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
45.	Alan	0.41%	+10	+33,664	+66.9%
76.	Albert	0.26%	-29	-7,439	-12.3%
84.	Allen	0.23%	-10	+8,265	+21.2%
64.	Andrew	0.30%	+23	+26,340	+76.1%
30.	Anthony	0.67%	+15	+71,805	+111%
55.	Arthur	0.32%	-21	-8,247	-11.1%
72.	Barry	0.27%	+10	+18,614	+51.4%
67.	Billy	0.29%	-25	-8,553	-12.6%
75.	Bobby	0.26%	-27	-5,609	-9.5%
34.	Brian	0.55%	+78	+89,533	+393%
32.	Bruce	0.67%	+7	+64,348	+89.3%
48.	Carl	0.38%	-12	+6,013	+8.3%
10.	Charles	1.76%	-3	-602	-0.2%
49.	Christopher	0.38%	+98	+62,410	+393%
52.	Craig	0.34%	+68	+49,185	+242%
85.	Curtis	0.23%	+14	+20,308	+78.1%
50.	Dale	0.37%	+9	+28,754	+61.4%
19.	Daniel	1.19%	+3	+130,912	+116%
44.	Danny	0.42%	+16	+39,981	+85.7%
95.	Darrell	0.18%	+33	+19,032	+104%
5.	David	3.75%	+1	+343,483	+80.6%
21.	Dennis	1.00%	-1	+42,132	+26.0%
14.	Donald	1.33%	-2	+25,730	+10.4%
28.	Douglas	0.72%	+2	+67,418	+83.5%
93.	Eddie	0.19%	-8	+3,787	+10.9%
23.	Edward	0.92%	-5	+13,532	+7.7%
74.	Eric	0.26%	+77	+38,108	+251%
92.	Ernest	0.19%	-24	-2,087	-5.0%
81.	Eugene	0.24%	-32	-8,987	-15.7%
35.	Frank	0.55%	-14	-7,097	-5.9%
94.	Fred	0.18%	-43	-19,214	-33.9%
87.	Frederick	0.22%	-14	+5,162	+13.2%
12.	Gary	1.61%	+2	+112,147	+51.5%
25.	George	0.88%	-10	-27,988	-13.4%
46.	Gerald	0.40%	-20	-20,722	-20.1%
68.	Glenn	0.29%	+15	+22,989	+64.4%
26.	Gregory	0.87%	+38	+135,195	+313%
62.	Harold	0.30%	-34	-20,000	-24.3%
89.	Harry	0.21%	-37	-12,911	-23.0%
61.	Henry	0.30%	-24	-10,251	-14.1%
83.	Howard	0.23%	-30	-5,676	-10.6%
60.	Jack	0.30%	-25	-11,536	-15.6%
1.	James	4.11%	0	+47,954	+6.0%
96.	Jay	0.18%	+30	+18,304	+98.1%
86.	Jeffery	0.22%	+202	+41,111	+865%
24.	Jeffrey	0.90%	+64	+150,293	+438%
31.	Jerry	0.67%	-12	-30,674	-18.3%
70.	Jimmy	0.27%	-24	-8,631	-13.6%
57.	Joe	0.31%	-17	-9,389	-13.0%
4.	John	3.89%	-1	+86,284	+12.1%
54.	Johnny	0.32%	-4	+8,585	+15.0%
13.	Joseph	1.46%	0	+69,702	+30.3%
41.	Keith	0.45%	+59	+65,347	+253%
16.	Kenneth	1.28%	0	+64,254	+32.4%
27.	Kevin	0.78%	+140	+147,719	+1,310%
18.	Larry	1.20%	-7	-10,229	-4.0%
42.	Lawrence	0.44%	-11	+10,647	+13.2%
98.	Lee	0.18%	-6	+4,841	+15.6%
88.	Leonard	0.21%	-26	-721	-1.6%
82.	Louis	0.23%	-26	-1,504	-3.0%
9.	Mark	1.86%	+45	+331,781	+654%
79.	Martin	0.25%	+12	+19,583	+62.4%
99.	Matthew	0.17%	+93	+27,035	+309%
97.	Melvin	0.18%	-26	-3,062	-7.8%
2.	Michael	4.08%	+7	+500,810	+149%
90.	Micheal	0.20%	+81	+30,295	+285%
80.	Mike	0.24%	+6	+13,708	+39.6%
