Appendix:English given names (USA)

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.

Popular Names of Men

A

• Aaron 1970s - 2000s
• Adam 1970s - 1990s
• Aidan 2000s
• Aiden 2000s
• Alan 1950s
• Albert 1880s - 1940s
• Alexander 1980s - 2000s
• Alfred 1880s - 1920s
• Andrew 1880s -1910s, 1960s - 2000s
• Ángel / Angel 2000s
• Anthony 1910s - 2000s
• Arthur 1880s - 1940s
• Austin 1990s - 2000s

B

• Benjamin 1880s - 1890s, 1970s - 2000s
• Bernard 1910s - 1920s
• Billy 1930s
• Bobby 1930s
• Bradley 1980s
• Brandon 1970s - 2000s
• Brian 1950s - 1990s
• Bruce 1940s - 1960s
• Bryan 1970s - 1980s
• Byron 1880s

C

• Caleb 2000s
• Cameron 1990s - 2000s
• Carl 1880s - 1950s
• Cesar 2000s
• Chad 1970s - 1980s
• Charles 1880s - 2000s
• Charlie 1880s - 1900s
• Christian 1990s - 2000s
• Christopher 1950s - 2000s
• Clarence 1880s - 1930s
• Claude 1880s - 1910s
• Cody 1990s
• Connor 2000s
• Craig 1960s

D

• Dale 1950s
• Daniel 1880s - 1890s, 1920s - 2000s
• Danny 1950s
• David 1880s - 2000s
• Dennis 1940s - 1960s
• Derek 1980s
• Donald 1910s - 1970s
• Douglas 1940s - 1970s
• Dustin 1980s
• Dylan 1990s - 2000s

E

• Earl 1880s -1930s
• Edward 1880s - 1970s
• Elijah 2000s
• Elmer 1880s - 1910s
• Eric 1960s - 1990s
• Ernest 1880s - 1930s
• Ethan 2000s
• Eugene 1900s - 1940s
• Evan 2000s

F

• Francis 1890s - 1930s
• Frank 1880s - 1960s
• Fred 1880s - 1940s
• Frederick 1880s

G

• Gabriel 2000s
• Gary 1930s - 1970s
• Gavin 2000s
• George 1880s - 1970s
• Gerald 1920s - 1950s
• Gideon 1880s
• Gregory 1950s - 1980s

H

• Harold 1890s - 1940s
• Harry 1880s - 1940s
• Henry 1880s - 1940s
• Herbert 1880s -1920s
• Howard 1880s - 1940s
• Hunter 2000s

I

• Isaac 2000s
• Isaiah 2000s

J

• Jack 1890s -1940s, 2000s
• Jackson 2000s
• Jacob 1980s - 2000s
• James 1880s - 2000s
• Jason 1970s - 2000s
• Jayden 2000s
• Jeffery 1960s
• Jeffrey 1950s - 1980s
• Jeremy 1970s - 1990s
• Jerry 1940s - 1960s
• Jesse 1880s -1890s, 1980s - 1990s
• Jimmy 1940s
• Joe 1880s - 1940s
• John 1880s - 2000s
• Johnny 1940s
• Jonathan 1970s - 2000s
• Jordan 1990s - 2000s
• José / Jose 1990s - 2000s
• Joseph 1880s - 2000s
• Joshua 1970s - 2000s
• Juan 2000s
• Justin 1970s - 2000s

K

• Keith 1950s - 1970s
• Kenneth 1930s - 1980s
• Kevin 1950s - 2000s
• Kyle 1980s - 2000s

L

• Larry 1930s - 1960s
• Lawrence 1890s - 1950s
• Lee 1890s - 1900s
• Leo 1890s - 1910s
• Leonard 1910s - 1930s
• Lewis 1880s
• Liam 2000s
• Logan 2000s
• Louis 1880s - 1920s
• Luke 2000s

M

• Marcus 1980s
• Mark 1950s - 1990s
• Marvin 1930s
• Mason 2000s
• Matthew 1970s - 2000s
• Melvin 1920s
• Michael 1900 - 1910s,1930s - 2000s
• Mike 1960s
• Milo 1880s

N

• Nathan 1970s - 2000s
• Nicholas 1970s - 2000s
• Noah 2000s
• Norman 1910s - 1930s

O

• Oliver 1880s - 1930, 2000s
• Omar 1970s - 2000s
• Oscar 1880s - 2000s
• Otis 1880s - 1930s
• Otto 1880s - 1910s
• Owen 1880s - 1920s, 2000s

P

• Patrick 1950s - 1990s
• Paul 1880s - 1980s
• Pedro 1880s
• Peter 1880s, 1910s,1940s - 1970s
• Pierce 1990s

R

• Ralph 1880s - 1940s
• Randy 1950s - 1960s
• Raphael 1880s
• Raymond 1890s - 1960s
• Richard 1880s - 1990s
• Ricky 1950s
• Ritchie 1940s
• Robert 1880s - 2000s
• Rodney 1960s
• Roger 1930s - 1960s
• Ronald 1930s - 1970s
• Roy 1880s - 1940s
• Russell 1910s
• Ryan 1970s - 2000s

