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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Howard		 0.71% +3
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Carl		 0.71% +2
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Ralph		 0.76% +1
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Willie		 0.78% -8
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Clarence		 0.80% +2
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Louis		 0.80% +1
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Richard		 0.93% +1
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Raymond		 0.97% +1
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Albert		 1.02% -2
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Harry		 1.02% -3
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Arthur		 1.04% +3
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Paul		 1.06% +3
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Harold		 1.13% +3
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Henry		 1.25% -1
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Walter		 1.29% +1
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Thomas		 1.35% 0
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Frank		 1.75% -1
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Edward		 1.76% +1
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Charles		 2.45% 0
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George		 2.60% -2
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Joseph		 2.67% +1
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Robert		 2.84% +1
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James		 3.91% 0
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William		 4.35% 0
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John		 5.45% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Hazel		 0.72% 0
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Grace		 0.75% -1
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Ruby		 0.76% -1
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Irene		 0.79% -1
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Catherine		 0.80% -1
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Virginia		 0.82% +6
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Gladys		 0.85% -1
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Ethel		 0.87% -3
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Louise		 0.87% +2
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Edna		 0.88% +1
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Rose		 0.93% -1
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Lillian		 0.95% -1
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Evelyn		 0.96% +3
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Florence		 0.98% 0
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Alice		 1.07% 0
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Marie		 1.13% -1
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Frances		 1.14% +1
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Elizabeth		 1.45% -1
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Anna		 1.46% -1
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Mildred		 1.49% +2
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Ruth		 1.92% 0
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Margaret		 2.14% -1
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Dorothy		 2.16% +1
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Helen		 2.75% 0
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Mary		 5.51% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States