Birth year roster

Top names in 1906

The 100 most common names on 1906 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1906 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 116 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1900s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered16,370
#2Helen Endangered7,176
#3Margaret Endangered6,096
#4Anna Declining5,502
#5Ruth Endangered5,140
#6Dorothy Endangered4,326
#7Elizabeth Stable4,320
#8Alice Stable4,192
#9Mildred Endangered3,873
#10Florence Endangered3,691
#11Marie Endangered3,690
#12Ethel Endangered3,511
#13Lillian Declining3,293
#14Frances Endangered3,026
#15Edna Endangered3,011
#16Gladys Endangered3,000
#17Rose Stable2,901
#18Annie Rising2,774
#19Grace Declining2,626
#20Irene Endangered2,423
#21Bessie Endangered2,396
#22Gertrude Endangered2,375
#23Hazel Rising2,315
#24Louise Endangered2,307
#25Bertha Endangered2,302
#26Catherine Endangered2,230
#27Clara Stable2,228
#28Emma Declining2,224
#29Martha Endangered2,199
#30Edith Endangered2,160
#31Thelma Endangered2,114
#32Evelyn Stable2,077
#33Esther Stable2,065
#34Mabel Rising2,054
#35Pearl Endangered2,035
#36Ruby Stable1,962
#37Myrtle Endangered1,921
#38Josephine Rising1,900
#39Minnie Endangered1,777
#40Elsie Rising1,771
#41Agnes Endangered1,758
#42Eva Declining1,758
#43Ida Endangered1,753
#44Sarah Endangered1,697
#45Beatrice Endangered1,679
#46Lucille Stable1,676
#47Viola Endangered1,675
#48Julia Stable1,603
#49Nellie Rising1,596
#50Lillie Stable1,500
#51Virginia Endangered1,491
#52Laura Endangered1,467
#53Pauline Endangered1,428
#54Ella Declining1,343
#55Mattie Endangered1,325
#56Katherine Declining1,277
#57Alma Rising1,266
#58Jessie Endangered1,247
#59Willie Endangered1,233
#60Mae Stable1,225
#61Lena Stable1,206
#62Carrie Endangered1,188
#63Marion Endangered1,183
#64Blanche Endangered1,173
#65Stella Stable1,141
#66Bernice Endangered1,107
#67Eleanor Rising1,088
#68Vera Stable1,083
#69Lucy Stable1,077
#70Ann Endangered1,064
#71Hattie Rising1,056
#72Leona Stable1,017
#73Mamie Endangered1,002
#74Jennie Endangered986
#75Beulah Endangered980
#76Fannie Endangered955
#77Cora Stable952
#78Kathryn Endangered911
#79Lula Endangered911
#80Ellen Endangered898
#81Betty Endangered865
#82Rosa Stable865
#83Doris Endangered856
#84Maggie Stable839
#85Anne Endangered835
#86Violet Rising830
#87Ada Rising819
#88Lois Endangered799
#89Marguerite Endangered791
#90Daisy Rising773
#91Dora Endangered761
#92Sadie Stable748
#93Marjorie Endangered728
#94Velma Endangered721
#95Opal Rising718
#96Georgia Rising706
#97Hilda Endangered705
#98Susie Endangered693
#99Theresa Endangered669
#100Jean Endangered666

Boys

#1John Past peak8,264
#2William Declining6,566
#3James Stable5,908
#4George Stable4,201
#5Robert Endangered3,635
#6Charles Stable3,607
#7Joseph Declining3,527
#8Frank Endangered2,798
#9Edward Endangered2,398
#10Thomas Stable2,176
#11Henry Stable2,112
#12Walter Stable1,934
#13Willie Endangered1,756
#14Harry Endangered1,631
#15Arthur Rising1,486
#16Albert Endangered1,469
#17Harold Endangered1,330
#18Clarence Endangered1,319
#19Paul Endangered1,308
#20Fred Endangered1,193
#21Raymond Endangered1,133
#22Louis Stable1,101
#23Richard Endangered1,084
#24Roy Endangered1,024
#25Joe Endangered1,020
#26Ralph Endangered984
#27Carl Endangered951
#28Ernest Endangered943
#29Earl Endangered912
#30Jack Stable880
#31David Past peak878
#32Howard Endangered803
#33Samuel Stable783
#34Charlie Rising744
#35Francis Stable737
#36Lawrence Endangered717
#37Herbert Endangered689
#38Theodore Rising688
#39Eugene Endangered637
#40Alfred Endangered632
#41Andrew Declining611
#42Elmer Endangered598
#43Sam Stable552
#44Anthony Declining542
#45Kenneth Endangered534
#46Michael Past peak531
#47Leo Rising508
#48Daniel Declining506
#49Herman Endangered502
#50Leonard Endangered492
#51Donald Endangered486
#52Lester Endangered482
#53Russell Stable459
#54Floyd Endangered458
#55Clyde Stable457
#56Stanley Endangered455
#57Jesse Stable436
#58Lee Endangered436
#59Peter Stable427
#60Ray Endangered421
#61Chester Endangered420
#62Leroy Endangered420
#63Clifford Endangered413
#64Oscar Stable412
#65Edwin Stable390
#66Eddie Endangered377
#67Frederick Stable377
#68Cecil Endangered368
#69Lewis Rising365
#70Lloyd Endangered357
#71Benjamin Declining352
#72Harvey Rising351
#73Claude Endangered346
#74Bernard Endangered343
#75Martin Stable334
#76Norman Endangered324
#77Jessie Endangered323
#78Milton Endangered303
#79Edgar Declining301
#80Tom Endangered298
#81Everett Stable291
#82Ben Stable285
#83Melvin Endangered285
#84Allen Endangered282
#85Philip Endangered280
#86Homer Endangered267
#87Leon Rising263
#88Leslie Endangered263
#89Luther Endangered262
#90Jim Endangered261
#91Johnnie Endangered255
#92Will Declining253
#93Victor Declining249
#94Marvin Endangered245
#95Alvin Declining239
#96Morris Endangered226
#97Vernon Endangered223
#98Glenn Endangered217
#99Archie Rising216
#100Patrick Declining213