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		 4.74% 0
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Robert		 4.59% 0
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John		 4.37% 0
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Michael		 3.58% +1
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David		 3.34% +1
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William		 3.34% -2
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Richard		 2.80% 0
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Thomas		 2.51% 0
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Charles		 2.15% 0
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Gary		 1.86% +2
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Larry		 1.73% -1
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Ronald		 1.64% -1
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Joseph		 1.49% +1
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Donald		 1.48% -1
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0
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Steven		 1.28% +4
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Dennis		 1.26% -1
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Paul		 1.20% -1
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Stephen		 1.13% 0
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George		 1.11% -2
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Daniel		 1.06% +1
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Edward		 1.03% -1
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Mark		 0.91% +1
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Jerry		 0.84% -1
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Gregory		 0.73% +6
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Linda		 4.57% 0
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Mary		 3.72% 0
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Patricia		 2.73% 0
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Barbara		 2.36% 0
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Susan		 2.16% 0
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Nancy		 1.68% +1
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Deborah		 1.65% +8
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Sandra		 1.64% -2
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Carol		 1.49% -1
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Kathleen		 1.46% -1
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Sharon		 1.40% -1
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Karen		 1.37% -1
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Donna		 1.23% -1
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Brenda		 1.18% -1
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Margaret		 1.03% -1
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Diane		 1.00% +3
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Pamela		 0.92% +4
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Janet		 0.92% +5
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Shirley		 0.90% -1
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Carolyn		 0.89% -3
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Judith		 0.87% -5
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Janice		 0.85% +2
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Cynthia		 0.82% +4
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Elizabeth		 0.82% +1
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Judy		 0.81% -5
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Popularity extremes for the United States