Popular names of 2006, and how old they are now

People born in 2006 turn 20 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 4 million births in 2006 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 99% of them are still alive: about 3.9 million people.

The year's top names were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. Babies born that year are in Gen Z (see Gen Z names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 2006: Angel, Natalie, Isaiah, Diego, Alexa, Maya, Kaden, Isabel, Oscar, Natalia, Jorge and Jayla.

Top girl names of 2006

Most popular girl names of 2006
#	Name	Born 2006	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Emily	21,412	21,000	29
2	Emma	19,133	19,000	20
3	Madison	18,635	18,000	20
4	Isabella	18,231	18,000	15
5	Ava	16,941	17,000	14
6	Abigail	15,633	15,000	21
7	Olivia	15,508	15,000	18
8	Hannah	14,556	14,000	25
9	Sophia	13,503	13,000	16
10	Samantha	12,470	12,000	30
11	Elizabeth	12,440	12,000	44
12	Ashley	12,353	12,000	33
13	Mia	12,027	12,000	15
14	Alexis	11,239	11,000	26
15	Sarah	11,161	11,000	39
16	Grace	10,974	11,000	27
17	Natalie	10,951	11,000	29
18	Chloe	10,404	10,000	17
19	Alyssa	10,177	10,000	26
20	Brianna	9,370	9,300	25
21	Ella	9,213	9,100	22
22	Anna	8,613	8,500	39
23	Taylor	8,566	8,500	27
24	Lauren	8,498	8,400	33
25	Hailey	8,423	8,300	19
26	Kayla	8,226	8,100	28
27	Victoria	7,653	7,600	34
28	Addison	7,622	7,500	15
29	Jasmine	7,521	7,400	27
30	Savannah	7,096	7,000	20
31	Julia	6,884	6,800	38
32	Jessica	6,815	6,700	38
33	Lily	6,768	6,700	16
34	Sydney	6,516	6,500	24
35	Morgan	6,495	6,400	27
36	Destiny	6,313	6,300	24
37	Katherine	6,295	6,200	43
38	Lillian	6,236	6,200	29
39	Alexa	6,117	6,100	21
40	Alexandra	6,101	6,000	28
41	Kaitlyn	6,074	6,000	26
42	Kaylee	5,998	5,900	19
43	Nevaeh	5,956	5,900	14
44	Brooke	5,747	5,700	29
45	Makayla	5,652	5,600	20
46	Maria	5,604	5,600	45
47	Allison	5,564	5,500	31
48	Rachel	5,551	5,500	38
49	Angelina	5,526	5,500	27
50	Gabriella	5,372	5,300	18

Top boy names of 2006

Most popular boy names of 2006
#	Name	Born 2006	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jacob	24,871	25,000	26
2	Michael	22,653	22,000	49
3	Joshua	22,336	22,000	33
4	Ethan	20,522	20,000	19
5	Matthew	20,339	20,000	36
6	Daniel	20,082	20,000	42
7	Andrew	19,733	19,000	36
8	Christopher	19,688	19,000	41
9	Anthony	19,413	19,000	40
10	William	18,965	19,000	51
11	Joseph	18,471	18,000	45
12	Alexander	18,235	18,000	26
13	David	17,671	17,000	52
14	Ryan	16,434	16,000	33
15	Noah	16,342	16,000	16
16	James	16,255	16,000	54
17	Nicholas	15,675	15,000	33
18	Tyler	15,550	15,000	28
19	John	15,177	15,000	55
20	Logan	15,151	15,000	19
21	Christian	14,487	14,000	26
22	Jonathan	14,387	14,000	35
23	Nathan	14,278	14,000	30
24	Benjamin	13,766	14,000	30
25	Samuel	13,652	13,000	32
26	Dylan	13,171	13,000	21
27	Brandon	12,686	13,000	33
28	Gabriel	12,543	12,000	23
29	Elijah	12,055	12,000	16
30	Jose	11,604	11,000	34
31	Angel	11,602	11,000	25
32	Aiden	11,591	11,000	13
33	Zachary	11,013	11,000	29
34	Caleb	11,001	11,000	21
35	Jackson	10,896	11,000	16
36	Jack	10,837	11,000	34
37	Kevin	10,779	11,000	45
38	Gavin	10,479	10,000	19
39	Isaiah	10,459	10,000	18
40	Mason	10,414	10,000	16
41	Austin	10,293	10,000	26
42	Evan	10,129	10,000	24
43	Luke	10,087	9,900	21
44	Aidan	10,035	9,900	19
45	Justin	9,973	9,800	34
46	Jordan	9,935	9,800	26
47	Robert	9,911	9,800	58
48	Isaac	9,685	9,600	21
49	Jayden	9,624	9,500	14
50	Landon	9,574	9,400	17

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 2006, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 2006. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 2006 babies. How we calculate this