Most Popular baby names in 2006
| Rank | Male name |
Number of males |
Female name |
Number of females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 27,480 | Emily | 24,654 |
| 2 | Michael | 25,003 | Emma | 21,316 |
| 3 | Joshua | 23,778 | Madison | 20,363 |
| 4 | Matthew | 22,458 | Olivia | 15,851 |
| 5 | Ethan | 21,942 | Hannah | 15,338 |
| 6 | Andrew | 21,386 | Abigail | 15,206 |
| 7 | Daniel | 20,628 | Isabella | 14,778 |
| 8 | William | 19,890 | Ashley | 14,194 |
| 9 | Joseph | 19,695 | Samantha | 13,580 |
| 10 | Christopher | 19,400 | Elizabeth | 13,320 |
| 11 | Anthony | 19,280 | Alexis | 13,285 |
| 12 | Ryan | 19,269 | Sarah | 12,483 |
| 13 | Nicholas | 18,226 | Grace | 12,315 |
| 14 | David | 18,014 | Alyssa | 11,975 |
| 15 | Alexander | 17,634 | Sophia | 10,748 |
| 16 | Tyler | 17,214 | Lauren | 9,857 |
| 17 | James | 16,166 | Brianna | 9,641 |
| 18 | John | 16,133 | Kayla | 9,640 |
| 19 | Dylan | 14,671 | Natalie | 9,574 |
| 20 | Nathan | 14,407 | Anna | 9,343 |
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Note: Rank 1 is the
most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth.
All names are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States. |
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