Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys
Rank Name Pct.
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Roy		 0.56%
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Ernest		 0.57%
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Richard		 0.60%
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Charlie		 0.60%
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Joe		 0.60%
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David		 0.64%
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Louis		 0.70%
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Clarence		 0.74%
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Samuel		 0.78%
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Albert		 1.22%
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Fred		 1.33%
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Arthur		 1.38%
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Walter		 1.55%
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Harry		 1.92%
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Edward		 1.97%
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Thomas		 2.02%
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Robert		 2.05%
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Henry		 2.05%
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Joseph		 2.23%
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Frank		 2.63%
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Charles		 3.96%
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George		 4.05%
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James		 4.59%
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William		 7.21%
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John		 7.64%
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Girls
Rank Name Pct.
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Maude		 0.82%
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Helen		 0.82%
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Cora		 0.85%
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Carrie		 0.89%
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Laura		 0.92%
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Mabel		 0.94%
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Nellie		 0.98%
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Martha		 0.99%
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Ella		 1.00%
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Sarah		 1.05%
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Ethel		 1.06%
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Grace		 1.09%
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Bessie		 1.10%
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Florence		 1.19%
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Annie		 1.22%
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Alice		 1.23%
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Clara		 1.27%
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Bertha		 1.31%
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Ida		 1.31%
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Minnie		 1.55%
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Margaret		 1.56%
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Elizabeth		 1.79%
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Emma		 1.82%
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Anna		 2.73%
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Mary		 6.55%
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