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Most Popular Baby Names in 2006

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If you have ever started a “bucket list” or investigated “crowdfundng,” you have put into practice the most popular words or phrases coined in 2006. As individuals reached the height of the first decade in the new millennium, creating new experiences took on an entirely new meaning.

In 2006, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary added the term “bucket list” to refer to experiences people wanted to achieve in their lifetimes and the word “crowdfunding” to describe the practice of raising money from a large group of people – usually via the internet. This was also the year that, on September 26, Facebook changed from an exclusively collegiate platform to being open to anyone over the age of 13 with an email address.

In short, the year 2006 became the era of creating new aspirations and achievements – and using the internet to reach these goals as never before. As individuals’ personal and professional lives developed an online presence, people may have repeatedly encountered the most popular 2006 names as they logged onto social media profiles or browsed the web.

Most Popular Girl Names in 2006

  1. Emily
  2. Emma
  3. Madison
  4. Isabella
  5. Ava
  6. Abigail
  7. Olivia
  8. Hannah
  9. Sophia
  10. Samantha
  11. Elizabeth
  12. Ashley
  13. Mia
  14. Alexis
  15. Sarah
  16. Grace
  17. Natalie
  18. Chloe
  19. Alyssa
  20. Brianna
  21. Ella
  22. Anna
  23. Taylor
  24. Lauren
  25. Hailey
  1. Kayla
  2. Victoria
  3. Addison
  4. Jasmine
  5. Savannah
  6. Julia
  7. Jessica
  8. Lily
  9. Sydney
  10. Morgan
  11. Destiny
  12. Katherine
  13. Lillian
  14. Alexa
  15. Alexandra
  16. Kaitlyn
  17. Kaylee
  18. Nevaeh
  19. Brooke
  20. Makayla
  21. Maria
  22. Allison
  23. Rachel
  24. Angelina
  25. Gabriella
  1. Jennifer
  2. Avery
  3. Mackenzie
  4. Zoe
  5. Sofia
  6. Riley
  7. Maya
  8. Kimberly
  9. Andrea
  10. Megan
  11. Katelyn
  12. Faith
  13. Gabrielle
  14. Trinity
  15. Evelyn
  16. Kylie
  17. Brooklyn
  18. Leah
  19. Audrey
  20. Stephanie
  21. Madeline
  22. Sara
  23. Jocelyn
  24. Nicole
  25. Haley
  1. Arianna
  2. Paige
  3. Ariana
  4. Vanessa
  5. Mary
  6. Michelle
  7. Mariah
  8. Amelia
  9. Isabelle
  10. Melanie
  11. Claire
  12. Isabel
  13. Jenna
  14. Caroline
  15. Aaliyah
  16. Valeria
  17. Jada
  18. Aubrey
  19. Natalia
  20. Autumn
  21. Rebecca
  22. Jordan
  23. Gianna
  24. Jayla
  25. Layla


Popular girl names in 2006 include short, attractive given names like Emily and Emma. Easy to write and type, both names have the added benefit of looking great on computer or tablet screens.

Rounding out the top five on the list of popular 2006 baby names for girls were Madison, Isabella, and Ava. Popularized as a first name for girls after the movie Splash (1984), parents in 2006 may have felt inspired after watching similar movies on YouTube (the video-sharing site Google purchased in November 2006 for $1.65 billion).

Most Popular Boy Names in 2006

  1. Jacob
  2. Michael
  3. Joshua
  4. Ethan
  5. Matthew
  6. Daniel
  7. Andrew
  8. Christopher
  9. Anthony
  10. William
  11. Joseph
  12. Alexander
  13. David
  14. Ryan
  15. Noah
  16. James
  17. Nicholas
  18. Tyler
  19. John
  20. Logan
  21. Christian
  22. Jonathan
  23. Nathan
  24. Benjamin
  25. Samuel
  1. Dylan
  2. Brandon
  3. Gabriel
  4. Elijah
  5. Jose
  6. Angel
  7. Aiden
  8. Zachary
  9. Caleb
  10. Jackson
  11. Jack
  12. Kevin
  13. Gavin
  14. Isaiah
  15. Mason
  16. Austin
  17. Evan
  18. Luke
  19. Aidan
  20. Justin
  21. Jordan
  22. Robert
  23. Isaac
  24. Jayden
  25. Landon
  1. Thomas
  2. Cameron
  3. Connor
  4. Hunter
  5. Jason
  6. Diego
  7. Aaron
  8. Owen
  9. Lucas
  10. Charles
  11. Juan
  12. Luis
  13. Adrian
  14. Adam
  15. Julian
  16. Bryan
  17. Alex
  18. Sean
  19. Nathaniel
  20. Carlos
  21. Jeremiah
  22. Brian
  23. Hayden
  24. Jesus
  25. Carter
  1. Sebastian
  2. Eric
  3. Xavier
  4. Brayden
  5. Ian
  6. Kyle
  7. Wyatt
  8. Chase
  9. Cole
  10. Dominic
  11. Tristan
  12. Carson
  13. Jaden
  14. Miguel
  15. Steven
  16. Caden
  17. Kaden
  18. Timothy
  19. Antonio
  20. Henry
  21. Alejandro
  22. Blake
  23. Liam
  24. Richard
  25. Devin

Popular boy names in 2006 included Jacob, Michael, and Joshua. The names are biblical in origin and easy to abbreviate into nicknames like “Mike” or “Josh.”

In addition to their ancient origins, these names may also reflect the year’s tone of widespread self-expression. For example, Ethan (the fourth most-popular name) is Hebrew in origin but also the name of the famous eighteenth-century revolutionary Ethan Allen.

In other words, popular 2006 baby names were often traditional in original but reflected high-achieving connotations of their namesakes. Just as TIME magazine declared 2006 to be “The Year of YOU,” babies in 2006 often received names associated with self-actualization.

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