A Century of Names
A searchable database of first names, 1910 through 2015
Based on the records of the Social Security Administration
★THE TOP 100★
Results for
both males and females,
every state,
every year from 1910-2015
Rank |
Name |
Count |
1 |
James |
4,991,630 |
2 |
John |
4,875,229 |
3 |
Robert |
4,748,671 |
4 |
Michael |
4,344,538 |
5 |
William |
3,870,451 |
6 |
Mary |
3,757,252 |
7 |
David |
3,585,961 |
8 |
Richard |
2,545,886 |
9 |
Joseph |
2,503,403 |
10 |
Charles |
2,269,436 |
11 |
Thomas |
2,235,675 |
12 |
Christopher |
2,013,209 |
13 |
Daniel |
1,874,951 |
14 |
Patricia |
1,579,083 |
15 |
Matthew |
1,565,869 |
16 |
Elizabeth |
1,516,885 |
17 |
Jennifer |
1,468,478 |
18 |
Linda |
1,454,540 |
19 |
Barbara |
1,432,521 |
20 |
Anthony |
1,413,834 |
21 |
Donald |
1,408,279 |
22 |
Paul |
1,364,895 |
23 |
Mark |
1,347,732 |
24 |
George |
1,333,334 |
25 |
Steven |
1,278,855 |
26 |
Kenneth |
1,268,943 |
27 |
Andrew |
1,251,921 |
28 |
Edward |
1,220,043 |
29 |
Joshua |
1,184,575 |
30 |
Kevin |
1,165,637 |
31 |
Brian |
1,164,300 |
32 |
Margaret |
1,130,222 |
33 |
Susan |
1,113,868 |
34 |
Ronald |
1,080,765 |
35 |
Timothy |
1,064,849 |
36 |
Dorothy |
1,056,271 |
37 |
Jessica |
1,042,296 |
38 |
Jason |
1,021,203 |
39 |
Sarah |
1,017,663 |
40 |
Nancy |
988,520 |
41 |
Karen |
988,308 |
42 |
Betty |
987,850 |
43 |
Jeffrey |
973,921 |
44 |
Lisa |
966,674 |
45 |
Ryan |
926,377 |
46 |
Gary |
900,545 |
47 |
Helen |
899,431 |
48 |
Jacob |
881,178 |
49 |
Nicholas |
880,891 |
50 |
Sandra |
874,682 |
51 |
Eric |
872,438 |
52 |
Stephen |
852,151 |
53 |
Ashley |
849,102 |
54 |
Kimberly |
834,085 |
55 |
Donna |
829,792 |
56 |
Frank |
822,252 |
57 |
Jonathan |
821,857 |
58 |
Carol |
820,523 |
59 |
Michelle |
809,692 |
60 |
Larry |
805,166 |
61 |
Emily |
804,711 |
62 |
Amanda |
770,955 |
63 |
Scott |
768,074 |
64 |
Justin |
765,533 |
65 |
Laura |
750,113 |
66 |
Raymond |
749,944 |
67 |
Melissa |
748,886 |
68 |
Brandon |
747,394 |
69 |
Deborah |
740,799 |
70 |
Stephanie |
737,754 |
71 |
Rebecca |
733,312 |
72 |
Ruth |
732,420 |
73 |
Anna |
731,618 |
74 |
Sharon |
723,205 |
75 |
Gregory |
708,241 |
76 |
Cynthia |
707,397 |
77 |
Kathleen |
707,011 |
78 |
Samuel |
705,632 |
79 |
Benjamin |
693,719 |
80 |
Shirley |
689,215 |
81 |
Amy |
678,016 |
82 |
Patrick |
663,529 |
83 |
Angela |
659,808 |
84 |
Jack |
652,741 |
85 |
Alexander |
630,963 |
86 |
Virginia |
624,055 |
87 |
Jerry |
620,433 |
88 |
Dennis |
613,930 |
89 |
Catherine |
613,013 |
90 |
Brenda |
607,435 |
91 |
Katherine |
603,425 |
92 |
Pamela |
594,769 |
93 |
Henry |
593,397 |
94 |
Tyler |
586,510 |
95 |
Nicole |
582,805 |
96 |
Christine |
576,551 |
97 |
Walter |
562,036 |
98 |
Peter |
560,456 |
99 |
Aaron |
559,595 |
100 |
Samantha |
559,227 |
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