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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Arthur		 0.64% -2
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Gerald		 0.68% +2
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Henry		 0.70% -1
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Eugene		 0.75% -1
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Walter		 0.81% -1
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Billy		 0.88% -1
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Raymond		 0.96% -2
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Harold		 0.97% 0
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Jack		 1.00% -2
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Ronald		 1.04% +11
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Frank		 1.07% +1
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Kenneth		 1.09% 0
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Paul		 1.12% -1
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David		 1.13% +1
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Edward		 1.41% 0
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Thomas		 1.57% 0
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Joseph		 1.73% 0
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George		 1.90% 0
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Donald		 2.77% 0
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Charles		 2.89% 0
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Richard		 2.96% 0
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William		 3.92% 0
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John		 4.53% 0
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James		 4.83% 0
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Robert		 5.52% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Gloria		 0.71% -2
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Anna		 0.72% +1
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Evelyn		 0.72% +1
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Norma		 0.76% 0
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Alice		 0.77% 0
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Lois		 0.86% 0
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Frances		 0.86% -1
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Dolores		 0.87% -4
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Elizabeth		 0.90% -1
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Marilyn		 0.96% +3
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Jean		 0.97% -2
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Virginia		 0.97% -2
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Nancy		 0.99% +4
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Joyce		 1.03% +3
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Ruth		 1.11% 0
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Doris		 1.17% 0
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Shirley		 1.31% 0
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Helen		 1.48% -2
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Margaret		 1.50% 0
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Patricia		 1.63% +2
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Joan		 1.90% 0
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Dorothy		 2.26% -1
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Barbara		 2.38% +1
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Betty		 3.11% 0
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Mary		 5.41% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States