Popular Names of 1906

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1906, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1906
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	16,370	125
2	Helen	7,176	462
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	1,973
10	Florence	3,691	391
11	Marie	3,690	618
12	Ethel	3,511	4,211
13	Lillian	3,293	57
14	Frances	3,026	318
15	Edna	3,011	2,463
16	Gladys	3,000	3,224
17	Rose	2,901	114
18	Annie	2,774	182
19	Grace	2,626	38
20	Irene	2,423	651

Table 2. Male names, 1906
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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	514
9	Edward	2,398	224
10	Thomas	2,176	34
11	Henry	2,112	5
12	Walter	1,934	252
13	Willie	1,756	1,322
14	Harry	1,631	775
15	Arthur	1,486	87
16	Albert	1,469	614
17	Harold	1,330	993
18	Clarence	1,319	1,500
19	Paul	1,308	262
20	Fred	1,193	1,936

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.