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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James		 5.27% +1
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Robert		 5.16% -1
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John		 4.62% 0
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William		 3.78% 0
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Richard		 3.16% 0
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Charles		 2.67% 0
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David		 2.33% 0
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Thomas		 2.02% +1
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Donald		 1.95% -1
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Ronald		 1.75% 0
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George		 1.54% 0
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Joseph		 1.54% 0
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Larry		 1.45% +1
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Jerry		 1.28% +2
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Kenneth		 1.28% -2
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Edward		 1.21% -1
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Paul		 1.19% 0
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Michael		 1.12% 0
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Gary		 1.06% +2
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Frank		 0.89% 0
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Gerald		 0.86% -2
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Raymond		 0.81% 0
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Harold		 0.68% 0
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Dennis		 0.66% +10
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Walter		 0.65% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.76% 0
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Barbara		 3.11% 0
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Patricia		 2.77% 0
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Judith		 1.90% +4
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Betty		 1.87% -1
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Carol		 1.84% 0
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Nancy		 1.67% 0
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Linda		 1.56% +7
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Shirley		 1.51% -4
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Sandra		 1.37% +3
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Margaret		 1.28% -1
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Dorothy		 1.26% -3
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Joyce		 1.25% -1
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Joan		 1.13% -3
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Carolyn		 1.07% -1
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Judy		 0.96% +12
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Sharon		 0.94% +6
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Helen		 0.86% -2
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Janet		 0.86% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.84% -2
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Virginia		 0.81% 0
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Janice		 0.79% +2
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Donna		 0.78% -3
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Ruth		 0.75% -2
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Marilyn		 0.74% -6
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Popularity extremes for the United States