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Popular baby names in the West
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Leading boy name
Michael
768,516 recorded births
Leading girl name
Mary
342,475 recorded births
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Boy names
| Name | Rank | Recorded births |
|---|---|---|
| Michael | 1 | 768,516 |
| David | 2 | 669,211 |
| Robert | 3 | 660,728 |
| John | 4 | 602,008 |
| James | 5 | 571,765 |
| William | 6 | 445,285 |
| Daniel | 7 | 438,842 |
| Richard | 8 | 409,087 |
| Christopher | 9 | 389,530 |
| Joseph | 10 | 332,530 |
| Matthew | 11 | 323,997 |
| Anthony | 12 | 292,190 |
| Thomas | 13 | 269,346 |
| Andrew | 14 | 269,071 |
| Joshua | 15 | 268,480 |
| Steven | 16 | 267,861 |
| Mark | 17 | 238,807 |
| Charles | 18 | 234,589 |
| Jose | 19 | 229,270 |
| Kevin | 20 | 229,045 |
| Ryan | 21 | 227,217 |
| Jacob | 22 | 222,615 |
| Brian | 23 | 221,410 |
| Jason | 24 | 217,088 |
| Paul | 25 | 194,797 |
| Jonathan | 26 | 194,458 |
| Eric | 27 | 191,005 |
| Kenneth | 28 | 181,554 |
| Donald | 29 | 177,338 |
| Alexander | 30 | 176,457 |
| Nicholas | 31 | 175,643 |
| Brandon | 32 | 170,327 |
| Benjamin | 33 | 166,956 |
| Jeffrey | 34 | 163,330 |
| Timothy | 35 | 162,554 |
| Justin | 36 | 162,025 |
| Ronald | 37 | 159,673 |
| George | 38 | 156,771 |
| Gary | 39 | 153,435 |
| Scott | 40 | 152,215 |
| Aaron | 41 | 150,834 |
| Edward | 42 | 143,985 |
| Samuel | 43 | 143,015 |
| Nathan | 44 | 142,969 |
| Jack | 45 | 133,958 |
| Juan | 46 | 131,069 |
| Tyler | 47 | 130,031 |
| Stephen | 48 | 124,758 |
| Patrick | 49 | 119,793 |
| Frank | 50 | 119,564 |
| Gabriel | 51 | 117,761 |
| Gregory | 52 | 116,392 |
| Noah | 53 | 116,254 |
| Adam | 54 | 115,552 |
| Ethan | 55 | 114,703 |
| Christian | 56 | 114,679 |
| Raymond | 57 | 112,134 |
| Jesus | 58 | 111,414 |
| Larry | 59 | 111,188 |
| Luis | 60 | 111,160 |
| Kyle | 61 | 109,110 |
| Angel | 62 | 108,367 |
| Carlos | 63 | 107,622 |
| Zachary | 64 | 105,402 |
| Sean | 65 | 101,068 |
| Jesse | 66 | 100,700 |
| Dennis | 67 | 99,013 |
| Henry | 68 | 98,982 |
| Adrian | 69 | 96,017 |
| Dylan | 70 | 94,868 |
| Isaac | 71 | 94,829 |
| Bryan | 72 | 94,619 |
| Douglas | 73 | 92,984 |
| Victor | 74 | 89,305 |
| Jordan | 75 | 89,048 |
| Jeremy | 76 | 88,494 |
| Peter | 77 | 87,835 |
| Austin | 78 | 86,709 |
| Julian | 79 | 83,751 |
| Jerry | 80 | 83,343 |
| Manuel | 81 | 82,763 |
| Logan | 82 | 82,071 |
| Elijah | 83 | 81,384 |
| Miguel | 84 | 77,902 |
| Liam | 85 | 77,439 |
| Joe | 86 | 77,218 |
| Alan | 87 | 76,970 |
| Lucas | 88 | 68,947 |
| Arthur | 89 | 68,683 |
| Alex | 90 | 68,677 |
| Mason | 91 | 68,010 |
| Isaiah | 92 | 67,933 |
| Sebastian | 93 | 67,910 |
| Cody | 94 | 67,203 |
| Ian | 95 | 66,536 |
