Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Donald
0.92% -2 -1,518 -7.4%
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Gary
0.92% -2 -1,970 -9.4%
23.
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Ronald
0.96% +2 -187 -0.9%
22.
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Anthony
0.98% +2 +133 +0.7%
21.
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Gregory
1.04% 0 -526 -2.4%
20.
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Brian
1.17% 0 +883 +3.8%
19.
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Daniel
1.20% -2 -729 -2.9%
18.
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Kenneth
1.22% 0 0 0.0%
17.
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Paul
1.29% +2 +2,871 +12.1%
16.
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Charles
1.30% -1 -795 -2.9%
15.
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Timothy
1.32% +1 +99 +0.4%
14.
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Steven
1.42% -2 -1,346 -4.4%
13.
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Joseph
1.46% 0 +8 +0.0%
12.
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Scott
1.47% -1 -297 -1.0%
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Kevin
1.48% +3 +2,274 +8.0%
10.
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Jeffrey
1.54% 0 -1,811 -5.4%
9.
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Thomas
1.72% 0 -1,013 -2.8%
8.
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Richard
1.98% 0 +1,363 +3.5%
7.
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William
2.15% 0 -399 -0.9%
6.
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Mark
2.39% 0 -4,153 -7.8%
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Robert
3.39% 0 -183 -0.3%
4.
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James
3.45% 0 -1,226 -1.7%
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David
3.80% -1 -2,860 -3.5%
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John
3.81% +1 +212 +0.3%
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Michael
4.06% 0 -1,263 -1.5%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
25.
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Robin
0.73% 0 -695 -4.6%
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Cheryl
0.76% 0 -1,541 -9.3%
23.
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Nancy
0.82% -4 -1,757 -9.7%
22.
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Julie
0.82% 0 -786 -4.6%
21.
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Debra
0.87% -6 -3,258 -15.8%
20.
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Elizabeth
0.89% 0 -210 -1.2%
19.
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Sharon
0.90% -2 -1,834 -9.3%
18.
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Teresa
0.90% 0 -550 -3.0%
17.
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Barbara
0.92% -3 -2,352 -11.4%
16.
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Laura
0.93% +5 +1,018 +5.8%
15.
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Brenda
0.99% -3 -1,671 -7.9%
14.
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Pamela
1.04% -1 -686 -3.2%
13.
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Deborah
1.06% -4 -1,843 -8.0%
12.
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Tammy
1.07% +11 +4,449 +26.6%
11.
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Kimberly
1.07% +5 +866 +4.3%
10.
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Cynthia
1.09% -2 -2,431 -10.1%
9.
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Sandra
1.09% +1 -792 -3.5%
8.
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Lori
1.20% +3 +1,508 +6.7%
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Patricia
1.28% -1 -1,157 -4.4%
6.
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Donna
1.28% +1 -330 -1.3%
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Linda
1.39% 0 -3,747 -11.9%
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Karen
1.63% 0 -2,697 -7.7%
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Susan
1.71% 0 -1,741 -4.9%
2.
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Mary
2.09% 0 -1,936 -4.5%
1.
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Lisa
2.82% 0 +9,965 +21.6%