Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Michael	4.14%	0	-125,684	-15.1%
2.	Christopher	2.78%	+18	+238,307	+100%
3.	Jason	2.71%	+84	+420,216	+988%
4.	David	2.61%	-2	-288,182	-39.3%
5.	James	2.60%	-1	-239,972	-35.0%
6.	John	2.35%	-3	-310,726	-43.6%
7.	Robert	2.32%	-2	-253,497	-39.0%
8.	Brian	1.89%	+8	+64,589	+25.0%
9.	William	1.66%	-2	-137,995	-32.7%
10.	Matthew	1.62%	+26	+171,811	+162%
11.	Joseph	1.43%	+1	-38,203	-13.5%
12.	Daniel	1.43%	+7	+2,451	+1.0%
13.	Kevin	1.24%	+1	-59,143	-21.8%
14.	Eric	1.24%	+14	+59,298	+39.0%
15.	Jeffrey	1.19%	-5	-99,139	-32.8%
16.	Richard	1.19%	-8	-171,078	-45.8%
17.	Scott	1.14%	-2	-72,274	-27.1%
18.	Mark	1.14%	-12	-247,083	-56.0%
19.	Steven	1.10%	-8	-102,500	-35.3%
20.	Thomas	1.09%	-11	-140,273	-42.9%
21.	Timothy	1.06%	-8	-95,548	-34.5%
22.	Anthony	1.02%	0	-28,252	-13.9%
23.	Charles	0.95%	-6	-86,363	-34.6%
24.	Joshua	0.82%	+312	+134,998	+2,535%
25.	Ryan	0.82%	+199	+128,320	+1,133%
26.	Jeremy	0.82%	+338	+134,710	+2,920%
27.	Paul	0.80%	-9	-106,103	-43.8%
28.	Andrew	0.78%	+10	+35,836	+36.9%
29.	Gregory	0.68%	-6	-71,913	-38.4%
30.	Chad	0.66%	+142	+97,630	+614%
31.	Kenneth	0.65%	-10	-116,019	-51.0%
32.	Jonathan	0.63%	+45	+60,550	+128%
33.	Stephen	0.63%	-6	-44,410	-29.2%
34.	Shawn	0.62%	+41	+58,007	+121%
35.	Aaron	0.59%	+92	+75,415	+289%
36.	Adam	0.54%	+101	+68,827	+300%
37.	Patrick	0.53%	-5	-31,458	-25.6%
38.	Justin	0.51%	+263	+79,843	+1,190%
39.	Sean	0.49%	+39	+36,562	+77.3%
40.	Edward	0.49%	-11	-60,537	-42.0%
41.	Todd	0.49%	-10	-45,409	-35.3%
42.	Donald	0.48%	-17	-90,182	-52.2%
43.	Ronald	0.48%	-19	-100,436	-55.1%
44.	Benjamin	0.48%	+86	+55,731	+218%
45.	Keith	0.45%	-11	-35,878	-31.9%
46.	Bryan	0.42%	+15	+16,043	+29.0%
47.	Gary	0.40%	-21	-97,754	-58.9%
48.	Jose	0.39%	+41	+24,345	+57.9%
49.	Nathan	0.39%	+127	+50,340	+324%
50.	Douglas	0.38%	-20	-69,823	-51.7%
51.	Nicholas	0.38%	+93	+42,723	+191%
52.	Brandon	0.38%	+331	+60,775	+1,421%
53.	George	0.38%	-20	-48,254	-42.7%
54.	Travis	0.38%	+159	+51,509	+409%
55.	Peter	0.36%	-13	-30,075	-32.5%
56.	Craig	0.34%	-12	-25,905	-30.6%
57.	Bradley	0.34%	+15	+9,962	+20.4%
58.	Larry	0.34%	-23	-50,438	-46.5%
59.	Dennis	0.30%	-20	-44,430	-46.8%
60.	Shane	0.29%	+132	+36,356	+261%
61.	Raymond	0.29%	-16	-32,438	-39.7%
62.	Troy	0.29%	-7	-12,559	-20.5%
63.	Jerry	0.28%	-22	-45,188	-48.3%
64.	Samuel	0.28%	+21	+3,856	+8.7%
65.	Frank	0.27%	-22	-40,234	-46.2%
66.	Jesse	0.26%	+76	+22,286	+98.6%
