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 peoples names and using both various public

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

Guess the most popular name in the United States?

Its James Smith - not surprising is it? James Smith has the distinction of a WhoScore equal to 1,000. The most popular womans name in the United States is Mary Smith; Mary Smith has a WhoScore of 793.3. To see more popular names with their respective WhoScores 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 or you can always simply enter any name in the search box, above.