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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Steven
0.92% -6 -10,633 -5.7%
24.
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Thomas
0.92% -4 -8,951 -4.8%
23.
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Kevin
0.98% -10 -23,581 -11.1%
22.
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Adam
1.01% +14 +103,326 +113%
21.
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Eric
1.06% -7 -7,265 -3.4%
20.
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Anthony
1.10% +2 +36,973 +21.1%
19.
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Nicholas
1.16% +32 +158,250 +243%
18.
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Jonathan
1.20% +14 +122,017 +113%
17.
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Brandon
1.21% +35 +167,158 +257%
16.
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Brian
1.22% -8 -88,698 -27.5%
15.
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William
1.29% -6 -35,131 -12.4%
14.
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Ryan
1.45% +11 +139,299 +99.8%
13.
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Andrew
1.48% +15 +152,153 +114%
12.
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Justin
1.51% +26 +203,275 +235%
11.
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Jason
1.52% -8 -170,634 -36.9%
10.
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Joseph
1.56% +1 +54,579 +22.3%
9.
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John
1.67% -3 -81,496 -20.2%
8.
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Robert
1.67% -1 -75,596 -19.0%
7.
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Daniel
1.80% +5 +101,081 +41.3%
6.
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James
1.85% -1 -88,257 -19.8%
5.
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David
1.99% -1 -62,052 -13.9%
4.
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Joshua
2.06% +20 +256,214 +183%
3.
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Matthew
2.39% +7 +181,200 +65.2%
2.
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Christopher
2.88% 0 +79,422 +16.7%
1.
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Michael
3.45% 0 -43,564 -6.2%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
25.
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Emily
0.71% +41 +84,919 +181%
24.
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Danielle
0.73% +22 +73,457 +121%
23.
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Laura
0.73% -3 +16,401 +13.9%
22.
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Rebecca
0.74% -9 -1,056 -0.8%
21.
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Brittany
0.76% +508 +137,373 +3,945%
20.
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Crystal
0.76% +17 +67,251 +91.2%
19.
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Lauren
0.79% +118 +123,322 +565%
18.
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Christina
0.79% -2 +20,264 +16.1%
17.
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Kimberly
0.79% -12 -82,641 -36.1%
16.
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Rachel
0.80% +17 +68,929 +88.7%
15.
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Amy
0.82% -13 -118,329 -44.0%
14.
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Megan
0.83% +75 +116,143 +311%
13.
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Amber
0.83% +52 +106,886 +227%
12.
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Michelle
0.84% -8 -95,101 -38.2%
11.
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Tiffany
0.86% +31 +93,466 +143%
10.
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Heather
1.04% -2 -12,054 -5.9%
9.
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Elizabeth
1.08% +3 +56,118 +39.3%
8.
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Nicole
1.14% +2 +65,829 +45.5%
7.
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Melissa
1.18% -4 -35,336 -14.0%
6.
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Stephanie
1.18% +3 +57,716 +36.0%
5.
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Sarah
1.48% +14 +153,805 +129%
4.
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Ashley
1.91% +136 +331,133 +1,573%
3.
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Amanda
2.00% +14 +245,805 +198%
2.
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Jennifer
2.39% -1 -140,822 -24.2%
1.
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Jessica
2.54% +10 +326,021 +227%