Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
25.
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Carl
0.70% +1 +38,589 +391%
24.
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Clarence
0.71% -7 +35,623 +262%
23.
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Jack
0.71% +6 +40,304 +437%
22.
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Louis
0.73% +3 +40,228 +388%
21.
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Ralph
0.76% +6 +43,224 +465%
20.
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Donald
0.82% +32 +52,370 +1,131%
19.
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Harry
0.95% -6 +47,968 +268%
18.
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Arthur
0.97% -3 +52,069 +338%
17.
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Albert
0.98% -1 +52,889 +345%
16.
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Raymond
1.03% +5 +60,170 +516%
15.
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Richard
1.07% +7 +63,927 +599%
14.
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Paul
1.13% +6 +65,580 +519%
13.
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Henry
1.15% -2 +57,895 +266%
12.
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Harold
1.15% +7 +66,926 +523%
11.
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Walter
1.28% +1 +69,148 +346%
10.
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Thomas
1.32% 0 +69,836 +321%
9.
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Frank
1.67% -1 +86,971 +299%
8.
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Edward
1.81% +1 +101,204 +413%
7.
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Charles
2.50% -2 +137,350 +380%
6.
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George
2.54% -2 +133,020 +305%
5.
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Joseph
2.58% +2 +144,127 +410%
4.
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Robert
3.44% +2 +203,336 +567%
3.
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James
3.96% 0 +212,901 +342%
2.
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William
4.36% 0 +233,698 +337%
1.
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John
5.42% 0 +291,720 +345%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
25.
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Martha
0.70% +4 +37,759 +174%
24.
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Ruby
0.71% +18 +42,133 +232%
23.
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Josephine
0.72% +14 +42,570 +227%
22.
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Ethel
0.75% -10 +28,794 +82.6%
21.
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Gladys
0.77% -7 +35,527 +117%
20.
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Catherine
0.77% +8 +43,816 +199%
19.
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Edna
0.79% -4 +37,065 +124%
18.
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Louise
0.80% +9 +45,111 +197%
17.
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Irene
0.81% +8 +45,312 +192%
16.
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Rose
0.88% +1 +46,584 +166%
15.
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Lillian
0.89% -2 +43,395 +133%
14.
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Florence
0.96% -5 +45,274 +125%
13.
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Alice
1.01% -2 +50,634 +144%
12.
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Evelyn
1.08% +26 +72,889 +392%
11.
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Marie
1.08% -3 +54,995 +148%
10.
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Virginia
1.11% +43 +79,783 +549%
9.
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Frances
1.24% +7 +77,100 +271%
8.
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Elizabeth
1.37% -2 +75,103 +180%
7.
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Anna
1.40% -3 +64,080 +117%
6.
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Mildred
1.46% +4 +87,825 +243%
5.
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Ruth
2.04% 0 +122,665 +240%
4.
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Margaret
2.22% -1 +131,314 +227%
3.
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Dorothy
2.44% +4 +168,364 +430%
2.
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Helen
2.92% 0 +178,726 +257%
1.
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Mary
5.62% 0 +317,132 +196%