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		 5.97% 0
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William		 5.18% 0
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James		 4.10% 0
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George		 3.12% 0
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Charles		 2.64% 0
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Joseph		 2.39% +1
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Robert		 2.20% -1
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Frank		 2.08% 0
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Edward		 1.66% 0
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Henry		 1.62% 0
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Thomas		 1.57% 0
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Walter		 1.49% 0
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Harry		 1.38% 0
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Arthur		 1.15% +1
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Albert		 1.14% +1
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Willie		 1.12% -2
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Clarence		 1.04% +1
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Fred		 0.98% -1
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Paul		 0.80% 0
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Roy		 0.79% +1
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Harold		 0.79% -1
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Raymond		 0.77% +1
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Earl		 0.71% +5
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Carl		 0.71% +5
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Louis		 0.69% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.17% 0
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Helen		 2.06% 0
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Anna		 1.94% 0
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Margaret		 1.74% 0
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Ruth		 1.56% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.27% 0
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Marie		 1.24% +2
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Florence		 1.23% -1
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Ethel		 1.21% -1
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Lillian		 1.06% 0
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Gladys		 1.05% +10
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Alice		 1.01% +2
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Edna		 0.98% -1
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Mildred		 0.95% +6
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Grace		 0.94% +2
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Annie		 0.94% -5
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Emma		 0.93% -4
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Clara		 0.91% +1
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Bertha		 0.89% -3
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Rose		 0.87% -2
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Bessie		 0.86% -6
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Dorothy		 0.86% +5
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Hazel		 0.83% +6
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Mabel		 0.83% +2
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Frances		 0.82% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States