The American name list contains 101.266 first names categorized by gender. This page shows the top 10 list of most popular names found on United States social media.
Most countries in North America are very well organised and have great open data initiatives. In United States we received a name and gender database from the American government and merged it with publicly available data sets. To validate all names and create the American name list we used a sample of 4.775.359 public social media profiles from United States. On the about page we have a detailed explanation of our methodology and illustrate our approach with several examples.
Popular American first names for men
| First name | Percentage*1 | Alternative countries*2 | |
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| Michael | 1.8% |
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| John | 1.6% |
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| David | 1.6% |
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| Chris | 1.5% |
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| Mike | 1.1% |
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| James | 1.0% |
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| Matt | 1.0% |
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| Mark | 0.9% |
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| Ryan | 0.9% |
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| Brian | 0.9% |
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- *1 The Frequency and Percentage are based on 4.775.359 American social media profiles from which 2.776.488 (58%) is male.
- *2 Alternative countries are countries where this first name also is used. They are sorted on popularity.
Popular American first names for women
| First name | Percentage*1 | Alternative countries*2 | |
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| Sarah | 1.0% |
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| Jennifer | 1.0% |
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| Jessica | 0.9% |
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| Lisa | 0.7% |
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| Ashley | 0.7% |
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| Michelle | 0.7% |
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| Emily | 0.7% |
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| Amanda | 0.7% |
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| Laura | 0.7% |
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| Amy | 0.6% |
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- *1 The Frequency and Percentage are based on 4.775.359 American social media profiles from which 1.998.871 (42%) is female.
- *2 Alternative countries are countries where this first name also is used. They are sorted on popularity.