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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James		 4.11% 0
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Michael		 4.08% +7
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Robert		 4.05% -1
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John		 3.89% -1
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David		 3.75% +1
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William		 2.88% -2
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Richard		 2.61% -2
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Thomas		 2.21% 0
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Mark		 1.86% +45
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Charles		 1.76% -3
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Steven		 1.63% +18
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Gary		 1.61% +2
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Joseph		 1.46% 0
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Donald		 1.33% -2
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Ronald		 1.32% -5
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Kenneth		 1.28% 0
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Paul		 1.23% 0
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Larry		 1.20% -7
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Daniel		 1.19% +3
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Stephen		 1.01% +5
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Dennis		 1.00% -1
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Timothy		 0.97% +41
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Edward		 0.92% -5
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Jeffrey		 0.90% +64
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George		 0.88% -10
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 3.17% 0
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Linda		 2.86% 0
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Patricia		 2.33% +1
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Susan		 2.22% +6
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Deborah		 2.18% +63
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Barbara		 1.75% -3
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Debra		 1.73% +295
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Karen		 1.69% +8
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Nancy		 1.45% -2
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Donna		 1.37% +7
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Cynthia		 1.34% +36
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Sandra		 1.28% -6
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Pamela		 1.20% +26
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Sharon		 1.18% -6
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Kathleen		 1.14% +3
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Carol		 1.13% -11
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Diane		 1.07% +5
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Brenda		 1.06% +8
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Cheryl		 0.87% +24
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Janet		 0.85% +1
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Elizabeth		 0.84% +4
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Kathy		 0.80% +66
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Margaret		 0.76% -10
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Janice		 0.68% -1
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Carolyn		 0.63% -13
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