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		 5.32% 0
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Robert		 5.12% 0
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John		 4.58% 0
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William		 3.81% 0
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Richard		 3.12% 0
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Charles		 2.61% 0
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David		 2.44% 0
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Thomas		 2.12% 0
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Ronald		 1.95% +1
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Donald		 1.80% -1
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Larry		 1.60% +2
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Joseph		 1.58% 0
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George		 1.54% -2
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Jerry		 1.34% 0
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Kenneth		 1.29% 0
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Michael		 1.27% +2
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Edward		 1.24% -1
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Paul		 1.21% -1
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Gary		 1.16% 0
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Gerald		 0.87% +1
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Frank		 0.86% -1
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Raymond		 0.79% 0
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Dennis		 0.76% +1
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Harold		 0.65% -1
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Roger		 0.65% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.66% 0
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Barbara		 3.17% 0
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Patricia		 2.96% 0
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Carol		 1.94% +2
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Linda		 1.90% +3
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Judith		 1.87% -2
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Betty		 1.68% -2
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Nancy		 1.68% -1
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Sandra		 1.57% +1
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Shirley		 1.36% -1
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Carolyn		 1.31% +4
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Margaret		 1.26% -1
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Joyce		 1.26% 0
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Dorothy		 1.17% -2
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Sharon		 1.15% +2
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Judy		 1.12% 0
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Joan		 1.07% -3
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Janet		 0.89% +1
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Karen		 0.87% +15
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Donna		 0.84% +3
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Elizabeth		 0.82% -1
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Janice		 0.81% 0
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Virginia		 0.81% -2
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Helen		 0.79% -6
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Martha		 0.74% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States