67.	Jeffery	0.26%	-21	-34,960	-44.0%
68.	Juan	0.25%	+66	+19,940	+85.0%
69.	Terry	0.25%	-32	-59,045	-58.2%
70.	Corey	0.24%	+168	+31,032	+311%
71.	Phillip	0.23%	-3	-10,548	-20.9%
72.	Marcus	0.23%	+113	+24,926	+171%
73.	Derek	0.22%	+88	+19,297	+101%
74.	Rodney	0.22%	-26	-34,741	-48.1%
75.	Joel	0.22%	+31	+3,399	+10.0%
76.	Carlos	0.22%	+67	+14,556	+65.0%
77.	Randy	0.21%	-37	-57,336	-61.1%
78.	Jacob	0.21%	+268	+31,277	+616%
79.	Jamie	0.21%	+158	+26,270	+262%
80.	Tony	0.21%	-29	-34,890	-49.4%
81.	Russell	0.21%	-22	-24,977	-41.3%
82.	Brent	0.21%	+42	+8,220	+30.3%
83.	Antonio	0.20%	+81	+14,681	+79.0%
84.	Billy	0.19%	-11	-15,245	-31.5%
85.	Derrick	0.19%	+68	+11,672	+55.1%
86.	Kyle	0.19%	+83	+16,074	+97.0%
87.	Erik	0.19%	+96	+17,328	+117%
88.	Johnny	0.19%	-19	-17,815	-35.7%
89.	Marc	0.19%	+21	+462	+1.5%
90.	Philip	0.18%	-6	-13,405	-29.9%
91.	Carl	0.18%	-34	-29,411	-48.4%
92.	Roger	0.17%	-42	-41,721	-58.4%
93.	Bobby	0.17%	-12	-17,309	-37.3%
94.	Brett	0.17%	+34	+3,092	+12.0%
95.	Danny	0.17%	-37	-31,860	-52.5%
96.	Curtis	0.17%	-17	-18,432	-39.0%
97.	Jon	0.17%	-14	-16,187	-36.1%
98.	Vincent	0.16%	-28	-21,835	-44.1%
99.	Cory	0.16%	+224	+21,616	+367%
100.	Jimmy	0.16%	-24	-20,295	-42.8%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Jennifer	3.53%	+19	+417,320	+254%
2.	Amy	1.63%	+33	+152,215	+130%
3.	Melissa	1.54%	+30	+134,061	+112%
4.	Michelle	1.51%	+5	+40,843	+19.6%
5.	Kimberly	1.39%	0	-29,974	-11.6%
6.	Lisa	1.39%	-5	-268,290	-54.0%
7.	Angela	1.37%	+15	+65,977	+41.4%
8.	Heather	1.24%	+119	+171,204	+523%
9.	Stephanie	0.98%	+36	+67,645	+72.9%
10.	Nicole	0.88%	+176	+126,104	+679%
11.	Jessica	0.87%	+219	+129,822	+950%
12.	Elizabeth	0.87%	+5	-26,054	-15.4%
13.	Rebecca	0.83%	+28	+37,830	+38.0%
14.	Kelly	0.81%	+16	+5,495	+4.3%
15.	Mary	0.77%	-13	-228,982	-64.5%
16.	Christina	0.76%	+56	+72,963	+138%
17.	Amanda	0.75%	+182	+106,750	+622%
18.	Julie	0.74%	0	-44,213	-26.6%
19.	Sarah	0.72%	+71	+74,918	+171%
20.	Laura	0.72%	-4	-55,975	-32.1%
21.	Shannon	0.69%	+100	+79,946	+236%
22.	Christine	0.63%	+5	-36,098	-25.9%
23.	Tammy	0.60%	-10	-83,393	-45.8%
24.	Tracy	0.58%	+15	-8,239	-7.9%
25.	Karen	0.58%	-21	-190,875	-66.7%
26.	Dawn	0.56%	+11	-21,847	-19.1%
27.	Susan	0.54%	-24	-199,335	-69.3%
28.	Andrea	0.53%	+38	+28,016	+48.0%
29.	Tina	0.52%	+2	-41,631	-32.9%
30.	Patricia	0.49%	-24	-150,054	-64.9%
31.	Cynthia	0.49%	-21	-116,399	-59.2%
32.	Lori	0.47%	-17	-98,781	-55.9%
33.	Rachel	0.47%	+113	+50,955	+190%
