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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Jack		 0.69% -2
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Ralph		 0.69% +4
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Clarence		 0.74% -3
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Fred		 0.75% 0
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Louis		 0.76% +3
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Richard		 0.84% +1
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Raymond		 0.87% 0
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Arthur		 0.98% -1
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Paul		 0.99% -2
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Harold		 1.01% +2
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Albert		 1.03% -1
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Willie		 1.03% -3
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Harry		 1.05% +3
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Walter		 1.27% +1
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Henry		 1.31% -1
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Thomas		 1.36% +2
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Edward		 1.73% 0
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Frank		 1.79% 0
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Charles		 2.37% 0
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Joseph		 2.69% 0
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Robert		 2.70% -1
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George		 2.73% +1
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James		 4.12% -1
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William		 4.39% +1
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John		 5.57% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Hazel		 0.75% -1
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Annie		 0.75% -5
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Grace		 0.75% 0
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Ruby		 0.76% +5
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Irene		 0.79% 0
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Catherine		 0.81% +2
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Louise		 0.84% +1
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Gladys		 0.89% -3
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Edna		 0.90% +1
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Evelyn		 0.92% +1
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Ethel		 0.94% -2
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Rose		 0.94% +2
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Lillian		 0.99% +1
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Florence		 1.00% 0
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Alice		 1.09% -1
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Frances		 1.12% +1
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Marie		 1.14% 0
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Mildred		 1.42% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.43% 0
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Anna		 1.53% 0
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Ruth		 1.81% 0
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Dorothy		 2.01% 0
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Margaret		 2.10% 0
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Helen		 2.67% 0
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Mary		 5.52% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States