# 2000 US Census First name and Surname Database

[From http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html](http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html)

## Files
- dist.all.last: contains a list of roughly 90,000 surnames recorded in the 1990 census
- dist.female.first: contains a list of 4,300 female given names
- dist.male.first: contains a list of 1,200 male given names

## Record Fields

- Name
- Frequency as a percentage
- Cumulative percentage
- Rank