Most Popular Baby Names of 2006

In 2006, the most popular baby names in the United States were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Emily was given to 21,412 girls and Jacob to 24,871 boys, according to Social Security card applications.

Across all names, the Social Security Administration recorded 3,956,482 births for names given to at least five babies that year, up from 3,845,147 in 2005. The tables below show the top 100 names for each sex with their rank change from the year before, followed by the biggest movers in the top 1,000.

New to the top 100 this year: Addison, Valeria, Aubrey, Natalia, Gianna, and Jayla.

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Top 100 baby names of 2006

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emily	21,412	–
2	Emma	19,133	–
3	Madison	18,635	–
4	Isabella	18,231	↑ 2
5	Ava	16,941	↑ 4
6	Abigail	15,633	↓ 2
7	Olivia	15,508	↓ 2
8	Hannah	14,556	↓ 1
9	Sophia	13,503	↑ 3
10	Samantha	12,470	↓ 2
11	Elizabeth	12,440	–
12	Ashley	12,353	↓ 2
13	Mia	12,027	↑ 4
14	Alexis	11,239	↓ 1
15	Sarah	11,161	–
16	Grace	10,974	↓ 2
17	Natalie	10,951	↑ 1
18	Chloe	10,404	↑ 1
19	Alyssa	10,177	↓ 3
20	Brianna	9,370	–
21	Ella	9,213	↑ 2
22	Anna	8,613	–
23	Taylor	8,566	↑ 1
24	Lauren	8,498	↓ 3
25	Hailey	8,423	↑ 1
26	Kayla	8,226	↓ 1
27	Victoria	7,653	↑ 1
28	Addison	7,622	↑ 78
29	Jasmine	7,521	–
30	Savannah	7,096	↑ 5
31	Julia	6,884	–
32	Jessica	6,815	↓ 5
33	Lily	6,768	↑ 6
34	Sydney	6,516	↓ 4
35	Morgan	6,495	↓ 2
36	Destiny	6,313	↓ 4
37	Katherine	6,295	↓ 1
38	Lillian	6,236	↑ 12
39	Alexa	6,117	↑ 27
40	Alexandra	6,101	↓ 3
41	Kaitlyn	6,074	↓ 7
42	Kaylee	5,998	↓ 2
43	Nevaeh	5,956	↑ 26
44	Brooke	5,747	↑ 3
45	Makayla	5,652	↓ 1
46	Maria	5,604	–
47	Allison	5,564	↓ 2
48	Rachel	5,551	↓ 10
49	Angelina	5,526	↓ 6
50	Gabriella	5,372	↑ 11
51	Jennifer	5,268	↓ 9
52	Avery	5,254	↑ 15
53	Mackenzie	5,205	↓ 2
54	Zoe	5,153	↑ 4
55	Sofia	5,082	↓ 3
56	Riley	5,056	↓ 2
57	Maya	5,047	↑ 16
58	Kimberly	5,011	↑ 5
59	Andrea	5,006	↑ 6
60	Megan	4,946	↓ 19
61	Katelyn	4,890	↓ 2
62	Faith	4,864	↓ 13
63	Gabrielle	4,846	↓ 8
64	Trinity	4,838	↓ 16
65	Evelyn	4,751	↑ 6
66	Brooklyn	4,719	↑ 12
67	Kylie	4,719	↓ 10
68	Leah	4,657	–
69	Audrey	4,649	↑ 8
70	Stephanie	4,511	↓ 6
71	Madeline	4,477	↓ 1
72	Sara	4,411	↑ 3
73	Jocelyn	4,370	↑ 14
74	Nicole	4,322	↓ 18
75	Haley	4,298	↓ 22
76	Arianna	4,292	↑ 12
77	Paige	4,267	↓ 17
78	Ariana	4,234	↑ 4
79	Vanessa	4,169	↑ 1
80	Mary	4,116	↓ 8
81	Michelle	4,090	↓ 7
82	Mariah	4,075	↑ 3
83	Amelia	4,065	↑ 1
84	Isabelle	4,042	↑ 12
85	Melanie	4,034	↑ 7
86	Claire	4,013	↑ 9
87	Isabel	4,009	↑ 2
88	Jenna	3,941	↓ 26
89	Caroline	3,791	↓ 6
90	Aaliyah	3,745	↑ 3
91	Valeria	3,731	↑ 46
92	Jada	3,674	↓ 16
93	Aubrey	3,660	↑ 60
94	Natalia	3,588	↑ 29
95	Autumn	3,581	↓ 5
96	Rebecca	3,573	↓ 15
97	Jordan	3,547	↓ 11
98	Gianna	3,454	↑ 12
99	Jayla	3,410	↑ 98
100	Amanda	3,362	↓ 21

