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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Bruce		 0.73% +1
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Gregory		 0.77% +1
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Edward		 0.99% 0
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George		 1.00% 0
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Stephen		 1.17% -2
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Daniel		 1.19% +1
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Paul		 1.23% -1
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Dennis		 1.24% -1
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Mark		 1.30% +3
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0
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Ronald		 1.41% -3
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Larry		 1.43% -3
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Donald		 1.43% +2
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Joseph		 1.45% +2
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Steven		 1.62% +2
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Gary		 1.96% 0
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Charles		 1.97% 0
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Thomas		 2.47% 0
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Richard		 2.96% 0
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William		 3.19% 0
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David		 3.64% 0
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Michael		 4.01% 0
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John		 4.21% 0
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Robert		 4.39% 0
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James		 4.41% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Judith		 0.74% 0
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Carolyn		 0.75% -2
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Janice		 0.79% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.84% +1
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Margaret		 0.90% -4
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Christine		 0.92% +4
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Janet		 0.94% 0
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Cynthia		 1.05% +2
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Pamela		 1.10% -1
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Diane		 1.11% -1
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Brenda		 1.13% -1
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Sharon		 1.23% -1
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Donna		 1.25% -1
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Carol		 1.26% -1
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Kathleen		 1.36% -1
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Sandra		 1.37% -1
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Debra		 1.41% +9
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Karen		 1.52% 0
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Nancy		 1.67% 0
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Barbara		 2.10% -1
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Susan		 2.17% +1
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Deborah		 2.62% 0
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Patricia		 2.79% 0
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Mary		 3.45% 0
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Linda		 3.53% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States