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		 5.43% 0
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Robert		 5.10% 0
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John		 4.82% 0
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William		 3.66% 0
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Richard		 3.36% 0
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David		 2.71% 0
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Charles		 2.37% 0
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Thomas		 2.32% 0
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Michael		 2.18% 0
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Ronald		 1.73% 0
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Larry		 1.66% +1
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Donald		 1.61% -1
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Gary		 1.56% +2
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Joseph		 1.52% -1
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George		 1.41% -1
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Kenneth		 1.32% 0
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Paul		 1.24% 0
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Edward		 1.16% 0
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Dennis		 1.09% +1
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Jerry		 1.07% -1
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Frank		 0.79% 0
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Roger		 0.77% +1
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Raymond		 0.72% -1
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Daniel		 0.71% +1
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Gerald		 0.65% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.40% 0
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Linda		 3.08% +1
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Barbara		 2.84% -1
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Patricia		 2.66% 0
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Carol		 2.26% 0
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Sandra		 1.84% 0
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Nancy		 1.59% 0
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Sharon		 1.55% 0
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Judith		 1.50% 0
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Susan		 1.43% +3
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Betty		 1.37% -1
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Carolyn		 1.28% -1
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Judy		 1.26% -1
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Shirley		 1.20% +1
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Margaret		 1.17% -1
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Karen		 1.17% 0
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Donna		 1.14% 0
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Joyce		 1.04% 0
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Kathleen		 1.03% +1
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Dorothy		 0.92% -1
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Janet		 0.92% +1
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Diane		 0.91% +2
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Gloria		 0.82% +2
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Janice		 0.80% +4
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Joan		 0.77% -3
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Popularity extremes for the United States