Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
25.
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Jerry
0.67% +6 +1,068 +17.6%
24.
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Eugene
0.67% -1 -212 -2.9%
23.
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Bobby
0.71% +3 +1,040 +16.0%
22.
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Gerald
0.74% 0 +395 +5.3%
21.
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Walter
0.76% 0 +334 +4.3%
20.
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Billy
0.90% 0 +626 +7.0%
19.
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Raymond
0.90% 0 +76 +0.8%
18.
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Harold
0.94% 0 +382 +4.0%
17.
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Jack
0.94% 0 +149 +1.5%
16.
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Frank
1.00% 0 -325 -3.0%
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Kenneth
1.11% 0 +393 +3.4%
14.
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Paul
1.15% 0 +344 +2.9%
13.
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Edward
1.31% -2 +120 +0.9%
12.
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David
1.32% +1 +1,975 +16.4%
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Ronald
1.33% +1 +2,024 +16.8%
10.
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Joseph
1.61% -1 -54 -0.3%
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Thomas
1.64% +1 +867 +5.3%
8.
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George
1.74% 0 +140 +0.8%
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Charles
2.81% -1 +799 +2.8%
6.
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Donald
2.86% +1 +1,966 +6.9%
5.
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Richard
3.12% 0 +1,826 +5.8%
4.
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William
3.78% 0 +1,123 +2.9%
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John
4.40% 0 +514 +1.1%
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James
5.11% 0 +3,147 +6.2%
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Robert
5.26% 0 +1,611 +3.0%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
25.
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Alice
0.72% -3 +86 +1.1%
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Norma
0.72% -1 +304 +4.1%
23.
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Donna
0.73% +1 +509 +6.9%
22.
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Beverly
0.73% +4 +703 +9.8%
21.
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Janet
0.75% +4 +726 +9.9%
20.
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Lois
0.78% -1 -267 -3.1%
19.
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Frances
0.85% -1 +321 +3.6%
18.
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Elizabeth
0.86% -1 +329 +3.6%
17.
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Marilyn
0.87% -1 +259 +2.8%
16.
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Jean
0.90% -2 -248 -2.5%
15.
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Virginia
0.92% 0 +280 +2.9%
14.
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Carol
0.95% +6 +2,055 +25.0%
13.
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Ruth
0.98% 0 -574 -5.2%
12.
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Joyce
1.06% 0 +267 +2.4%
11.
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Doris
1.07% -1 -398 -3.3%
10.
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Nancy
1.25% +1 +1,650 +13.9%
9.
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Helen
1.30% -1 -543 -3.7%
8.
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Margaret
1.40% -1 -95 -0.6%
7.
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Joan
1.80% -2 +175 +0.9%
6.
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Patricia
1.93% 0 +2,214 +11.9%
5.
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Dorothy
1.97% -1 -765 -3.5%
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Shirley
2.11% +5 +8,528 +59.6%
3.
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Barbara
2.70% 0 +2,288 +8.5%
2.
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Betty
2.87% 0 -441 -1.4%
1.
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Mary
5.26% 0 +1,416 +2.6%