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		 5.42% 0
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William		 4.47% 0
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James		 4.29% 0
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George		 2.65% 0
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Robert		 2.58% 0
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Joseph		 2.46% 0
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Charles		 2.28% 0
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Frank		 1.83% 0
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Edward		 1.66% 0
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Thomas		 1.40% 0
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Henry		 1.36% 0
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Walter		 1.29% 0
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Willie		 1.23% 0
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Harry		 1.09% 0
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Albert		 1.03% 0
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Harold		 0.98% +1
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Paul		 0.95% +1
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Arthur		 0.94% -2
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Clarence		 0.86% 0
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Raymond		 0.82% 0
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Richard		 0.81% +2
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Fred		 0.77% -2
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Joe		 0.73% +1
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Louis		 0.70% -2
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Carl		 0.69% +4
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.23% 0
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Helen		 2.51% 0
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Margaret		 2.00% 0
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Ruth		 1.77% 0
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Dorothy		 1.70% +1
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Anna		 1.58% -1
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Elizabeth		 1.41% 0
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Mildred		 1.37% 0
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Marie		 1.17% +1
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Alice		 1.13% -1
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Florence		 1.03% 0
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Frances		 1.03% +2
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Ethel		 1.00% -1
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Lillian		 0.98% -1
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Gladys		 0.96% 0
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Edna		 0.93% +1
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Rose		 0.92% -1
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Evelyn		 0.86% +2
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Louise		 0.82% -1
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Irene		 0.80% +3
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Grace		 0.79% -2
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Annie		 0.79% -1
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Catherine		 0.79% -1
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Hazel		 0.74% 0
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Gertrude		 0.71% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States