The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1906

1,413 different boys’ names were recorded in 1906, covering 133,154 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	8,264
2	William	6,566
3	James	5,908
4	George	4,201
5	Robert	3,635
6	Charles	3,607
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
16	Albert	1,469
17	Harold	1,330
18	Clarence	1,319
19	Paul	1,308
20	Fred	1,193
21	Raymond	1,133
22	Louis	1,101
23	Richard	1,084
24	Roy	1,024
25	Joe	1,020
26	Ralph	984
27	Carl	951
28	Ernest	943
29	Earl	912
30	Jack	880
31	David	878
32	Howard	803
33	Samuel	783
34	Charlie	744
35	Francis	737
36	Lawrence	717
37	Herbert	689
38	Theodore	688
39	Eugene	637
40	Alfred	632
41	Andrew	611
42	Elmer	598
43	Sam	552
44	Anthony	542
45	Kenneth	534
46	Michael	531
47	Leo	508
48	Daniel	506
49	Herman	502
50	Leonard	492
51	Donald	486
52	Lester	482
53	Russell	459
54	Floyd	458
55	Clyde	457
56	Stanley	455
57	Lee	436
57	Jesse	436
59	Peter	427
60	Ray	421
61	Chester	420
61	Leroy	420
63	Clifford	413
64	Oscar	412
65	Edwin	390
66	Eddie	377
66	Frederick	377
68	Cecil	368
69	Lewis	365
70	Lloyd	357
71	Benjamin	352
72	Harvey	351
73	Claude	346
74	Bernard	343
75	Martin	334
76	Norman	324
77	Jessie	323
78	Milton	303
79	Edgar	301
80	Tom	298
81	Everett	291
82	Ben	285
82	Melvin	285
84	Allen	282
85	Philip	280
86	Homer	267
87	Leslie	263
87	Leon	263
89	Luther	262
90	Jim	261
91	Johnnie	255
92	Will	253
93	Victor	249
94	Marvin	245
95	Alvin	239
96	Morris	226
97	Vernon	223
98	Glenn	217
99	Archie	216
100	Patrick	213
101	Sidney	209
102	Stephen	207
102	Virgil	207
104	Manuel	205
105	Alexander	204
106	Horace	202
107	Gilbert	199
108	Roosevelt	198
109	Maurice	197
110	Hugh	195
111	Vincent	193
112	Gerald	191
113	Julius	190
114	Jacob	187
115	Otis	184
115	Gordon	184
117	Oliver	183
117	Earnest	183
119	Marion	181
120	Willard	178
121	Curtis	177
122	Alex	176
123	Wilbur	175
124	Otto	173
125	Irving	170
126	Guy	168
127	Arnold	164
128	Isaac	163
129	Wallace	162
129	Hubert	162
131	Charley	157
132	Lonnie	156
132	Rufus	156
132	Max	156
135	Wesley	155
136	Jose	154
137	Ira	151
138	Ed	149
139	Willis	148
139	Nathan	148
139	Orville	148
142	Jerry	146
143	Warren	144
143	Nicholas	144
145	Mike	141
145	Percy	141
145	Johnie	141
148	Jimmie	139
148	Emil	139
150	Matthew	136
151	Bennie	133
152	Mack	132
153	Steve	131
154	Dan	128
154	Bill	128
156	Franklin	125
156	Sylvester	125
156	Rudolph	125
156	Roland	125
160	Calvin	123
161	Abraham	122
161	Phillip	122
161	Edmund	122
164	August	120
164	Glen	120
166	Amos	118
167	Wayne	116
168	Felix	112
169	Karl	108
170	Marshall	107
171	Bert	106
171	Alton	106
173	Adam	105
173	Clifton	105
175	Jerome	102
175	Julian	102
177	Nathaniel	101
177	Ellis	101
177	Ervin	101
180	Nelson	100
180	Clinton	100
180	Clayton	100
183	Douglas	99
183	Leland	99
185	Dave	98
186	Perry	97
186	Adolph	97
188	Aaron	96
188	Tony	96
190	Ollie	95
190	Booker	95
192	Cornelius	94
192	Emmett	94
192	Roger	94
195	Lyle	93
196	Roscoe	90
197	Dennis	89
197	Delbert	89
197	Ted	89
200	Irvin	88

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1906 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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