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The most popular names of all time

Each name's US births since 1880, added up. SSA only publishes a name in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so the totals count those years. Pick any name to see its whole story.

Top 10 girls' names

  1. #1Mary4,141,481
  2. #2Elizabeth1,688,757
  3. #3Patricia1,573,623
  4. #4Jennifer1,471,703
  5. #5Linda1,455,143
  6. #6Barbara1,436,695
  7. #7Margaret1,264,774
  8. #8Susan1,123,481
  9. #9Dorothy1,112,231
  10. #10Sarah1,098,498

Top 10 boys' names

  1. #1James5,250,638
  2. #2John5,182,633
  3. #3Robert4,849,730
  4. #4Michael4,426,753
  5. #5William4,199,696
  6. #6David3,676,654
  7. #7Joseph2,669,490
  8. #8Richard2,577,552
  9. #9Charles2,434,659
  10. #10Thomas2,358,576