| Martin | 96 | 66,445 |
| Travis | 97 | 65,449 |
| Luke | 98 | 65,362 |
| Vincent | 99 | 65,081 |
| Alejandro | 100 | 64,840 |
Girl names
| Name | Rank | Recorded births |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | 1 | 342,475 |
| Jennifer | 2 | 303,769 |
| Elizabeth | 3 | 246,026 |
| Jessica | 4 | 237,617 |
| Patricia | 5 | 209,031 |
| Linda | 6 | 208,705 |
| Michelle | 7 | 191,581 |
| Sarah | 8 | 181,908 |
| Emily | 9 | 180,380 |
| Ashley | 10 | 174,727 |
| Barbara | 11 | 168,693 |
| Stephanie | 12 | 167,082 |
| Susan | 13 | 166,829 |
| Lisa | 14 | 164,141 |
| Karen | 15 | 162,431 |
| Kimberly | 16 | 158,060 |
| Maria | 17 | 154,654 |
| Melissa | 18 | 149,125 |
| Samantha | 19 | 139,540 |
| Amanda | 20 | 139,038 |
| Sandra | 21 | 138,771 |
| Nancy | 22 | 137,477 |
| Nicole | 23 | 132,246 |
| Laura | 24 | 131,723 |
| Rebecca | 25 | 130,461 |
| Cynthia | 26 | 127,903 |
| Emma | 27 | 126,595 |
| Olivia | 28 | 117,843 |
| Margaret | 29 | 116,632 |
| Victoria | 30 | 115,149 |
| Carol | 31 | 113,125 |
| Amy | 32 | 112,930 |
| Sophia | 33 | 112,096 |
| Andrea | 34 | 112,081 |
| Julie | 35 | 111,412 |
| Katherine | 36 | 110,517 |
| Christina | 37 | 110,277 |
| Kathleen | 38 | 109,658 |
| Angela | 39 | 109,041 |
| Rachel | 40 | 107,242 |
| Sharon | 41 | 106,859 |
| Isabella | 42 | 103,898 |
| Donna | 43 | 103,642 |
| Heather | 44 | 101,191 |
| Natalie | 45 | 100,011 |
| Christine | 46 | 96,883 |
| Diana | 47 | 96,248 |
| Anna | 48 | 96,168 |
| Evelyn | 49 | 95,637 |
| Deborah | 50 | 94,892 |
| Betty | 51 | 91,011 |
| Megan | 52 | 89,885 |
| Vanessa | 53 | 89,241 |
| Mia | 54 | 88,308 |
| Hannah | 55 | 86,887 |
| Pamela | 56 | 85,638 |
| Debra | 57 | 85,623 |
| Dorothy | 58 | 84,161 |
| Abigail | 59 | 83,840 |
| Helen | 60 | 83,178 |
| Janet | 61 | 83,120 |
| Brenda | 62 | 82,879 |
| Amber | 63 | 82,045 |
| Kelly | 64 | 81,013 |
| Madison | 65 | 79,373 |
| Lauren | 66 | 79,359 |
| Alyssa | 67 | 79,323 |
| Danielle | 68 | 78,273 |
| Jacqueline | 69 | 78,185 |
| Diane | 70 | 77,346 |
| Teresa | 71 | 76,261 |
| Grace | 72 | 76,130 |
| Catherine | 73 | 75,941 |
| Sara | 74 | 75,052 |
| Alexis | 75 | 74,860 |
| Virginia | 76 | 74,605 |
| Shirley | 77 | 71,702 |
| Denise | 78 | 71,337 |
| Ruth | 79 | 71,065 |
| Crystal | 80 | 71,058 |
| Cheryl | 81 | 70,470 |
| Julia | 82 | 70,406 |
| Charlotte | 83 | 70,146 |
| Leslie | 84 | 68,758 |
| Monica | 85 | 68,634 |
| Kathryn | 86 | 68,498 |
| Alice | 87 | 67,820 |
| Jasmine | 88 | 67,578 |
| Valerie | 89 | 67,218 |
| Tiffany | 90 | 66,948 |
| Kayla | 91 | 65,196 |
| Gloria | 92 | 64,186 |
| Shannon | 93 | 63,408 |
| Erin | 94 | 61,895 |
| Taylor | 95 | 61,470 |
| Ava | 96 | 61,365 |
| Melanie | 97 | 61,226 |
| Brianna | 98 | 60,945 |
| Cindy | 99 | 60,707 |
| Lori | 100 | 60,548 |