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		 4.28% 0
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John		 3.78% 0
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David		 3.58% 0
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James		 3.57% 0
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Robert		 3.33% 0
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William		 2.12% +1
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Mark		 2.02% -1
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Richard		 1.94% 0
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Thomas		 1.67% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.56% 0
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Joseph		 1.51% 0
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Timothy		 1.50% +3
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Kevin		 1.49% 0
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Steven		 1.48% -2
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Scott		 1.34% -1
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Paul		 1.32% 0
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Daniel		 1.31% +2
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Christopher		 1.30% +5
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Brian		 1.30% +1
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Charles		 1.24% -3
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Kenneth		 1.20% -3
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Anthony		 1.07% -1
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Gregory		 0.96% -1
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Ronald		 0.93% 0
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Eric		 0.89% +7
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 3.30% 0
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Mary		 1.88% 0
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Karen		 1.80% +1
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Kimberly		 1.58% +2
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Susan		 1.44% -2
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Patricia		 1.29% -1
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Donna		 1.08% 0
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Linda		 1.06% 0
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Cynthia		 1.05% 0
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Angela		 1.03% +12
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Tammy		 0.99% -1
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Pamela		 0.96% -1
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Deborah		 0.94% -1
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Julie		 0.93% +3
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Sandra		 0.90% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.89% 0
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Laura		 0.89% -3
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Michelle		 0.89% +5
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Lori		 0.86% -4
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Jennifer		 0.83% +11
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Christine		 0.83% +7
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Sharon		 0.83% -2
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Brenda		 0.82% -5
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Teresa		 0.80% -3
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Barbara		 0.77% -6
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Popularity extremes for the United States