
| 62 | Leroy | 420 | ▼ 7 |
| 63 | Clifford | 413 | ▼ 2 |
| 64 | Oscar | 412 | ▼ 8 |
| 65 | Edwin | 390 | ▲ 5 |
| 66 | Eddie | 377 | ▲ 7 |
| 67 | Frederick | 377 | · |
| 68 | Cecil | 368 | ▲ 4 |
| 69 | Lewis | 365 | ▼ 4 |
| 70 | Lloyd | 357 | ▼ 1 |
| 71 | Benjamin | 352 | ▼ 3 |
| 72 | Harvey | 351 | ▲ 13 |
| 73 | Claude | 346 | ▼ 10 |
| 74 | Bernard | 343 | ▲ 8 |
| 75 | Martin | 334 | · |
| 76 | Norman | 324 | ▼ 5 |
| 77 | Jessie | 323 | ▼ 3 |
| 78 | Milton | 303 | ▲ 2 |
| 79 | Edgar | 301 | ▼ 1 |
| 80 | Tom | 298 | ▼ 3 |
| 81 | Everett | 291 | ▲ 8 |
| 82 | Ben | 285 | ▲ 2 |
| 83 | Melvin | 285 | · |
| 84 | Allen | 282 | ▲ 4 |
| 85 | Philip | 280 | ▲ 11 |
| 86 | Homer | 267 | ▼ 10 |
| 87 | Leon | 263 | · |
| 88 | Leslie | 263 | ▲ 6 |
| 89 | Luther | 262 | ▼ 10 |
| 90 | Jim | 261 | ▲ 5 |
| 91 | Johnnie | 255 | ▼ 10 |
| 92 | Will | 253 | ▼ 6 |
| 93 | Victor | 249 | ▼ 3 |
| 94 | Marvin | 245 | ▲ 6 |
| 95 | Alvin | 239 | ▼ 3 |
| 96 | Morris | 226 | ▲ 19 |
| 97 | Vernon | 223 | ▲ 7 |
| 98 | Glenn | 217 | ▲ 16 |
| 99 | Archie | 216 | ▲ 17 |
| 100 | Patrick | 213 | ▲ 10 |