40.	Patrick	0.47%	+18	+48,230	+99.2%
17.	Paul	1.23%	0	+69,819	+38.1%
39.	Peter	0.50%	+2	+33,404	+48.2%
65.	Philip	0.30%	-8	+12,109	+24.8%
77.	Phillip	0.26%	0	+15,461	+41.8%
66.	Ralph	0.29%	-22	-4,541	-7.0%
58.	Randall	0.30%	+74	+44,668	+251%
33.	Randy	0.59%	+123	+106,362	+751%
38.	Raymond	0.53%	-15	-140	-0.1%
7.	Richard	2.61%	-2	+57,928	+12.1%
47.	Ricky	0.39%	+178	+72,361	+1,065%
3.	Robert	4.05%	-1	+72,227	+9.5%
71.	Rodney	0.27%	+31	+29,967	+121%
37.	Roger	0.54%	-13	+2,547	+2.4%
15.	Ronald	1.32%	-5	-11,328	-4.0%
78.	Ronnie	0.25%	-12	+8,842	+20.8%
63.	Roy	0.30%	-20	-3,800	-5.8%
59.	Russell	0.30%	+10	+21,059	+51.0%
73.	Samuel	0.26%	-8	+10,636	+24.7%
36.	Scott	0.55%	+128	+99,639	+819%
69.	Stanley	0.28%	-8	+10,893	+23.5%
20.	Stephen	1.01%	+5	+100,439	+94.0%
56.	Steve	0.31%	+23	+27,947	+77.0%
11.	Steven	1.63%	+18	+252,405	+311%
29.	Terry	0.69%	+3	+63,748	+82.8%
8.	Thomas	2.21%	0	+103,581	+29.5%
22.	Timothy	0.97%	+41	+154,774	+356%
91.	Tony	0.20%	+47	+23,820	+140%
100.	Vincent	0.17%	+6	+11,441	+47.9%
51.	Walter	0.35%	-24	-11,542	-13.8%
43.	Wayne	0.43%	-10	+12,973	+17.3%
6.	William	2.88%	-2	+34,738	+6.2%
53.	Willie	0.32%	-15	-5,968	-8.2%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
85.	Alice	0.26%	-44	-20,319	-28.1%
91.	Anita	0.24%	+8	+15,065	+46.3%
41.	Ann	0.44%	-4	+10,248	+13.3%
83.	Anne	0.27%	0	+16,251	+45.0%
6.	Barbara	1.75%	-3	-79,544	-18.7%
35.	Betty	0.52%	-24	-91,416	-47.0%
36.	Beverly	0.50%	-5	+2,664	+2.8%
50.	Bonnie	0.42%	-17	-3,875	-4.5%
18.	Brenda	1.06%	+8	+96,829	+86.1%
16.	Carol	1.13%	-11	-69,679	-23.8%
25.	Carolyn	0.63%	-13	-57,783	-31.8%
32.	Catherine	0.55%	+13	+46,754	+75.3%
52.	Cathy	0.42%	+115	+67,167	+432%
19.	Cheryl	0.87%	+24	+100,429	+142%
31.	Christine	0.57%	+20	+58,775	+108%
48.	Cindy	0.43%	+252	+78,506	+1,435%
40.	Connie	0.45%	+10	+32,203	+56.9%
11.	Cynthia	1.34%	+36	+205,356	+354%
71.	Darlene	0.31%	+2	+21,560	+53.5%
54.	Debbie	0.42%	+363	+78,865	+2,439%
5.	Deborah	2.18%	+63	+386,476	+877%
7.	Debra	1.73%	+295	+335,910	+6,186%
26.	Denise	0.63%	+188	+113,668	+1,125%
55.	Diana	0.41%	-3	+26,534	+49.4%
17.	Diane	1.07%	+5	+87,747	+71.4%
10.	Donna	1.37%	+7	+104,810	+63.3%
100.	Doris	0.22%	-56	-21,242	-33.1%
58.	Dorothy	0.38%	-38	-57,778	-43.7%
81.	Elaine	0.28%	-35	-5,874	-9.8%
21.	Elizabeth	0.84%	+4	+49,117	+42.1%
80.	Ellen	0.28%	-16	+9,979	+22.0%
86.	Frances	0.26%	-51	-34,244	-40.1%
44.	Gail	0.43%	+9	+32,477	+61.1%
