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		 5.47% 0
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William		 4.39% 0
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James		 3.89% 0
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Robert		 2.93% 0
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Joseph		 2.70% 0
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George		 2.59% 0
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Charles		 2.46% 0
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Edward		 1.77% 0
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Frank		 1.72% 0
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Thomas		 1.32% 0
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Walter		 1.29% 0
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Henry		 1.19% 0
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Harold		 1.15% 0
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Paul		 1.11% 0
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Harry		 1.02% +1
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Albert		 1.02% +1
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Arthur		 1.01% -2
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Raymond		 0.99% 0
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Richard		 0.95% 0
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Louis		 0.79% 0
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Clarence		 0.76% 0
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Ralph		 0.74% +1
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Carl		 0.73% +1
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Willie		 0.70% -2
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Donald		 0.69% +2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.60% 0
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Helen		 2.88% 0
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Dorothy		 2.24% 0
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Margaret		 2.21% 0
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Ruth		 1.93% 0
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Mildred		 1.52% 0
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Anna		 1.48% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.45% 0
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Frances		 1.18% 0
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Marie		 1.12% 0
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Alice		 1.06% 0
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Evelyn		 1.02% +1
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Florence		 0.96% -1
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Rose		 0.94% +1
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Virginia		 0.92% +5
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Lillian		 0.92% -2
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Louise		 0.85% 0
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Edna		 0.85% -2
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Gladys		 0.83% 0
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Ethel		 0.82% -2
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Irene		 0.82% +1
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Catherine		 0.81% -1
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Ruby		 0.75% 0
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Josephine		 0.74% +4
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Grace		 0.71% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States