Top Surnames In Us. The following table shows the 100 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the last 100 years 1921 2020. These results mirror hitchswitchs 2018 list of popular last names with jones dethroning smith as the most common last name.
For each rank and sex the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. Though smith was the number one last name nationwide this surname saw the greatest prevalence in the eastern part of the country. According to census records going back.
Correction 25 september 2014.
These time tested popular names were taken from a universe that includes. Wang welcome wangs which booted lewis from the top 25 list. The century between 1820 and 1920 defined america as a nation of immigrants. The 25 most popular last names in the united states smith.