The traditional number of names in the United States is three namesa first name a middle name and your family or last name.

Most common names america. 10 Alabama 2008 William. Male names Region year No. Joshua Arkansas 2008 Jacob.

Data from the 2010 Census tells a different story. While Smith remains the most common US. However there are many families who have a tradition of two middle names or no middle name at all.

We turned those numbers on first names and. 301 rows Name Frequency Approximate Number Rank. Americas most common surname by a mile is Smith 25 million Americans have it ahead of 2 million with the surname Johnson.

101 rows Since those are the countries from which many of Americas original settlers came its hardly surprising. Popular Given Names US 1801-1999. Nearly 3 million people have one of the more than 900 names in the searchable table below.

Surname for the first time two Hispanic. The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP version 1 standardized given names. Top Five Names for Births in 1921-2020.

25 Most Popular American Male Names 25 Most Popular American Female Names. The file lines consist of a name a comma and then the count of occurrences in the sample. Over the last 100 years the male name Michael has held the top spot most often 44 times while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 35 times over those years.