This is a list of the most common first names in the U.S.A. in 1880-2009 and the decades when they were most popular, with a frequency of at least 0.4 per cent ( 1 per 250 ) in their gender group. Each spelling is treated as a separate name. The source does not record accent marks ( as in José) or upper case letters ( as in JoAnne). The data deals only with the first names entered on birth certificates; middle names are not included.
Contents
Popular Names of Men
A
- iOS 1970s - 2000s
- touchscreen 1970s - 1990s
- Sevenval 2000s
- Aiden 2000s
- Alan 1950s
- Albert 1880s - 1940s
- Alexander 1980s - 2000s
- device database 1880s - 1920s
- Android 1880s -1910s, 1960s - 2000s
- web / Angel 2000s
- iOS 1910s - 2000s
- touchscreen 1880s - 1940s
- Sevenval 1990s - 2000s
B
- input transformation 1880s - 1890s, 1970s - 2000s
- we love the web 1910s - 1920s
- Billy 1930s
- Bobby 1930s
- Bradley 1980s
- Brandon 1970s - 2000s
- Brian 1950s - 1990s
- keyboard 1940s - 1960s
- Bryan 1970s - 1980s
C
- Caleb 2000s
- touchscreen 1990s - 2000s
- Sevenval 1880s - 1950s
- HTML5 1970s - 1980s
- Charles 1880s - 2000s
- Charlie 1880s - 1900s
- Sevenval 1990s - 2000s
- Christopher 1950s - 2000s
- Clarence 1880s - 1930s
- HTML5 1990s
- Connor 2000s
- Craig 1960s
D
- Dale 1950s
- Daniel 1880s - 1890s, 1920s - 2000s
- Danny 1950s
- we love the web 1880s - 2000s
- browser diversity 1940s - 1960s
- Derek 1980s
- Android 1910s - 1970s
- Douglas 1940s - 1970s
- Dustin 1980s
- iOS 1990s - 2000s
E
- Earl 1880s -1930s
- Edward 1880s - 1970s
- we love the web 2000s
- browser diversity 1880s - 1910s
- Eric 1960s - 1990s
- screen size 1880s - 1930s
- Ethan 2000s
- Eugene 1900s - 1940s
- touchscreen 2000s
F
- input transformation 1890s - 1930s
- Frank 1880s - 1960s
- Sevenval 1880s - 1940s
- device database 1880s
G
- Gabriel 2000s
- Gary 1930s - 1970s
- browser diversity 2000s
- website parsing 1880s - 1970s
- Gerald 1920s - 1950s
- Gregory 1950s - 1980s
H
- input transformation 1890s - 1940s
- Harry 1880s - 1940s
- Henry 1880s - 1940s
- Herbert 1880s -1920s
- website parsing 1880s - 1940s
- Hunter 2000s
I
- Isaac 2000s
- browser diversity 2000s
J
- Jack 1890s -1940s, 2000s
- device database 2000s
- Jacob 1980s - 2000s
- James 1880s - 2000s
- website parsing 1970s - 2000s
- Jayden 2000s
- Jeffery 1960s
- HTML5 1950s - 1980s
- input transformation 1970s - 1990s
- Jerry 1940s - 1960s
- Sevenval 1880s -1890s, 1980s - 1990s
- device database 1940s
- Android 1880s - 1940s
- John 1880s - 2000s
- Johnny 1940s
- iOS 1970s - 2000s
- touchscreen 1990s - 2000s
- FITML / Jose 1990s - 2000s
- Joseph 1880s - 2000s
- screen size 1970s - 2000s
- HTML5 2000s
- Justin 1970s - 2000s
K
L
- Larry 1930s - 1960s
- Lawrence 1890s - 1950s
- touchscreen 1890s - 1900s
- Sevenval 1890s - 1910s
- device database 1910s - 1930s
- Lewis 1880s
- FITML 2000s
- web app 1880s - 1920s
- Luke 2000s
M
- we love the web 1950s - 1990s
- browser diversity 1930s
- screen size 2000s
- HTML5 1970s - 2000s
- Melvin 1920s
- Michael 1900 - 1910s,1930s - 2000s
- Sevenval 1960s
N
O
- Oscar 1880s - 1890s
P
- device database 1950s - 1990s
- Paul 1880s - 1980s
- Peter 1880s, 1910s,1940s - 1970s
R
