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		 5.88% 0
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William		 4.88% 0
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James		 4.24% 0
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George		 3.06% 0
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Charles		 2.48% 0
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Joseph		 2.41% +1
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Robert		 2.35% -1
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Frank		 2.05% 0
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Edward		 1.75% 0
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Thomas		 1.52% +1
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Henry		 1.49% -1
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Walter		 1.42% 0
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Harry		 1.27% 0
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Willie		 1.12% 0
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Arthur		 1.11% 0
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Albert		 1.03% 0
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Clarence		 0.98% 0
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Fred		 0.93% 0
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Paul		 0.84% +1
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Harold		 0.82% -1
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Raymond		 0.81% 0
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Roy		 0.75% 0
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Carl		 0.70% +1
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Joe		 0.69% -1
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Louis		 0.69% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.13% 0
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Helen		 2.20% 0
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Anna		 1.83% 0
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Margaret		 1.81% 0
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Ruth		 1.62% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.34% 0
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Marie		 1.25% +1
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Florence		 1.25% -1
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Ethel		 1.17% 0
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Mildred		 1.11% +4
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Dorothy		 1.11% +4
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Alice		 1.08% -2
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Lillian		 1.07% -2
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Gladys		 0.96% -2
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Edna		 0.96% -2
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Grace		 0.94% +1
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Annie		 0.92% -1
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Rose		 0.89% +2
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Frances		 0.85% +4
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Clara		 0.84% +1
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Bessie		 0.84% -2
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Bertha		 0.83% 0
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Emma		 0.83% -5
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Gertrude		 0.81% +3
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Mabel		 0.78% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States