Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
100.	Patrick	0.15%	-14	-92	-4.1%
99.	Hugh	0.15%	-19	-229	-9.5%
98.	Jacob	0.15%	-25	-360	-14.1%
97.	Alexander	0.15%	-4	+276	+14.1%
96.	Stephen	0.15%	+9	+514	+29.7%
95.	Marvin	0.16%	+49	+1,251	+117%
94.	Victor	0.17%	+5	+636	+35.1%
93.	Alvin	0.17%	+15	+817	+49.0%
92.	Leslie	0.17%	-2	+468	+22.7%
91.	Allen	0.17%	+1	+556	+27.8%
90.	Everett	0.18%	+6	+695	+36.5%
89.	Milton	0.18%	+14	+950	+54.4%
88.	Jim	0.19%	-22	-123	-4.3%
87.	Johnnie	0.19%	+50	+1,621	+140%
86.	Philip	0.19%	+1	+670	+31.2%
85.	Melvin	0.19%	+39	+1,515	+114%
84.	Leon	0.20%	+4	+756	+35.9%
83.	Luther	0.20%	-12	+198	+7.4%
82.	Homer	0.20%	-10	+278	+10.5%
81.	Ben	0.21%	-18	-128	-4.1%
80.	Harvey	0.21%	-13	+282	+10.0%
79.	Edgar	0.22%	-14	+172	+5.8%
78.	Norman	0.22%	+19	+1,287	+68.1%
77.	Will	0.22%	-37	-1,964	-37.7%
76.	Tom	0.22%	-16	-42	-1.3%
75.	Bernard	0.23%	+7	+981	+42.4%
74.	Martin	0.23%	-13	+92	+2.8%
73.	Jessie	0.23%	+6	+955	+39.4%
72.	Lloyd	0.24%	+5	+1,027	+41.4%
71.	Cecil	0.25%	+29	+1,802	+99.7%
70.	Eddie	0.25%	+15	+1,411	+61.8%
69.	Claude	0.25%	-12	+68	+1.9%
68.	Chester	0.26%	-4	+767	+25.4%
67.	Frederick	0.27%	-15	-94	-2.4%
66.	Edwin	0.27%	-7	+456	+13.0%
65.	Benjamin	0.27%	-18	-451	-10.1%
64.	Lewis	0.28%	-8	+343	+9.3%
63.	Clifford	0.28%	+7	+1,354	+50.1%
62.	Stanley	0.28%	+22	+1,859	+80.9%
61.	Ray	0.29%	-6	+493	+13.1%
60.	Leroy	0.29%	+14	+1,756	+69.0%
59.	Lester	0.30%	+10	+1,659	+61.4%
58.	Peter	0.30%	-7	+348	+8.6%
57.	Oscar	0.31%	-20	-1,095	-19.5%
56.	Clyde	0.31%	+2	+899	+24.8%
55.	Russell	0.31%	+13	+1,772	+63.7%
54.	Jesse	0.31%	-16	-837	-15.5%
53.	Kenneth	0.31%	+72	+3,281	+253%
52.	Donald	0.32%	+49	+2,846	+159%
51.	Floyd	0.34%	+2	+1,011	+25.5%
50.	Leonard	0.34%	+12	+1,856	+58.6%
49.	Daniel	0.34%	-8	-149	-2.9%
48.	Anthony	0.34%	+30	+2,590	+106%
47.	Herman	0.35%	+3	+832	+19.7%
46.	Lee	0.35%	+2	+774	+17.7%
45.	Michael	0.36%	+9	+1,294	+33.0%
44.	Leo	0.38%	-1	+938	+20.0%
43.	Eugene	0.40%	+6	+1,606	+37.3%
41.	Elmer	0.42%	-5	+514	+9.1%
41.	Sam	0.42%	+1	+1,220	+24.7%
40.	Andrew	0.43%	-6	+559	+9.8%
39.	Alfred	0.43%	0	+983	+18.3%
38.	Theodore	0.44%	+45	+4,190	+182%
37.	Lawrence	0.47%	+8	+2,249	+48.9%
36.	Herbert	0.47%	-1	+1,297	+22.9%
35.	Francis	0.48%	+11	+2,486	+54.8%