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jacob	24,871	–
2	Michael	22,653	–
3	Joshua	22,336	–
4	Ethan	20,522	↑ 1
5	Matthew	20,339	↓ 1
6	Daniel	20,082	↑ 1
7	Andrew	19,733	↓ 1
8	Christopher	19,688	↑ 2
9	Anthony	19,413	↓ 1
10	William	18,965	↑ 1
11	Joseph	18,471	↓ 2
12	Alexander	18,235	↑ 1
13	David	17,671	↓ 1
14	Ryan	16,434	–
15	Noah	16,342	↑ 8
16	James	16,255	↑ 1
17	Nicholas	15,675	↓ 2
18	Tyler	15,550	↓ 2
19	John	15,177	↓ 1
20	Logan	15,151	↑ 6
21	Christian	14,487	↑ 1
22	Jonathan	14,387	↓ 3
23	Nathan	14,278	↓ 3
24	Benjamin	13,766	↑ 1
25	Samuel	13,652	↓ 4
26	Dylan	13,171	↓ 2
27	Brandon	12,686	–
28	Gabriel	12,543	–
29	Elijah	12,055	↑ 2
30	Jose	11,604	–
31	Angel	11,602	↑ 1
32	Aiden	11,591	↑ 18
33	Zachary	11,013	↓ 4
34	Caleb	11,001	↑ 1
35	Jackson	10,896	↑ 9
36	Jack	10,837	↓ 2
37	Kevin	10,779	↓ 4
38	Gavin	10,479	↑ 9
39	Isaiah	10,459	↑ 6
40	Mason	10,414	↑ 2
41	Austin	10,293	↓ 3
42	Evan	10,129	↓ 3
43	Luke	10,087	↓ 2
44	Aidan	10,035	↓ 1
45	Justin	9,973	↓ 9
46	Jordan	9,935	–
47	Robert	9,911	↓ 10
48	Isaac	9,685	↑ 1
49	Jayden	9,624	↑ 5
50	Landon	9,574	↑ 11
51	Thomas	9,514	↓ 11
52	Cameron	8,856	–
53	Connor	8,676	↓ 5
54	Hunter	8,574	↓ 1
55	Jason	8,456	↓ 4
56	Diego	8,403	↑ 6
57	Aaron	8,310	–
58	Owen	8,173	↑ 2
59	Lucas	8,139	↓ 1
60	Charles	8,013	↓ 4
61	Juan	7,940	↓ 6
62	Luis	7,921	↓ 3
63	Adrian	7,383	↑ 2
64	Adam	6,806	–
65	Julian	6,797	↑ 9
66	Bryan	6,699	↑ 6
67	Alex	6,670	↑ 4
68	Sean	6,643	↑ 7
69	Nathaniel	6,627	↓ 2
70	Carlos	6,549	–
71	Jeremiah	6,544	↑ 7
72	Brian	6,511	↓ 9
73	Hayden	6,470	↑ 3
74	Jesus	6,461	↓ 1
75	Carter	6,433	↑ 2
76	Sebastian	6,287	↑ 10
77	Eric	6,232	↓ 11
78	Xavier	6,184	↑ 9
79	Brayden	6,160	↑ 1
80	Ian	6,154	↓ 12
81	Kyle	6,150	↓ 12
82	Wyatt	5,835	↓ 1
83	Chase	5,746	↓ 1
84	Cole	5,640	↓ 5
85	Dominic	5,577	–
86	Tristan	5,414	↑ 27
87	Carson	5,012	↑ 14
88	Jaden	4,947	–
89	Miguel	4,903	↑ 4
90	Steven	4,824	↓ 7
91	Caden	4,775	↑ 7
92	Kaden	4,746	↑ 8
93	Timothy	4,706	↓ 9
94	Antonio	4,697	↓ 2
95	Henry	4,677	↑ 7
96	Alejandro	4,551	↑ 1
97	Blake	4,537	↑ 2
98	Liam	4,514	↑ 6
99	Richard	4,469	↓ 5
100	Devin	4,451	↓ 10

Biggest movers of 2006

Changes in rank within the top 1,000 compared with the year before.

Rising Girls

Ayla ↑ 399 #265
Addyson ↑ 382 #373
Sherlyn ↑ 358 #367
Danika ↑ 272 #576
Yoselin ↑ 268 #602
Valery ↑ 262 #716
Danica ↑ 258 #353
Siena ↑ 235 #631
Harper ↑ 233 #510
Lyla ↑ 223 #642

Falling Girls

Litzy ↓ 447 #835
Carol ↓ 214 #972
Maribel ↓ 206 #805
Brandi ↓ 193 #973
Rubi ↓ 187 #618
Ashanti ↓ 180 #875
Ashleigh ↓ 171 #690
Laci ↓ 170 #685
Katlyn ↓ 169 #788
Karli ↓ 167 #861

New in the top 1,000 (Girls)

Rihanna, Evangeline, Addisyn, Akeelah, Cherish, Mila, Betsy, Adison, Shakira, Lilyana, Rhianna, Nathalia, Noelia, Paisley, Yaretzi

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Girls)

Ashton, Karly, Ciera, Mikalah, Karol, Arleth, Yahaira, Arlene, Antonia, Alysa, Jenifer, Sandy, Lizette, Devyn, Shirley

Rising Boys

Cash ↑ 300 #380
Leland ↑ 265 #343
Talan ↑ 233 #309
Talon ↑ 197 #426
Lincoln ↑ 194 #301
Nash ↑ 190 #743
Rashad ↑ 183 #660
Jordy ↑ 162 #680
Jordyn ↑ 144 #786
Landyn ↑ 135 #580

Falling Boys

Omarion ↓ 310 #730
Johnpaul ↓ 228 #967
Kyan ↓ 200 #901
Gaven ↓ 181 #951
Braulio ↓ 179 #964
Amare ↓ 158 #789
Marcel ↓ 140 #946
Elian ↓ 136 #1000
Josef ↓ 128 #974
Bernard ↓ 126 #958

New in the top 1,000 (Boys)

Krish, Yandel, Beckett, Ace, Kael, Bode, Koen, Eddy, Haiden, Hezekiah, Santana, Zayden, Finley, Samson, King

Dropped out of the top 1,000 (Boys)

Amarion, Bronson, Kanye, Damari, Norman, Fredy, Maximillian, Clifford, Makhi, Darin, Campbell, Dimitri, Jaidyn, Jarvis, Tayshaun

Other years

Trend lists

Source: US Social Security Administration. Ranks are computed from birth counts for each sex; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are not published.