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		 4.06% 0
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John		 3.81% +1
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David		 3.80% -1
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James		 3.45% 0
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Robert		 3.39% 0
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Mark		 2.39% 0
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William		 2.15% 0
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Richard		 1.98% 0
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Thomas		 1.72% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.54% 0
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Kevin		 1.48% +3
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Scott		 1.47% -1
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Joseph		 1.46% 0
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Steven		 1.42% -2
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Timothy		 1.32% +1
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Charles		 1.30% -1
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Paul		 1.29% +2
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Kenneth		 1.22% 0
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Daniel		 1.20% -2
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Brian		 1.17% 0
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Gregory		 1.04% 0
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Anthony		 0.98% +2
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Ronald		 0.96% +2
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Gary		 0.92% -2
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Donald		 0.92% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 2.82% 0
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Mary		 2.09% 0
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Susan		 1.71% 0
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Karen		 1.63% 0
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Linda		 1.39% 0
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Donna		 1.28% +1
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Patricia		 1.28% -1
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Lori		 1.20% +3
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Sandra		 1.09% +1
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Cynthia		 1.09% -2
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Kimberly		 1.07% +5
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Tammy		 1.07% +11
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Deborah		 1.06% -4
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Pamela		 1.04% -1
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Brenda		 0.99% -3
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Laura		 0.93% +5
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Barbara		 0.92% -3
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Teresa		 0.90% 0
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Sharon		 0.90% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.89% 0
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Debra		 0.87% -6
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Julie		 0.82% 0
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Nancy		 0.82% -4
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Cheryl		 0.76% 0
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Robin		 0.73% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States