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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Louis		 0.69% 0
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Carl		 0.72% 0
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Joe		 0.72% +4
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Roy		 0.76% -2
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Raymond		 0.80% +1
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Paul		 0.80% -1
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Harold		 0.81% +2
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Fred		 0.97% 0
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Clarence		 0.97% 0
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Albert		 1.04% -1
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Arthur		 1.12% -1
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Willie		 1.18% +2
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Harry		 1.32% 0
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Walter		 1.40% 0
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Thomas		 1.61% 0
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Henry		 1.62% 0
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Edward		 1.73% 0
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Frank		 2.08% 0
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Joseph		 2.33% -1
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Robert		 2.40% +1
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Charles		 2.53% 0
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George		 3.18% 0
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James		 4.21% 0
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William		 4.98% 0
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John		 5.96% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Hazel		 0.80% -2
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Mabel		 0.81% -1
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Frances		 0.83% +2
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Bertha		 0.85% -3
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Clara		 0.87% -3
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Rose		 0.87% 0
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Bessie		 0.87% +2
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Emma		 0.90% -1
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Grace		 0.94% -2
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Annie		 0.95% 0
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Dorothy		 0.97% +7
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Mildred		 0.98% 0
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Edna		 0.98% 0
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Gladys		 1.00% -1
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Lillian		 1.09% -1
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Alice		 1.12% +2
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Ethel		 1.18% 0
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Marie		 1.22% -1
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Florence		 1.25% +1
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Elizabeth		 1.32% 0
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Ruth		 1.56% 0
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Margaret		 1.79% 0
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Anna		 1.89% 0
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Helen		 2.13% 0
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Mary		 5.17% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States