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		 5.12% 0
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Robert		 4.64% +1
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William		 4.56% -1
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James		 4.37% 0
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Charles		 2.57% 0
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George		 2.42% 0
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Joseph		 2.30% 0
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Edward		 1.83% 0
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Frank		 1.47% 0
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Richard		 1.44% 0
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Thomas		 1.35% 0
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Harold		 1.21% 0
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Donald		 1.21% +3
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Paul		 1.16% 0
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Walter		 1.14% -2
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Raymond		 1.11% -1
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Henry		 1.00% 0
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Jack		 0.95% +2
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Arthur		 0.93% -1
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Albert		 0.89% -1
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Harry		 0.86% 0
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Kenneth		 0.79% +1
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Ralph		 0.78% -1
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Warren		 0.69% +15
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David		 0.68% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.78% 0
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Dorothy		 3.05% 0
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Helen		 2.72% 0
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Margaret		 2.23% 0
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Ruth		 2.02% 0
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Virginia		 1.49% +1
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Mildred		 1.40% -1
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Betty		 1.38% +3
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Frances		 1.25% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.24% -2
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Anna		 1.13% -1
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Evelyn		 1.12% 0
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Doris		 1.03% +1
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Marie		 0.98% -1
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Alice		 0.93% 0
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Marjorie		 0.88% +8
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Florence		 0.84% -1
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Irene		 0.83% -1
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Lillian		 0.76% -1
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Rose		 0.73% 0
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Martha		 0.72% +2
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Louise		 0.72% -3
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Catherine		 0.69% -2
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Gladys		 0.69% -2
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Jean		 0.67% +8
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Popularity extremes for the United States