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
55.	Alan	0.33%	+60	+33,928	+207%
47.	Albert	0.40%	-15	-2,552	-4.1%
90.	Alfred	0.21%	-30	-2,395	-7.0%
74.	Allen	0.26%	+5	+14,691	+60.3%
87.	Andrew	0.23%	-12	+9,592	+38.3%
45.	Anthony	0.43%	+2	+22,282	+52.4%
34.	Arthur	0.49%	-6	+6,238	+9.2%
82.	Barry	0.24%	+113	+29,546	+445%
97.	Bernard	0.17%	-33	-4,098	-13.4%
75.	Bill	0.25%	-13	+5,421	+16.8%
42.	Billy	0.45%	-22	-20,512	-23.2%
48.	Bobby	0.39%	-21	-10,527	-15.2%
39.	Bruce	0.48%	+42	+47,977	+199%
36.	Carl	0.48%	-7	+5,980	+9.0%
7.	Charles	2.39%	-1	+58,542	+19.3%
81.	Clarence	0.24%	-35	-6,480	-15.2%
99.	Curtis	0.17%	+7	+7,997	+44.4%
59.	Dale	0.31%	+2	+14,276	+43.9%
22.	Daniel	0.74%	+20	+64,780	+135%
60.	Danny	0.31%	+125	+39,421	+545%
6.	David	2.81%	+5	+261,660	+159%
20.	Dennis	1.07%	+51	+135,746	+515%
80.	Don	0.24%	-23	+273	+0.8%
12.	Donald	1.64%	-5	-35,884	-12.6%
30.	Douglas	0.53%	+42	+54,726	+210%
72.	Earl	0.26%	-28	-5,487	-12.3%
85.	Eddie	0.23%	+5	+12,478	+55.9%
18.	Edward	1.15%	-6	+26,949	+18.2%
68.	Ernest	0.28%	-17	+2,414	+6.1%
49.	Eugene	0.38%	-24	-13,671	-19.3%
70.	Francis	0.26%	-22	-1,866	-4.5%
21.	Frank	0.79%	-5	+11,337	+10.5%
51.	Fred	0.37%	-17	+502	+0.9%
73.	Frederick	0.26%	-4	+12,509	+47.0%
14.	Gary	1.44%	+31	+174,174	+400%
96.	Gene	0.18%	-30	-1,572	-5.4%
15.	George	1.38%	-7	+16,716	+8.7%
26.	Gerald	0.68%	-5	+20,526	+24.8%
83.	Glenn	0.24%	-3	+11,494	+47.5%
64.	Gregory	0.29%	+217	+39,454	+1,047%
28.	Harold	0.54%	-9	-13,291	-13.9%
52.	Harry	0.37%	-15	+3,128	+5.9%
37.	Henry	0.48%	-11	+2,065	+2.9%
95.	Herbert	0.19%	-42	-9,118	-24.1%
53.	Howard	0.35%	-14	+2,035	+4.0%
35.	Jack	0.49%	-17	-22,475	-23.3%
1.	James	5.25%	+1	+248,283	+45.4%
88.	Jeffrey	0.23%	+537	+33,440	+3,707%
19.	Jerry	1.10%	+4	+86,556	+107%
84.	Jim	0.24%	+10	+14,808	+71.1%
46.	Jimmy	0.42%	+13	+28,125	+79.5%
40.	Joe	0.48%	-16	+546	+0.8%
3.	John	4.70%	0	+223,650	+45.8%
50.	Johnny	0.38%	+28	+32,602	+133%
13.	Joseph	1.52%	-3	+49,713	+27.5%
100.	Keith	0.17%	+25	+12,004	+86.6%
16.	Kenneth	1.31%	-1	+73,438	+58.7%
11.	Larry	1.69%	+19	+190,656	+292%
31.	Lawrence	0.53%	+5	+25,971	+47.7%
92.	Lee	0.20%	-9	+7,022	+29.3%
62.	Leonard	0.29%	-10	+5,071	+12.9%
89.	Leroy	0.22%	-33	-2,395	-6.6%
56.	Louis	0.33%	-13	+1,672	+3.5%
54.	Mark	0.34%	+129	+43,287	+582%
91.	Martin	0.21%	+1	+9,474	+43.2%
78.	Marvin	0.24%	-28	-4,641	-11.3%
71.	Melvin	0.26%	-17	+1,530	+4.1%
