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		 4.08% 0
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John		 4.07% 0
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David		 3.70% 0
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James		 3.60% 0
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Robert		 3.45% 0
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Mark		 2.23% 0
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William		 2.18% 0
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Richard		 1.98% 0
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Thomas		 1.70% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.52% 0
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Joseph		 1.51% +2
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Steven		 1.47% +2
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Kevin		 1.45% -2
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Scott		 1.41% -2
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Timothy		 1.39% 0
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Paul		 1.33% +1
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Charles		 1.28% -1
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Kenneth		 1.23% 0
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Daniel		 1.20% 0
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Brian		 1.19% 0
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Anthony		 0.99% +1
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Gregory		 0.98% -1
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Christopher		 0.97% +3
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Ronald		 0.93% -1
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Donald		 0.89% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 2.77% 0
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Mary		 2.09% 0
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Susan		 1.61% 0
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Karen		 1.55% 0
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Patricia		 1.33% +2
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Kimberly		 1.23% +5
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Donna		 1.22% -1
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Linda		 1.21% -3
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Cynthia		 1.04% +1
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Tammy		 1.02% +2
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Pamela		 1.01% +3
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Deborah		 0.99% +1
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Sandra		 0.98% -4
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Laura		 0.97% +2
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Lori		 0.95% -7
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Elizabeth		 0.88% +4
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Julie		 0.88% +5
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Brenda		 0.87% -3
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Barbara		 0.84% -2
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Sharon		 0.84% -1
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Teresa		 0.84% -3
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Angela		 0.83% +8
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Michelle		 0.83% +3
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Debra		 0.78% -3
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Denise		 0.75% +2
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Popularity extremes for the United States