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
1.	James	5.25%	+1	+248,289	+45.4%
2.	Robert	5.00%	-1	+167,316	+28.3%
3.	John	4.70%	0	+223,654	+45.8%
4.	William	3.67%	0	+139,741	+33.5%
5.	Richard	3.15%	0	+146,971	+44.5%
6.	David	2.81%	+5	+261,666	+159%
7.	Charles	2.39%	-1	+58,545	+19.3%
8.	Thomas	2.31%	+1	+166,898	+90.8%
9.	Michael	2.22%	+26	+280,564	+501%
10.	Ronald	1.86%	+3	+142,146	+101%
11.	Larry	1.69%	+19	+190,660	+292%
12.	Donald	1.64%	-5	-35,887	-12.6%
13.	Joseph	1.52%	-3	+49,716	+27.5%
14.	Gary	1.44%	+31	+174,175	+400%
15.	George	1.38%	-7	+16,715	+8.7%
16.	Kenneth	1.31%	-1	+73,442	+58.7%
17.	Paul	1.21%	-3	+57,585	+45.8%
18.	Edward	1.15%	-6	+26,950	+18.2%
19.	Jerry	1.10%	+4	+86,561	+107%
20.	Dennis	1.07%	+51	+135,747	+515%
21.	Frank	0.79%	-5	+11,332	+10.5%
22.	Daniel	0.74%	+20	+64,778	+135%
23.	Raymond	0.72%	-6	+9,487	+9.5%
24.	Roger	0.71%	+17	+57,985	+117%
25.	Stephen	0.71%	+80	+88,538	+485%
26.	Gerald	0.68%	-5	+20,524	+24.8%
27.	Walter	0.55%	-5	+2,820	+3.5%
28.	Harold	0.54%	-9	-13,290	-13.9%
29.	Steven	0.54%	+212	+76,371	+1,580%
30.	Douglas	0.53%	+42	+54,725	+210%
31.	Lawrence	0.53%	+5	+25,973	+47.7%
32.	Terry	0.51%	+112	+65,942	+598%
33.	Wayne	0.50%	+16	+33,990	+82.6%
34.	Arthur	0.49%	-6	+6,236	+9.2%
35.	Jack	0.49%	-17	-22,477	-23.3%
36.	Carl	0.48%	-7	+5,982	+9.0%
37.	Henry	0.48%	-11	+2,068	+2.9%
38.	Willie	0.48%	-5	+9,952	+15.9%
39.	Bruce	0.48%	+42	+47,977	+199%
40.	Joe	0.48%	-16	+545	+0.8%
41.	Peter	0.46%	+17	+33,507	+93.5%
42.	Billy	0.45%	-22	-20,509	-23.2%
43.	Roy	0.43%	-5	+14,150	+27.5%
44.	Ralph	0.43%	-13	+1,179	+1.8%
45.	Anthony	0.43%	+2	+22,279	+52.4%
46.	Jimmy	0.42%	+13	+28,124	+79.5%
47.	Albert	0.40%	-15	-2,551	-4.1%
48.	Bobby	0.39%	-21	-10,526	-15.2%
49.	Eugene	0.38%	-24	-13,666	-19.3%
50.	Johnny	0.38%	+28	+32,604	+133%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	4.30%	0	+67,073	+11.7%
2.	Linda	3.57%	+87	+502,300	+1,711%
3.	Barbara	2.86%	0	+128,848	+43.5%
4.	Patricia	2.76%	+1	+190,833	+86.5%
5.	Carol	1.96%	+6	+174,601	+148%
6.	Sandra	1.78%	+42	+220,137	+485%
7.	Nancy	1.69%	+2	+109,572	+76.9%
8.	Sharon	1.49%	+75	+190,153	+612%
9.	Judith	1.46%	+31	+168,129	+337%
10.	Susan	1.42%	+107	+190,986	+908%
11.	Betty	1.31%	-9	-105,786	-35.2%
12.	Carolyn	1.22%	+17	+112,330	+162%
13.	Margaret	1.16%	-5	+15,654	+9.9%
14.	Shirley	1.15%	-10	-57,598	-25.1%
15.	Judy	1.13%	+97	+145,407	+652%
16.	Karen	1.13%	+122	+151,007	+905%
17.	Donna	1.11%	+6	+86,677	+110%
18.	Kathleen	1.03%	+54	+118,431	+343%
19.	Joyce	1.02%	-7	+35,988	+31.2%
20.	Dorothy	0.89%	-14	-78,159	-37.1%
21.	Janet	0.88%	+5	+54,716	+72.0%
22.	Diane	0.83%	+93	+100,680	+454%
23.	Janice	0.80%	+19	+69,549	+141%
24.	Joan	0.79%	-17	-55,731	-32.1%
25.	Elizabeth	0.78%	-8	+20,072	+20.8%
26.	Brenda	0.76%	+269	+108,034	+2,467%
27.	Gloria	0.71%	+4	+36,466	+53.2%
28.	Virginia	0.67%	-13	-4,090	-4.0%
29.	Marilyn	0.67%	-13	+446	+0.5%
30.	Martha	0.64%	-6	+17,689	+22.8%
31.	Beverly	0.64%	-11	+14,282	+17.7%
32.	Helen	0.61%	-22	-49,684	-35.4%
33.	Bonnie	0.58%	+33	+51,084	+143%
34.	Ruth	0.58%	-20	-23,541	-21.6%
35.	Frances	0.57%	-16	-6,671	-7.2%
36.	Jean	0.54%	-18	-13,825	-14.7%
37.	Ann	0.52%	-3	+12,737	+19.9%
38.	Phyllis	0.51%	-11	+2,338	+3.2%
39.	Pamela	0.49%	+442	+71,248	+3,804%
40.	Jane	0.49%	+7	+26,723	+58.3%
41.	Alice	0.49%	-19	-6,576	-8.3%
42.	Peggy	0.48%	-5	+15,846	+28.2%
43.	Cheryl	0.48%	+540	+69,659	+5,358%
44.	Doris	0.43%	-31	-46,515	-42.0%
45.	Catherine	0.42%	-6	+12,060	+24.1%
46.	Elaine	0.40%	+5	+18,996	+46.2%
47.	Cynthia	0.39%	+144	+48,394	+501%
48.	Marie	0.39%	-15	-8,282	-12.6%
49.	Lois	0.38%	-28	-23,859	-29.6%
50.	Connie	0.38%	+95	+40,951	+262%