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		 5.08% 0
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Robert		 4.96% 0
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William		 4.61% 0
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James		 4.46% 0
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Charles		 2.56% 0
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George		 2.39% 0
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Joseph		 2.26% 0
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Edward		 1.82% 0
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Richard		 1.67% 0
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Donald		 1.45% +2
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Frank		 1.41% -1
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Thomas		 1.40% -1
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Harold		 1.23% 0
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Paul		 1.18% 0
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Raymond		 1.10% +1
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Walter		 1.10% -1
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Jack		 0.99% +1
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Henry		 0.98% -1
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Arthur		 0.88% 0
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Albert		 0.87% 0
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Kenneth		 0.86% 0
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Harry		 0.82% 0
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Ralph		 0.76% 0
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David		 0.73% 0
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Eugene		 0.70% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.72% 0
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Dorothy		 3.12% 0
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Helen		 2.51% 0
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Margaret		 2.09% 0
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Betty		 2.08% +1
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Ruth		 1.89% -1
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Virginia		 1.46% 0
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Mildred		 1.28% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.23% 0
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Frances		 1.19% 0
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Doris		 1.17% 0
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Evelyn		 1.05% +1
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Anna		 1.03% -1
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Marie		 0.92% 0
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Alice		 0.91% 0
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Marjorie		 0.82% 0
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Irene		 0.80% 0
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Florence		 0.78% 0
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Jean		 0.76% +1
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Lillian		 0.75% -1
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Martha		 0.72% 0
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Louise		 0.71% 0
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Rose		 0.67% 0
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Catherine		 0.67% 0
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Ruby		 0.66% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States