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		 4.24% 0
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James		 3.85% 0
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David		 3.76% +1
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Robert		 3.74% -1
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John		 3.61% 0
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William		 2.60% 0
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Mark		 2.41% +1
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Richard		 2.40% -1
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Thomas		 2.04% 0
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Steven		 1.68% 0
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Charles		 1.57% 0
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Joseph		 1.45% 0
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Gary		 1.35% 0
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Kenneth		 1.28% +2
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Donald		 1.27% -1
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Daniel		 1.25% +2
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Ronald		 1.24% -2
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Paul		 1.23% -1
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Timothy		 1.13% 0
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Kevin		 1.11% +2
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Jeffrey		 1.10% -1
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Larry		 1.00% -1
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Gregory		 0.98% +1
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Stephen		 0.90% -1
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Edward		 0.86% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 2.91% 0
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Susan		 2.19% +3
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Linda		 2.12% 0
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Debra		 2.04% -2
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Karen		 1.94% +2
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Deborah		 1.91% -2
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Cynthia		 1.88% +1
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Patricia		 1.87% -2
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Barbara		 1.42% 0
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Donna		 1.34% 0
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Nancy		 1.31% 0
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Pamela		 1.19% 0
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Brenda		 1.16% +6
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Sharon		 1.16% -1
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Sandra		 1.09% -1
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Cheryl		 1.08% +2
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Diane		 1.05% -2
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Carol		 1.04% -2
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Cindy		 0.97% +18
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Kathy		 0.96% 0
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Kathleen		 0.94% -4
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Elizabeth		 0.83% 0
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Janet		 0.75% -2
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Teresa		 0.75% 0
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Denise		 0.72% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States