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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Edward		 0.91% 0
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Gregory		 0.98% 0
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Stephen		 0.99% -2
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Kevin		 1.01% +5
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Larry		 1.04% -2
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Jeffrey		 1.09% 0
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Timothy		 1.09% +3
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Daniel		 1.24% -1
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Paul		 1.25% -1
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Kenneth		 1.28% -1
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Ronald		 1.29% +3
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Donald		 1.32% 0
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Gary		 1.48% -1
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Joseph		 1.53% +1
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Charles		 1.64% 0
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Steven		 1.79% 0
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Thomas		 2.09% -1
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Mark		 2.28% +1
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Richard		 2.47% 0
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William		 2.75% 0
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John		 3.77% 0
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David		 3.80% -2
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Robert		 3.91% +1
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James		 3.96% +1
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Michael		 4.23% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Margaret		 0.68% -1
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Teresa		 0.70% +2
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Denise		 0.71% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.79% -1
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Janet		 0.81% -1
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Kathy		 0.83% +2
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Brenda		 0.94% -1
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Cheryl		 1.03% +1
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Kathleen		 1.04% 0
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Carol		 1.04% -1
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Diane		 1.09% -1
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Sandra		 1.18% -1
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Sharon		 1.31% +2
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Pamela		 1.31% 0
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Nancy		 1.40% -2
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Donna		 1.45% 0
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Barbara		 1.57% -2
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Cynthia		 1.57% +3
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Karen		 1.95% +1
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Patricia		 2.10% 0
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Susan		 2.26% 0
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Deborah		 2.32% -2
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Linda		 2.33% 0
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Debra		 2.35% +2
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Mary		 3.00% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States