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.	Robert	5.44%	0	+14,408	+2.5%
2.	James	5.04%	+1	+32,149	+6.2%
3.	John	4.50%	-1	-76,139	-13.5%
4.	William	3.84%	0	-95,692	-18.7%
5.	Richard	3.05%	+3	+107,872	+48.5%
6.	Charles	2.79%	-1	+5,169	+1.7%
7.	Donald	2.61%	+3	+91,878	+47.9%
8.	George	1.77%	-2	-69,663	-26.6%
9.	Thomas	1.69%	+2	+22,757	+14.1%
10.	Joseph	1.66%	-3	-63,254	-25.9%
11.	David	1.52%	+11	+75,950	+85.6%
12.	Edward	1.36%	-3	-49,509	-25.1%
13.	Ronald	1.29%	+80	+119,433	+572%
14.	Paul	1.16%	0	-6,621	-5.0%
15.	Kenneth	1.15%	+4	+25,606	+25.7%
16.	Frank	1.00%	-4	-43,746	-28.8%
17.	Raymond	0.92%	-2	-24,632	-19.8%
18.	Jack	0.89%	-1	-19,593	-16.9%
19.	Harold	0.88%	-6	-38,127	-28.5%
20.	Billy	0.81%	+28	+46,241	+110%
21.	Gerald	0.76%	+23	+38,294	+86.0%
22.	Walter	0.75%	-6	-38,908	-32.5%
23.	Jerry	0.74%	+79	+63,240	+362%
24.	Joe	0.66%	+10	+8,789	+14.0%
25.	Eugene	0.65%	-1	-13,819	-16.3%
26.	Henry	0.65%	-8	-34,136	-32.6%
27.	Bobby	0.64%	+102	+55,538	+400%
28.	Arthur	0.62%	-8	-29,385	-30.3%
29.	Carl	0.62%	-2	-3,100	-4.4%
30.	Larry	0.60%	+160	+58,027	+804%
31.	Ralph	0.59%	-6	-20,666	-24.5%
32.	Albert	0.58%	-11	-31,612	-33.5%
33.	Willie	0.58%	-5	-5,527	-8.1%
34.	Fred	0.52%	-1	-6,578	-10.5%
35.	Michael	0.52%	+17	+18,107	+47.8%
36.	Lawrence	0.50%	0	-2,379	-4.2%
37.	Harry	0.49%	-14	-33,068	-38.4%
38.	Roy	0.47%	-6	-11,767	-18.6%
39.	Howard	0.47%	-13	-18,856	-26.8%
40.	Norman	0.46%	+3	+626	+1.3%
41.	Roger	0.46%	+48	+27,856	+128%
42.	Daniel	0.44%	+3	+4,580	+10.5%
43.	Louis	0.44%	-14	-19,945	-29.5%
44.	Earl	0.41%	-13	-18,991	-29.9%
45.	Gary	0.40%	+446	+42,080	+2,776%
46.	Clarence	0.39%	-16	-23,904	-35.9%
47.	Anthony	0.39%	-6	-7,514	-15.0%
48.	Francis	0.38%	-13	-17,715	-30.0%
49.	Wayne	0.38%	+24	+14,737	+55.8%
50.	Marvin	0.38%	0	+1,494	+3.8%
51.	Ernest	0.36%	-12	-14,314	-26.7%
52.	Leonard	0.36%	-14	-14,583	-27.1%
53.	Herbert	0.35%	-16	-18,711	-33.1%
54.	Melvin	0.35%	-5	-2,879	-7.1%
55.	Stanley	0.34%	-13	-12,326	-24.9%
56.	Leroy	0.33%	-3	-1,614	-4.3%
57.	Don	0.33%	+49	+19,037	+112%
58.	Peter	0.33%	+1	+1,753	+5.1%
59.	Jimmy	0.33%	+126	+28,064	+383%
60.	Alfred	0.32%	-20	-15,769	-31.4%
61.	Dale	0.30%	+24	+9,785	+43.0%
62.	Bill	0.30%	+25	+10,042	+45.0%
63.	Samuel	0.30%	-17	-11,230	-25.9%
64.	Bernard	0.28%	-17	-11,864	-28.0%
65.	Ray	0.28%	-3	-1,835	-5.7%
66.	Gene	0.27%	+35	+11,731	+66.7%
67.	Philip	0.27%	+3	+1,578	+5.8%
