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		 5.66% 0
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James		 4.79% 0
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John		 4.53% 0
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William		 4.05% 0
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Richard		 2.98% 0
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Charles		 2.80% 0
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Donald		 2.72% 0
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George		 1.93% 0
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Joseph		 1.81% 0
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Thomas		 1.58% +1
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Edward		 1.46% -1
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Paul		 1.15% 0
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David		 1.10% +2
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Kenneth		 1.08% +3
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Jack		 1.07% -1
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Frank		 1.07% -3
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Raymond		 1.02% -1
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Harold		 1.00% 0
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Billy		 0.87% +1
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Walter		 0.84% -1
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Eugene		 0.76% 0
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Henry		 0.73% 0
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Arthur		 0.70% 0
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Albert		 0.67% 0
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Ralph		 0.65% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.46% 0
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Betty		 3.27% 0
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Dorothy		 2.40% 0
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Barbara		 1.98% +2
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Joan		 1.73% +3
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Helen		 1.60% -2
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Margaret		 1.57% -2
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Patricia		 1.49% -1
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Shirley		 1.31% +2
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Doris		 1.24% -1
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Ruth		 1.19% -1
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Virginia		 1.08% 0
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Jean		 1.00% +1
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Dolores		 0.98% -1
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Joyce		 0.96% +3
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Elizabeth		 0.93% -1
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Nancy		 0.91% +7
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Frances		 0.88% -2
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Marilyn		 0.88% +3
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Lois		 0.85% -3
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Alice		 0.80% -1
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Norma		 0.79% +3
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Gloria		 0.78% +7
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Evelyn		 0.77% -5
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Anna		 0.76% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States