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
13.	Ronald	1.29%	+80	+119,437	+572%
5.	Richard	3.05%	+3	+107,898	+48.5%
7.	Donald	2.61%	+3	+91,893	+47.9%
11.	David	1.52%	+11	+75,962	+85.6%
23.	Jerry	0.74%	+79	+63,240	+362%
30.	Larry	0.60%	+160	+58,029	+804%
27.	Bobby	0.64%	+102	+55,537	+400%
20.	Billy	0.81%	+28	+46,244	+110%
45.	Gary	0.40%	+446	+42,078	+2,777%
21.	Gerald	0.76%	+23	+38,294	+86.0%
2.	James	5.04%	+1	+32,173	+6.2%
59.	Jimmy	0.33%	+126	+28,065	+383%
41.	Roger	0.46%	+48	+27,858	+128%
15.	Kenneth	1.15%	+4	+25,618	+25.7%
9.	Thomas	1.69%	+2	+22,763	+14.1%
57.	Don	0.33%	+49	+19,039	+112%
71.	Dennis	0.24%	+103	+18,221	+224%
35.	Michael	0.52%	+17	+18,105	+47.8%
49.	Wayne	0.38%	+24	+14,738	+55.8%
1.	Robert	5.44%	0	+14,419	+2.5%
70.	Franklin	0.24%	+68	+13,871	+111%
78.	Johnny	0.23%	+67	+13,254	+117%
98.	Tommy	0.18%	+105	+13,009	+190%
66.	Gene	0.27%	+35	+11,733	+66.7%
73.	Jimmie	0.24%	+51	+11,454	+79.8%
81.	Bruce	0.22%	+52	+10,940	+83.0%
94.	Jim	0.19%	+58	+10,257	+97.1%
62.	Bill	0.30%	+25	+10,046	+45.1%
61.	Dale	0.30%	+24	+9,782	+43.0%
85.	Bob	0.22%	+45	+9,602	+70.1%
24.	Joe	0.66%	+10	+8,791	+14.0%
72.	Douglas	0.24%	+31	+8,731	+50.5%
90.	Eddie	0.21%	+17	+5,407	+32.0%
6.	Charles	2.79%	-1	+5,180	+1.7%
42.	Daniel	0.44%	+3	+4,590	+10.6%
79.	Allen	0.22%	+16	+4,265	+21.2%
58.	Peter	0.33%	+1	+1,753	+5.1%
67.	Philip	0.27%	+3	+1,579	+5.8%
50.	Marvin	0.38%	0	+1,496	+3.8%
40.	Norman	0.46%	+3	+622	+1.3%
83.	Lee	0.22%	0	+398	+1.7%
74.	Gordon	0.24%	+1	-164	-0.6%
80.	Glenn	0.22%	-1	-935	-3.7%
56.	Leroy	0.33%	-3	-1,614	-4.3%
65.	Ray	0.28%	-3	-1,835	-5.7%
97.	Harvey	0.18%	-9	-1,882	-8.6%
92.	Martin	0.20%	-11	-2,314	-9.5%
36.	Lawrence	0.50%	0	-2,381	-4.2%
87.	Leon	0.21%	-11	-2,572	-10.1%
54.	Melvin	0.35%	-5	-2,878	-7.1%
29.	Carl	0.62%	-2	-3,094	-4.4%
69.	Frederick	0.25%	-6	-4,909	-15.6%
96.	Lewis	0.18%	-19	-5,311	-21.0%
93.	Alvin	0.20%	-22	-5,387	-20.0%
33.	Willie	0.58%	-5	-5,527	-8.1%
100.	Charlie	0.18%	-22	-6,022	-23.9%
76.	Theodore	0.23%	-12	-6,330	-20.2%
89.	Clyde	0.21%	-21	-6,502	-22.5%
34.	Fred	0.52%	-1	-6,581	-10.5%
14.	Paul	1.16%	0	-6,617	-5.0%
99.	Vincent	0.18%	-25	-6,830	-26.0%
91.	Vernon	0.21%	-25	-7,236	-24.6%
47.	Anthony	0.39%	-6	-7,511	-15.0%
86.	Clifford	0.21%	-21	-8,141	-26.1%
77.	Floyd	0.23%	-17	-8,270	-24.9%
68.	Russell	0.27%	-14	-8,369	-22.5%
95.	Herman	0.19%	-28	-8,692	-30.0%
84.	Lloyd	0.22%	-23	-9,327	-28.2%
