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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John		 6.07% 0
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William		 5.28% 0
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James		 3.99% 0
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George		 3.49% 0
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Charles		 2.73% 0
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Joseph		 2.33% 0
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Robert		 2.27% 0
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Frank		 2.21% 0
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Edward		 1.65% 0
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Henry		 1.59% +1
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Thomas		 1.57% -1
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Walter		 1.52% +1
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Harry		 1.50% -1
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Arthur		 1.18% 0
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Albert		 1.05% +1
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Fred		 1.03% -1
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Clarence		 0.99% 0
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Willie		 0.95% 0
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Harold		 0.79% +3
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Roy		 0.79% 0
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Paul		 0.77% 0
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Raymond		 0.75% +1
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Earl		 0.71% +2
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Joe		 0.68% +5
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Carl		 0.67% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.32% 0
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Anna		 2.07% 0
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Helen		 2.04% 0
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Margaret		 1.72% 0
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Ruth		 1.58% 0
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Florence		 1.34% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.33% 0
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Marie		 1.28% +1
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Ethel		 1.21% -1
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Lillian		 1.09% 0
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Edna		 1.02% +1
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Alice		 1.02% -1
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Emma		 0.99% 0
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Clara		 0.99% 0
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Grace		 0.95% 0
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Bertha		 0.93% +1
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Mildred		 0.93% +11
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Annie		 0.93% 0
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Bessie		 0.92% -3
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Gladys		 0.90% +7
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Rose		 0.89% -1
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Mabel		 0.86% +1
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Gertrude		 0.85% +1
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Frances		 0.83% -2
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Minnie		 0.82% -4
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Popularity extremes for the United States