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Explore Name Popularity

Follow naming history through the decades and see how preferences vary across the United States.

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U.S. popularity counts come from Social Security card applications, grouped by year of birth; they are not a complete birth census. Counts below five for a spelling, sex, and year are withheld, so uncommon names may appear with gaps.