42.	Gloria	0.44%	-15	-18,339	-17.5%
76.	Helen	0.29%	-44	-33,167	-36.6%
72.	Jacqueline	0.31%	-9	+14,905	+32.7%
51.	Jane	0.42%	-11	+10,385	+14.3%
20.	Janet	0.85%	+1	+36,762	+28.1%
24.	Janice	0.68%	-1	+14,723	+12.4%
60.	Jean	0.37%	-24	-8,104	-10.1%
98.	Jennifer	0.22%	+109	+32,386	+303%
68.	Jo	0.32%	-8	+15,499	+32.0%
45.	Joan	0.43%	-21	-32,535	-27.6%
82.	Joanne	0.27%	-28	+1,913	+3.7%
29.	Joyce	0.58%	-10	-36,516	-24.1%
34.	Judith	0.55%	-25	-109,275	-50.1%
27.	Judy	0.60%	-12	-49,664	-29.6%
43.	Julie	0.44%	+101	+67,659	+355%
8.	Karen	1.69%	+8	+164,814	+98.3%
65.	Katherine	0.34%	+12	+26,940	+67.5%
15.	Kathleen	1.14%	+3	+71,355	+46.6%
57.	Kathryn	0.39%	+10	+33,221	+74.5%
22.	Kathy	0.80%	+66	+123,167	+354%
78.	Kim	0.28%	+627	+54,795	+4,268%
90.	Kimberly	0.25%	+646	+47,762	+4,014%
38.	Laura	0.48%	+49	+60,451	+172%
92.	Laurie	0.24%	+218	+41,738	+799%
99.	Leslie	0.22%	+71	+28,191	+190%
2.	Linda	2.86%	0	+32,693	+6.1%
37.	Lisa	0.49%	+426	+93,092	+3,415%
79.	Lori	0.28%	+826	+55,277	+6,962%
67.	Lynn	0.34%	+41	+36,661	+125%
96.	Marcia	0.22%	-6	+9,338	+27.1%
23.	Margaret	0.76%	-10	-23,446	-13.6%
70.	Maria	0.32%	+16	+26,881	+75.6%
88.	Marie	0.25%	-40	-8,257	-14.4%
56.	Marilyn	0.41%	-27	-18,815	-19.0%
49.	Martha	0.42%	-19	-12,196	-12.8%
1.	Mary	3.17%	0	-14,465	-2.3%
93.	Michelle	0.24%	+203	+41,088	+722%
9.	Nancy	1.45%	-2	+34,748	+13.8%
13.	Pamela	1.20%	+26	+164,267	+225%
3.	Patricia	2.33%	+1	+48,250	+11.7%
46.	Paula	0.43%	+32	+45,824	+117%
47.	Peggy	0.43%	-5	+12,169	+16.9%
75.	Phyllis	0.29%	-37	-18,366	-24.1%
28.	Rebecca	0.59%	+38	+70,379	+155%
74.	Rhonda	0.30%	+256	+54,995	+1,141%
73.	Rita	0.31%	-15	+10,416	+20.9%
53.	Robin	0.42%	+238	+76,256	+1,236%
66.	Rose	0.34%	-11	+15,057	+29.2%
69.	Ruth	0.32%	-35	-23,132	-27.0%
94.	Sally	0.24%	-29	+1,363	+3.0%
12.	Sandra	1.28%	-6	-13,945	-5.3%
14.	Sharon	1.18%	-6	+11,567	+5.2%
62.	Sheila	0.36%	+23	+34,427	+96.3%
64.	Sherry	0.35%	+33	+35,567	+109%
33.	Shirley	0.55%	-19	-62,970	-36.7%
4.	Susan	2.22%	+6	+225,753	+106%
87.	Suzanne	0.26%	-17	+8,925	+21.6%
30.	Teresa	0.58%	+110	+94,949	+491%
95.	Terri	0.24%	+268	+42,278	+1,018%
97.	Terry	0.22%	+78	+29,494	+215%
39.	Theresa	0.45%	+45	+53,813	+150%
84.	Valerie	0.27%	+92	+38,540	+281%
61.	Vicki	0.37%	+61	+48,483	+206%
77.	Vickie	0.29%	+139	+46,815	+466%
89.	Victoria	0.25%	+41	+28,373	+137%
63.	Virginia	0.35%	-35	-29,214	-29.5%
59.	Wanda	0.37%	-3	+21,672	+42.7%