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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Robert		 4.31% +1
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James		 4.30% -1
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Michael		 4.21% +1
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John		 4.00% -1
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David		 3.80% 0
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William		 3.09% 0
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Richard		 2.92% 0
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Thomas		 2.35% 0
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Charles		 1.92% 0
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Gary		 1.85% 0
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Steven		 1.68% 0
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Mark		 1.47% +5
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Joseph		 1.46% -1
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Donald		 1.42% -1
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Ronald		 1.38% 0
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Kenneth		 1.27% 0
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Paul		 1.27% +3
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Larry		 1.26% -4
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Dennis		 1.18% -1
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Daniel		 1.17% 0
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Stephen		 1.09% 0
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George		 0.96% 0
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Edward		 0.95% 0
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Gregory		 0.81% 0
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Jeffrey		 0.80% +6
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 3.34% +1
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Linda		 3.18% -1
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Deborah		 2.71% +1
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Patricia		 2.64% -1
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Susan		 2.30% 0
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Barbara		 1.99% 0
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Debra		 1.91% +2
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Nancy		 1.59% -1
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Karen		 1.55% -1
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Pamela		 1.34% +7
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Sandra		 1.32% -1
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Cynthia		 1.30% +6
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Donna		 1.26% 0
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Kathleen		 1.23% -3
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Sharon		 1.19% -1
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Carol		 1.16% -4
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Diane		 1.11% -1
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Brenda		 1.04% -3
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Janet		 0.92% 0
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Margaret		 0.84% +1
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Elizabeth		 0.83% +1
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Janice		 0.76% +1
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Kathy		 0.69% +6
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Rebecca		 0.67% +6
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Carolyn		 0.67% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States