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		 0.75% -2
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Louis		 0.75% 0
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Jack		 0.76% +4
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Fred		 0.76% 0
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Richard		 0.79% 0
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Clarence		 0.82% -1
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Raymond		 0.83% +1
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Harold		 0.92% -2
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Arthur		 0.93% +1
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Harry		 0.95% -2
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Paul		 0.96% +2
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Albert		 1.05% +1
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Walter		 1.25% -1
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Thomas		 1.37% -2
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Willie		 1.39% +2
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Henry		 1.39% +1
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Edward		 1.63% 0
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Frank		 1.81% 0
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Charles		 2.29% 0
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Joseph		 2.51% 0
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George		 2.61% -1
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Robert		 2.69% +1
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William		 4.24% -1
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James		 4.41% +1
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John		 5.49% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Thelma		 0.71% +1
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Hazel		 0.72% 0
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Grace		 0.75% -2
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Catherine		 0.75% +1
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Irene		 0.78% -1
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Louise		 0.82% -1
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Annie		 0.84% +3
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Edna		 0.87% -2
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Evelyn		 0.90% +1
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Rose		 0.92% +1
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Gladys		 0.92% 0
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Lillian		 0.98% 0
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Ethel		 0.99% 0
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Florence		 1.02% -1
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Frances		 1.06% +1
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Alice		 1.11% 0
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Marie		 1.14% 0
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Mildred		 1.36% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.38% 0
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Anna		 1.53% 0
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Ruth		 1.72% -1
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Dorothy		 1.74% +1
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Margaret		 1.96% 0
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Helen		 2.50% 0
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Mary		 5.45% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States