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		 6.06% 0
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William		 5.29% 0
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James		 4.47% 0
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George		 3.33% 0
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Charles		 2.53% 0
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Robert		 2.36% +1
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Joseph		 2.29% -1
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Frank		 2.15% 0
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Edward		 1.68% 0
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Henry		 1.61% 0
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Thomas		 1.58% 0
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Walter		 1.42% 0
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Harry		 1.40% 0
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Willie		 1.30% +4
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Arthur		 1.14% -1
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Albert		 1.07% -1
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Fred		 1.02% -1
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Clarence		 0.92% -1
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Paul		 0.79% +2
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Harold		 0.77% -1
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Roy		 0.75% -1
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Joe		 0.73% +2
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Raymond		 0.71% -1
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Richard		 0.70% +3
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Charlie		 0.69% +6
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.26% 0
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Helen		 2.00% +1
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Anna		 1.92% -1
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Margaret		 1.67% 0
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Ruth		 1.50% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.29% +1
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Florence		 1.23% -1
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Ethel		 1.23% +1
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Marie		 1.21% -1
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Lillian		 1.07% 0
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Annie		 1.05% +7
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Edna		 0.98% -1
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Emma		 0.97% 0
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Alice		 0.96% -2
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Bessie		 0.96% +4
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Bertha		 0.95% 0
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Grace		 0.93% -2
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Rose		 0.90% +3
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Clara		 0.89% -5
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Mildred		 0.88% -3
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Gladys		 0.86% -1
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Minnie		 0.84% +3
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Gertrude		 0.81% 0
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Pearl		 0.79% +3
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Mabel		 0.79% -3
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Popularity extremes for the United States