Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Robert		 5.44% 0
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James		 5.04% +1
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John		 4.50% -1
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William		 3.84% 0
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Richard		 3.05% +3
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Charles		 2.79% -1
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Donald		 2.61% +3
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George		 1.77% -2
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Thomas		 1.69% +2
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Joseph		 1.66% -3
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David		 1.52% +11
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Edward		 1.36% -3
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Ronald		 1.29% +80
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Paul		 1.16% 0
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Kenneth		 1.15% +4
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Frank		 1.00% -4
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Raymond		 0.92% -2
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Jack		 0.89% -1
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Harold		 0.88% -6
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Billy		 0.81% +28
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Gerald		 0.76% +23
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Walter		 0.75% -6
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Jerry		 0.74% +79
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Joe		 0.66% +10
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Eugene		 0.65% -1
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Henry		 0.65% -8
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Bobby		 0.64% +102
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Arthur		 0.62% -8
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Carl		 0.62% -2
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Larry		 0.60% +160
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Ralph		 0.59% -6
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Albert		 0.58% -11
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Willie		 0.58% -5
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Fred		 0.52% -1
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Michael		 0.52% +17
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Lawrence		 0.50% 0
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Harry		 0.49% -14
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Howard		 0.47% -12
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Roy		 0.47% -6
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Norman		 0.46% +3
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Roger		 0.46% +48
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Daniel		 0.44% +3
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Louis		 0.44% -14
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Earl		 0.41% -13
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Gary		 0.40% +446
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Clarence		 0.39% -16
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Anthony		 0.39% -6
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Francis		 0.38% -13
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Wayne		 0.38% +24
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Marvin		 0.38% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.19% 0
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Betty		 2.72% +2
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Barbara		 2.68% +15
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Shirley		 2.08% +13
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Patricia		 2.00% +25
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Dorothy		 1.91% -4
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Joan		 1.57% +53
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Margaret		 1.43% -3
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Nancy		 1.29% +53
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Helen		 1.27% -7
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Carol		 1.07% +105
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Joyce		 1.05% +49
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Doris		 1.00% -5
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Ruth		 0.99% -8
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Virginia		 0.93% -8
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Marilyn		 0.89% +66
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Elizabeth		 0.87% -6
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Jean		 0.85% -2
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Frances		 0.83% -9
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Beverly		 0.73% +72
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Lois		 0.73% +1
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Alice		 0.72% -7
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Donna		 0.71% +81
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Martha		 0.70% -1
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Dolores		 0.70% +23
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Janet		 0.69% +86
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Phyllis		 0.67% +15
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Norma		 0.66% +8
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Carolyn		 0.63% +90
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Evelyn		 0.63% -18
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Gloria		 0.62% +9
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Anna		 0.60% -19
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Marie		 0.60% -19
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Ann		 0.58% +17
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Mildred		 0.56% -26
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Rose		 0.54% -12
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Peggy		 0.51% +88
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Geraldine		 0.45% +19
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Catherine		 0.45% -12
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Judith		 0.45% +248
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Louise		 0.45% -15
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Janice		 0.45% +140
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Marjorie		 0.45% -23
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Annie		 0.44% -12
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Ruby		 0.43% -17
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Eleanor		 0.42% -17
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Jane		 0.42% +9
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Sandra		 0.41% +516
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Irene		 0.40% -30
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Wanda		 0.39% +26
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