34.	April	0.47%	+105	+48,642	+172%
35.	Maria	0.46%	+14	-12,497	-14.1%
36.	Wendy	0.45%	+12	-14,775	-16.6%
37.	Crystal	0.45%	+115	+48,786	+195%
38.	Stacy	0.43%	+75	+34,374	+96.8%
39.	Erin	0.41%	+177	+52,321	+336%
40.	Jamie	0.41%	+110	+42,150	+164%
41.	Carrie	0.41%	+91	+35,657	+114%
42.	Tiffany	0.40%	+268	+56,679	+668%
43.	Tara	0.40%	+182	+50,529	+347%
44.	Sandra	0.39%	-33	-119,509	-65.0%
45.	Monica	0.38%	+41	+16,488	+36.5%
46.	Danielle	0.37%	+189	+47,768	+363%
47.	Stacey	0.36%	+56	+20,946	+54.7%
48.	Pamela	0.35%	-34	-123,898	-68.1%
49.	Tonya	0.35%	+71	+23,719	+69.6%
50.	Sara	0.35%	+113	+33,914	+147%
51.	Michele	0.34%	-1	-30,432	-35.0%
52.	Teresa	0.34%	-27	-95,755	-63.1%
53.	Denise	0.34%	-24	-72,951	-56.6%
54.	Jill	0.34%	+7	-14,077	-20.4%
55.	Katherine	0.33%	+22	+3,438	+6.8%
56.	Melanie	0.32%	+53	+16,568	+45.1%
57.	Dana	0.31%	+25	+3,661	+7.7%
58.	Holly	0.31%	+71	+18,320	+57.0%
59.	Erica	0.30%	+314	+43,270	+684%
60.	Brenda	0.30%	-41	-115,903	-70.5%
61.	Deborah	0.29%	-49	-135,574	-73.9%
62.	Tanya	0.29%	+102	+24,800	+108%
63.	Sharon	0.29%	-40	-107,124	-69.2%
64.	Donna	0.29%	-56	-166,122	-77.8%
65.	Amber	0.29%	+344	+41,598	+761%
66.	Emily	0.29%	+185	+34,510	+280%
67.	Robin	0.28%	-33	-72,381	-61.2%
68.	Linda	0.28%	-61	-179,540	-79.6%
69.	Kathleen	0.27%	-37	-76,102	-62.9%
70.	Leslie	0.27%	+1	-9,612	-17.7%
71.	Christy	0.27%	+149	+29,843	+202%
72.	Kristen	0.27%	+121	+26,169	+145%
73.	Catherine	0.27%	-17	-32,920	-42.9%
74.	Kristin	0.26%	+84	+18,031	+74.0%
75.	Misty	0.26%	+342	+37,081	+700%
76.	Barbara	0.26%	-55	-117,527	-73.6%
77.	Heidi	0.26%	+45	+8,472	+25.1%
78.	Nancy	0.25%	-52	-100,874	-70.7%
79.	Cheryl	0.25%	-51	-95,251	-70.2%
80.	Theresa	0.24%	-38	-57,039	-58.7%
81.	Brandy	0.24%	+876	+38,828	+3,126%
82.	Alicia	0.24%	+87	+16,832	+75.1%
83.	Veronica	0.24%	+50	+8,753	+29.1%
84.	Gina	0.23%	-11	-14,249	-27.2%
85.	Jacqueline	0.23%	-34	-46,428	-55.0%
86.	Rhonda	0.23%	-42	-55,658	-59.5%
87.	Anna	0.23%	+8	-3,118	-7.6%
88.	Renee	0.23%	-18	-18,221	-32.6%
89.	Megan	0.23%	+302	+31,443	+531%
90.	Tamara	0.23%	+10	-1,930	-4.9%
91.	Melinda	0.22%	+20	+144	+0.4%
92.	Kathryn	0.22%	-4	-8,427	-18.8%
93.	Debra	0.21%	-69	-119,163	-77.5%
94.	Sherry	0.21%	-39	-43,318	-55.9%
95.	Allison	0.21%	+115	+17,635	+107%
96.	Valerie	0.21%	-27	-22,773	-40.2%
97.	Diana	0.20%	-34	-31,691	-48.7%
98.	Paula	0.20%	-44	-47,788	-59.4%
99.	Kristina	0.20%	+147	+19,940	+157%
100.	Ann	0.20%	-40	-40,052	-55.6%