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How popular is a name? The WhoScore!!

The whizzes at the WhoUSearchingFor research labs have combed through billions of public records, analyzing hundreds of millions of people's names and using both various public domain data sources combined with our own proprietary algorithms and people search data they have devised a unique index that scores the popularity of a name? We call this the WhoScore .

The WhoScore is a measure (index) of the frequency with which popular People's Names occur in the population of United States. The lowest WhoScore is 0 and the highest score is 1,000.

Guess the most popular name in the United States?

It's James Smith; not surprising is it. James Smith has the distinction of a WhoScore equal to 1,000. The most popular woman's name in the United States is Mary Smith; Mary Smith has a WhoScore of 793.3. To see more popular names and their WhoScore visit our popular index.

We have excluded many uncommon and less popular names from our People and Popular indexes. To search for less common names, browse our Last Name index or you can always simply enter any name in the search box.

Smith, James — Brown, David	1 — 40	Smith, Joseph — Moore, Robert	41 — 80
Smith, Daniel — Garcia, John	81 — 120	Moore, Mary — Rodriguez, John	121 — 160
Smith, Brian — Davis, Joseph	161 — 200	Smith, Nancy — Smith, Sandra	201 — 240
Johnson, Steven — Miller, Joseph	241 — 280	Lewis, Mary — Baker, James	281 — 320
Clark, William — Thomas, Richard	321 — 360	Jackson, Richard — King, Mary	361 — 400
King, Michael — Jones, Margaret	401 — 440	Brown, Margaret — Johnson, Carol	441 — 480
Thompson, Richard — Stewart, James	481 — 520	Johnson, Eric — White, Charles	521 — 560
Johnson, Sharon — Perez, Mary	561 — 600	Brown, Matthew — Morris, Robert	601 — 640
Cook, John — Jones, Jose	641 — 680	Johnson, Cynthia — Brown, Jeffrey	681 — 720
Jones, Jeffrey — Davis, Brian	721 — 760	Torres, John — Parker, David	761 — 800
Lewis, Charles — Anderson, Patricia	801 — 840	Thomas, Patricia — Bennett, John	841 — 880
Price, John — Ross, James	881 — 920	Hill, Richard — Smith, Terry	921 — 960
Smith, Justin — Morris, William	961 — 1000	Moore, Barbara — Williams, Virginia	1001 — 1040
Williams, Rebecca — Richardson, Michael	1041 — 1080	Davis, Jose — Moore, George	1081 — 1120
Morgan, William — Ward, Mary	1121 — 1160	Torres, Mary — Thompson, Linda	1161 — 1200
Griffin, James — Smith, Theresa	1201 — 1240	Garcia, Patricia — Hamilton, John	1241 — 1280
Kelly, Michael — Thompson, Barbara	1281 — 1320	Jones, Kathleen — Miller, Jose	1321 — 1360
Gray, William — Williams, Douglas	1361 — 1400	Brown, Martha — Martin, George	1401 — 1440
Peterson, David — Coleman, Michael	1441 — 1480	Henderson, Michael — Wilson, Ronald	1481 — 1520
Johnson, Ashley — Anderson, Edward	1521 — 1560	Davis, Kimberly — Brown, Carolyn	1561 — 1600