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		 3.93% 0
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David		 3.87% 0
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James		 3.63% 0
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John		 3.53% +1
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Robert		 3.44% -1
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Mark		 2.63% +1
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William		 2.37% -1
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Richard		 2.18% 0
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Thomas		 1.86% 0
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Steven		 1.55% 0
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Charles		 1.42% 0
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Timothy		 1.42% +1
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Joseph		 1.36% -1
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Kevin		 1.24% +6
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Kenneth		 1.23% -1
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Jeffrey		 1.21% +5
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Paul		 1.19% -2
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Daniel		 1.16% -2
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Donald		 1.10% -1
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Gary		 1.08% -3
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Ronald		 1.07% -2
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Brian		 0.96% +2
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Gregory		 0.92% 0
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Scott		 0.91% +1
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Larry		 0.85% -3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 2.62% 0
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Susan		 2.00% 0
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Linda		 1.94% 0
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Karen		 1.77% 0
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Donna		 1.75% +5
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Patricia		 1.69% -1
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Debra		 1.51% -1
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Cynthia		 1.45% 0
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Deborah		 1.42% -2
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Lisa		 1.24% +9
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Barbara		 1.22% -2
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Pamela		 1.19% -1
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Sandra		 1.12% +2
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Nancy		 1.11% -2
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Kathy		 1.05% -1
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Brenda		 1.03% 0
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Sharon		 1.02% 0
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Cheryl		 1.01% -5
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Diane		 0.96% -1
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Debbie		 0.94% +4
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Elizabeth		 0.89% +1
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Carol		 0.87% -2
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Kathleen		 0.85% -2
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Teresa		 0.84% +2
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Cindy		 0.82% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States