Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Michael		 4.23% 0
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David		 4.13% +3
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James		 4.03% 0
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Robert		 4.01% -2
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John		 3.83% -1
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William		 2.87% 0
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Richard		 2.56% 0
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Thomas		 2.20% 0
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Mark		 2.02% +3
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Steven		 1.81% +1
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Charles		 1.69% -1
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Gary		 1.65% -3
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Joseph		 1.51% 0
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Donald		 1.33% 0
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Kenneth		 1.28% +2
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Paul		 1.28% 0
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Daniel		 1.27% +1
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Ronald		 1.25% -3
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Larry		 1.09% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.08% +3
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Stephen		 1.06% -1
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Timothy		 0.99% +4
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Dennis		 0.98% -2
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Gregory		 0.95% +1
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Edward		 0.92% -3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 3.15% 0
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Deborah		 2.61% +1
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Linda		 2.56% -1
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Debra		 2.52% +2
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Susan		 2.37% 0
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Patricia		 2.31% -2
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Barbara		 1.68% 0
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Karen		 1.66% 0
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Nancy		 1.50% 0
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Donna		 1.39% +1
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Cynthia		 1.36% -1
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Pamela		 1.33% 0
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Sandra		 1.25% 0
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Diane		 1.16% +3
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Carol		 1.10% 0
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Sharon		 1.10% +1
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Kathleen		 1.10% -3
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Brenda		 0.95% 0
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Cheryl		 0.95% +3
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Janet		 0.89% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.83% -1
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Kathy		 0.76% +1
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Denise		 0.73% +1
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Margaret		 0.72% -3
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Janice		 0.66% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States