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		 4.03% +1
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David		 3.93% -1
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John		 3.71% +1
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James		 3.52% -1
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Robert		 3.38% 0
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Mark		 2.68% 0
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William		 2.23% 0
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Richard		 1.91% 0
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Thomas		 1.74% 0
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Steven		 1.50% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.49% +3
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Joseph		 1.37% 0
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Charles		 1.35% 0
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Kevin		 1.34% +1
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Timothy		 1.31% -4
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Kenneth		 1.21% 0
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Daniel		 1.20% 0
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Paul		 1.19% 0
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Scott		 1.11% +4
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Brian		 1.05% 0
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Gary		 1.03% +1
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Donald		 0.99% -3
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Gregory		 0.99% +1
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Ronald		 0.97% -3
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Anthony		 0.94% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 2.30% 0
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Lisa		 2.06% +4
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Susan		 1.81% -1
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Linda		 1.71% -1
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Karen		 1.67% -1
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Patricia		 1.39% +1
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Donna		 1.38% -2
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Cynthia		 1.17% +1
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Sandra		 1.16% +2
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Deborah		 1.16% 0
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Brenda		 1.15% +2
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Barbara		 1.11% 0
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Debra		 1.07% -5
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Lori		 1.05% +6
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Pamela		 1.04% -1
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Nancy		 1.00% -1
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Sharon		 0.99% -1
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Teresa		 0.91% +1
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Elizabeth		 0.91% -1
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Cheryl		 0.88% -3
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Laura		 0.86% +3
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Kimberly		 0.84% +4
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Julie		 0.82% +5
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Carol		 0.80% -1
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Kathy		 0.79% -4
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Popularity extremes for the United States