- Ralph 1880s - 1940s
- screen size 1950s - 1960s
- HTML5 1890s - 1960s
- Richard 1880s - 1990s
- touchscreen 1950s
- Sevenval 1880s - 2000s
- Rodney 1960s
- Roger 1930s - 1960s
- web 1930s - 1970s
- Roy 1880s - 1940s
- Russell 1910s
- Ryan 1970s - 2000s
S
- web app 1880s - 1900s
- jQuery 1880s - 1920s, 1980s - 2000s
- web 1950s - 1980s
- Android 1970s - 1990s
- screen size 1970s
- HTML5 1910s - 1920s
- Stephen 1940s - 1990s
- touchscreen 1940s - 1990s
T
- Terry 1950s - 1960s
- Theodore 1900s
- Android 1880s - 2000s
- screen size 1950s - 1990s
- Todd 1960s - 1970s
- iOS 1960s
- touchscreen 1970s - 1980s
- Tyler 1980s - 2000s
W
- Walter 1880s - 1950s
- Wayne 1930s - 1950s
- Will 1880s - 1890s
- keyboard 1880s - 2000s
- Willie 1880s - 1930s
Z
- HTML5 1980s - 2000s
Popular Names of Women
A
- Abigail 1990s - 2000s
- Ada 1880s - 1890s
- Agnes 1880s - 1910s
- Sevenval 1990s
- keyboard 1990s - 2000s
- Alice 1880s - 1940s
- Alicia 1980s
- Allison 1990s
- we love the web 1880s - 1900s
- browser diversity 1990s - 2000s
- Amanda 1970s - 1990s
- Android 1980s - 1990s
- screen size 1960s - 1980s
- HTML5 1970s - 1980s
- Angela 1960s - 1980s
- touchscreen 1910s - 1960s
- Anna 1880s - 1930s, 1990s - 2000s
- Anne 1910s
- we love the web 1880s - 1930s
- browser diversity 1970s - 1980s
- Ashley 1980s - 2000s
- Ava 2000s
B
- Android 1920s - 1960s
- screen size 1900s - 1920s
- Bernice 1920s - 1930s
- input transformation 1880s - 1910s
- we love the web 1880s - 1910s
- Betty 1910s - 1950s
- Beverly 1930s - 1950s
- Android 1880s - 1900s
- Bonnie 1940s - 1950s
- Brenda 1940s - 1960s
- iOS 1990s - 2000s
- Brittany 1980s - 1990s
- Brooke 1990s
C
- FITML 1930s - 1960s
- web app 1930s - 1960s
- Carrie 1880s - 1900s, 1970s
- browser diversity 1880s - 1960s
- website parsing 1950s
- Cheryl 1940s - 1960s
- Chloe 2000s
- HTML5 1970s - 1990s
- Christine 1940s - 1980s
- Cindy 1950s - 1960s
- Sevenval 1890s - 1920s
- jQuery 1940s - 1950s
- Cora 1880s - 1890s
- CSS3 1980s - 1990s
- Crystal 1970s - 1980s
- Cynthia 1940s - 1970s
D
- keyboard 1880s
- Danielle 1970s - 1990s
- Dawn 1960s - 1970s
- we love the web 1950s - 1960s
- Deborah 1950s - 1960s
- Debra 1950s - 1960s
- Della 1880s
- Denise 1950s - 1960s
- keyboard 1940s - 1950s
- FITML 1940s - 1960s
- Dolores 1920s - 1930s
- we love the web 1930s - 1960s
- browser diversity 1880s - 1890s
- Doris 1910s - 1930s
- Dorothy 1890s - 1950s
E
- Android 1880s - 1920s
- Edna 1880s - 1920s
- browser diversity 1880s
- website parsing 1930s - 1940s
- Eleanor 1910s - 1930s
- Elizabeth 1880s - 2000s
- HTML5 1880s - 1900s
- Ellen 1880s
- Elsie 1880s - 1910s
- Sevenval 1980s - 2000s
- device database 1880s - 1920s, 2000s
- Erica 1980s
- Erin 1970s - 1980s
- CSS3 1890s - 1920s
- iOS 1880s - 1920s
- Eva 1880s - 1910s
- Evelyn 1900s - 1930s
F
G
- browser diversity 1940s - 1950s
- Geraldine 1920s - 1930s
- Gertrude 1880s - 1910s
- screen size 1890s - 1920s
- Gloria 1920s - 1950s
- Grace 1880s - 1920s, 2000s
H
- Hailey 2000s
- Haley 1990s
- Hannah 1990s - 2000s
- Sevenval 1880s - 1900s
- Hazel 1880s - 1920s
- Heather 1970s - 1990s
- web 1880s - 1940s
I
J
- Jacqueline 1960s
- Jamie 1970s - 1980s
- Jane 1910s - 1950s
