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		 5.52% 0
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Robert		 5.15% 0
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John		 4.74% 0
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William		 3.84% 0
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Richard		 3.19% 0
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David		 2.56% 0
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Charles		 2.52% 0
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Thomas		 2.26% 0
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Ronald		 2.01% 0
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Michael		 1.70% +3
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Donald		 1.68% -1
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Larry		 1.58% 0
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Joseph		 1.57% -2
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George		 1.49% 0
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0
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Gary		 1.23% +2
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Jerry		 1.22% -1
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Edward		 1.22% -1
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Paul		 1.19% 0
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Dennis		 0.97% 0
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Frank		 0.84% 0
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Raymond		 0.78% +2
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Gerald		 0.78% -1
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Roger		 0.74% +1
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Daniel		 0.63% +3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.61% 0
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Barbara		 3.03% 0
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Patricia		 2.76% 0
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Linda		 2.68% 0
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Carol		 2.21% 0
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Sandra		 1.81% 0
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Judith		 1.76% 0
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Sharon		 1.72% +3
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Nancy		 1.67% -1
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Betty		 1.51% -1
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Carolyn		 1.42% -1
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Shirley		 1.24% 0
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Judy		 1.21% +2
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Margaret		 1.20% 0
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Karen		 1.17% +1
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Joyce		 1.15% -3
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Donna		 1.04% +3
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Susan		 1.04% +3
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Dorothy		 1.03% -2
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Janet		 0.93% -1
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Joan		 0.92% -3
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Kathleen		 0.85% +2
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Elizabeth		 0.81% -1
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Diane		 0.79% +4
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Virginia		 0.76% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States