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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Daniel		 0.67% 0
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Gerald		 0.72% -1
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Roger		 0.76% +1
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Raymond		 0.77% 0
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Frank		 0.82% 0
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Dennis		 0.99% 0
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Jerry		 1.17% -2
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Edward		 1.19% 0
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Paul		 1.20% +2
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Kenneth		 1.30% -1
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Gary		 1.44% +1
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George		 1.47% 0
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Joseph		 1.52% 0
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Larry		 1.59% 0
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Donald		 1.69% 0
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Ronald		 1.84% -1
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Michael		 1.92% +1
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Thomas		 2.28% 0
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Charles		 2.50% 0
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David		 2.69% 0
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Richard		 3.29% 0
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William		 3.77% 0
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John		 4.80% 0
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Robert		 5.10% 0
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James		 5.54% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Gloria		 0.73% +5
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Diane		 0.78% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.81% 0
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Joan		 0.87% -1
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Janet		 0.92% -1
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Kathleen		 0.95% +2
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Dorothy		 0.98% 0
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Joyce		 1.08% -2
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Donna		 1.11% 0
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Karen		 1.17% -1
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Shirley		 1.19% -3
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Margaret		 1.19% 0
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Susan		 1.20% +5
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Judy		 1.25% +1
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Carolyn		 1.37% 0
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Betty		 1.45% 0
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Judith		 1.64% -2
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Sharon		 1.64% 0
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Nancy		 1.70% +2
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Sandra		 1.90% 0
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Carol		 2.23% 0
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Patricia		 2.70% -1
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Linda		 2.81% +1
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Barbara		 2.87% 0
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Mary		 4.57% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States