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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Roger		 0.69% -2
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Steven		 0.73% +4
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Frank		 0.75% -1
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Daniel		 0.82% -1
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Stephen		 0.83% +3
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Jerry		 1.01% 0
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Edward		 1.11% 0
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Paul		 1.23% 0
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Dennis		 1.28% 0
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George		 1.29% 0
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Kenneth		 1.32% 0
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Joseph		 1.48% 0
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Donald		 1.52% 0
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Gary		 1.62% 0
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Ronald		 1.88% -1
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Larry		 1.88% +1
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Charles		 2.20% 0
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Thomas		 2.41% 0
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Michael		 2.72% 0
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David		 3.11% 0
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Richard		 3.15% 0
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William		 3.61% 0
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John		 4.76% 0
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Robert		 4.93% 0
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James		 5.10% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Elizabeth		 0.74% 0
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Cheryl		 0.76% +3
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Janet		 0.84% -2
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Janice		 0.85% 0
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Brenda		 0.87% +3
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Joyce		 0.88% 0
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Shirley		 0.97% -1
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Diane		 0.98% +1
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Betty		 1.04% -3
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Margaret		 1.11% +1
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Carolyn		 1.14% -3
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Judy		 1.16% -3
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Karen		 1.19% +2
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Judith		 1.21% -2
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Kathleen		 1.22% +5
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Donna		 1.29% +3
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Sharon		 1.57% 0
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Susan		 1.76% 0
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Nancy		 1.79% 0
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Carol		 1.85% -1
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Sandra		 1.91% +1
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Barbara		 2.68% 0
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Patricia		 2.82% 0
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Mary		 3.94% -1
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Linda		 5.48% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States