9.	Michael	2.22%	+26	+280,562	+501%
86.	Mike	0.23%	+90	+26,615	+332%
67.	Norman	0.28%	-27	-7,822	-15.6%
58.	Patrick	0.32%	+46	+30,228	+164%
17.	Paul	1.21%	-3	+57,579	+45.8%
41.	Peter	0.46%	+17	+33,509	+93.5%
57.	Philip	0.32%	+10	+19,886	+68.9%
77.	Phillip	0.24%	+35	+20,455	+124%
44.	Ralph	0.43%	-13	+1,177	+1.8%
94.	Ray	0.20%	-29	-556	-1.8%
23.	Raymond	0.72%	-6	+9,487	+9.5%
5.	Richard	3.15%	0	+146,967	+44.5%
2.	Robert	5.00%	-1	+167,314	+28.3%
24.	Roger	0.71%	+17	+57,986	+117%
10.	Ronald	1.86%	+3	+142,136	+101%
66.	Ronnie	0.28%	+101	+33,748	+388%
43.	Roy	0.43%	-5	+14,148	+27.5%
69.	Russell	0.27%	-1	+12,493	+43.3%
65.	Samuel	0.29%	-2	+10,994	+34.2%
61.	Stanley	0.31%	-6	+9,132	+24.6%
25.	Stephen	0.71%	+80	+88,536	+485%
79.	Steve	0.24%	+92	+27,711	+323%
29.	Steven	0.54%	+212	+76,370	+1,580%
32.	Terry	0.51%	+112	+65,941	+598%
98.	Theodore	0.17%	-22	+1,289	+5.2%
8.	Thomas	2.31%	+1	+166,894	+90.8%
63.	Timothy	0.29%	+169	+38,396	+752%
93.	Tom	0.20%	+21	+13,457	+81.9%
76.	Tommy	0.24%	+22	+17,188	+86.6%
27.	Walter	0.55%	-5	+2,823	+3.5%
33.	Wayne	0.50%	+16	+33,986	+82.6%
4.	William	3.67%	0	+139,728	+33.5%
38.	Willie	0.48%	-5	+9,952	+15.9%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
41.	Alice	0.49%	-19	-6,576	-8.3%
99.	Anita	0.22%	+15	+10,304	+46.4%
37.	Ann	0.52%	-3	+12,734	+19.9%
71.	Anna	0.28%	-39	-25,316	-38.0%
83.	Anne	0.24%	+8	+7,524	+26.3%
79.	Annie	0.26%	-35	-10,232	-20.9%
3.	Barbara	2.86%	0	+128,844	+43.5%
11.	Betty	1.31%	-9	-105,783	-35.2%
31.	Beverly	0.64%	-11	+14,282	+17.7%
33.	Bonnie	0.58%	+33	+51,084	+143%
26.	Brenda	0.76%	+269	+108,032	+2,466%
5.	Carol	1.96%	+6	+174,600	+148%
57.	Carole	0.34%	+37	+23,535	+87.9%
12.	Carolyn	1.22%	+17	+112,329	+162%
45.	Catherine	0.42%	-6	+12,059	+24.1%
59.	Charlotte	0.33%	+12	+14,832	+42.8%
43.	Cheryl	0.48%	+540	+69,659	+5,358%
51.	Christine	0.37%	+78	+36,074	+195%
50.	Connie	0.38%	+95	+40,950	+262%
47.	Cynthia	0.39%	+144	+48,393	+501%
73.	Darlene	0.27%	+22	+14,365	+55.3%
68.	Deborah	0.30%	+324	+41,247	+1,469%
52.	Diana	0.36%	+143	+44,197	+465%
22.	Diane	0.83%	+93	+100,679	+454%
100.	Dianne	0.22%	+212	+28,258	+700%
93.	Dolores	0.22%	-68	-44,037	-57.1%
17.	Donna	1.11%	+6	+86,677	+110%
44.	Doris	0.43%	-31	-46,515	-42.0%
20.	Dorothy	0.89%	-14	-78,159	-37.1%
89.	Eileen	0.23%	+24	+12,436	+55.9%
46.	Elaine	0.40%	+5	+18,995	+46.2%
25.	Elizabeth	0.78%	-8	+20,069	+20.8%
64.	Ellen	0.31%	+34	+20,266	+80.6%
