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		 4.82% 0
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Robert		 4.66% 0
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John		 4.51% 0
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William		 3.41% 0
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Michael		 3.33% +1
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David		 3.31% -1
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Richard		 2.83% 0
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Thomas		 2.51% 0
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Charles		 2.22% 0
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Larry		 1.77% +1
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Ronald		 1.75% -1
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Gary		 1.61% 0
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Donald		 1.51% +1
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Joseph		 1.47% -1
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0
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Dennis		 1.21% +1
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Paul		 1.20% +1
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George		 1.18% -2
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Stephen		 1.14% +1
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Steven		 1.11% +3
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Edward		 1.06% -2
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Daniel		 1.01% 0
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Jerry		 0.88% -2
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Mark		 0.76% +5
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Roger		 0.71% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Linda		 5.19% 0
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Mary		 3.81% 0
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Patricia		 2.64% +1
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Barbara		 2.43% -1
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Susan		 2.15% 0
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Sandra		 1.75% 0
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Nancy		 1.67% 0
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Carol		 1.53% 0
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Kathleen		 1.50% +1
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Sharon		 1.47% -1
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Karen		 1.28% +1
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Donna		 1.26% -1
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Brenda		 1.17% +4
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Margaret		 1.11% -1
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Deborah		 1.09% +15
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Judith		 1.00% -1
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Carolyn		 0.99% -3
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Shirley		 0.98% +2
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Diane		 0.98% 0
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Judy		 0.91% -4
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Pamela		 0.86% +1
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Betty		 0.85% -4
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Janet		 0.85% +1
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Janice		 0.82% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.78% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States