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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Gregory		 0.74% 0
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Jerry		 0.79% 0
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Edward		 1.04% -1
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George		 1.06% -2
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Daniel		 1.11% 0
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Mark		 1.11% +3
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Stephen		 1.18% 0
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Paul		 1.20% 0
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Dennis		 1.27% 0
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Kenneth		 1.35% -1
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Donald		 1.46% -1
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Joseph		 1.47% -1
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Steven		 1.48% +3
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Ronald		 1.52% 0
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Larry		 1.60% 0
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Gary		 2.00% 0
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Charles		 2.06% 0
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Thomas		 2.53% 0
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Richard		 2.85% 0
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William		 3.28% 0
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David		 3.39% 0
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Michael		 3.81% 0
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John		 4.27% 0
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Robert		 4.52% 0
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James		 4.57% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Judith		 0.81% -4
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Christine		 0.81% +4
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Elizabeth		 0.82% +1
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Carolyn		 0.82% -2
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Janice		 0.86% +1
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Cynthia		 0.88% +3
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Janet		 0.92% -1
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Debra		 0.92% +41
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Margaret		 0.96% -2
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Pamela		 1.01% +1
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Diane		 1.07% +1
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Brenda		 1.18% 0
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Sharon		 1.30% -2
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Donna		 1.30% +1
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Carol		 1.34% -2
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Kathleen		 1.45% 0
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Sandra		 1.50% -1
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Karen		 1.52% +4
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Nancy		 1.64% -1
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Susan		 2.18% -1
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Barbara		 2.20% -1
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Deborah		 2.28% +3
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Patricia		 3.06% 0
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Mary		 3.56% 0
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Linda		 4.01% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States