This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.

Postal Service data

The United States Postal Service has published a list of the most common city and post office names within the United States, as of 2020:

All place names

Washington (91)

Franklin (51)

Clinton (40)

Arlington (38)

Centerville (38)

Georgetown (35)

Lebanon (35)

(35)

Fairview (33)

Chester (32)

Greenville (31)

Madison (30)

Bristol (29)

Salem (29)

Dayton (28)

Dover (28)

Oakland (27)

Winchester (27)

Milton (26)

Newport (25)

Riverside (25)

Ashland (24)

Bloomington (23)

Burlington (23)

Jackson (23)

Manchester (23)

Oxford (23)

Milford (22)

Clayton (20)

Hudson (20)

Kingston (20)

Auburn (19)

Lexington (19)

Mount Vernon (19)

Cleveland (18)