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		 5.48% 0
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Robert		 5.10% 0
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John		 4.69% 0
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William		 3.90% 0
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Richard		 3.10% 0
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David		 2.55% +1
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Charles		 2.55% -1
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Thomas		 2.21% 0
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Ronald		 1.93% 0
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Donald		 1.70% 0
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Joseph		 1.59% +1
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Larry		 1.57% -1
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Michael		 1.54% +3
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George		 1.51% -1
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Kenneth		 1.29% 0
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Jerry		 1.24% -2
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Edward		 1.24% 0
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Gary		 1.21% +1
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Paul		 1.17% -1
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Dennis		 0.94% +3
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Frank		 0.87% 0
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Gerald		 0.82% -2
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Douglas		 0.80% +30
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Raymond		 0.79% -2
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Roger		 0.65% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.55% 0
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Barbara		 3.22% 0
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Patricia		 2.84% 0
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Linda		 2.27% +1
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Carol		 2.18% -1
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Sandra		 1.80% +3
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Judith		 1.78% -1
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Nancy		 1.68% 0
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Betty		 1.56% -2
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Carolyn		 1.44% +1
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Sharon		 1.41% +4
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Shirley		 1.28% -2
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Joyce		 1.20% 0
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Margaret		 1.19% -2
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Judy		 1.13% +1
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Karen		 1.11% +3
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Dorothy		 1.08% -3
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Joan		 1.04% -1
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Janet		 0.94% -1
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Donna		 0.93% 0
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Susan		 0.86% +6
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Elizabeth		 0.80% -1
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Virginia		 0.78% 0
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Kathleen		 0.77% +12
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Janice		 0.74% -3
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Popularity extremes for the United States