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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James		 5.25% +1
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Robert		 5.00% -1
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John		 4.70% 0
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William		 3.67% 0
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Richard		 3.15% 0
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David		 2.81% +5
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Charles		 2.39% -1
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Thomas		 2.31% +1
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Michael		 2.22% +26
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Ronald		 1.86% +3
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Larry		 1.69% +19
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Donald		 1.64% -5
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Joseph		 1.52% -3
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Gary		 1.44% +31
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George		 1.38% -7
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Kenneth		 1.31% -1
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Paul		 1.21% -3
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Edward		 1.15% -6
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Jerry		 1.10% +4
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Dennis		 1.07% +51
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Frank		 0.79% -5
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Daniel		 0.74% +20
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Raymond		 0.72% -6
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Roger		 0.71% +17
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Stephen		 0.71% +80
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.30% 0
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Linda		 3.57% +87
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Barbara		 2.86% 0
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Patricia		 2.76% +1
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Carol		 1.96% +6
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Sandra		 1.78% +42
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Nancy		 1.69% +2
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Sharon		 1.49% +75
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Judith		 1.46% +31
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Susan		 1.42% +107
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Betty		 1.31% -9
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Carolyn		 1.22% +17
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Margaret		 1.16% -5
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Shirley		 1.15% -10
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Judy		 1.13% +97
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Karen		 1.13% +122
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Donna		 1.11% +6
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Kathleen		 1.03% +54
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Joyce		 1.02% -7
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Dorothy		 0.89% -14
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Janet		 0.88% +5
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Diane		 0.83% +93
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Janice		 0.80% +19
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Joan		 0.79% -17
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Elizabeth		 0.78% -8
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