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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 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  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
  11. #11Jessica1,050,729
  12. #12Helen1,024,202
  13. #13Nancy1,004,448
  14. #14Betty1,001,238
  15. #15Karen987,989
  16. #16Lisa967,229
  17. #17Anna914,859
  18. #18Emily896,487
  19. #19Sandra875,531
  20. #20Ashley859,857
  21. #21Kimberly846,393
  22. #22Ruth836,122
  23. #23Donna831,641
  24. #24Carol816,928
  25. #25Michelle816,510
  26. #26Laura801,811
  27. #27Amanda790,638
  28. #28Emma776,439
  29. #29Melissa760,128
  30. #30Rebecca755,992
  31. #31Stephanie745,148
  32. #32Deborah742,820
  33. #33Sharon723,024
  34. #34Kathleen713,645
  35. #35Cynthia711,453
  36. #36Amy701,631
  37. #37Shirley686,383
  38. #38Angela673,257
  39. #39Catherine667,789
  40. #40Virginia652,959
  41. #41Katherine650,926
  42. #42Evelyn639,756
  43. #43Brenda608,478
  44. #44Frances595,697
  45. #45Pamela595,076
  46. #46Nicole594,500
  47. #47Samantha592,847
  48. #48Alice588,147
  49. #49Christine586,465
  50. #50Rachel573,957
  51. #51Olivia567,345
  52. #52Maria566,111
  53. #53Carolyn556,777
  54. #54Janet556,776
  55. #55Martha551,741
  56. #56Debra550,695
  57. #57Marie540,077
  58. #58Grace534,935
  59. #59Victoria527,915
  60. #60Heather525,910
  61. #61Diane518,651
  62. #62Julie511,253
  63. #63Joyce509,332
  64. #64Rose500,586
  65. #65Joan481,238
  66. #66Christina479,718
  67. #67Julia476,250
  68. #68Lauren475,577
  69. #69Lillian475,028
  70. #70Kelly473,965
  71. #71Ann470,261
  72. #72Hannah465,685
  73. #73Doris462,548
  74. #74Jean458,436
  75. #75Kathryn455,423
  76. #76Judith454,714
  77. #77Charlotte453,433
  78. #78Mildred451,415
  79. #79Andrea445,419
  80. #80Megan440,065
  81. #81Cheryl439,539
  82. #82Sophia439,108
  83. #83Sara436,193
  84. #84Jacqueline426,088
  85. #85Madison419,806
  86. #86Isabella417,001
  87. #87Teresa416,044
  88. #88Gloria415,281
  89. #89Abigail413,263
  90. #90Janice406,448
  91. #91Theresa404,613
  92. #92Judy382,979
  93. #93Jane379,876
  94. #94Natalie379,062
  95. #95Beverly378,561
  96. #96Ruby376,570
  97. #97Amber374,690
  98. #98Marilyn373,791
  99. #99Denise373,422
  100. #100Danielle371,803

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  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
  11. #11Christopher2,069,596
  12. #12Daniel1,982,812
  13. #13Matthew1,654,075
  14. #14Anthony1,488,042
  15. #15George1,487,297
  16. #16Donald1,414,824
  17. #17Paul1,398,293
  18. #18Mark1,362,176
  19. #19Andrew1,329,454
  20. #20Edward1,303,594
  21. #21Steven1,293,124
  22. #22Kenneth1,283,974
  23. #23Joshua1,248,929
  24. #24Kevin1,184,507
  25. #25Brian1,173,735
  26. #26Timothy1,084,192
  27. #27Ronald1,082,247
  28. #28Jason1,052,030
  29. #29Jacob988,227
  30. #30Jeffrey979,601
  31. #31Ryan964,123
  32. #32Nicholas926,047
  33. #33Frank915,978
  34. #34Gary902,152
  35. #35Eric888,891
  36. #36Jonathan870,866
  37. #37Stephen864,739
  38. #38Benjamin826,830
  39. #39Samuel820,196
  40. #40Larry807,588
  41. #41Justin790,469
  42. #42Raymond779,794
  43. #43Scott774,997
  44. #44Brandon770,509
  45. #45Henry768,945
  46. #46Jack756,943
  47. #47Alexander736,123
  48. #48Gregory711,893
  49. #49Patrick686,590
  50. #50Walter631,172
  51. #51Dennis621,000
  52. #52Jerry615,102
  53. #53Aaron614,462
  54. #54Tyler603,970
  55. #55Jose592,512
  56. #56Peter589,588
  57. #57Nathan587,497
  58. #58Adam580,378
  59. #59Douglas560,013
  60. #60Zachary551,752
  61. #61Harold551,632
  62. #62Arthur548,729
  63. #63Noah529,602
  64. #64Carl504,827
  65. #65Albert491,861
  66. #66Ethan487,389
  67. #67Kyle485,780
  68. #68Lawrence461,170
  69. #69Christian453,968
  70. #70Joe453,255
  71. #71Willie450,188
  72. #72Gerald448,966
  73. #73Jeremy446,425
  74. #74Roger442,142
  75. #75Austin438,042
  76. #76Keith437,907
  77. #77Jesse432,428
  78. #78Terry424,523
  79. #79Harry423,866
  80. #80Sean423,637
  81. #81Dylan418,679
  82. #82Ralph414,018
  83. #83Roy408,638
  84. #84Louis406,470
  85. #85Jordan401,196
  86. #86Gabriel395,778
  87. #87Bryan389,589
  88. #88Logan387,999
  89. #89Bruce386,880
  90. #90Billy384,233
  91. #91Eugene380,708
  92. #92Elijah380,611
  93. #93Juan365,606
  94. #94Alan363,313
  95. #95Vincent363,296
  96. #96Russell359,780
  97. #97Liam358,536
  98. #98Wayne354,818
  99. #99Howard346,666
  100. #100Philip344,036