S

• Sam 1880s - 1900s
• Samuel 1880s - 1920s, 1980s - 2000s
• Scott 1950s - 1980s
• Sean 1970s - 1990s
• Sebastian 1990s
• Shawn 1970s
• Solomon 1880s
• Stanley 1910s - 1920s
• Stephen 1940s - 1990s
• Steven 1940s - 1990s

T

• Terry 1950s - 1960s
• Theodore 1900s
• Thomas 1880s - 2000s
• Timothy 1950s - 1990s
• Todd 1960s - 1970s
• Tony 1960s
• Travis 1970s - 1980s
• Tristan 2000s
• Tyler 1980s - 2000s

W

• Walter 1880s - 1950s
• Wayne 1930s - 1950s
• Wesley 2000s
• Will 1880s - 1890s
• William 1880s - 2000s
• Willie 1880s - 1930s

X

• Xavier 1990s - 2000s

Z

• Zachary 1980s - 2000s
• Zander 2000s

Popular Names of Women

A

• Abigail 1990s - 2000s
• Ada 1880s - 1890s
• Agnes 1880s - 1910s
• Alexandra 1990s
• Alexis 1990s - 2000s
• Alice 1880s - 1940s
• Alicia 1980s
• Allison 1990s
• Alma 1880s - 1900s
• Alyssa 1990s - 2000s
• Amanda 1970s - 1990s
• Amber 1980s - 1990s
• Amy 1960s - 1980s
• Anastasia 1880s
• Andrea 1970s - 1980s
• Angela 1960s - 1980s
• Ann 1910s - 1960s
• Anna 1880s - 1930s, 1990s - 2000s
• Anne 1910s
• Annie 1880s - 1930s
• April 1970s - 1980s
• Ashley 1980s - 2000s
• Ava 2000s

B

• Barbara 1920s - 1960s
• Beatrice 1900s - 1920s
• Bernice 1920s - 1930s
• Bertha 1880s - 1910s
• Bessie 1880s - 1910s
• Betty 1910s - 1950s
• Beverly 1930s - 1950s
• Blanche 1880s - 1900s
• Bonnie 1940s - 1950s
• Brenda 1940s - 1960s
• Brianna 1990s - 2000s
• Brittany 1980s - 1990s
• Brooke 1990s

C

• Carol 1930s - 1960s
• Carolyn 1930s - 1960s
• Carrie 1880s - 1900s, 1970s
• Catherine 1880s - 1960s
• Cathy 1950s
• Cheryl 1940s - 1960s
• Chloe 2000s
• Christina 1970s - 1990s
• Christine 1940s - 1980s
• Cindy 1950s - 1960s
• Clara 1890s - 1920s
• Claudia 1880s
• Connie 1940s - 1950s
• Cora 1880s - 1890s
• Courtney 1980s - 1990s
• Crystal 1970s - 1980s
• Cynthia 1940s - 1970s

D

• Daisy 1880s
• Danielle 1970s - 1990s
• Dawn 1960s - 1970s
• Debbie 1950s - 1960s
• Deborah 1950s - 1960s
• Debra 1950s - 1960s
• Delia 1880s
• Della 1880s
• Denise 1950s - 1960s
• Diana 1940s - 1950s
• Diane 1940s - 1960s
• Dolores 1920s - 1930s
• Donna 1930s - 1960s
• Dora 1880s - 1890s
• Doris 1910s - 1930s
• Dorothy 1890s - 1950s

E

• Edith 1880s - 1920s
• Edna 1880s - 1920s
• Effie 1880s
• Eileen 1880s
• Elaine 1930s - 1940s
• Eleanor 1910s - 1930s
• Elizabeth 1880s - 2000s
• Ella 1880s - 1900s
• Ellen 1880s
• Elsie 1880s - 1910s
• Emily 1980s - 2000s
• Emma 1880s - 1920s, 2000s
• Erica 1980s
• Erin 1970s - 1980s
• Esther 1890s - 1920s
• Ethel 1880s - 1920s
• Eva 1880s - 1910s
• Evelyn 1900s - 1930s

F

• Fannie 1880s - 1890s
• Florence 1880s - 1920s
• Frances 1880s - 1940s
• Francine 1940s

G

• Gail 1940s - 1950s
• Geraldine 1920s - 1930s
• Gertrude 1880s - 1910s
• Gladys 1890s - 1920s
• Gloria 1920s - 1950s
• Grace 1880s - 1920s, 2000s
• Gretchen 1990s

H

• Hailey 2000s
• Haley 1990s
• Hannah 1990s - 2000s
• Hattie 1880s - 1900s
• Hazel 1880s - 1920s
• Heather 1970s - 1990s
• Helen 1880s - 1940s

