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		 5.17% 0
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William		 4.56% 0
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Robert		 4.42% +1
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James		 4.35% -1
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Charles		 2.57% 0
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George		 2.44% 0
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Joseph		 2.33% 0
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Edward		 1.83% 0
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Frank		 1.49% 0
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Richard		 1.36% +2
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Thomas		 1.36% -1
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Harold		 1.24% +1
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Walter		 1.21% -2
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Paul		 1.14% +1
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Raymond		 1.11% -1
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Donald		 1.09% +1
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Henry		 1.03% -1
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Arthur		 0.93% +1
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Albert		 0.91% -1
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Jack		 0.87% +1
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Harry		 0.85% -1
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Ralph		 0.78% 0
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Kenneth		 0.71% +3
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Howard		 0.68% 0
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David		 0.68% +2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.71% 0
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Dorothy		 2.95% +1
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Helen		 2.82% -1
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Margaret		 2.25% 0
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Ruth		 2.10% 0
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Mildred		 1.45% 0
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Virginia		 1.39% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.28% 0
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Frances		 1.28% 0
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Anna		 1.17% 0
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Betty		 1.13% +4
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Evelyn		 1.11% -1
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Marie		 1.02% -1
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Doris		 0.96% +4
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Alice		 0.93% -2
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Florence		 0.86% -2
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Irene		 0.81% -1
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Lillian		 0.81% -1
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Louise		 0.74% +1
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Rose		 0.72% -1
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Catherine		 0.71% +2
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Gladys		 0.71% -1
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Martha		 0.70% +2
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Marjorie		 0.70% +9
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Eleanor		 0.68% +5
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Popularity extremes for the United States