34.	Charlie	0.54%	-4	+667	+9.2%
33.	Howard	0.55%	0	+2,065	+34.7%
32.	Samuel	0.56%	-7	+292	+3.7%
31.	David	0.59%	-2	+1,287	+17.6%
30.	Ernest	0.59%	-6	+780	+9.9%
29.	Jack	0.63%	+15	+4,587	+99.0%
28.	Earl	0.63%	-7	+954	+11.5%
27.	Ralph	0.63%	+5	+2,347	+33.8%
26.	Carl	0.67%	-3	+1,818	+22.6%
25.	Louis	0.71%	-5	+1,930	+22.9%
24.	Joe	0.71%	+4	+2,984	+39.9%
23.	Roy	0.73%	-4	+853	+8.7%
22.	Richard	0.73%	+4	+3,104	+41.0%
21.	Raymond	0.79%	+5	+4,078	+53.9%
20.	Paul	0.86%	+2	+4,455	+54.5%
19.	Harold	0.87%	+12	+5,777	+82.3%
18.	Fred	0.89%	-3	-1,194	-8.4%
17.	Clarence	0.93%	0	+1,673	+14.1%
16.	Albert	1.04%	0	+1,565	+11.4%
15.	Arthur	1.05%	-1	-940	-5.7%
14.	Willie	1.21%	+4	+7,897	+80.2%
13.	Harry	1.22%	-2	-3,424	-16.1%
12.	Walter	1.36%	+1	+502	+2.6%
11.	Henry	1.48%	-1	+108	+0.5%
10.	Thomas	1.48%	+2	+668	+3.2%
9.	Edward	1.67%	0	+2,483	+11.3%
8.	Frank	1.98%	-1	+328	+1.1%
7.	Joseph	2.40%	-1	+6,173	+21.3%
6.	Robert	2.44%	+2	+9,702	+37.1%
5.	Charles	2.47%	0	-664	-1.8%
4.	George	2.97%	0	+231	+0.5%
3.	James	4.24%	0	+11,447	+22.6%
2.	William	4.72%	0	-2,924	-4.0%
1.	John	5.77%	0	+3,927	+4.9%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Velma	0.21%	+84	+4,459	+212%
99.	Hilda	0.22%	+4	+2,051	+43.3%
98.	Opal	0.22%	+110	+5,125	+308%
97.	Marjorie	0.23%	+42	+3,854	+122%
95.	Georgia	0.23%	0	+1,697	+31.2%
95.	Maude	0.23%	-42	-4,162	-36.8%
94.	Nora	0.23%	-25	-1,121	-13.5%
93.	Susie	0.24%	-12	+782	+12.0%
92.	Sadie	0.24%	-19	+63	+0.9%
91.	Anne	0.25%	+19	+3,384	+80.0%
90.	Daisy	0.25%	-5	+1,438	+23.0%
89.	Lois	0.25%	+46	+4,463	+138%
88.	Violet	0.25%	+53	+4,768	+155%
87.	Marguerite	0.26%	-3	+1,536	+24.1%
86.	Betty	0.26%	+50	+4,725	+148%
85.	Dora	0.26%	-18	-673	-7.7%
84.	Doris	0.27%	+87	+5,910	+252%
83.	Maggie	0.27%	-15	-318	-3.7%
82.	Kathryn	0.27%	+7	+2,680	+47.4%
81.	Ellen	0.27%	-9	+904	+12.2%
80.	Ada	0.29%	-22	-1,258	-12.1%
79.	Rosa	0.30%	-9	+1,416	+18.0%
78.	Lula	0.31%	-18	-720	-7.0%
77.	Beulah	0.31%	+1	+2,931	+43.2%
76.	Leona	0.32%	+24	+4,765	+93.7%
75.	Ann	0.32%	+30	+5,244	+112%
74.	Jennie	0.32%	-23	-1,888	-15.9%
73.	Bernice	0.32%	+41	+5,916	+145%
72.	Eleanor	0.32%	+30	+5,276	+111%
71.	Fannie	0.33%	-9	+448	+4.5%
70.	Cora	0.33%	-23	-2,508	-19.5%
69.	Vera	0.34%	+14	+4,080	+64.0%
68.	Mamie	0.34%	-7	+533	+5.3%
