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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Harry		 0.69% 0
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Ralph		 0.73% 0
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Albert		 0.79% -2
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Arthur		 0.80% -2
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David		 0.81% +1
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Eugene		 0.84% +3
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Henry		 0.85% 0
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Kenneth		 0.93% 0
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Walter		 0.98% 0
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Jack		 1.10% 0
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Raymond		 1.10% 0
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Harold		 1.14% 0
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Paul		 1.17% 0
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Frank		 1.24% 0
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Thomas		 1.47% 0
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Edward		 1.65% 0
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Joseph		 2.02% -1
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Donald		 2.05% +1
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George		 2.23% -1
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Richard		 2.30% +1
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Charles		 2.75% 0
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William		 4.43% 0
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James		 4.62% 0
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John		 4.82% 0
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Robert		 5.31% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Marjorie		 0.66% -3
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Martha		 0.67% 0
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Rose		 0.69% +2
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Gloria		 0.69% -2
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Irene		 0.70% 0
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Marie		 0.83% -2
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Lois		 0.85% 0
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Patricia		 0.85% +5
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Alice		 0.86% 0
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Anna		 0.91% -1
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Evelyn		 0.93% -2
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Jean		 1.01% -2
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Elizabeth		 1.01% -2
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Frances		 1.05% -2
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Mildred		 1.06% -2
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Barbara		 1.06% +6
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Shirley		 1.08% +5
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Virginia		 1.27% 0
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Doris		 1.34% 0
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Ruth		 1.57% 0
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Margaret		 1.78% 0
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Helen		 2.05% 0
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Betty		 2.87% 0
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Dorothy		 2.91% 0
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Mary		 5.71% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States