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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Earl		 0.67% -1
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Carl		 0.70% +1
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Raymond		 0.70% -1
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Harold		 0.73% -1
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Paul		 0.75% -1
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Roy		 0.79% -1
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Dewey		 0.84% +92
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Willie		 0.86% 0
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Clarence		 1.00% 0
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Albert		 1.07% -1
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Fred		 1.10% +1
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Arthur		 1.23% 0
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Walter		 1.52% -1
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Harry		 1.61% +1
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Henry		 1.62% -1
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Thomas		 1.64% +1
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Edward		 1.77% 0
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Frank		 2.21% -1
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Robert		 2.22% +1
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Joseph		 2.40% 0
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Charles		 2.69% 0
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George		 3.67% 0
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James		 4.03% 0
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William		 5.60% 0
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John		 6.18% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Martha		 0.80% +1
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Gertrude		 0.84% -1
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Mabel		 0.85% -1
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Frances		 0.87% +5
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Minnie		 0.88% 0
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Rose		 0.89% -1
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Hazel		 0.89% -1
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Annie		 0.90% +2
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Bertha		 0.96% -4
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Bessie		 0.97% +1
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Grace		 0.99% -1
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Clara		 1.00% +1
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Emma		 1.02% -3
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Edna		 1.03% 0
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Alice		 1.04% +5
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Lillian		 1.12% +1
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Marie		 1.25% 0
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Ethel		 1.29% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.34% -1
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Florence		 1.38% +1
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Ruth		 1.55% 0
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Margaret		 1.71% 0
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Helen		 1.91% 0
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Anna		 2.11% 0
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Mary		 5.26% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States