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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Robert		 5.29% 0
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John		 4.97% 0
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William		 4.63% 0
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James		 4.58% 0
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Charles		 2.57% 0
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George		 2.31% 0
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Joseph		 2.14% 0
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Richard		 2.02% 0
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Edward		 1.75% 0
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Donald		 1.67% 0
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Thomas		 1.45% 0
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Frank		 1.33% 0
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Paul		 1.23% +1
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Harold		 1.18% -1
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Raymond		 1.08% 0
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Walter		 1.05% 0
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Jack		 1.04% 0
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Henry		 0.92% 0
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Kenneth		 0.88% 0
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Arthur		 0.87% 0
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Albert		 0.83% 0
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David		 0.77% +2
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Harry		 0.75% -1
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Eugene		 0.74% +1
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Ralph		 0.74% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.59% 0
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Dorothy		 3.05% 0
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Betty		 2.60% +1
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Helen		 2.31% -1
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Margaret		 1.94% 0
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Ruth		 1.76% 0
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Virginia		 1.39% 0
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Doris		 1.27% +1
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Mildred		 1.14% -1
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Elizabeth		 1.10% +1
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Frances		 1.09% -1
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Evelyn		 0.99% 0
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Anna		 0.97% 0
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Jean		 0.92% +2
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Alice		 0.92% 0
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Marie		 0.87% -2
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Shirley		 0.83% +2
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Lois		 0.76% +4
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Irene		 0.75% -1
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Gloria		 0.74% +21
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Marjorie		 0.74% -4
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Barbara		 0.73% +6
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Martha		 0.69% -2
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Florence		 0.68% -4
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Lillian		 0.66% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States