Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Raymond		 0.68% -2
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Stephen		 0.72% +2
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Roger		 0.75% -1
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Frank		 0.77% -1
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Daniel		 0.78% +3
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Jerry		 1.06% 0
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Edward		 1.13% -1
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Paul		 1.28% -1
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Dennis		 1.30% +2
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George		 1.31% -1
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Kenneth		 1.34% +1
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Joseph		 1.47% 0
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Donald		 1.59% -1
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Gary		 1.63% +1
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Larry		 1.72% 0
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Ronald		 1.93% 0
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Charles		 2.32% -2
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Thomas		 2.36% 0
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Michael		 2.50% +2
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David		 2.81% 0
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Richard		 3.57% 0
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William		 3.64% 0
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John		 4.80% 0
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Robert		 5.10% 0
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James		 5.30% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Elizabeth		 0.73% +1
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Brenda		 0.79% +5
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Dorothy		 0.79% -3
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Janice		 0.87% +2
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Janet		 0.88% -1
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Joyce		 0.94% -2
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Diane		 0.98% +3
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Shirley		 1.11% -4
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Margaret		 1.12% -2
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Kathleen		 1.16% +3
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Karen		 1.22% +1
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Betty		 1.22% -3
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Donna		 1.23% +4
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Carolyn		 1.23% 0
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Judy		 1.27% +2
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Judith		 1.38% -1
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Sharon		 1.73% -1
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Susan		 1.75% +2
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Nancy		 1.76% 0
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Sandra		 1.97% 0
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Carol		 2.13% 0
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Barbara		 2.80% -1
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Patricia		 2.87% +1
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Linda		 3.27% 0
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Mary		 4.18% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States