The names of 1906

The ten most popular names given in 1906, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  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

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US: boys

  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

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