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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Michael		 4.28% +2
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Robert		 4.17% -1
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James		 4.17% -1
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John		 3.92% 0
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David		 3.85% 0
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William		 2.97% 0
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Richard		 2.76% 0
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Thomas		 2.28% 0
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Gary		 1.83% +1
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Charles		 1.81% -1
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Steven		 1.77% 0
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Mark		 1.75% 0
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Joseph		 1.51% 0
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Donald		 1.42% 0
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Ronald		 1.34% 0
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Paul		 1.27% 0
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Kenneth		 1.27% -1
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Daniel		 1.22% +2
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Larry		 1.19% -1
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Stephen		 1.06% +1
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Dennis		 1.00% -2
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Edward		 0.94% +1
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Jeffrey		 0.92% +2
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George		 0.90% -2
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Gregory		 0.85% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 3.42% 0
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Linda		 2.78% 0
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Deborah		 2.75% 0
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Patricia		 2.47% 0
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Susan		 2.37% 0
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Debra		 2.31% +1
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Barbara		 1.83% -1
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Karen		 1.63% +1
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Nancy		 1.52% -1
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Cynthia		 1.39% +2
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Donna		 1.38% +2
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Pamela		 1.38% -2
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Sandra		 1.31% -2
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Kathleen		 1.13% 0
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Carol		 1.12% +1
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Sharon		 1.12% -1
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Diane		 1.11% 0
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Brenda		 0.99% 0
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Janet		 0.93% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.83% +1
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Margaret		 0.77% -1
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Cheryl		 0.75% +6
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Kathy		 0.71% 0
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Denise		 0.69% +7
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Janice		 0.68% -3
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Popularity extremes for the United States