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Hymns Sung (United States)
During 2017, we conducted a sacrament meeting hymns survey to find out which hymns are sung most commonly in sacrament meetings around the world. This page shows results specific to the United States. To see an overview of results from the full survey, see Hymns Sung in Sacrament Meetings.
About the data set
Church membership in United States (31 Dec 2017): 6,641,886
Congregations in United States (wards and branches): 14,225
- 819 congregations from United States participated in the survey (5.8%). The full list can be found below.
- 13,568 total sacrament meetings were reported (only a subset of wards reported every week).
Top 15 Overall
- I Stand All Amazed (728)
- As Now We Take the Sacrament (656)
- In Humility, Our Savior (656)
- There Is a Green Hill Far Away (633)
- Jesus, Once of Humble Birth (624)
- God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son (588)
- Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King (577)
- How Great the Wisdom and the Love (576)
- O God, the Eternal Father (572)
- We’ll Sing All Hail to Jesus’ Name (567)
- Father in Heaven, We Do Believe (560)
- God, Our Father, Hear Us Pray (552)
- With Humble Heart (533)
- Upon the Cross of Calvary (500)
- Reverently and Meekly Now (475)
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- In Memory of the Crucified (474)
- Behold the Great Redeemer Die (472)
- He Died! The Great Redeemer Died (453)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (441)
- While of These Emblems We Partake (Aeolian) (436)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Hancock) (404)
- How Firm a Foundation (403)
- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (396)
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives (383)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Meredith) (374)
- We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (368)
- In Remembrance of Thy Suffering (366)
- I Believe in Christ (363)
- Now Let Us Rejoice (353)
- Thy Will, O Lord, Be Done (352)
- While of These Emblems We Partake (Saul) (341)
- The Lord Is My Light (332)
- High on the Mountain Top (330)
- Come, Follow Me (324)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (316)
Top 15, Adjusted (excl. sacrament hymns)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (440)
- How Firm a Foundation (403)
- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (395)
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives (376)
- We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (366)
- I Believe in Christ (357)
- Now Let Us Rejoice (353)
- The Lord Is My Light (332)
- High on the Mountain Top (330)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (316)
- Come, Follow Me (314)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (301)
- Joy to the World (293)
- Choose the Right (290)
- Come, Come, Ye Saints (289)
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- Count Your Blessings (289)
- I Need Thee Every Hour (286)
- More Holiness Give Me (283)
- Our Savior’s Love (282)
- Press Forward, Saints (281)
- The Spirit of God (281)
- Redeemer of Israel (276)
- Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful (274)
- Love at Home (273)
- Let Us All Press On (258)
- I Am a Child of God (253)
- The Iron Rod (250)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (247)
- Praise to the Man (238)
- The First Noel (238)
- Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel (237)
- America the Beautiful (235)
- How Gentle God’s Commands (235)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (234)
- Come, Ye Thankful People (232)