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		 5.07% +3
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John		 4.96% -1
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James		 4.53% 0
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William		 4.51% -2
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Charles		 2.62% +2
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George		 2.30% 0
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Joseph		 2.14% -2
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Richard		 1.96% +7
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Edward		 1.74% -1
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Donald		 1.69% +10
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Thomas		 1.42% -1
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Frank		 1.34% -3
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Harold		 1.18% -1
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Paul		 1.16% 0
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Raymond		 1.09% +1
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Walter		 1.05% -5
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Jack		 1.02% +6
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Henry		 0.92% -5
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Kenneth		 0.88% +11
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Arthur		 0.85% -2
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Albert		 0.83% -4
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David		 0.78% +7
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Harry		 0.76% -4
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Eugene		 0.75% +15
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Ralph		 0.74% -4
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.66% 0
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Dorothy		 2.97% +1
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Helen		 2.34% -1
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Betty		 2.28% +33
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Margaret		 1.98% -1
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Ruth		 1.76% -1
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Virginia		 1.37% +3
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Doris		 1.22% +24
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Mildred		 1.19% -3
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Frances		 1.13% -1
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Elizabeth		 1.13% -3
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Evelyn		 1.00% 0
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Anna		 1.00% -6
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Marie		 0.89% -3
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Alice		 0.89% -2
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Jean		 0.86% +29
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Shirley		 0.80% +112
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Barbara		 0.78% +58
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Irene		 0.75% -2
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Marjorie		 0.74% +19
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Florence		 0.71% -7
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Lois		 0.71% +27
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Martha		 0.70% +2
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Rose		 0.69% -8
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Lillian		 0.67% -10
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