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The Most Common Names
in America |
Here, taken from
the 1990 US Census Bureau, are the fifty most common
surnames, plus the 25 most common male and female names, for people
living in the United States in 1990:
| 1. Smith | 11. Anderson | 21. Clark | 31. Wright | 41. Mitchell |
| 2. Johnson | 12. Thomas | 22. Rodriguez | 32. Lopez | 42. Perez |
| 3. Williams | 13. Jackson | 23. Lewis | 33. Hill | 43. Roberts |
| 4. Jones | 14. White | 24. Lee | 34. Scott | 44. Turner |
| 5. Brown | 15. Harris | 25. Walker | 35. Green | 45. Phillips |
| 6. Davis | 16. Martin | 26. Hall | 36. Adams | 46. Campbell |
| 7. Miller | 17. Thompson | 27. Allen | 37. Baker | 47. Parker |
| 8. Wilson | 18. Garcia | 28. Young | 38. Gonzalez | 48. Evans |
| 9. Moore | 19. Martinez | 29. Hernandez | 39. Nelson | 49. Edwards |
| 10. Taylor | 20. Robinson | 30. King | 40. Carter | 50. Collins |
| 1. James | 11. Christopher | 21. Ronald | 1. Mary | 11. Lisa | 21. Michelle | |
| 2. John | 12. Daniel | 22. Anthony | 2. Patricia | 12. Nancy | 22. Laura | |
| 3. Robert | 13. Paul | 23. Kevin | 3. Linda | 13. Karen | 23. Sarah | |
| 4. Michael | 14. Mark | 24. Jason | 4. Barbara | 14. Betty | 24. Kimberly | |
| 5. William | 15. Donald | 25. Jeff | 5. Elizabeth | 15. Helen | 25. Deborah | |
| 6. David | 16. George | 6. Jennifer | 16. Sandra | |||
| 7. Richard | 17. Kenneth | 7. Maria | 17. Donna | |||
| 8. Charles | 18. Steven | 8. Susan | 18. Carol | |||
| 9. Joseph | 19. Edward | 9. Margaret | 19. Ruth | |||
| 10. Thomas | 20. Brian | 10. Dorothy | 20. Sharon |