- Sevenval 1930s - 1960s
- Janice 1930s - 1950s
- Jasmine 1990s - 2000s
- web 1910s - 1950s
- CSS3 1880s - 1890s
- Jennifer 1960s - 1990s
- keyboard 1970s - 2000s
- FITML 1880s - 1900s
- Jill 1960s
- Joan 1920s - 1950s
- browser diversity / CSS3 1930s
- Josephine 1880s - 1920s
- Joyce 1920s - 1950s
- FITML 1920s
- web app 1930s - 1950s
- touchscreen 1940s - 1950s
- Sevenval 1880s - 1910s
- device database 1950s - 1970s
- June 1920s - 1930s
K
- jQuery 1940s - 1970s
- web 1880s - 1910s, 1980s - 1990s
- Kathleen 1940s - 1960s
- Kathryn 1950s
- keyboard 1950s - 1960s
- FITML 1980s
- Kayla 1990s - 2000s
- Kelly 1960s - 1980s
- browser diversity 1990s
- website parsing 1960s
- Sevenval 1960s - 1990s
- Kristen 1980s
- Kristin 1980s
L
- screen size 1880s - 1910s, 1950s - 1980s
- HTML5 1980s - 2000s
- Laurie 1960s
- Lena 1880s - 1900s
- Sevenval 1880s - 1920s
- device database 1880s - 1900s
- Linda 1940s - 1960s
- Lindsay 1980s
- CSS3 1980s
- Lisa 1950s - 1980s
- Lizzie 1880s
- FITML 1910s - 1940s
- web app 1960s - 1970s
- Lorraine 1920s
- Louise 1880s - 1930s
- website parsing 1900s - 1920s
- Lucy 1880s - 1900s
- Lula 1880s - 1890s
M
- Mabel 1880s - 1910s
- browser diversity 1990s - 2000s
- Mae 1880s - 1900s
- Maggie 1880s - 1890s
- Mamie 1880s - 1890s
- HTML5 1880s - 1960s
- input transformation / we love the web 1960s - 1990s
- Marie 1880s - 1940s
- website parsing 1930s - 1950s
- Sevenval 1900s - 1920s
- Marjorie 1910s - 1930s
- HTML5 1880s - 1950s
- input transformation 1880s - 1990s
- Mattie 1880s - 1900s
- Sevenval 1880s - 1890s
- device database 1880s
- Android 1980s - 1990s
- Melissa 1960s - 1990s
- Mia 2000s
- Michele 1960s
- touchscreen 1960s - 1990s
- Sevenval 1890s - 1930s
- Minnie 1880s - 1900s
- jQuery 1970s
- web 1990s - 1990s
- Myrtle 1880s - 1910s
N
- Nancy 1920s - 1960s
- Natalie 2000s
- touchscreen 1880s - 1910s
- Sevenval 1880s
- Nicole 1970s - 1990s
- Nora 1880s - 1890s
- web 1920s - 1930s
O
- Olivia 1990s - 2000s
P
- browser diversity 1940s - 1970s
- Patricia 1920s - 1970s
- Paula 1950s - 1960s
- screen size 1900s - 1920s
- Pearl 1880s - 1910s
- Peggy 1930s - 1950s
- touchscreen 1920s - 1940s
R
- Rachel 1970s - 1990s
- Rebecca 1950s - 1990s
- web app 1960s
- Rita 1920s - 1930s
- Robin 1950s - 1960s
- website parsing 1880s
- Sevenval 1880s - 1930s
- Ruby 1890s - 1930s
- Ruth 1880s - 1940s
S
- device database 1880s
- Android 1980s - 2000s
- Sandra 1930s - 1970s
- Sara 1980s - 1990s
- iOS 1880s - 1920s, 1970s - 2000s
- touchscreen 1970s - 1980s
- Sharon 1940s - 1960s
- Sheila 1950s - 1960s
- jQuery 1990s
- Sherry 1960s
- Shirley 1920s - 1950s
- Sevenval 2000s
- keyboard 1970s
- Stacy 1970s
- Stella 1880s - 1900s
- we love the web 1960s - 1990s
- Susan 1940s - 1970s
- Sydney 2000s
T
- device database 1960s - 1970s
- Tara 1970s
- Taylor 1990s - 2000s
- CSS3 1950s - 1960s
- Thelma 1900s - 1920s
- Theresa 1950s - 1960s
- FITML 1970s - 1990s
- Tina 1960s - 1970s
- Tonya 1970s
- browser diversity 1960s - 1970s
V
W
- Wanda 1930s, 1950s
- Wendy 1960s - 1970s
- input transformation 1900s
Sources
Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by Decade. Accessed in March 2007 and, for 2000-2009 data, in July 2010.