Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1906
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1905.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1905 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,264 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 6,566 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 5,908 | 0 |
| 4 | George | 4,201 | 0 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,635 | +1 |
| 6 | Charles | 3,607 | -1 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,527 | 0 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,798 | 0 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,398 | 0 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,176 | 0 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,112 | 0 |
| 12 | Walter | 1,934 | 0 |
| 13 | Willie | 1,756 | 0 |
| 14 | Harry | 1,631 | 0 |
| 15 | Arthur | 1,486 | +1 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,469 | -1 |
| 17 | Harold | 1,330 | +3 |
| 18 | Clarence | 1,319 | -1 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,308 | 0 |
| 20 | Fred | 1,193 | -2 |
| 21 | Raymond | 1,133 | 0 |
| 22 | Louis | 1,101 | +3 |
| 23 | Richard | 1,084 | -1 |
| 24 | Roy | 1,024 | 0 |
| 25 | Joe | 1,020 | -2 |
| 26 | Ralph | 984 | +1 |
| 27 | Carl | 951 | -1 |
| 28 | Ernest | 943 | +3 |
| 29 | Earl | 912 | 0 |
| 30 | Jack | 880 | -2 |
| 31 | David | 878 | +1 |
| 32 | Howard | 803 | +3 |
| 33 | Samuel | 783 | -3 |
| 34 | Charlie | 744 | 0 |
| 35 | Francis | 737 | +1 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 717 | +2 |
| 37 | Herbert | 689 | 0 |
| 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 | +7 |
| 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 | +4 |
| 54 | Floyd | 458 | -10 |
| 55 | Clyde | 457 | -3 |
| 56 | Stanley | 455 | +9 |
| 57 | Jesse | 436 | -3 |
| 57 | Lee | 436 | -8 |
| 59 | Peter | 427 | +3 |
| 60 | Ray | 421 | 0 |
| 61 | Chester | 420 | +3 |
| 61 | Leroy | 420 | -6 |
| 63 | Clifford | 413 | -2 |
| 64 | Oscar | 412 | -8 |
| 65 | Edwin | 390 | +5 |
| 66 | Eddie | 377 | +7 |
| 66 | Frederick | 377 | +1 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 82 | Melvin | 285 | +1 |
| 84 | Allen | 282 | +4 |
| 85 | Philip | 280 | +11 |
| 86 | Homer | 267 | -10 |
| 87 | Leon | 263 | 0 |
| 87 | Leslie | 263 | +7 |
| 89 | Luther | 262 | -10 |
| 90 | Jim | 261 | +5 |
| 91 | Johnnie | 255 | -10 |
| 92 | Will | 253 | -7 |
| 93 | Victor | 249 | -3 |
| 94 | Marvin | 245 | +6 |
| 95 | Alvin | 239 | -3 |
| 96 | Morris | 226 | +19 |
| 97 | Vernon | 223 | +7 |
| 98 | Glenn | 217 | +15 |
| 99 | Archie | 216 | +17 |
| 100 | Patrick | 213 | +10 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.