The most popular baby names of 1906

SSA recorded 428,451 births in 1906 across all reported names — 295,297 girls and 133,154 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1906

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1905.
#	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	+13
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
41	Eva	1,758	-2
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	+7
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
78	Lula	911	—
80	Ellen	898	+1
81	Betty	865	+4
81	Rosa	865	-2
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	—
95	Opal	718	+4
96	Georgia	706	-2
97	Hilda	705	+4
98	Susie	693	-5
99	Theresa	669	+8
100	Jean	666	+14

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1905.
#	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	+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	—
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	—
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	—
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

Ranked by places gained against 1905, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1906	Rank 1905	Change
Erma girls	139	164	+25
Geraldine girls	168	190	+22
Miriam girls	182	200	+18
Harriet girls	127	144	+17
Lila girls	196	212	+16
Jewel girls	204	220	+16
Genevieve girls	110	125	+15
Jean girls	100	114	+14
Christine girls	146	160	+14
Matilda girls	173	187	+14
Hannah girls	191	205	+14
Evelyn girls	32	45	+13
Anne girls	85	98	+13
Sylvia girls	107	120	+13
Harvey boys	72	85	+13

Name	Rank 1906	Rank 1905	Change
Allie girls	205	174	-31
Flossie girls	172	147	-25
Amanda girls	190	168	-22
Goldie girls	131	114	-17
Leola girls	182	166	-16
Janie girls	187	171	-16
Sallie girls	120	105	-15
Rachel girls	158	143	-15
Maria girls	153	139	-14
Frieda girls	195	181	-14
Eliza girls	217	204	-13
Katie girls	125	113	-12
Essie girls	144	132	-12
Irma girls	152	140	-12
Amy girls	198	186	-12

1906 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.