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		 5.66% 0
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William		 4.35% 0
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James		 4.23% 0
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George		 2.80% 0
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Robert		 2.54% 0
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Charles		 2.45% 0
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Joseph		 2.42% 0
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Frank		 1.86% 0
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Edward		 1.62% 0
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Henry		 1.39% +1
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Thomas		 1.37% -1
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Walter		 1.32% 0
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Willie		 1.24% 0
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Harry		 1.14% 0
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Albert		 1.03% +1
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Arthur		 0.98% -1
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Harold		 0.92% 0
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Clarence		 0.88% 0
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Fred		 0.87% +1
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Paul		 0.86% -1
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Raymond		 0.81% 0
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Richard		 0.78% +1
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Joe		 0.74% +2
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Roy		 0.71% 0
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Louis		 0.70% -3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.21% 0
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Helen		 2.25% 0
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Margaret		 1.99% 0
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Anna		 1.65% 0
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Ruth		 1.65% 0
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Dorothy		 1.47% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.37% 0
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Mildred		 1.27% +1
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Alice		 1.22% -1
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Marie		 1.15% +1
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Florence		 1.11% -1
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Ethel		 1.10% 0
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Lillian		 1.05% 0
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Gladys		 0.98% +2
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Edna		 0.98% 0
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Frances		 0.98% -2
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Rose		 0.92% 0
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Evelyn		 0.90% +14
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Annie		 0.86% -1
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Grace		 0.81% -1
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Louise		 0.78% +3
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Irene		 0.78% -2
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Hazel		 0.75% 0
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Gertrude		 0.74% -2
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Catherine		 0.73% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States