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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Herbert		 0.71% +17
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Ralph		 0.71% 0
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Albert		 0.77% 0
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Arthur		 0.78% 0
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Henry		 0.82% -2
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Eugene		 0.85% 0
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David		 0.88% +2
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Walter		 0.93% -1
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Kenneth		 0.98% +1
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Raymond		 1.05% -1
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Jack		 1.10% +1
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Harold		 1.11% 0
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Paul		 1.15% 0
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Frank		 1.19% 0
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Thomas		 1.45% 0
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Edward		 1.62% 0
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Joseph		 1.96% 0
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George		 2.14% -1
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Donald		 2.25% +1
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Richard		 2.52% 0
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Charles		 2.74% 0
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William		 4.30% 0
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James		 4.62% 0
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John		 4.71% 0
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Robert		 5.32% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Gloria		 0.68% -3
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Rose		 0.68% -1
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Norma		 0.68% +3
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Martha		 0.69% +2
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Marie		 0.78% -1
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Dolores		 0.80% +14
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Alice		 0.85% -2
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Lois		 0.87% +1
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Evelyn		 0.88% -2
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Anna		 0.89% 0
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Mildred		 0.97% -4
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Elizabeth		 0.98% -1
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Frances		 1.02% -1
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Jean		 1.02% +2
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Patricia		 1.03% +7
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Shirley		 1.19% -1
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Virginia		 1.21% -1
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Barbara		 1.24% +2
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Doris		 1.39% 0
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Ruth		 1.49% 0
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Margaret		 1.70% 0
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Helen		 1.92% 0
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Dorothy		 2.82% -1
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Betty		 3.02% +1
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Mary		 5.59% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States