Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1906

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1905.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1905
1	Mary	16,446	0
2	John	8,307	0
3	Helen	7,202	0
4	William	6,594	0
5	Margaret	6,112	+1
6	James	5,945	-1
7	Anna	5,515	0
8	Ruth	5,159	0
9	Dorothy	4,346	+2
10	Elizabeth	4,335	0
11	George	4,231	-2
12	Alice	4,212	+3
13	Mildred	3,887	-1
14	Florence	3,705	+2
14	Marie	3,705	-1
16	Robert	3,651	+1
17	Charles	3,631	-3
18	Joseph	3,548	+1
19	Ethel	3,527	-1
20	Lillian	3,307	0
21	Frances	3,048	+3
22	Edna	3,019	+1
23	Gladys	3,012	-1
24	Willie	2,989	-3
25	Rose	2,920	+2
26	Frank	2,813	-1
27	Annie	2,785	-1
28	Grace	2,636	0
29	Irene	2,429	+6
30	Edward	2,407	+3
31	Bessie	2,403	-2
32	Gertrude	2,384	+5
33	Hazel	2,326	+1
34	Louise	2,319	-2
35	Bertha	2,312	-5
36	Clara	2,239	-5
37	Catherine	2,237	+1
38	Emma	2,232	-2
39	Martha	2,207	+5
40	Thomas	2,189	0
41	Edith	2,166	+1
42	Henry	2,135	-1
43	Thelma	2,126	+5
44	Evelyn	2,087	+14
45	Esther	2,070	+1
46	Pearl	2,069	-3
47	Mabel	2,064	-8
48	Ruby	1,989	+3
49	Walter	1,946	0
50	Myrtle	1,928	-5
51	Josephine	1,908	-1
52	Minnie	1,785	-5
53	Elsie	1,782	0
54	Agnes	1,766	+2
55	Eva	1,764	-3
56	Ida	1,759	-2
57	Sarah	1,697	-2
58	Beatrice	1,688	0
59	Lucille	1,686	+7
60	Viola	1,681	-3
61	Harry	1,645	+2
62	Julia	1,603	-1
62	Nellie	1,603	0
64	Jessie	1,570	-4
65	Lillie	1,507	+3
66	Virginia	1,496	+4
67	Arthur	1,494	0
68	Albert	1,478	-3
69	Laura	1,474	-5
70	Pauline	1,436	+1
71	Marion	1,364	+4
72	Ella	1,350	-3
73	Harold	1,337	+7
73	Mattie	1,337	0
75	Clarence	1,333	-3
76	Paul	1,316	+3
77	Alma	1,278	-3
78	Katherine	1,277	+5
79	Mae	1,225	-2
80	Lena	1,206	+1
81	Fred	1,201	-3
82	Carrie	1,194	-6
83	Blanche	1,181	0
84	Stella	1,141	+3
85	Raymond	1,133	0
86	Bernice	1,127	+6
87	Louis	1,111	+12
88	Eleanor	1,093	+7
89	Richard	1,092	+7
90	Vera	1,091	+1
91	Lucy	1,085	-5
92	Ann	1,069	+6
93	Hattie	1,064	-11
94	Joe	1,062	-2
95	Roy	1,033	+2
96	Leona	1,023	-7
97	Mamie	1,007	-7
98	Ralph	989	+6
99	Jennie	986	+1
100	Beulah	980	+2