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Baby Names from 1906

428,451 registered births | 133,154 boys | 295,297 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1906

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
8,264 births
2 William
6,566 births
3 James
5,908 births
4 George
4,201 births
5 Robert
3,635 births
6 Charles
3,607 births
7 Joseph
3,527 births
8 Frank
2,798 births
9 Edward
2,398 births
10 Thomas
2,176 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
16,370 births
2 Helen
7,176 births
3 Margaret
6,096 births
4 Anna
5,502 births
5 Ruth
5,140 births
6 Dorothy
4,326 births
7 Elizabeth
4,320 births
8 Alice
4,192 births
9 Mildred
3,873 births
10 Florence
3,691 births

Top Unisex Names of 1906

Willie
1,756 boys 1,233 girls
Jessie
323 boys 1,247 girls
Marion
181 boys 1,183 girls
Francis
737 boys 139 girls
Lee
436 boys 150 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1906

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

B Karl
#243 → #169 (+74)
B Leland
#240 → #184 (+56)
B Lyle
#249 → #195 (+54)

Biggest Fallers

B Elbert
#155 → #207 (-52)

New to the Top 200 in 1906

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Karl #169 Julian #176 Leland #184 Lyle #195 Delbert #197 Faye #199
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