Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Robert		 5.29% 0
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James		 5.14% 0
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John		 4.44% 0
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William		 3.76% 0
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Richard		 3.17% 0
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Charles		 2.80% +1
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Donald		 2.77% -1
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George		 1.74% 0
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Thomas		 1.65% 0
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Joseph		 1.61% 0
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David		 1.46% +1
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Ronald		 1.45% -1
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Edward		 1.29% 0
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Paul		 1.17% 0
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Kenneth		 1.13% 0
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Frank		 0.97% 0
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Raymond		 0.89% +2
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Jack		 0.88% -1
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Billy		 0.86% +1
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Harold		 0.86% -2
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Gerald		 0.79% +1
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Jerry		 0.79% +3
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Walter		 0.73% -2
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Bobby		 0.72% -1
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Joe		 0.71% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.07% 0
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Shirley		 3.90% +2
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Barbara		 2.83% 0
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Betty		 2.64% -2
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Patricia		 2.11% +1
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Dorothy		 1.79% -1
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Joan		 1.68% 0
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Margaret		 1.36% 0
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Nancy		 1.34% +1
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Helen		 1.18% -1
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Carol		 1.08% +3
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Joyce		 1.05% 0
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Doris		 0.98% -2
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Marilyn		 0.96% +3
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Ruth		 0.92% -2
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Virginia		 0.91% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.84% +1
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Jean		 0.81% -2
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Frances		 0.81% 0
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Beverly		 0.74% +2
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Lois		 0.74% -1
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Janet		 0.72% -1
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Donna		 0.72% 0
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Martha		 0.70% +3
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Alice		 0.69% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States