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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James		 5.25% +1
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Robert		 5.00% -1
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John		 4.70% 0
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William		 3.67% 0
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Richard		 3.15% 0
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David		 2.81% +5
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Charles		 2.39% -1
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Thomas		 2.31% +1
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Michael		 2.22% +26
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Ronald		 1.86% +3
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Larry		 1.69% +19
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Donald		 1.64% -5
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Joseph		 1.52% -3
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Gary		 1.44% +31
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George		 1.38% -7
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Kenneth		 1.31% -1
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Paul		 1.21% -3
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Edward		 1.15% -6
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Jerry		 1.10% +4
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Dennis		 1.07% +51
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Frank		 0.79% -5
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Daniel		 0.74% +20
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Raymond		 0.72% -6
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Roger		 0.71% +17
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Stephen		 0.71% +80
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Gerald		 0.68% -5
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Walter		 0.55% -5
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Harold		 0.54% -9
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Steven		 0.54% +212
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Douglas		 0.53% +42
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Lawrence		 0.53% +5
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Terry		 0.51% +112
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Wayne		 0.50% +16
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Arthur		 0.49% -6
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Jack		 0.49% -17
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Carl		 0.48% -7
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Henry		 0.48% -11
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Willie		 0.48% -5
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Bruce		 0.48% +42
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Joe		 0.48% -16
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Peter		 0.46% +17
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Billy		 0.45% -22
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Roy		 0.43% -5
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Ralph		 0.43% -13
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Anthony		 0.43% +2
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Jimmy		 0.42% +13
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Albert		 0.40% -15
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Bobby		 0.39% -21
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Eugene		 0.38% -24
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Johnny		 0.38% +28
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.30% 0
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Linda		 3.57% +87
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Barbara		 2.86% 0
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Patricia		 2.76% +1
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Carol		 1.96% +6
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Sandra		 1.78% +42
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Nancy		 1.69% +2
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Sharon		 1.49% +75
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Judith		 1.46% +31
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Susan		 1.42% +107
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Betty		 1.31% -9
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Carolyn		 1.22% +17
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Margaret		 1.16% -5
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Shirley		 1.15% -10
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Judy		 1.13% +97
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Karen		 1.13% +122
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Donna		 1.11% +6
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Kathleen		 1.03% +54
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Joyce		 1.02% -7
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Dorothy		 0.89% -14
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Janet		 0.88% +5
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Diane		 0.83% +93
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Janice		 0.80% +19
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Joan		 0.79% -17
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Elizabeth		 0.78% -8
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Brenda		 0.76% +269
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Gloria		 0.71% +4
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Virginia		 0.67% -13
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Marilyn		 0.67% -13
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Martha		 0.64% -6
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Beverly		 0.64% -11
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Helen		 0.61% -22
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Bonnie		 0.58% +33
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Ruth		 0.58% -20
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Frances		 0.57% -16
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Jean		 0.54% -18
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Ann		 0.52% -3
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Phyllis		 0.51% -11
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Pamela		 0.49% +442
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Jane		 0.49% +7
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Alice		 0.49% -19
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Peggy		 0.48% -5
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Cheryl		 0.48% +540
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Doris		 0.43% -31
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Catherine		 0.42% -6
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Elaine		 0.40% +5
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Cynthia		 0.39% +144
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Marie		 0.39% -15
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Lois		 0.38% -28
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Connie		 0.38% +95
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