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		 3.12% 0
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Christopher		 2.54% 0
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Matthew		 2.17% 0
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Joshua		 2.10% 0
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David		 1.68% +1
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Daniel		 1.67% +2
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Andrew		 1.66% -2
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Justin		 1.57% -1
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James		 1.56% 0
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Robert		 1.44% 0
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Joseph		 1.43% +1
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John		 1.42% -1
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Ryan		 1.36% 0
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Nicholas		 1.35% 0
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William		 1.18% +1
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Anthony		 1.17% +2
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Jonathan		 1.13% -2
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Brandon		 1.11% -1
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Kevin		 1.01% +1
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Kyle		 1.00% +1
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Eric		 0.91% -2
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Steven		 0.90% +2
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Thomas		 0.88% 0
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Brian		 0.86% -2
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Zachary		 0.86% +4
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 2.40% 0
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Ashley		 2.39% 0
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Brittany		 1.90% +3
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Amanda		 1.85% -1
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Sarah		 1.40% -1
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Samantha		 1.24% +2
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Jennifer		 1.21% -2
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Stephanie		 1.14% -1
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Lauren		 1.06% +2
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Elizabeth		 1.02% 0
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Megan		 0.99% +1
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Nicole		 0.96% -3
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Emily		 0.87% +5
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Amber		 0.84% +1
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Heather		 0.82% -1
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Tiffany		 0.79% -3
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Danielle		 0.77% 0
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Rachel		 0.77% +1
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Melissa		 0.76% -3
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Kayla		 0.75% 0
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Courtney		 0.68% +3
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Michelle		 0.67% -1
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Christina		 0.66% -1
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Rebecca		 0.62% +2
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Laura		 0.59% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States