Das US-Volkszählungsamt veröffentlichte im April 2026 zum ersten Mal tabellarische Auflistungen der Vornamen nach Rasse. Während die am stärksten konzentrierten Namen in der schwarzen Gemeinschaft unverwechselbar sind, wie Latoya und Jermaine, sind die häufigsten Namen unter lebenden schwarzen Amerikanern James, Michael, Robert und John – nur eine Neuordnung der Top-Namen der weißen Amerikaner (Michael, John, James, Robert).
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source: [census 2020 first names and last names data](https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/2020-census-names-data.html)
tools: polars and python for processing; Svelte, SvelteKit, and d3 for the frontend.
blog post with sortable/searchable table, plus links to posts for other 5 ethnic communities in the census data: [https://nameplay.org/blog/black-american-names](https://nameplay.org/blog/black-american-names)
Willie, Roderick, Maurice? Sounds crazy white.
And white Americans are quickly moving to Brayden, Hayden, Kayden, and Smaden.
So Terrance is the whitest black guy name?
Baby boomer here. I went to a majority black elementary school in the 1950s and the black kids had pretty much the same names as the white kids back then. None of my classmates had names that would suggest their race.
I’m curious if the prevalence of common names like James, Robert and Michael is true even among the younger generations, or if this is just a reflection of how the older generations were named.
Where’s my white Terrell’s at?
These are all fine names except for Diamond. That’s a stripper name.
Who are the white Latoyas?
I want to meet the white parents that named their kids Ebony and Malik.
This makes it seem like there are a lot of white kids named Jamal. ??