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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Joe		 0.71% -2
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Roy		 0.71% 0
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Richard		 0.75% -1
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Louis		 0.76% +3
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Raymond		 0.79% 0
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Fred		 0.83% -2
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Paul		 0.91% 0
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Clarence		 0.92% -1
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Harold		 0.92% +3
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Albert		 1.02% -1
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Arthur		 1.03% +1
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Harry		 1.13% 0
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Willie		 1.22% 0
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Walter		 1.34% 0
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Henry		 1.47% 0
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Thomas		 1.51% 0
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Edward		 1.67% 0
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Frank		 1.94% 0
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Joseph		 2.45% 0
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Charles		 2.50% -1
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Robert		 2.52% +1
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George		 2.92% 0
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James		 4.10% 0
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William		 4.56% 0
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John		 5.74% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Bertha		 0.73% -4
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Louise		 0.74% -1
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Hazel		 0.74% +2
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Gertrude		 0.76% +5
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Bessie		 0.76% -1
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Irene		 0.77% +4
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Grace		 0.84% 0
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Annie		 0.89% -1
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Rose		 0.93% +1
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Gladys		 0.96% -2
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Edna		 0.96% 0
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Frances		 0.97% +2
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Lillian		 1.05% 0
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Ethel		 1.12% 0
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Marie		 1.18% -2
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Florence		 1.18% +1
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Mildred		 1.24% -1
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Alice		 1.34% +2
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Elizabeth		 1.38% -1
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Dorothy		 1.38% +1
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Ruth		 1.64% 0
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Anna		 1.76% 0
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Margaret		 1.95% 0
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Helen		 2.29% 0
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Mary		 5.22% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States