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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Jerry		 0.67% +6
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Eugene		 0.67% -1
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Bobby		 0.71% +3
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Gerald		 0.74% 0
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Walter		 0.76% 0
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Billy		 0.90% 0
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Raymond		 0.90% 0
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Harold		 0.94% 0
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Jack		 0.94% 0
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Frank		 1.00% 0
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Kenneth		 1.11% 0
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Paul		 1.15% 0
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Edward		 1.31% -2
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David		 1.32% +1
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Ronald		 1.33% +1
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Joseph		 1.61% -1
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Thomas		 1.64% +1
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George		 1.74% 0
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Charles		 2.81% -1
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Donald		 2.86% +1
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Richard		 3.12% 0
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William		 3.78% 0
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John		 4.40% 0
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James		 5.11% 0
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Robert		 5.26% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Alice		 0.72% -3
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Norma		 0.72% -1
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Donna		 0.73% +1
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Beverly		 0.73% +4
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Janet		 0.75% +4
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Lois		 0.78% -1
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Frances		 0.85% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.86% -1
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Marilyn		 0.87% -1
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Jean		 0.90% -2
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Virginia		 0.92% 0
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Carol		 0.95% +6
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Ruth		 0.98% 0
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Joyce		 1.06% 0
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Doris		 1.07% -1
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Nancy		 1.25% +1
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Helen		 1.30% -1
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Margaret		 1.40% -1
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Joan		 1.80% -2
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Patricia		 1.93% 0
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Dorothy		 1.97% -1
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Shirley		 2.11% +5
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Barbara		 2.70% 0
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Betty		 2.87% 0
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Mary		 5.26% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States