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		 3.26% 0
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Christopher		 2.79% 0
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Matthew		 2.39% 0
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Joshua		 2.05% 0
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David		 1.89% 0
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Andrew		 1.86% +2
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Daniel		 1.84% -1
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James		 1.68% -1
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Justin		 1.62% +5
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Robert		 1.55% -1
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John		 1.52% -1
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Joseph		 1.46% 0
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Ryan		 1.46% -2
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Brandon		 1.27% -1
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William		 1.24% 0
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Nicholas		 1.19% +1
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Anthony		 1.19% +2
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Jonathan		 1.19% -2
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Kevin		 1.05% +2
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Brian		 1.04% 0
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Eric		 1.04% +1
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Kyle		 1.02% +1
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Jason		 0.99% -5
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Thomas		 0.93% +2
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Steven		 0.91% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 2.99% 0
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Ashley		 2.93% 0
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Amanda		 2.23% 0
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Jennifer		 1.75% 0
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Sarah		 1.49% 0
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Stephanie		 1.20% 0
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Brittany		 1.19% +1
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Nicole		 1.08% -1
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Heather		 1.01% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.99% 0
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Samantha		 0.96% +10
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Megan		 0.95% -1
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Melissa		 0.94% -1
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Danielle		 0.91% +2
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Amber		 0.89% -2
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Lauren		 0.89% -2
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Rachel		 0.84% -2
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Tiffany		 0.79% -1
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Emily		 0.79% +5
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Christina		 0.74% -1
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Laura		 0.70% -1
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Michelle		 0.70% +2
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Kimberly		 0.70% -5
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Amy		 0.63% -2
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Rebecca		 0.62% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States