The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1906

2,220 different girls’ names were recorded in 1906, covering 295,297 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	16,370
2	Helen	7,176
3	Margaret	6,096
4	Anna	5,502
5	Ruth	5,140
6	Dorothy	4,326
7	Elizabeth	4,320
8	Alice	4,192
9	Mildred	3,873
10	Florence	3,691
11	Marie	3,690
12	Ethel	3,511
13	Lillian	3,293
14	Frances	3,026
15	Edna	3,011
16	Gladys	3,000
17	Rose	2,901
18	Annie	2,774
19	Grace	2,626
20	Irene	2,423
21	Bessie	2,396
22	Gertrude	2,375
23	Hazel	2,315
24	Louise	2,307
25	Bertha	2,302
26	Catherine	2,230
27	Clara	2,228
28	Emma	2,224
29	Martha	2,199
30	Edith	2,160
31	Thelma	2,114
32	Evelyn	2,077
33	Esther	2,065
34	Mabel	2,054
35	Pearl	2,035
36	Ruby	1,962
37	Myrtle	1,921
38	Josephine	1,900
39	Minnie	1,777
40	Elsie	1,771
41	Eva	1,758
41	Agnes	1,758
43	Ida	1,753
44	Sarah	1,697
45	Beatrice	1,679
46	Lucille	1,676
47	Viola	1,675
48	Julia	1,603
49	Nellie	1,596
50	Lillie	1,500
51	Virginia	1,491
52	Laura	1,467
53	Pauline	1,428
54	Ella	1,343
55	Mattie	1,325
56	Katherine	1,277
57	Alma	1,266
58	Jessie	1,247
59	Willie	1,233
60	Mae	1,225
61	Lena	1,206
62	Carrie	1,188
63	Marion	1,183
64	Blanche	1,173
65	Stella	1,141
66	Bernice	1,107
67	Eleanor	1,088
68	Vera	1,083
69	Lucy	1,077
70	Ann	1,064
71	Hattie	1,056
72	Leona	1,017
73	Mamie	1,002
74	Jennie	986
75	Beulah	980
76	Fannie	955
77	Cora	952
78	Lula	911
78	Kathryn	911
80	Ellen	898
81	Rosa	865
81	Betty	865
83	Doris	856
84	Maggie	839
85	Anne	835
86	Violet	830
87	Ada	819
88	Lois	799
89	Marguerite	791
90	Daisy	773
91	Dora	761
92	Sadie	748
93	Marjorie	728
94	Velma	721
95	Opal	718
96	Georgia	706
97	Hilda	705
98	Susie	693
99	Theresa	669
100	Jean	666
101	Nora	644
102	Inez	620
103	Maude	619
103	Charlotte	619
103	Emily	619
106	Flora	618
107	Sylvia	617
108	Lola	616
109	Effie	578
110	Olive	561
110	Genevieve	561
112	Nancy	557
112	Della	557
114	Eunice	554
115	Alberta	548
116	Nettie	537
117	Verna	533
118	Lottie	529
119	May	524
120	Sallie	520
120	Estelle	520
120	Loretta	520
123	Mable	510
124	Eula	507
125	Katie	498
125	Marian	498
127	Harriet	497
127	Rosie	497
129	Vivian	489
130	Lucile	485
131	Goldie	482
132	Lydia	477
133	Henrietta	475
134	Ollie	458
135	Sara	457
136	Lizzie	449
137	Addie	447
137	Lela	447
139	Erma	444
140	Jane	438
141	Madeline	418
142	Barbara	413
143	Kathleen	412
144	Caroline	409
144	Essie	409
146	Christine	408
146	Wilma	408
148	Ora	407
149	Iva	400
150	Rebecca	397
151	Geneva	396
152	Irma	391
153	Maria	388
153	Juanita	388
155	Etta	384
155	Sophie	384
157	Naomi	372
158	Rachel	366
159	Victoria	362
160	Amelia	358
160	Sally	358
162	Mollie	355
163	Ola	341
164	Nina	340
165	Norma	332
166	Susan	326
167	Nannie	323
168	Geraldine	321
169	Isabel	317
169	Olga	317
171	Alta	316
172	Flossie	296
173	Matilda	295
174	Luella	291
175	Cecelia	290
176	Celia	289
177	Winifred	287
177	Freda	287
179	Isabelle	278
179	Audrey	278
181	Fern	277
182	Miriam	273
182	Leola	273
184	Estella	271
185	Jeanette	269
186	Bonnie	268
187	Janie	265
188	Adeline	264
189	Ina	262
190	Amanda	260
191	Hannah	256
192	Jewell	255
193	Selma	252
194	Sophia	247
195	Frieda	244
196	Lila	242
197	Nell	241
198	Amy	240
199	Faye	239
200	Cleo	238

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

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