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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John		 5.42% 0
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William		 4.36% 0
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James		 3.96% 0
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Robert		 3.44% +2
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Joseph		 2.58% +2
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George		 2.54% -2
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Charles		 2.50% -2
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Edward		 1.81% +1
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Frank		 1.67% -1
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Thomas		 1.32% 0
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Walter		 1.28% +1
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Harold		 1.15% +7
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Henry		 1.15% -2
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Paul		 1.13% +6
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Richard		 1.07% +7
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Raymond		 1.03% +5
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Albert		 0.98% -1
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Arthur		 0.97% -3
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Harry		 0.95% -6
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Donald		 0.82% +32
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Ralph		 0.76% +6
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Louis		 0.73% +3
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Jack		 0.71% +6
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Clarence		 0.71% -7
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Carl		 0.70% +1
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Willie		 0.69% -12
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Howard		 0.67% +6
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Fred		 0.64% -10
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David		 0.63% +2
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Kenneth		 0.62% +23
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Francis		 0.59% +4
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Roy		 0.58% -9
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Earl		 0.58% -5
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Joe		 0.55% -10
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Ernest		 0.53% -5
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Lawrence		 0.52% +1
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Stanley		 0.52% +25
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Anthony		 0.51% +10
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Eugene		 0.51% +4
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Samuel		 0.49% -8
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Herbert		 0.49% -5
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Alfred		 0.47% -3
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Leonard		 0.46% +7
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Michael		 0.44% +1
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Elmer		 0.41% -4
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Andrew		 0.41% -6
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Leo		 0.38% -3
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Bernard		 0.37% +27
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Norman		 0.36% +29
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Peter		 0.36% +8
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.62% 0
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Helen		 2.92% 0
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Dorothy		 2.44% +4
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Margaret		 2.22% -1
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Ruth		 2.04% 0
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Mildred		 1.46% +4
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Anna		 1.40% -3
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Elizabeth		 1.37% -2
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Frances		 1.24% +7
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Virginia		 1.11% +43
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Marie		 1.08% -3
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Evelyn		 1.08% +26
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Alice		 1.01% -2
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Florence		 0.96% -5
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Lillian		 0.89% -2
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Rose		 0.88% +1
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Irene		 0.81% +8
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Louise		 0.80% +9
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Edna		 0.79% -4
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Catherine		 0.77% +8
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Gladys		 0.77% -7
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Ethel		 0.75% -10
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Josephine		 0.72% +14
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Ruby		 0.71% +18
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Martha		 0.70% +4
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Grace		 0.68% -7
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Hazel		 0.67% -3
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Thelma		 0.67% +13
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Lucille		 0.66% +22
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Edith		 0.66% +2
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Eleanor		 0.64% +41
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Doris		 0.63% +52
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Annie		 0.62% -15
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Pauline		 0.59% +21
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Gertrude		 0.58% -9
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Esther		 0.58% -3
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Betty		 0.53% +49
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Beatrice		 0.52% +9
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Marjorie		 0.52% +58
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Clara		 0.52% -17
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Emma		 0.49% -20
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Bernice		 0.47% +31
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Bertha		 0.47% -23
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Ann		 0.46% +31
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Jean		 0.46% +64
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Elsie		 0.46% -7
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Julia		 0.46% +1
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Agnes		 0.46% -5
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Lois		 0.45% +40
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Sarah		 0.45% -6
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