67.	Stella	0.36%	-4	+1,207	+12.3%
66.	Lucy	0.36%	-7	+697	+6.8%
65.	Marion	0.38%	+9	+4,403	+60.2%
64.	Hattie	0.38%	-18	-1,192	-9.2%
63.	Blanche	0.38%	-7	+870	+8.0%
62.	Katherine	0.39%	+2	+2,697	+28.7%
61.	Willie	0.40%	+14	+5,248	+73.8%
60.	Lena	0.41%	-12	+212	+1.7%
59.	Mae	0.41%	-4	+1,793	+16.4%
58.	Jessie	0.41%	-6	+886	+7.5%
57.	Alma	0.42%	-3	+1,908	+17.1%
56.	Carrie	0.42%	-16	-1,136	-8.0%
55.	Pauline	0.43%	+24	+6,675	+101%
54.	Mattie	0.45%	-4	+1,388	+11.1%
53.	Virginia	0.47%	+34	+8,675	+148%
52.	Ella	0.48%	-20	-2,309	-13.5%
51.	Lucille	0.48%	+48	+9,936	+195%
50.	Lillie	0.50%	-9	+1,298	+9.2%
49.	Laura	0.50%	-15	-901	-5.5%
48.	Julia	0.52%	-3	+2,659	+19.8%
47.	Beatrice	0.52%	+24	+8,782	+117%
46.	Nellie	0.53%	-16	-946	-5.5%
45.	Viola	0.53%	+20	+7,173	+76.4%
44.	Sarah	0.56%	-13	+188	+1.1%
43.	Agnes	0.57%	-4	+3,187	+22.1%
42.	Ruby	0.59%	+24	+9,476	+109%
41.	Thelma	0.59%	+128	+15,880	+666%
40.	Eva	0.59%	-7	+1,897	+11.5%
39.	Elsie	0.59%	-4	+2,077	+12.7%
38.	Evelyn	0.60%	+52	+12,955	+229%
37.	Josephine	0.61%	+12	+6,322	+50.7%
36.	Ida	0.61%	-15	-2,346	-11.1%
35.	Myrtle	0.63%	-7	+1,974	+11.1%
34.	Minnie	0.64%	-21	-4,900	-19.9%
33.	Esther	0.65%	+4	+5,289	+35.9%
32.	Edith	0.67%	-3	+3,234	+18.3%
31.	Pearl	0.67%	-5	+1,859	+9.8%
30.	Mabel	0.70%	-10	-366	-1.7%
29.	Martha	0.70%	-4	+2,335	+12.0%
28.	Catherine	0.71%	+10	+7,505	+51.8%
27.	Louise	0.74%	+9	+7,688	+50.7%
26.	Gertrude	0.76%	-2	+3,709	+18.6%
25.	Irene	0.76%	+19	+10,035	+73.7%
24.	Hazel	0.77%	-1	+3,648	+18.1%
23.	Clara	0.77%	-12	-1,574	-6.2%
22.	Bessie	0.77%	-8	-433	-1.8%
21.	Emma	0.78%	-12	-4,476	-15.6%
20.	Bertha	0.78%	-8	-878	-3.5%
19.	Grace	0.87%	-1	+3,123	+13.1%
18.	Annie	0.89%	+1	+4,626	+20.0%
17.	Rose	0.91%	+5	+6,972	+33.0%
16.	Frances	0.92%	+11	+10,409	+57.5%
15.	Edna	0.96%	+2	+5,764	+23.9%
14.	Gladys	0.98%	+29	+16,663	+122%
13.	Lillian	1.05%	+3	+8,413	+34.9%
12.	Ethel	1.12%	-4	+3,415	+10.9%
11.	Alice	1.13%	+4	+10,817	+44.3%
10.	Mildred	1.17%	+32	+22,381	+162%
9.	Florence	1.17%	-2	+3,847	+11.9%
8.	Marie	1.19%	+2	+11,238	+43.5%
7.	Dorothy	1.26%	+50	+28,266	+261%
6.	Elizabeth	1.34%	-1	+7,829	+23.1%
5.	Ruth	1.64%	+1	+18,143	+55.2%
4.	Anna	1.77%	-2	-343	-0.6%
3.	Margaret	1.87%	0	+19,983	+52.7%
2.	Helen	2.24%	+2	+31,626	+83.7%
1.	Mary	5.20%	0	+30,366	+23.2%