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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James		 4.97% 0
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Robert		 4.80% 0
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John		 4.65% 0
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William		 3.48% 0
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David		 3.18% +1
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Michael		 2.95% +1
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Richard		 2.86% -2
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Thomas		 2.46% 0
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Charles		 2.17% 0
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Ronald		 1.88% +1
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Larry		 1.88% -1
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Gary		 1.59% 0
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Joseph		 1.50% +1
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Donald		 1.48% -1
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Kenneth		 1.32% 0
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George		 1.23% 0
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Dennis		 1.22% 0
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Paul		 1.19% 0
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Edward		 1.07% 0
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Stephen		 0.96% +1
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Jerry		 0.94% -1
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Daniel		 0.93% 0
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Steven		 0.90% +1
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Roger		 0.72% +1
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Frank		 0.71% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Linda		 5.52% 0
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Mary		 3.94% 0
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Barbara		 2.69% +1
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Patricia		 2.65% -1
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Susan		 2.07% +3
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Sandra		 1.78% -1
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Nancy		 1.69% 0
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Carol		 1.66% -2
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Sharon		 1.50% 0
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Kathleen		 1.34% +1
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Donna		 1.26% -1
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Karen		 1.26% +1
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Margaret		 1.08% +3
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Carolyn		 1.07% +1
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Judith		 1.02% -3
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Judy		 1.02% -2
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Brenda		 1.02% +4
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Betty		 0.95% -1
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Diane		 0.95% -1
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Shirley		 0.93% -1
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Joyce		 0.83% -1
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Pamela		 0.82% +6
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Janice		 0.81% -1
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Janet		 0.80% -1
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Cheryl		 0.76% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States