What is the most frequent street name in the United States?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's statistics, collected in 1993, the most widespread street name in the USA is Second (or "2nd") Street. The are 10.866 Second (2nd) Streets in the country! Such a great quantity makes this street name the most common in the U.S.A.
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160 Comments
Shawn Kennedy
WRONG. MAIN Street IS the most common.
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Feb 24, 2016 4:33PM
Kristi Stevens
Look it up. I researched multiple sites that states 2nd/Second Street is the the most common.
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Feb 26, 2016 3:27AM
Don Cohen
I would have thought there wouldn't be a second without a first.
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Mar 7, 2016 10:16PM
Larry Freeman
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Mar 8, 2016 12:41AM
Tara Stainton
Most 1st St./ First St. Have been renamed Main St. That is why 2nd St. Is the most commonly used street name.
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Mar 7, 2016 10:23PM
Chris Lee
Larry Wernle The more you think about it, the more that makes sense, right? I guessed, but my rationale was exactly as you state...1st streets, or Main streets, have been renamed to honor something or someone, in many towns and cities.
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Mar 7, 2016 11:12PM
Larry Wernle
shawn, Your CAPS don't MAKE you RIGHT. Per Census Bureau, it is 2nd street, because some 1st streets have been renamed.
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Mar 7, 2016 11:03PM
Mark A. Plough
Think about it Main Street is not the most common. "Mainly" because most cities main street have names like Broadway, name of town street, founders name. highway name, etc., but almost every town has a 2nd street when laid out in a grid plan. I can bet I have been through more towns than the average person after driving semi cross country for 20+ years.
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Mar 8, 2016 8:17PM
Karen Copus
After looking at several research sites..... I say MAIN ST !!
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May 9, 2023 11:24AM
Stephen Forest
For some reason there are not as many 1st. streets as 2nd streets. I think it's because the first street is often called Main Street?
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May 4, 2023 11:13PM
Charles Borg
Overall, researchers say these are the top 10 most common street names in the U.S.:
Main Street
2nd Street
3rd Street
4th Street
5th Street
6th Street
7th Street
1st Street.
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Mar 28, 2023 12:31AM
Patty K
In Mifflin, Ohio, most of the streets are named after states, so Main Street is Maine Street
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Mar 17, 2023 9:40AM
earlepg
Sylvia Williams, I agree. Out of 96.5K, 78.6% of us were too brilliant. It was fortunate for me that I went ahead and used the double chance.
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Dec 15, 2022 5:42AM
Bank-Robber
Strange Main street wasn't most popular. I live on first street and it ends up second street is most popular!!!
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Nov 29, 2022 7:25AM
mgcilibrasi
Main Street is the commons name
following Washington Street
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Mar 8, 2019 11:40PM
kpkennedy
1st Street and main Street are synonymous in a lot of cities. So that would most likely make main Street the most common.
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Mar 8, 2019 3:10PM
thevoyers
Maybe in a city sized community, but overall I would say Main St. Is the most popular.
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Mar 6, 2019 8:41AM
skipsmart
It’s Park St!
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Mar 5, 2019 2:04AM
Zeke Otsuka
Lynne Zeman, The way it was explained to me was; For every area that uses numbers for streets, some might change first Street to a named street, like, Main Street, for example. But rarely, will subsequent streets, like 2nd Street, be changed. Even if it's just one town UT of 1000, that still leaves 1000 2nd streets and 999 1st streets.
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Mar 3, 2019 10:53PM
andimike
I've seen main,park,second.
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Mar 3, 2019 6:04PM
Eric Leif Peters
“Park” is the most common.
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Mar 2, 2019 12:57AM
Mike Lee
It's park street according to Allstate commercial
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Jan 22, 2019 7:35PM
Le Roy
Henry Dubiel, Allstate says that also, I stand with you and Allstate. LOL
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Jan 21, 2019 4:00PM
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