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		 5.50% 0
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James		 5.14% 0
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John		 4.48% 0
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William		 3.70% 0
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Richard		 3.15% 0
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Charles		 2.73% 0
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Donald		 2.69% 0
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Thomas		 1.72% +1
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George		 1.71% -1
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David		 1.64% +1
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Joseph		 1.64% -1
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Ronald		 1.59% 0
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Edward		 1.33% 0
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Kenneth		 1.17% +1
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Paul		 1.16% -1
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Frank		 0.96% 0
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Raymond		 0.89% 0
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Jerry		 0.87% +4
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Gerald		 0.85% +2
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Jack		 0.83% -2
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Harold		 0.81% -1
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Billy		 0.81% -3
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Joe		 0.75% +2
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Bobby		 0.73% 0
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Larry		 0.72% +8
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.05% 0
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Shirley		 3.26% 0
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Barbara		 2.94% 0
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Betty		 2.40% 0
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Patricia		 2.22% 0
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Dorothy		 1.64% 0
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Joan		 1.58% 0
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Nancy		 1.56% +1
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Margaret		 1.35% -1
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Carol		 1.35% +1
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Helen		 1.14% -1
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Joyce		 1.11% 0
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Marilyn		 1.03% +1
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Virginia		 0.90% +2
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Doris		 0.86% -2
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Ruth		 0.86% -1
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Beverly		 0.83% +3
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Elizabeth		 0.82% -1
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Frances		 0.82% 0
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Jean		 0.79% -2
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Janet		 0.75% +1
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Donna		 0.74% +1
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Carolyn		 0.73% +5
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Martha		 0.69% 0
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Phyllis		 0.68% +2
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Popularity extremes for the United States