Top USA baby names over the last 100 years

The below table shows the 100 most popular baby names for boy and girl babies born during the last 100 years in the United States, 1913-2012. 

The table shows the baby name and the number of occurrences of that baby name. These time-tested popular names were taken from a universe that includes 167,739,520 baby boy births and 164,665,490 baby girl births.

So over the last 100 years James is the most popular boy baby name and Mary is the most popular girl baby name in the United States.

Baby boys

1. James - 4873553
2. John - 4758222
3. Robert - 4671697
4. Michael - 4260846
5. William - 3756007
6. David - 3523378
7. Richard - 2516204
8. Joseph - 2431138
9. Charles - 2208407
10. Thomas - 2190077
11. Christopher - 1971066
12. Daniel - 1821260
13. Matthew - 1522521
14. Donald - 1395331
15. Anthony - 1365244
16. Paul - 1342620
17. Mark - 1335840
18. George - 1290419
19. Steven - 1266350
20. Kenneth - 1251552
21. Andrew - 1210899
22. Edward - 1190576
23. Brian - 1152674
24. Joshua - 1150774
25. Kevin - 1141218
26. Ronald - 1072612
27. Timothy - 1052116
28. Jason - 1002840
29. Jeffrey - 967336
30. Gary - 897035
31. Ryan - 881205
32. Nicholas - 859739
33. Eric - 858523
34. Stephen - 841964
35. Jacob - 830530
36. Larry - 801104
37. Frank - 800588
38. Jonathan - 795190
39. Scott - 766308
40. Justin - 753163
41. Raymond - 734403
42. Brandon - 728678
43. Gregory - 701159
44. Samuel - 665311
45. Patrick - 652187
46. Benjamin - 648754
47. Jack - 619585
48. Dennis - 610710
49. Jerry - 604196
50. Alexander - 582186
51. Tyler - 557953
52. Douglas - 552435
53. Henry - 550208
54. Peter - 549164
55. Walter - 545888
56. Aaron - 535407
57. Jose - 529880
58. Adam - 519942
59. Harold - 516822
60. Zachary - 507330
61. Nathan - 494627
62. Carl - 471146
63. Kyle - 466208
64. Arthur - 463986
65. Gerald - 440934
66. Lawrence - 434635
67. Roger - 434079
68. Albert - 431302
69. Keith - 430339
70. Jeremy - 422557
71. Terry - 419945
72. Joe - 417873
73. Sean - 407064
74. Willie - 404641
75. Jesse - 386355
76. Ralph - 384463
77. Billy - 380310
78. Austin - 376166
79. Bruce - 375947
80. Christian - 372606
81. Roy - 369332
82. Bryan - 366762
83. Eugene - 359306
84. Louis - 354723
85. Harry - 348060
86. Wayne - 347297
87. Ethan - 339542
88. Jordan - 337961
89. Russell - 337854
90. Alan - 333250
91. Philip - 326130
92. Randy - 324725
93. Juan - 324576
94. Howard - 319484
95. Vincent - 313243
96. Bobby - 311414
97. Dylan - 311182
98. Johnny - 303915
99. Phillip - 299758
100. Craig - 297201

Baby girls

1. Mary - 3645781
2. Patricia - 1566802
3. Elizabeth - 1460672
4. Jennifer - 1459443
5. Linda - 1447002
6. Barbara - 1421004
7. Susan - 1108052
8. Margaret - 1088523
9. Jessica - 1036278
10. Dorothy - 1024035
11. Sarah - 994541
12. Karen - 982123
13. Nancy - 981504
14. Betty - 980934
15. Lisa - 963095
16. Sandra - 871582
17. Helen - 857164
18. Donna - 827921
19. Ashley - 827154
20. Kimberly - 822084
21. Carol - 813273
22. Michelle - 800803
23. Amanda - 768637
24. Emily - 764804
25. Melissa - 745052
26. Laura - 738694
27. Deborah - 737873
28. Stephanie - 730949
29. Rebecca - 726005
30. Sharon - 719879
31. Cynthia - 703517
32. Ruth - 702297
33. Kathleen - 701176
34. Anna - 692476
35. Shirley - 680656
36. Amy - 671450
37. Angela - 652592
38. Virginia - 611162
39. Brenda - 604886
40. Pamela - 593182
41. Catherine - 593060
42. Katherine - 583339
43. Nicole - 574004
44. Christine - 572546
45. Janet - 550890
46. Debra - 550055
47. Carolyn - 547502
48. Samantha - 543139
49. Rachel - 541755
50. Heather - 523040
51. Maria - 518036
52. Diane - 517192
53. Frances - 514461
54. Joyce - 503879
55. Julie - 503006
56. Martha - 481495
57. Joan - 477390
58. Evelyn - 476724
59. Kelly - 467580
60. Christina - 467139
61. Emma - 465196
62. Lauren - 452961
63. Alice - 450513
64. Judith - 449450
65. Marie - 445565
66. Doris - 444371
67. Ann - 443799
68. Jean - 443367
69. Victoria - 439620
70. Cheryl - 438855
71. Megan - 431928
72. Kathryn - 424467
73. Andrea - 417737
74. Jacqueline - 414116
75. Gloria - 407452
76. Teresa - 406093
77. Janice - 403866
78. Sara - 401184
79. Rose - 398300
80. Julia - 392296
81. Hannah - 386264
82. Theresa - 385471
83. Judy - 380750
84. Mildred - 376563
85. Grace - 375877
86. Beverly - 375705
87. Denise - 370422
88. Marilyn - 366422
89. Amber - 364623
90. Danielle - 360760
91. Brittany - 355030
92. Diana - 350713
93. Jane - 350665
94. Lori - 340153
95. Olivia - 334115
96. Tiffany - 332906
97. Kathy - 332831
98. Tammy - 331441
99. Crystal - 326134
100. Madison - 325505