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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Carl		 0.67% -1
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Louis		 0.68% -1
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Clarence		 0.69% +2
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Ralph		 0.78% -1
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Jack		 0.80% +1
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Harry		 0.94% -1
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Albert		 0.95% -1
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Donald		 0.95% +2
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Arthur		 0.96% 0
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Henry		 1.08% -1
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Raymond		 1.11% +1
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Paul		 1.12% -1
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Harold		 1.16% -1
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Richard		 1.18% +2
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Walter		 1.27% 0
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Thomas		 1.33% 0
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Frank		 1.62% 0
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Edward		 1.86% 0
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Joseph		 2.50% -2
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George		 2.51% 0
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Charles		 2.57% +2
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Robert		 3.87% 0
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James		 4.02% 0
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William		 4.32% 0
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John		 5.39% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Martha		 0.69% -3
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Josephine		 0.72% -3
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Edna		 0.72% -3
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Gladys		 0.73% +1
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Betty		 0.73% +13
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Catherine		 0.74% -2
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Doris		 0.75% +6
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Louise		 0.76% +1
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Rose		 0.80% -1
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Irene		 0.81% +1
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Lillian		 0.83% 0
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Florence		 0.94% 0
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Alice		 0.96% 0
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Marie		 1.05% 0
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Evelyn		 1.12% 0
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Anna		 1.30% -3
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Elizabeth		 1.32% -1
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Frances		 1.34% +1
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Virginia		 1.37% +3
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Mildred		 1.44% 0
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Ruth		 2.12% 0
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Margaret		 2.26% 0
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Dorothy		 2.66% 0
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Helen		 3.01% 0
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Mary		 5.60% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States