68.	Russell	0.27%	-14	-8,370	-22.5%
69.	Frederick	0.25%	-6	-4,910	-15.6%
70.	Franklin	0.24%	+68	+13,869	+111%
71.	Dennis	0.24%	+103	+18,221	+224%
72.	Douglas	0.24%	+31	+8,730	+50.5%
73.	Jimmie	0.24%	+51	+11,453	+79.8%
74.	Gordon	0.24%	+1	-161	-0.6%
75.	Andrew	0.23%	-19	-10,926	-30.4%
76.	Theodore	0.23%	-12	-6,330	-20.2%
77.	Floyd	0.23%	-17	-8,271	-24.9%
78.	Johnny	0.23%	+67	+13,253	+117%
79.	Allen	0.22%	+16	+4,264	+21.2%
80.	Glenn	0.22%	-1	-934	-3.7%
81.	Bruce	0.22%	+52	+10,940	+83.0%
82.	Edwin	0.22%	-25	-11,234	-31.9%
83.	Lee	0.22%	0	+397	+1.7%
84.	Lloyd	0.22%	-23	-9,330	-28.2%
85.	Bob	0.22%	+45	+9,600	+70.1%
86.	Clifford	0.21%	-21	-8,144	-26.1%
87.	Leon	0.21%	-11	-2,570	-10.0%
88.	Leo	0.21%	-33	-14,097	-38.1%
89.	Clyde	0.21%	-21	-6,504	-22.5%
90.	Eddie	0.21%	+17	+5,404	+31.9%
91.	Vernon	0.21%	-25	-7,237	-24.6%
92.	Martin	0.20%	-11	-2,315	-9.5%
93.	Alvin	0.20%	-22	-5,388	-20.1%
94.	Jim	0.19%	+58	+10,259	+97.1%
95.	Herman	0.19%	-28	-8,692	-30.0%
96.	Lewis	0.18%	-19	-5,309	-21.0%
97.	Harvey	0.18%	-9	-1,882	-8.6%
98.	Tommy	0.18%	+105	+13,009	+190%
99.	Vincent	0.18%	-25	-6,834	-26.0%
100.	Charlie	0.18%	-22	-6,022	-23.9%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	5.19%	0	-128,774	-18.4%
2.	Betty	2.72%	+2	+17,302	+6.1%
3.	Barbara	2.68%	+15	+199,196	+205%
4.	Shirley	2.08%	+13	+130,773	+133%
5.	Patricia	2.00%	+25	+145,845	+195%
6.	Dorothy	1.91%	-4	-158,464	-43.0%
7.	Joan	1.57%	+53	+128,085	+282%
8.	Margaret	1.43%	-3	-87,643	-35.8%
9.	Nancy	1.29%	+53	+98,678	+225%
10.	Helen	1.27%	-7	-149,979	-51.6%
11.	Carol	1.07%	+105	+94,751	+412%
12.	Joyce	1.05%	+49	+71,334	+161%
13.	Doris	1.00%	-5	-40,536	-26.8%
14.	Ruth	0.99%	-8	-109,322	-50.0%
15.	Virginia	0.93%	-8	-66,469	-39.2%
16.	Marilyn	0.89%	+66	+64,332	+188%
17.	Elizabeth	0.87%	-6	-43,195	-30.9%
18.	Jean	0.85%	-2	-11,815	-11.1%
19.	Frances	0.83%	-9	-48,274	-34.4%
20.	Beverly	0.73%	+72	+50,636	+168%
21.	Lois	0.73%	+1	-7,420	-8.4%
22.	Alice	0.72%	-7	-31,555	-28.5%
23.	Donna	0.71%	+81	+52,683	+201%
24.	Martha	0.70%	-1	-9,091	-10.5%
25.	Dolores	0.70%	+23	+25,144	+48.4%
26.	Janet	0.69%	+86	+52,057	+217%
27.	Phyllis	0.67%	+15	+11,935	+19.3%
28.	Norma	0.66%	+8	+7,635	+11.7%
29.	Carolyn	0.63%	+90	+46,749	+205%
30.	Evelyn	0.63%	-18	-54,804	-44.1%
31.	Gloria	0.62%	+9	+5,727	+9.1%
32.	Anna	0.60%	-19	-57,303	-46.3%
33.	Marie	0.60%	-19	-44,763	-40.5%
34.	Ann	0.58%	+17	+14,251	+28.6%
