Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Michael	4.28%	+2	+4,375	+5.2%
2.	Robert	4.17%	-1	+94	+0.1%
3.	James	4.17%	-1	+239	+0.3%
4.	John	3.92%	0	+1,025	+1.3%
5.	David	3.85%	0	+3,452	+4.5%
6.	William	2.97%	0	-408	-0.7%
7.	Richard	2.76%	0	-1,350	-2.3%
8.	Thomas	2.28%	0	+161	+0.3%
9.	Gary	1.83%	+1	+955	+2.6%
10.	Charles	1.81%	-1	-957	-2.5%
11.	Steven	1.77%	0	+2,915	+8.6%
12.	Mark	1.75%	0	+6,865	+23.4%
13.	Joseph	1.51%	0	+1,958	+6.7%
14.	Donald	1.42%	0	+914	+3.2%
15.	Ronald	1.34%	0	-84	-0.3%
16.	Paul	1.27%	0	+714	+2.8%
17.	Kenneth	1.27%	-1	+680	+2.7%
18.	Daniel	1.22%	+2	+1,793	+7.6%
19.	Larry	1.19%	-1	-596	-2.4%
20.	Stephen	1.06%	+1	+71	+0.3%
21.	Dennis	1.00%	-2	-2,902	-12.3%
22.	Edward	0.94%	+1	+530	+2.8%
23.	Jeffrey	0.92%	+2	+3,106	+19.5%
24.	George	0.90%	-2	-479	-2.5%
25.	Gregory	0.85%	-1	+1,463	+9.1%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	3.42%	0	+3,630	+5.6%
2.	Linda	2.78%	0	-5,907	-9.6%
3.	Deborah	2.75%	0	+2,485	+4.8%
4.	Patricia	2.47%	0	-1,874	-3.7%
5.	Susan	2.37%	0	+2,867	+6.5%
6.	Debra	2.31%	+1	+9,041	+24.5%
7.	Barbara	1.83%	-1	-2,104	-5.5%
8.	Karen	1.63%	+1	+2,597	+8.7%
9.	Nancy	1.52%	-1	-346	-1.1%
10.	Cynthia	1.39%	+2	+2,485	+9.9%
11.	Donna	1.38%	+2	+3,201	+13.2%
12.	Pamela	1.38%	-2	+1,609	+6.2%
13.	Sandra	1.31%	-2	+558	+2.2%
14.	Kathleen	1.13%	0	-1,269	-5.3%
15.	Carol	1.12%	+1	-45	-0.2%
16.	Sharon	1.12%	-1	-823	-3.6%
17.	Diane	1.11%	0	+712	+3.3%
18.	Brenda	0.99%	0	-513	-2.5%
19.	Janet	0.93%	0	+704	+4.0%
20.	Elizabeth	0.83%	+1	+486	+3.0%
21.	Margaret	0.77%	-1	-973	-6.0%
22.	Cheryl	0.75%	+6	+2,751	+22.4%
23.	Kathy	0.71%	0	+775	+5.8%
24.	Denise	0.69%	+7	+1,769	+14.8%
25.	Janice	0.68%	-3	-1,122	-7.7%

Popularity extremes for the United States