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.
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Michael
4.14% 0 -125,684 -15.1%
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Christopher
2.78% +18 +238,307 +100%
3.
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Jason
2.71% +84 +420,216 +988%
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David
2.61% -2 -288,182 -39.3%
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James
2.60% -1 -239,972 -35.0%
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John
2.35% -3 -310,726 -43.6%
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Robert
2.32% -2 -253,497 -39.0%
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Brian
1.89% +8 +64,589 +25.0%
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William
1.66% -2 -137,995 -32.7%
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Matthew
1.62% +26 +171,811 +162%
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Joseph
1.43% +1 -38,203 -13.5%
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Daniel
1.43% +7 +2,451 +1.0%
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Kevin
1.24% +1 -59,143 -21.8%
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Eric
1.24% +14 +59,298 +39.0%
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Jeffrey
1.19% -5 -99,139 -32.8%
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Richard
1.19% -8 -171,078 -45.8%
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Scott
1.14% -2 -72,274 -27.1%
18.
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Mark
1.14% -12 -247,083 -56.0%
19.
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Steven
1.10% -8 -102,500 -35.3%
20.
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Thomas
1.09% -11 -140,273 -42.9%
21.
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Timothy
1.06% -8 -95,548 -34.5%
22.
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Anthony
1.02% 0 -28,252 -13.9%
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Charles
0.95% -6 -86,363 -34.6%
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Joshua
0.82% +312 +134,998 +2,535%
25.
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Ryan
0.82% +199 +128,320 +1,133%
Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Jennifer
3.53% +19 +417,320 +254%
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Amy
1.63% +33 +152,215 +130%
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Melissa
1.54% +30 +134,061 +112%
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Michelle
1.51% +5 +40,843 +19.6%
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Kimberly
1.39% 0 -29,974 -11.6%
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Lisa
1.39% -5 -268,290 -54.0%
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Angela
1.37% +15 +65,977 +41.4%
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Heather
1.24% +119 +171,204 +523%
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Stephanie
0.98% +36 +67,645 +72.9%
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Nicole
0.88% +176 +126,104 +679%
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Jessica
0.87% +219 +129,822 +950%
12.
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Elizabeth
0.87% +5 -26,054 -15.4%
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Rebecca
0.83% +28 +37,830 +38.0%
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Kelly
0.81% +16 +5,495 +4.3%
15.
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Mary
0.77% -13 -228,982 -64.5%
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Christina
0.76% +56 +72,963 +138%
17.
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Amanda
0.75% +182 +106,750 +622%
18.
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Julie
0.74% 0 -44,213 -26.6%
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Sarah
0.72% +71 +74,918 +171%
20.
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Laura
0.72% -4 -55,975 -32.1%
21.
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Shannon
0.69% +100 +79,946 +236%
22.
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Christine
0.63% +5 -36,098 -25.9%
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Tammy
0.60% -10 -83,393 -45.8%
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Tracy
0.58% +15 -8,239 -7.9%
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Karen
0.58% -21 -190,875 -66.7%