Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Expand year-to-year changes
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
chart
Michael		 4.14% 0
2.
chart
Christopher		 2.78% +18
3.
chart
Jason		 2.71% +84
4.
chart
David		 2.61% -2
5.
chart
James		 2.60% -1
6.
chart
John		 2.35% -3
7.
chart
Robert		 2.32% -2
8.
chart
Brian		 1.89% +8
9.
chart
William		 1.66% -2
10.
chart
Matthew		 1.62% +26
11.
chart
Joseph		 1.43% +1
12.
chart
Daniel		 1.43% +7
13.
chart
Kevin		 1.24% +1
14.
chart
Eric		 1.24% +14
15.
chart
Jeffrey		 1.19% -5
16.
chart
Richard		 1.19% -8
17.
chart
Scott		 1.14% -2
18.
chart
Mark		 1.14% -12
19.
chart
Steven		 1.10% -8
20.
chart
Thomas		 1.09% -11
21.
chart
Timothy		 1.06% -8
22.
chart
Anthony		 1.02% 0
23.
chart
Charles		 0.95% -6
24.
chart
Joshua		 0.82% +312
25.
chart
Ryan		 0.82% +199
Back to Top
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
chart
Jennifer		 3.53% +19
2.
chart
Amy		 1.63% +33
3.
chart
Melissa		 1.54% +30
4.
chart
Michelle		 1.51% +5
5.
chart
Kimberly		 1.39% 0
6.
chart
Lisa		 1.39% -5
7.
chart
Angela		 1.37% +15
8.
chart
Heather		 1.24% +119
9.
chart
Stephanie		 0.98% +36
10.
chart
Nicole		 0.88% +176
11.
chart
Jessica		 0.87% +219
12.
chart
Elizabeth		 0.87% +5
13.
chart
Rebecca		 0.83% +28
14.
chart
Kelly		 0.81% +16
15.
chart
Mary		 0.77% -13
16.
chart
Christina		 0.76% +56
17.
chart
Amanda		 0.75% +182
18.
chart
Julie		 0.74% 0
19.
chart
Sarah		 0.72% +71
20.
chart
Laura		 0.72% -4
21.
chart
Shannon		 0.69% +100
22.
chart
Christine		 0.63% +5
23.
chart
Tammy		 0.60% -10
24.
chart
Tracy		 0.58% +15
25.
chart
Karen		 0.58% -21
Back to Top