75.	Andrew	0.23%	-19	-10,927	-30.4%
63.	Samuel	0.30%	-17	-11,229	-25.9%
82.	Edwin	0.22%	-25	-11,233	-31.9%
38.	Roy	0.47%	-6	-11,764	-18.6%
64.	Bernard	0.28%	-17	-11,866	-28.0%
55.	Stanley	0.34%	-13	-12,325	-24.9%
25.	Eugene	0.65%	-1	-13,815	-16.3%
88.	Leo	0.21%	-33	-14,097	-38.1%
51.	Ernest	0.36%	-12	-14,307	-26.7%
52.	Leonard	0.36%	-14	-14,579	-27.1%
60.	Alfred	0.32%	-20	-15,766	-31.4%
48.	Francis	0.38%	-13	-17,712	-30.0%
53.	Herbert	0.35%	-16	-18,708	-33.1%
39.	Howard	0.47%	-13	-18,854	-26.8%
44.	Earl	0.41%	-13	-18,989	-29.9%
18.	Jack	0.89%	-1	-19,588	-16.9%
43.	Louis	0.44%	-14	-19,938	-29.5%
31.	Ralph	0.59%	-6	-20,665	-24.5%
46.	Clarence	0.39%	-16	-23,898	-35.9%
17.	Raymond	0.92%	-2	-24,633	-19.8%
28.	Arthur	0.62%	-8	-29,383	-30.3%
32.	Albert	0.58%	-11	-31,603	-33.5%
37.	Harry	0.49%	-14	-33,067	-38.4%
26.	Henry	0.65%	-8	-34,134	-32.6%
19.	Harold	0.88%	-6	-38,119	-28.5%
22.	Walter	0.75%	-6	-38,906	-32.5%
16.	Frank	1.00%	-4	-43,746	-28.8%
12.	Edward	1.36%	-3	-49,503	-25.1%
10.	Joseph	1.66%	-3	-63,248	-25.9%
8.	George	1.77%	-2	-69,657	-26.6%
3.	John	4.50%	-1	-76,112	-13.5%
4.	William	3.84%	0	-95,679	-18.7%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
3.	Barbara	2.68%	+15	+199,208	+205%
5.	Patricia	2.00%	+25	+145,847	+195%
4.	Shirley	2.08%	+13	+130,777	+133%
7.	Joan	1.57%	+53	+128,087	+282%
9.	Nancy	1.29%	+53	+98,677	+225%
11.	Carol	1.07%	+105	+94,751	+412%
12.	Joyce	1.05%	+49	+71,330	+161%
16.	Marilyn	0.89%	+66	+64,329	+188%
23.	Donna	0.71%	+81	+52,686	+201%
26.	Janet	0.69%	+86	+52,061	+217%
20.	Beverly	0.73%	+72	+50,636	+168%
29.	Carolyn	0.63%	+90	+46,749	+205%
40.	Judith	0.45%	+248	+44,734	+865%
48.	Sandra	0.41%	+516	+43,772	+2,690%
42.	Janice	0.45%	+140	+37,533	+318%
58.	Marlene	0.34%	+775	+36,581	+4,726%
37.	Peggy	0.51%	+88	+34,400	+157%
53.	Joanne	0.37%	+168	+32,188	+384%
83.	Sharon	0.28%	+630	+30,020	+2,824%
69.	Joann	0.31%	+208	+29,124	+523%
61.	Patsy	0.33%	+164	+28,246	+343%
25.	Dolores	0.70%	+23	+25,148	+48.4%
89.	Linda	0.27%	+228	+24,903	+559%
94.	Carole	0.24%	+398	+24,764	+1,236%
90.	Jo	0.26%	+164	+21,757	+316%
70.	Sally	0.31%	+97	+21,207	+157%
56.	Delores	0.34%	+92	+21,141	+128%
95.	Darlene	0.24%	+143	+18,530	+250%
2.	Betty	2.72%	+2	+17,310	+6.1%
34.	Ann	0.58%	+17	+14,252	+28.6%
78.	Jacqueline	0.29%	+67	+14,233	+79.6%
67.	Arlene	0.32%	+57	+12,836	+58.5%
66.	Bonnie	0.32%	+49	+12,630	+54.5%
