Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
25.
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Donald
0.88% -11 -100,947 -36.9%
24.
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Ronald
0.93% -9 -88,961 -32.8%
23.
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Gregory
0.96% +3 +9,047 +5.1%
22.
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Anthony
1.04% +8 +66,504 +48.7%
21.
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Kenneth
1.16% -5 -35,292 -13.4%
20.
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Christopher
1.21% +29 +158,832 +203%
19.
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Daniel
1.23% 0 -1,693 -0.7%
18.
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Paul
1.24% -1 -10,667 -4.2%
17.
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Charles
1.27% -7 -111,779 -30.9%
16.
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Brian
1.32% +18 +145,786 +130%
15.
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Scott
1.36% +21 +155,010 +139%
14.
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Kevin
1.38% +13 +112,397 +70.7%
13.
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Timothy
1.41% +9 +78,511 +39.6%
12.
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Joseph
1.44% +1 -16,946 -5.6%
11.
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Steven
1.48% 0 -43,049 -12.9%
10.
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Jeffrey
1.54% +14 +117,349 +63.6%
9.
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Thomas
1.67% -1 -127,325 -28.0%
8.
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Richard
1.91% -1 -161,538 -30.2%
7.
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William
2.15% -1 -169,790 -28.7%
6.
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Mark
2.25% +3 +58,812 +15.4%
5.
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Robert
3.32% -2 -179,613 -21.6%
4.
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James
3.49% -3 -159,010 -18.8%
3.
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John
3.64% +1 -84,506 -10.6%
2.
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David
3.74% +3 -35,978 -4.7%
1.
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Michael
4.25% +1 -4,369 -0.5%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
25.
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Teresa
0.80% +5 +37,509 +32.8%
24.
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Debra
0.81% -17 -187,575 -55.0%
23.
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Sharon
0.82% -9 -77,910 -33.5%
22.
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Angela
0.84% +84 +118,927 +295%
21.
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Barbara
0.85% -15 -185,958 -53.8%
20.
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Jennifer
0.87% +78 +121,339 +282%
19.
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Brenda
0.87% -1 -44,741 -21.4%
18.
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Julie
0.88% +25 +79,454 +91.7%
17.
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Elizabeth
0.89% +4 +3,251 +2.0%
16.
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Laura
0.92% +22 +78,656 +82.3%
15.
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Lori
0.93% +64 +120,491 +215%
14.
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Pamela
0.96% -1 -55,461 -23.4%
13.
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Tammy
0.96% +127 +153,044 +525%
12.
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Deborah
0.97% -7 -247,104 -57.4%
11.
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Sandra
0.97% +1 -67,748 -26.9%
10.
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Cynthia
1.04% +1 -66,825 -25.4%
9.
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Michelle
1.10% +84 +161,512 +345%
8.
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Donna
1.13% +2 -56,866 -21.0%
7.
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Linda
1.19% -5 -338,914 -60.1%
6.
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Patricia
1.22% -3 -228,508 -49.7%
5.
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Kimberly
1.37% +85 +210,112 +429%
4.
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Karen
1.51% +4 -46,475 -14.0%
3.
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Susan
1.52% +1 -150,116 -34.3%
2.
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Mary
1.88% -1 -270,368 -43.2%
1.
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Lisa
2.63% +36 +401,155 +419%