61.	Evelyn	0.32%	-31	-21,205	-30.6%
35.	Frances	0.57%	-16	-6,673	-7.2%
53.	Gail	0.36%	+91	+37,286	+235%
62.	Geraldine	0.32%	-24	-2,107	-4.2%
92.	Glenda	0.22%	+87	+22,758	+215%
27.	Gloria	0.71%	+4	+36,464	+53.2%
32.	Helen	0.61%	-22	-49,683	-35.4%
63.	Jacqueline	0.31%	+15	+13,443	+41.9%
40.	Jane	0.49%	+7	+26,723	+58.3%
21.	Janet	0.88%	+5	+54,720	+72.0%
23.	Janice	0.80%	+19	+69,549	+141%
36.	Jean	0.54%	-18	-13,821	-14.7%
60.	Jo	0.33%	+30	+19,795	+69.1%
24.	Joan	0.79%	-17	-55,731	-32.1%
75.	Joann	0.27%	-6	+5,320	+15.3%
54.	Joanne	0.35%	-1	+11,074	+27.3%
19.	Joyce	1.02%	-7	+35,990	+31.2%
9.	Judith	1.46%	+31	+168,130	+337%
15.	Judy	1.13%	+97	+145,406	+652%
16.	Karen	1.13%	+122	+151,007	+905%
77.	Katherine	0.27%	+20	+14,718	+58.4%
18.	Kathleen	1.03%	+54	+118,429	+343%
67.	Kathryn	0.30%	+43	+21,999	+97.4%
88.	Kathy	0.23%	+506	+33,511	+2,672%
98.	Kay	0.22%	+38	+15,352	+88.7%
87.	Laura	0.24%	+12	+9,977	+39.8%
2.	Linda	3.57%	+87	+502,297	+1,711%
49.	Lois	0.38%	-28	-23,858	-29.6%
95.	Lorraine	0.22%	-33	-3,288	-9.0%
80.	Louise	0.26%	-39	-11,196	-22.5%
90.	Marcia	0.23%	+59	+20,149	+141%
13.	Margaret	1.16%	-5	+15,654	+9.9%
86.	Maria	0.24%	+32	+14,931	+72.4%
48.	Marie	0.39%	-15	-8,280	-12.6%
29.	Marilyn	0.67%	-13	+446	+0.5%
96.	Marjorie	0.22%	-53	-16,311	-33.1%
30.	Martha	0.64%	-6	+17,687	+22.8%
1.	Mary	4.30%	0	+67,077	+11.7%
94.	Mildred	0.22%	-59	-28,666	-46.4%
7.	Nancy	1.69%	+2	+109,573	+76.9%
69.	Norma	0.29%	-41	-29,846	-41.0%
39.	Pamela	0.49%	+442	+71,247	+3,804%
4.	Patricia	2.76%	+1	+190,831	+86.5%
74.	Patsy	0.27%	-13	+3,805	+10.4%
78.	Paula	0.26%	+126	+30,183	+341%
42.	Peggy	0.48%	-5	+15,849	+28.2%
38.	Phyllis	0.51%	-11	+2,335	+3.2%
66.	Rebecca	0.30%	+97	+32,698	+259%
58.	Rita	0.34%	-4	+11,113	+28.7%
81.	Roberta	0.26%	+12	+10,318	+37.2%
55.	Rose	0.35%	-19	-7,467	-12.6%
91.	Rosemary	0.23%	+10	+9,440	+38.0%
34.	Ruth	0.58%	-20	-23,543	-21.6%
65.	Sally	0.30%	+5	+10,665	+30.8%
6.	Sandra	1.78%	+42	+220,137	+485%
76.	Sarah	0.27%	-16	+3,462	+9.5%
8.	Sharon	1.49%	+75	+190,152	+612%
85.	Sheila	0.24%	+92	+24,783	+226%
97.	Sherry	0.22%	+237	+29,061	+786%
14.	Shirley	1.15%	-10	-57,598	-25.1%
72.	Sue	0.28%	+53	+21,437	+110%
10.	Susan	1.42%	+107	+190,986	+908%
70.	Suzanne	0.28%	+91	+28,644	+224%
82.	Sylvia	0.25%	-6	+4,276	+13.0%
84.	Theresa	0.24%	-7	+3,005	+9.2%
28.	Virginia	0.67%	-13	-4,087	-4.0%
56.	Wanda	0.34%	-6	+7,703	+17.9%