Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Expand year-to-year changes
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
25.
chart
Scott		 0.89% +7
24.
chart
Brian		 0.90% +2
23.
chart
Gregory		 0.92% 0
22.
chart
Larry		 0.93% 0
21.
chart
Jeffrey		 1.13% 0
20.
chart
Kevin		 1.15% 0
19.
chart
Ronald		 1.15% -2
18.
chart
Donald		 1.16% -3
17.
chart
Gary		 1.17% -4
16.
chart
Daniel		 1.19% 0
15.
chart
Paul		 1.22% +3
14.
chart
Kenneth		 1.24% 0
13.
chart
Timothy		 1.34% +6
12.
chart
Joseph		 1.40% 0
11.
chart
Charles		 1.50% 0
10.
chart
Steven		 1.53% 0
9.
chart
Thomas		 1.95% 0
8.
chart
Richard		 2.32% 0
7.
chart
Mark		 2.45% 0
6.
chart
William		 2.52% 0
5.
chart
John		 3.53% 0
4.
chart
Robert		 3.59% 0
3.
chart
James		 3.66% -1
2.
chart
David		 3.84% +1
1.
chart
Michael		 4.21% 0
Back to Top
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
25.
chart
Cindy		 0.80% -6
24.
chart
Debbie		 0.87% +3
23.
chart
Julie		 0.88% +5
22.
chart
Elizabeth		 0.90% 0
21.
chart
Kathleen		 0.93% 0
20.
chart
Carol		 0.95% -2
19.
chart
Lisa		 0.98% +7
18.
chart
Diane		 1.01% -1
17.
chart
Sharon		 1.02% -3
16.
chart
Brenda		 1.03% -3
15.
chart
Sandra		 1.06% 0
14.
chart
Kathy		 1.16% +6
13.
chart
Cheryl		 1.17% +3
12.
chart
Nancy		 1.20% -1
11.
chart
Pamela		 1.22% +1
10.
chart
Donna		 1.31% 0
9.
chart
Barbara		 1.35% 0
8.
chart
Cynthia		 1.50% -1
7.
chart
Deborah		 1.60% -1
6.
chart
Debra		 1.72% -2
5.
chart
Patricia		 1.84% +3
4.
chart
Karen		 1.86% +1
3.
chart
Linda		 2.03% 0
2.
chart
Susan		 2.19% 0
1.
chart
Mary		 2.71% 0
Back to Top
Popularity extremes for the United States