Stacker's Most Popular Baby Names in the Last 100 Years, Ranked

"Numerous studies have shown that names can impact a person's level of career success along with their likelihood of getting a job. There have also been cases where judges have had to legally intervene and prevent attempted name changes on the grounds of abuse, confusion, or simply being too bizarre. Stacker combed through Social Security Administration data, examining births from 1920 to 2019 (most recent data), and the corresponding names given to newborns. All names are from Social Security card applications for births within the U.S., and the top 50 for each gender are ranked according to their popularity within the total births over the past 100 years. Keep reading to discover the most popular baby names in the last 100 years—and if yours made the cut." - stacker.com

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