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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Ralph		 0.68% +4
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Joe		 0.73% -1
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Richard		 0.75% -1
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Louis		 0.79% +3
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Fred		 0.83% -1
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Raymond		 0.83% +1
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Clarence		 0.86% -1
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Paul		 0.89% +2
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Harold		 0.93% 0
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Arthur		 0.96% 0
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Albert		 0.99% 0
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Harry		 1.16% 0
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Willie		 1.18% 0
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Walter		 1.32% 0
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Henry		 1.37% -1
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Thomas		 1.38% +1
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Edward		 1.63% 0
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Frank		 1.89% 0
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Charles		 2.36% -1
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Joseph		 2.50% +1
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Robert		 2.54% 0
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George		 2.76% 0
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James		 4.22% 0
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William		 4.53% 0
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John		 5.62% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Gertrude		 0.72% -1
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Hazel		 0.76% -1
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Irene		 0.77% -1
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Catherine		 0.78% +3
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Annie		 0.80% -2
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Evelyn		 0.81% -2
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Grace		 0.82% +1
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Louise		 0.83% +3
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Edna		 0.95% -2
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Rose		 0.95% +1
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Gladys		 1.01% -1
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Frances		 1.01% +2
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Lillian		 1.03% 0
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Ethel		 1.07% 0
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Florence		 1.10% 0
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Marie		 1.15% 0
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Alice		 1.20% 0
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Mildred		 1.30% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.38% 0
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Dorothy		 1.61% 0
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Anna		 1.65% -1
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Ruth		 1.74% +1
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Margaret		 1.97% 0
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Helen		 2.38% 0
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Mary		 5.27% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States