I

• Ida 1880s - 1910s
• Irene 1890s - 1930s
• Isabella 2000s

J

• Jacqueline 1960s
• Jamie 1970s - 1980s
• Jane 1910s - 1950s
• Janet 1930s - 1960s
• Janice 1930s - 1950s
• Jasmine 1990s - 2000s
• Jean 1910s - 1950s
• Jennie 1880s - 1890s
• Jennifer 1960s - 1990s
• Jessica 1970s - 2000s
• Jessie 1880s - 1900s
• Jill 1960s
• Joan 1920s - 1950s
• Joanne / JoAnne 1930s
• Josephine 1880s - 1920s
• Joyce 1920s - 1950s
• Juanita 1920s
• Judith 1930s - 1950s
• Judy 1940s - 1950s
• Julia 1880s - 1910s
• Julie 1950s - 1970s
• June 1920s - 1930s

K

• Karen 1940s - 1970s
• Katherine 1880s - 1910s, 1980s - 1990s
• Kathleen 1940s - 1960s
• Kathryn 1950s
• Kathy 1950s - 1960s
• Katie 1980s
• Kayla 1990s - 2000s
• Kelly 1960s - 1980s
• Kelsey 1990s
• Kim 1960s
• Kimberly 1960s - 1990s
• Kristen 1980s
• Kristin 1980s

L

• Laura 1880s - 1910s, 1950s - 1980s
• Lauren 1980s - 2000s
• Laurie 1960s
• Lena 1880s - 1900s
• Liberty 1880s
• Lillian 1880s - 1920s
• Lillie 1880s - 1900s
• Linda 1940s - 1960s
• Lindsay 1980s
• Lindsey 1980s
• Lisa 1950s - 1980s
• Lizzie 1880s
• Lois 1910s - 1940s
• Lori 1960s - 1970s
• Lorraine 1920s
• Louise 1880s - 1930s
• Lucille 1900s - 1920s
• Lucy 1880s - 1900s
• Lula 1880s - 1890s

M

• Mabel 1880s - 1910s
• Madison 1990s - 2000s
• Mae 1880s - 1900s
• Maggie 1880s - 1890s
• Mamie 1880s - 1890s
• Margaret 1880s - 1960s
• Maria / María 1960s - 1990s
• Marie 1880s - 1940s
• Marilyn 1930s - 1950s
• Marion 1900s - 1920s
• Marjorie 1910s - 1930s
• Martha 1880s - 1950s
• Mary 1880s - 1990s
• Mattie 1880s - 1900s
• Maude 1880s - 1890s
• May 1880s
• Megan 1980s - 1990s
• Melissa 1960s - 1990s
• Mia 2000s
• Michele 1960s
• Michelle 1960s - 1990s
• Mildred 1890s - 1930s
• Minerva 1880s
• Minnie 1880s - 1900s
• Monica 1970s
• Morgan 1990s - 1990s
• Myrtle 1880s - 1910s

N

• Nancy 1920s - 1960s
• Natalie 2000s
• Nellie 1880s - 1910s
• Nettie 1880s
• Nicole 1970s - 1990s
• Nora 1880s - 1890s
• Norma 1920s - 1930s

O

• Olive 1880s - 1890s
• Olivia 1990s - 2000s
• Opal 1900s - 1910s

P

• Pamela 1940s - 1970s
• Patricia 1920s - 1970s
• Paula 1950s - 1960s
• Pauline 1900s - 1920s
• Pearl 1880s - 1910s
• Peggy 1930s - 1950s
• Phyllis 1920s - 1940s

R

• Rachel 1970s - 1990s
• Rebecca 1950s - 1990s
• Rhonda 1960s
• Rita 1920s - 1930s
• Robin 1950s - 1960s
• Rosa 1880s
• Rose 1880s - 1930s
• Ruby 1890s - 1930s
• Ruth 1880s - 1940s

S

• Sadie 1880s
• Samantha 1980s - 2000s
• Sandra 1930s - 1970s
• Sara 1980s - 1990s
• Sarah 1880s - 1920s, 1970s - 2000s
• Shannon 1970s - 1980s
• Sharon 1940s - 1960s
• Sheila 1950s - 1960s
• Shelby 1990s
• Sherry 1960s
• Shirley 1920s - 1950s
• Sophia 2000s
• Stacey 1970s
• Stacy 1970s
• Stella 1880s - 1900s
• Stephanie 1960s - 1990s
• Susan 1940s - 1970s
• Sydney 2000s

T

• Tammy 1960s - 1970s
• Tara 1970s
• Tatiana 1990s
• Taylor 1990s - 2000s
• Teresa 1950s - 1960s
• Thelma 1900s - 1920s
• Theresa 1950s - 1960s
• Tiffany 1970s - 1990s
• Tina 1960s - 1970s
• Tonya 1970s
• Tracy 1960s - 1970s

V

• Vanessa 1980s
• Vicki 1950s
• Victoria 1990s - 2000s
• Viola 1890s - 1910s
• Virginia 1900s - 1950s

W

• Wanda 1930s, 1950s
• Wendy 1960s - 1970s
• Willie 1900s

Y

• Yesenia 1990s
• Yvonne 1930s - 1970s

Sources

Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by Decade. Accessed in March 2007 and, for 2000-2009 data, in July 2010.