35.	Mildred	0.56%	-26	-85,421	-58.0%
36.	Rose	0.54%	-12	-26,200	-30.7%
37.	Peggy	0.51%	+88	+34,400	+157%
38.	Geraldine	0.45%	+19	+1,996	+4.2%
39.	Catherine	0.45%	-12	-28,856	-36.6%
40.	Judith	0.45%	+248	+44,731	+865%
41.	Louise	0.45%	-15	-33,035	-39.9%
42.	Janice	0.45%	+140	+37,533	+318%
43.	Marjorie	0.45%	-23	-42,009	-46.1%
44.	Annie	0.44%	-12	-20,524	-29.5%
45.	Ruby	0.43%	-17	-29,085	-37.9%
46.	Eleanor	0.42%	-17	-28,379	-38.0%
47.	Jane	0.42%	+9	-2,234	-4.6%
48.	Sandra	0.41%	+516	+43,773	+2,690%
49.	Irene	0.40%	-30	-48,390	-52.1%
50.	Wanda	0.39%	+26	+7,067	+19.6%
51.	Elaine	0.37%	+29	+6,201	+17.8%
52.	June	0.37%	-7	-15,740	-27.9%
53.	Joanne	0.37%	+168	+32,187	+384%
54.	Rita	0.35%	-5	-11,849	-23.4%
55.	Florence	0.34%	-34	-50,354	-57.0%
56.	Delores	0.34%	+92	+21,140	+128%
57.	Lillian	0.34%	-32	-45,761	-55.0%
58.	Marlene	0.34%	+775	+36,581	+4,726%
59.	Edna	0.34%	-24	-31,655	-46.1%
60.	Sarah	0.33%	-2	-10,257	-21.9%
61.	Patsy	0.33%	+164	+28,246	+343%
62.	Lorraine	0.33%	-12	-13,607	-27.2%
63.	Thelma	0.33%	-29	-32,515	-47.3%
64.	Josephine	0.33%	-31	-33,173	-47.9%
65.	Juanita	0.33%	-11	-12,631	-26.0%
66.	Bonnie	0.32%	+49	+12,629	+54.5%
67.	Arlene	0.32%	+57	+12,837	+58.5%
68.	Gladys	0.32%	-37	-37,800	-52.1%
69.	Joann	0.31%	+208	+29,124	+523%
70.	Sally	0.31%	+97	+21,205	+157%
71.	Charlotte	0.31%	+7	-1,106	-3.1%
72.	Kathleen	0.31%	+13	+954	+2.8%
73.	Audrey	0.31%	0	-3,544	-9.4%
74.	Pauline	0.31%	-37	-30,385	-47.4%
75.	Wilma	0.30%	-7	-5,939	-15.2%
76.	Sylvia	0.30%	+27	+6,167	+23.0%
77.	Theresa	0.30%	-3	-3,878	-10.6%
78.	Jacqueline	0.29%	+67	+14,230	+79.6%
79.	Clara	0.29%	-24	-16,525	-34.3%
80.	Ethel	0.29%	-39	-31,220	-49.7%
81.	Loretta	0.29%	+48	+10,466	+49.7%
82.	Grace	0.28%	-39	-28,705	-47.8%
83.	Sharon	0.28%	+630	+30,021	+2,822%
84.	Edith	0.28%	-45	-31,942	-50.7%
85.	Lucille	0.28%	-47	-33,039	-51.7%
86.	Emma	0.27%	-27	-16,519	-35.5%
87.	Bernice	0.27%	-41	-25,934	-46.4%
88.	Marion	0.27%	-41	-25,613	-46.4%
89.	Linda	0.27%	+228	+24,905	+559%
90.	Jo	0.26%	+164	+21,756	+315%
91.	Anne	0.26%	-10	-5,890	-17.1%
92.	Hazel	0.26%	-48	-30,420	-51.6%
93.	Roberta	0.25%	+48	+9,512	+52.2%
94.	Carole	0.24%	+398	+24,762	+1,236%
95.	Darlene	0.24%	+143	+18,530	+250%
96.	Esther	0.23%	-44	-23,440	-47.6%
97.	Katherine	0.23%	-34	-17,551	-41.1%
98.	Ellen	0.23%	+2	-3,253	-11.5%
99.	Laura	0.23%	-22	-10,900	-30.3%
100.	Julia	0.23%	-34	-15,394	-38.2%