Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	6.55%	0	-9,285	-10.3%
2.	William	5.87%	0	-12,637	-14.9%
3.	James	4.12%	0	-3,333	-6.2%
4.	George	3.52%	0	-4,293	-9.0%
5.	Charles	2.99%	0	-9,808	-21.0%
6.	Joseph	2.36%	+1	+2,708	+10.3%
7.	Frank	2.33%	-1	-2,249	-7.3%
8.	Robert	2.12%	+1	+2,073	+8.6%
9.	Edward	1.79%	+2	-1,100	-4.8%
10.	Henry	1.76%	-2	-2,475	-10.3%
11.	Harry	1.73%	+1	-1,319	-5.8%
12.	Thomas	1.72%	-2	-2,635	-11.1%
13.	Walter	1.58%	0	+1,310	+7.2%
14.	Arthur	1.33%	0	+169	+1.0%
15.	Fred	1.16%	0	-1,332	-8.5%
16.	Albert	1.12%	0	-622	-4.3%
17.	Clarence	0.97%	+1	+3,140	+35.8%
18.	Willie	0.80%	+12	+3,943	+66.8%
19.	Roy	0.79%	+6	+3,214	+49.0%
20.	Louis	0.69%	-1	+167	+2.0%
21.	Earl	0.67%	+15	+3,467	+71.8%
22.	Paul	0.66%	+22	+3,985	+95.0%
23.	Carl	0.65%	+10	+2,820	+54.0%
24.	Ernest	0.64%	0	+1,177	+17.6%
25.	Samuel	0.64%	-8	-1,272	-13.9%
26.	Raymond	0.62%	+31	+4,437	+142%
26.	Richard	0.62%	-3	+562	+8.0%
28.	Joe	0.61%	-7	+384	+5.4%
29.	David	0.60%	-9	-236	-3.1%
30.	Charlie	0.59%	-8	+170	+2.4%
31.	Harold	0.57%	+53	+5,017	+251%
32.	Ralph	0.57%	+10	+2,682	+62.8%
33.	Howard	0.48%	+7	+1,600	+36.8%
34.	Andrew	0.46%	-7	-334	-5.5%
35.	Herbert	0.46%	+8	+1,403	+33.0%
36.	Elmer	0.46%	+2	+1,020	+22.0%
37.	Oscar	0.46%	-8	-370	-6.2%
38.	Jesse	0.44%	-10	-607	-10.1%
39.	Alfred	0.44%	-4	+536	+11.1%
40.	Will	0.42%	-14	-986	-15.9%
41.	Daniel	0.42%	-10	-494	-8.7%
42.	Sam	0.40%	-8	-128	-2.5%
43.	Leo	0.38%	+38	+2,593	+124%
44.	Jack	0.38%	+22	+1,951	+72.7%
45.	Lawrence	0.37%	+18	+1,678	+57.5%
46.	Francis	0.37%	+9	+1,291	+39.8%
47.	Benjamin	0.36%	-15	-947	-17.5%
48.	Lee	0.36%	-3	+439	+11.1%
49.	Eugene	0.35%	+5	+873	+25.5%
50.	Herman	0.34%	-3	+543	+14.7%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	5.57%	0	+39,470	+43.1%
2.	Anna	2.35%	0	+17,102	+44.8%
3.	Margaret	1.61%	+2	+16,138	+74.0%
4.	Helen	1.61%	+20	+26,306	+229%
5.	Elizabeth	1.44%	-1	+8,873	+35.5%
6.	Ruth	1.40%	+60	+27,569	+520%
7.	Florence	1.37%	+5	+15,645	+93.7%
8.	Ethel	1.34%	+7	+16,587	+112%
9.	Emma	1.22%	-6	+3,248	+12.8%
10.	Marie	1.10%	+35	+17,363	+205%
11.	Clara	1.08%	-2	+7,756	+43.8%
12.	Bertha	1.07%	-4	+6,862	+37.6%
13.	Minnie	1.05%	-7	+2,891	+13.3%
14.	Bessie	1.04%	-1	+9,044	+58.8%
15.	Alice	1.04%	-5	+7,273	+42.4%
16.	Lillian	1.02%	+10	+12,836	+114%
17.	Edna	1.02%	+12	+13,048	+118%
18.	Grace	1.01%	-4	+8,577	+56.3%
19.	Annie	0.98%	-8	+6,095	+35.8%
20.	Mabel	0.93%	0	+8,895	+67.9%
21.	Ida	0.90%	-14	+2,929	+16.0%
22.	Rose	0.90%	+6	+10,070	+91.0%
23.	Hazel	0.86%	+61	+16,510	+453%
24.	Gertrude	0.85%	+3	+8,798	+79.3%
25.	Martha	0.83%	-7	+5,504	+39.6%
26.	Pearl	0.81%	+4	+8,151	+74.8%
27.	Frances	0.77%	+14	+8,908	+97.0%
28.	Myrtle	0.75%	+9	+7,948	+81.4%
29.	Edith	0.75%	+2	+6,769	+62.2%
30.	Nellie	0.73%	-11	+3,524	+25.6%
31.	Sarah	0.73%	-15	+2,439	+16.6%
32.	Ella	0.73%	-15	+3,136	+22.5%
33.	Eva	0.70%	+2	+6,660	+68.0%
34.	Laura	0.70%	-13	+3,627	+28.3%
35.	Elsie	0.70%	+20	+9,727	+146%
36.	Louise	0.65%	+2	+5,578	+58.1%
37.	Esther	0.63%	+49	+11,261	+324%
38.	Catherine	0.62%	+4	+5,587	+62.7%
39.	Agnes	0.61%	+12	+7,192	+99.4%
40.	Carrie	0.61%	-18	+1,762	+14.1%
41.	Lillie	0.60%	-2	+4,626	+48.9%
42.	Mildred	0.59%	+60	+10,873	+372%
43.	Gladys	0.58%	+108	+12,202	+859%
44.	Irene	0.58%	+32	+9,619	+240%
45.	Julia	0.57%	-10	+3,648	+37.2%
46.	Hattie	0.55%	-13	+2,710	+26.6%
47.	Cora	0.55%	-24	+926	+7.7%
48.	Lena	0.53%	-4	+3,800	+43.7%
49.	Josephine	0.53%	-2	+4,731	+61.2%
50.	Mattie	0.53%	-16	+2,605	+26.5%