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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David		 3.97% +1
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Michael		 3.89% -1
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James		 3.55% 0
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John		 3.51% 0
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Robert		 3.34% 0
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Mark		 2.71% 0
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William		 2.28% 0
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Richard		 2.01% 0
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Thomas		 1.81% 0
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Steven		 1.57% 0
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Timothy		 1.41% +1
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Joseph		 1.37% +1
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Charles		 1.37% -2
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Jeffrey		 1.33% +2
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Kevin		 1.31% -1
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Kenneth		 1.28% -1
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Daniel		 1.20% +1
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Paul		 1.18% -1
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Donald		 1.05% 0
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Brian		 1.02% +2
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Ronald		 1.00% 0
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Gary		 1.00% -2
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Scott		 1.00% +1
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Gregory		 0.94% -1
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Anthony		 0.90% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 2.48% 0
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Susan		 1.89% 0
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Linda		 1.79% 0
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Karen		 1.75% 0
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Donna		 1.64% 0
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Lisa		 1.62% +4
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Patricia		 1.54% -1
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Debra		 1.29% -1
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Cynthia		 1.29% -1
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Deborah		 1.22% -1
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Sandra		 1.18% +2
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Barbara		 1.18% -1
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Brenda		 1.15% +3
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Pamela		 1.06% -2
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Nancy		 1.05% -1
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Sharon		 0.98% +1
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Cheryl		 0.92% +1
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Elizabeth		 0.91% +3
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Teresa		 0.91% +5
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Lori		 0.90% +7
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Kathy		 0.89% -6
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Diane		 0.86% -3
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Carol		 0.84% -1
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Laura		 0.82% +6
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Debbie		 0.82% -5
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Popularity extremes for the United States