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		 5.09% 0
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Robert		 4.78% 0
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William		 4.54% 0
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James		 4.43% 0
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Charles		 2.56% 0
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George		 2.43% 0
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Joseph		 2.28% 0
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Edward		 1.82% 0
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Richard		 1.56% +1
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Frank		 1.42% -1
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Thomas		 1.36% 0
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Donald		 1.33% +1
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Harold		 1.21% -1
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Paul		 1.15% 0
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Walter		 1.12% 0
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Raymond		 1.08% 0
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Henry		 1.00% 0
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Jack		 0.96% 0
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Arthur		 0.90% 0
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Albert		 0.88% 0
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Kenneth		 0.82% +1
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Harry		 0.81% -1
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Ralph		 0.75% 0
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David		 0.70% +1
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Eugene		 0.70% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.79% 0
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Dorothy		 3.02% 0
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Helen		 2.61% 0
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Margaret		 2.15% 0
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Ruth		 1.89% 0
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Betty		 1.68% +2
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Virginia		 1.54% -1
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Mildred		 1.32% -1
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Elizabeth		 1.22% +1
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Frances		 1.21% -1
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Doris		 1.11% +2
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Anna		 1.08% -1
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Evelyn		 1.07% -1
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Marie		 0.96% 0
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Alice		 0.90% 0
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Marjorie		 0.83% 0
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Irene		 0.82% +1
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Florence		 0.80% -1
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Lillian		 0.76% 0
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Jean		 0.73% +5
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Martha		 0.72% 0
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Louise		 0.71% 0
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Rose		 0.71% -3
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Catherine		 0.68% -1
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Gladys		 0.65% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States