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.	Dale	0.37%	+9	+28,755	+61.4%
49.	Christopher	0.38%	+98	+62,469	+394%
48.	Carl	0.38%	-12	+6,015	+8.3%
47.	Ricky	0.39%	+178	+72,373	+1,065%
46.	Gerald	0.40%	-20	-20,717	-20.0%
45.	Alan	0.41%	+10	+33,675	+66.9%
44.	Danny	0.42%	+16	+39,981	+85.7%
43.	Wayne	0.43%	-10	+12,962	+17.3%
42.	Lawrence	0.44%	-11	+10,650	+13.2%
41.	Keith	0.45%	+59	+65,366	+253%
40.	Patrick	0.47%	+18	+48,238	+99.2%
39.	Peter	0.50%	+2	+33,426	+48.2%
38.	Raymond	0.53%	-15	-138	-0.1%
37.	Roger	0.54%	-13	+2,559	+2.4%
36.	Scott	0.55%	+128	+99,659	+819%
35.	Frank	0.55%	-14	-7,099	-5.9%
34.	Brian	0.55%	+78	+89,542	+393%
33.	Randy	0.59%	+123	+106,370	+751%
32.	Bruce	0.67%	+7	+64,363	+89.3%
31.	Jerry	0.67%	-12	-30,679	-18.3%
30.	Anthony	0.67%	+15	+71,828	+111%
29.	Terry	0.69%	+3	+63,758	+82.8%
28.	Douglas	0.72%	+2	+67,447	+83.5%
27.	Kevin	0.78%	+140	+147,739	+1,311%
26.	Gregory	0.87%	+38	+135,231	+313%
25.	George	0.88%	-10	-27,976	-13.4%
24.	Jeffrey	0.90%	+64	+150,321	+438%
23.	Edward	0.92%	-5	+13,530	+7.7%
22.	Timothy	0.97%	+41	+154,819	+356%
21.	Dennis	1.00%	-1	+42,154	+26.0%
20.	Stephen	1.01%	+5	+100,466	+94.1%
19.	Daniel	1.19%	+3	+130,949	+116%
18.	Larry	1.20%	-7	-10,217	-4.0%
17.	Paul	1.23%	0	+69,835	+38.1%
16.	Kenneth	1.28%	0	+64,271	+32.4%
15.	Ronald	1.32%	-5	-11,332	-4.0%
14.	Donald	1.33%	-2	+25,747	+10.4%
13.	Joseph	1.46%	0	+69,725	+30.3%
12.	Gary	1.61%	+2	+112,166	+51.5%
11.	Steven	1.63%	+18	+252,452	+311%
10.	Charles	1.76%	-3	-582	-0.2%
9.	Mark	1.86%	+45	+331,854	+654%
8.	Thomas	2.21%	0	+103,614	+29.5%
7.	Richard	2.61%	-2	+57,981	+12.1%
6.	William	2.88%	-2	+34,757	+6.2%
5.	David	3.75%	+1	+343,586	+80.6%
4.	John	3.89%	-1	+86,317	+12.1%
3.	Robert	4.05%	-1	+72,276	+9.5%
2.	Michael	4.08%	+7	+500,902	+149%
1.	James	4.11%	0	+48,009	+6.0%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
50.	Bonnie	0.42%	-17	-3,875	-4.5%
49.	Martha	0.42%	-19	-12,197	-12.8%
48.	Cindy	0.43%	+252	+78,510	+1,435%
47.	Peggy	0.43%	-5	+12,173	+16.9%
46.	Paula	0.43%	+32	+45,824	+117%
45.	Joan	0.43%	-21	-32,529	-27.6%
44.	Gail	0.43%	+9	+32,480	+61.1%
43.	Julie	0.44%	+101	+67,653	+355%
42.	Gloria	0.44%	-15	-18,348	-17.5%
41.	Ann	0.44%	-4	+10,249	+13.3%
40.	Connie	0.45%	+10	+32,196	+56.9%
39.	Theresa	0.45%	+45	+53,815	+150%
38.	Laura	0.48%	+49	+60,456	+172%
37.	Lisa	0.49%	+426	+93,099	+3,418%
36.	Beverly	0.50%	-5	+2,665	+2.8%
35.	Betty	0.52%	-24	-91,418	-47.0%
34.	Judith	0.55%	-25	-109,279	-50.1%
33.	Shirley	0.55%	-19	-62,973	-36.7%
32.	Catherine	0.55%	+13	+46,751	+75.3%
31.	Christine	0.57%	+20	+58,777	+108%
30.	Teresa	0.58%	+110	+94,954	+491%
29.	Joyce	0.58%	-10	-36,510	-24.1%
28.	Rebecca	0.59%	+38	+70,378	+155%
27.	Judy	0.60%	-12	-49,657	-29.6%
26.	Denise	0.63%	+188	+113,678	+1,125%
25.	Carolyn	0.63%	-13	-57,788	-31.8%
24.	Janice	0.68%	-1	+14,727	+12.4%
23.	Margaret	0.76%	-10	-23,442	-13.5%
22.	Kathy	0.80%	+66	+123,164	+354%
21.	Elizabeth	0.84%	+4	+49,107	+42.1%
20.	Janet	0.85%	+1	+36,765	+28.1%
19.	Cheryl	0.87%	+24	+100,431	+142%
18.	Brenda	1.06%	+8	+96,829	+86.1%
17.	Diane	1.07%	+5	+87,750	+71.4%
16.	Carol	1.13%	-11	-69,676	-23.8%
15.	Kathleen	1.14%	+3	+71,360	+46.6%
14.	Sharon	1.18%	-6	+11,573	+5.2%
13.	Pamela	1.20%	+26	+164,274	+225%
12.	Sandra	1.28%	-6	-13,942	-5.3%
11.	Cynthia	1.34%	+36	+205,369	+354%
10.	Donna	1.37%	+7	+104,810	+63.3%
9.	Nancy	1.45%	-2	+34,754	+13.8%
8.	Karen	1.69%	+8	+164,834	+98.3%
7.	Debra	1.73%	+295	+335,918	+6,187%
6.	Barbara	1.75%	-3	-79,544	-18.7%
5.	Deborah	2.18%	+63	+386,486	+877%
4.	Susan	2.22%	+6	+225,759	+106%
3.	Patricia	2.33%	+1	+48,274	+11.7%
2.	Linda	2.86%	0	+32,705	+6.2%
1.	Mary	3.17%	0	-14,461	-2.3%