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% 0
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Henry		 0.66% -1
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Eugene		 0.72% -1
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Gerald		 0.73% +2
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Walter		 0.76% 0
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Billy		 0.88% 0
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Raymond		 0.93% 0
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Harold		 0.94% 0
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Jack		 0.96% 0
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Frank		 1.07% -1
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Kenneth		 1.12% -1
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Paul		 1.16% -1
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David		 1.18% -1
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Ronald		 1.18% +4
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Edward		 1.35% 0
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Thomas		 1.62% 0
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Joseph		 1.68% 0
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George		 1.80% 0
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Donald		 2.79% 0
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Charles		 2.84% 0
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Richard		 3.07% 0
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William		 3.83% 0
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John		 4.53% 0
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James		 5.01% 0
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Robert		 5.32% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Janet		 0.70% +10
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Donna		 0.70% +5
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Norma		 0.72% -1
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Alice		 0.74% -1
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Dolores		 0.77% -3
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Carol		 0.79% +12
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Lois		 0.83% +1
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Frances		 0.85% +1
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Elizabeth		 0.86% 0
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Marilyn		 0.87% 0
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Virginia		 0.93% -1
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Jean		 0.95% +1
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Ruth		 1.07% -2
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Joyce		 1.07% 0
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Nancy		 1.14% +2
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Doris		 1.15% 0
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Shirley		 1.37% 0
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Helen		 1.40% 0
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Margaret		 1.46% 0
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Patricia		 1.78% 0
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Joan		 1.84% 0
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Dorothy		 2.11% 0
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Barbara		 2.58% 0
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Betty		 3.01% 0
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Mary		 5.31% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States