The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP (version 1) standardized given names. The file lines consist of a name, a comma, and then the count of occurrences in the sample. Names, separated by sex, are listed in descending order of popularity. For the Census samples, all standardized names that had at least 10 occurrences are listed. For the Social Security samples, all names listed in source (top 1000 names, actually a few more because of final ties in occurrences) are given after standardization.
For other name data, see the Given Names Frequency Project web site.
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Popular Given Names |
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Years of Birth |
Sample Size |
Counts |
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Census of 1850 |
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1801-1810 |
6363 |
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1811-1820 |
9125 |
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1821-1830 |
14365 |
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1831-1840 |
20553 |
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1841-1850 |
26154 |
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Census of 1880 |
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1841-1850 |
22665 |
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1851-1860 |
37776 |
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1861-1870 |
48686 |
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1871-1880 |
62645 |
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Census of 1920 |
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1871-1880 |
44008 |
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1881-1890 |
60750 |
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1891-1900 |
78755 |
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1901-1910 |
93799 |
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1911-1920 |
109595 |
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Social Security Samples |
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1900-1909 |
478619 |
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1910-1919 |
607746 |
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1920-1929 |
666392 |
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1930-1939 |
581628 |
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1940-1949 |
765997 |
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1950-1959 |
1003004 |
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1960-1969 |
969700 |
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1970-1979 |
843550 |
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1980-1989 |
938306 |
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1990-1999 |
882469 |
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Popular Given Names |
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Years of Birth |
Sample Size |
Counts |
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Census of 1850 |
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1801-1810 |
6457 |
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1811-1820 |
9348 |
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1821-1830 |
13969 |
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1831-1840 |
20344 |
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1841-1850 |
26433 |
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Census of 1880 |
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1841-1850 |
20862 |
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1851-1860 |
36188 |
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1861-1870 |
48000 |
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1871-1880 |
64041 |
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Census of 1920 |
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1871-1880 |
44885 |
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1881-1890 |
57597 |
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1891-1900 |
74109 |
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1901-1910 |
93468 |
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1911-1920 |
111696 |
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Social Security Samples |
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1900-1909 |
463073 |
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1910-1919 |
600922 |
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1920-1929 |
656685 |
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1930-1939 |
589315 |
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1940-1949 |
805466 |
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1950-1959 |
1056854 |
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1960-1969 |
1003067 |
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1970-1979 |
872355 |
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1980-1989 |
973698 |
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1990-1999 |
909288 |
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Ruggles, Steven, and Matthew Sobek et. al., Integrated Public Use Microdata Series: Version 2.0 (Minneapolis: Historical Census Projects, University of Minnesota, 1997).
Shackleford, Michael W., A.S.A., "Name Distributions in the Social Security Area," Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Actuary, Actuarial Note Number 139, originally published June 1998 (updated Oct. 2000).