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		 5.27% 0
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William		 4.33% 0
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James		 4.18% 0
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Robert		 4.04% 0
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Charles		 2.48% 0
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George		 2.48% 0
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Joseph		 2.39% 0
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Edward		 1.83% 0
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Frank		 1.55% 0
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Thomas		 1.32% 0
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Walter		 1.27% 0
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Richard		 1.23% 0
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Harold		 1.18% 0
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Raymond		 1.12% +1
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Paul		 1.11% -1
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Henry		 1.05% 0
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Donald		 0.98% +1
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Albert		 0.95% +1
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Arthur		 0.94% -2
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Harry		 0.89% 0
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Jack		 0.81% 0
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Ralph		 0.76% 0
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Willie		 0.68% +6
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Howard		 0.67% +2
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Clarence		 0.67% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.61% 0
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Helen		 2.87% 0
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Dorothy		 2.70% 0
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Margaret		 2.23% 0
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Ruth		 2.09% 0
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Mildred		 1.47% 0
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Virginia		 1.33% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.30% +1
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Frances		 1.29% -1
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Anna		 1.23% 0
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Evelyn		 1.13% 0
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Marie		 1.02% 0
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Alice		 0.95% 0
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Florence		 0.89% 0
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Betty		 0.86% +6
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Irene		 0.83% 0
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Lillian		 0.81% -2
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Doris		 0.80% +1
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Rose		 0.78% -2
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Louise		 0.75% -2
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Gladys		 0.74% +1
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Edna		 0.72% +1
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Catherine		 0.71% -3
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Ruby		 0.71% +3
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Martha		 0.71% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States