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		 5.26% 0
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James		 5.26% 0
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John		 4.50% 0
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William		 3.71% 0
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Richard		 3.12% 0
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Charles		 2.72% 0
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David		 2.24% +1
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Donald		 2.12% -1
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Thomas		 1.95% 0
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Ronald		 1.75% 0
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George		 1.58% 0
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Joseph		 1.56% 0
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Kenneth		 1.30% +1
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Larry		 1.28% +2
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Edward		 1.27% -2
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Jerry		 1.21% +1
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Paul		 1.18% -2
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Michael		 0.96% +3
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Gerald		 0.89% 0
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Frank		 0.88% -2
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Gary		 0.85% +1
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Raymond		 0.82% -2
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Harold		 0.73% 0
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Billy		 0.66% 0
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Walter		 0.65% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.84% 0
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Barbara		 3.29% 0
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Patricia		 2.62% 0
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Betty		 2.09% 0
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Shirley		 1.80% 0
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Carol		 1.78% 0
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Nancy		 1.74% 0
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Judith		 1.47% +4
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Dorothy		 1.34% -1
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Margaret		 1.32% -1
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Joan		 1.25% -1
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Joyce		 1.18% -1
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Sandra		 1.06% +1
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Carolyn		 1.00% +1
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Linda		 0.95% +16
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Helen		 0.92% -3
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Janet		 0.89% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.86% -1
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Marilyn		 0.84% 0
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Donna		 0.83% 0
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Virginia		 0.81% +1
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Ruth		 0.80% -1
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Sharon		 0.80% +7
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Janice		 0.77% 0
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Beverly		 0.77% -7
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Popularity extremes for the United States