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
50.	Marvin	0.35%	+20	+21,768	+122%
49.	Melvin	0.36%	+9	+18,844	+86.7%
48.	Billy	0.37%	+201	+39,080	+1,296%
47.	Bernard	0.37%	+1	+16,782	+65.5%
46.	Samuel	0.38%	-6	+9,196	+26.9%
45.	Daniel	0.38%	+7	+19,429	+81.0%
44.	Gerald	0.39%	+33	+27,999	+169%
43.	Norman	0.43%	+6	+24,331	+97.2%
42.	Stanley	0.44%	-5	+13,548	+37.7%
41.	Anthony	0.44%	-3	+14,427	+40.5%
40.	Alfred	0.44%	+2	+17,521	+53.7%
39.	Ernest	0.47%	-4	+16,519	+44.5%
38.	Leonard	0.47%	+5	+21,915	+68.7%
37.	Herbert	0.50%	+4	+22,671	+67.0%
36.	Lawrence	0.50%	0	+20,513	+56.4%
35.	Francis	0.52%	-4	+18,043	+44.0%
34.	Joe	0.55%	0	+24,426	+63.9%
33.	Fred	0.55%	-5	+18,398	+41.5%
32.	Roy	0.56%	0	+22,919	+56.8%
31.	Earl	0.56%	+2	+23,329	+57.9%
30.	Clarence	0.59%	-6	+17,378	+35.3%
29.	Louis	0.60%	-7	+17,093	+33.8%
28.	Willie	0.60%	-2	+20,303	+42.6%
27.	Carl	0.61%	-2	+21,397	+44.2%
26.	Howard	0.62%	+1	+23,752	+51.0%
25.	Ralph	0.74%	-4	+31,944	+60.8%
24.	Eugene	0.75%	+15	+49,595	+141%
23.	Harry	0.76%	-4	+20,309	+30.8%
22.	David	0.78%	+7	+44,884	+102%
21.	Albert	0.83%	-4	+26,225	+38.4%
20.	Arthur	0.85%	-2	+29,634	+43.9%
19.	Kenneth	0.88%	+11	+56,242	+130%
18.	Henry	0.92%	-5	+24,885	+31.2%
17.	Jack	1.02%	+6	+66,457	+134%
16.	Walter	1.05%	-5	+30,664	+34.4%
15.	Raymond	1.09%	+1	+52,393	+73.0%
14.	Paul	1.16%	0	+54,168	+69.3%
13.	Harold	1.18%	-1	+53,864	+67.6%
12.	Frank	1.34%	-3	+35,813	+30.9%
11.	Thomas	1.42%	-1	+69,490	+75.8%
10.	Donald	1.69%	+10	+134,815	+237%
9.	Edward	1.74%	-1	+71,627	+57.0%
8.	Richard	1.96%	+7	+147,995	+198%
7.	Joseph	2.14%	-2	+64,509	+36.0%
6.	George	2.30%	0	+85,337	+48.3%
5.	Charles	2.62%	+2	+124,497	+71.7%
4.	William	4.51%	-2	+209,384	+69.1%
3.	James	4.53%	0	+240,232	+87.3%
2.	John	4.96%	-1	+187,739	+49.9%
1.	Robert	5.07%	+3	+337,190	+141%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
50.	Lorraine	0.40%	+60	+34,210	+217%
49.	Rita	0.41%	+25	+26,737	+112%
48.	Dolores	0.42%	+100	+41,207	+382%
47.	Marion	0.45%	+4	+17,204	+45.3%
46.	Bernice	0.45%	-4	+15,496	+38.4%
45.	June	0.46%	+48	+37,239	+194%
44.	Hazel	0.48%	-17	+1,916	+3.4%
43.	Grace	0.48%	-17	+2,087	+3.6%
42.	Phyllis	0.50%	+57	+43,986	+246%
41.	Ethel	0.51%	-19	-856	-1.3%
40.	Gloria	0.51%	+288	+60,041	+2,131%
39.	Edith	0.51%	-9	+6,930	+12.4%
38.	Lucille	0.52%	-9	+7,736	+13.8%
37.	Pauline	0.52%	-3	+14,000	+28.0%
36.	Norma	0.53%	+77	+49,741	+321%
35.	Edna	0.55%	-16	+1,732	+2.6%
34.	Thelma	0.55%	-6	+11,756	+20.6%
33.	Josephine	0.56%	-10	+7,868	+12.8%
32.	Annie	0.56%	+1	+17,167	+32.8%
31.	Gladys	0.59%	-10	+6,749	+10.3%
30.	Patricia	0.60%	+130	+65,025	+670%
29.	Eleanor	0.60%	+2	+20,597	+38.0%
28.	Ruby	0.62%	-4	+16,429	+27.2%
27.	Catherine	0.64%	-7	+13,058	+19.8%
26.	Louise	0.67%	-8	+14,922	+22.0%
25.	Lillian	0.67%	-10	+7,245	+9.5%
24.	Rose	0.69%	-8	+10,615	+14.2%
23.	Martha	0.70%	+2	+27,279	+45.8%
22.	Lois	0.71%	+27	+49,954	+131%
21.	Florence	0.71%	-7	+6,830	+8.4%
20.	Marjorie	0.74%	+19	+46,769	+105%
19.	Irene	0.75%	-2	+23,868	+34.6%
18.	Barbara	0.78%	+58	+73,506	+310%
17.	Shirley	0.80%	+112	+85,859	+674%
16.	Jean	0.86%	+29	+66,715	+170%
15.	Alice	0.89%	-2	+24,660	+28.7%
14.	Marie	0.89%	-3	+18,478	+20.1%
13.	Anna	1.00%	-6	+4,896	+4.1%
12.	Evelyn	1.00%	0	+32,674	+35.7%
11.	Elizabeth	1.13%	-3	+22,861	+19.6%
10.	Frances	1.13%	-1	+34,792	+32.9%
9.	Mildred	1.19%	-3	+23,157	+18.7%
8.	Doris	1.22%	+24	+97,943	+184%
7.	Virginia	1.37%	+3	+75,232	+79.8%
6.	Ruth	1.76%	-1	+44,846	+25.8%
5.	Margaret	1.98%	-1	+55,776	+29.5%
4.	Betty	2.28%	+33	+238,203	+531%
3.	Helen	2.34%	-1	+42,249	+17.0%
2.	Dorothy	2.97%	+1	+161,401	+77.8%
1.	Mary	5.66%	0	+223,120	+46.6%