Baby Names

The year of my birth in California, Dennis was the 32nd most popular name for baby boys. Hey, I made the top 100. Check out where your name ranked the year you were born.

From 1907 through 1961, the most popular baby girl name was Mary. Check out Top 5 Names for Births in 1907-2006.

(Samples taken from social security card applications, which were fairly rare before the FDR years.)

Top 10 Baby Names in 2006

Girls
1 Emily
2 Emma
3 Madison
4 Isabella
5 Ava
6 Abigail
7 Olivia
8 Hannah
9 Sophia
10 Samantha

Boys
1 Jacob
2 Michael
3 Joshua
4 Ethan
5 Matthew
6 Daniel
7 Christopher
8 Andrew
9 Anthony
10 William