Sunday, February 20, 2005

Most Common Names in America

OK, so this isn't exactly breaking news, but I thought that it was kind of interesting.

The US Census Bureau provides details on the most common names in the USA.

I looked up my last name (Larkin), and found that it is the 1,421st most common name and is used by .009% of Americans.

Here are the top 10.

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Last Name
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1. SMITH
2. JOHNSON
3. WILLIAMS
4. JONES
5. BROWN
6. DAVIS
7. MILLER
8. WILSON
9. MOORE
10. TAYLOR

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Female First Name
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1. MARY
2. PATRICIA
3. LINDA
4. BARBARA
5. ELIZABETH
6. JENNIFER
7. MARIA
8. SUSAN
9. MARGARET
10. DOROTHY

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Male First Name
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1. JAMES
2. JOHN
3. ROBERT
4. MICHAEL
5. WILLIAM
6. DAVID
7. RICHARD
8. CHARLES
9. JOSEPH
10. THOMAS

Nearly a quarter of all men in America have one of the top 10 names.

Buford is the 755th most popular name, but Festus didn't make the list at all. :-(

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