27.	Phyllis	0.67%	+15	+11,933	+19.3%
81.	Loretta	0.29%	+48	+10,466	+49.7%
93.	Roberta	0.25%	+48	+9,512	+52.2%
28.	Norma	0.66%	+8	+7,634	+11.7%
50.	Wanda	0.39%	+26	+7,066	+19.6%
51.	Elaine	0.37%	+29	+6,201	+17.8%
76.	Sylvia	0.30%	+27	+6,169	+23.0%
31.	Gloria	0.62%	+9	+5,729	+9.1%
38.	Geraldine	0.45%	+19	+1,996	+4.2%
72.	Kathleen	0.31%	+13	+954	+2.8%
71.	Charlotte	0.31%	+7	-1,106	-3.1%
47.	Jane	0.42%	+9	-2,235	-4.7%
98.	Ellen	0.23%	+2	-3,252	-11.5%
73.	Audrey	0.31%	0	-3,543	-9.4%
77.	Theresa	0.30%	-3	-3,882	-10.6%
91.	Anne	0.26%	-10	-5,891	-17.1%
75.	Wilma	0.30%	-7	-5,940	-15.2%
21.	Lois	0.73%	+1	-7,420	-8.4%
24.	Martha	0.70%	-1	-9,091	-10.5%
60.	Sarah	0.33%	-2	-10,255	-21.9%
99.	Laura	0.23%	-22	-10,898	-30.3%
18.	Jean	0.85%	-2	-11,813	-11.1%
54.	Rita	0.35%	-5	-11,847	-23.4%
65.	Juanita	0.33%	-11	-12,631	-26.0%
62.	Lorraine	0.33%	-12	-13,605	-27.2%
100.	Julia	0.23%	-34	-15,394	-38.2%
52.	June	0.37%	-7	-15,740	-27.9%
86.	Emma	0.27%	-27	-16,517	-35.5%
79.	Clara	0.29%	-24	-16,525	-34.3%
97.	Katherine	0.23%	-34	-17,552	-41.1%
44.	Annie	0.44%	-12	-20,521	-29.5%
96.	Esther	0.23%	-44	-23,439	-47.6%
88.	Marion	0.27%	-41	-25,614	-46.4%
87.	Bernice	0.27%	-41	-25,937	-46.4%
36.	Rose	0.54%	-12	-26,198	-30.7%
46.	Eleanor	0.42%	-17	-28,381	-38.0%
82.	Grace	0.28%	-39	-28,703	-47.8%
39.	Catherine	0.45%	-12	-28,855	-36.6%
45.	Ruby	0.43%	-17	-29,090	-37.9%
74.	Pauline	0.31%	-37	-30,385	-47.4%
92.	Hazel	0.26%	-48	-30,419	-51.6%
80.	Ethel	0.29%	-39	-31,224	-49.7%
22.	Alice	0.72%	-7	-31,558	-28.6%
59.	Edna	0.34%	-24	-31,656	-46.1%
84.	Edith	0.28%	-45	-31,940	-50.7%
63.	Thelma	0.33%	-29	-32,513	-47.3%
41.	Louise	0.45%	-15	-33,036	-39.9%
85.	Lucille	0.28%	-47	-33,040	-51.7%
64.	Josephine	0.33%	-31	-33,172	-47.9%
68.	Gladys	0.32%	-37	-37,799	-52.1%
13.	Doris	1.00%	-5	-40,534	-26.8%
43.	Marjorie	0.45%	-23	-42,009	-46.1%
17.	Elizabeth	0.87%	-6	-43,193	-30.9%
33.	Marie	0.60%	-19	-44,763	-40.5%
57.	Lillian	0.34%	-32	-45,765	-55.0%
19.	Frances	0.83%	-9	-48,274	-34.4%
49.	Irene	0.40%	-30	-48,387	-52.1%
55.	Florence	0.34%	-34	-50,355	-57.0%
30.	Evelyn	0.63%	-18	-54,803	-44.1%
32.	Anna	0.60%	-19	-57,298	-46.2%
15.	Virginia	0.93%	-8	-66,470	-39.2%
35.	Mildred	0.56%	-26	-85,421	-58.0%
8.	Margaret	1.43%	-3	-87,640	-35.8%
14.	Ruth	0.99%	-8	-109,316	-50.0%
1.	Mary	5.19%	0	-128,759	-18.3%
10.	Helen	1.27%	-7	-149,978	-51.6%
6.	Dorothy	1.91%	-4	-158,461	-43.0%