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
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Eric		 0.91% 0
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Ronald		 0.93% 0
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Gregory		 0.94% 0
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Anthony		 1.14% 0
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Kenneth		 1.15% 0
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Charles		 1.22% 0
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Daniel		 1.28% -2
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Paul		 1.30% -2
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Kevin		 1.41% -4
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Scott		 1.43% -1
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Joseph		 1.49% -4
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Brian		 1.50% +5
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Steven		 1.52% +1
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Christopher		 1.53% +6
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Timothy		 1.59% +1
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Thomas		 1.60% -1
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Jeffrey		 1.66% +1
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Richard		 1.90% 0
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Mark		 1.92% 0
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William		 2.10% 0
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Robert		 3.26% 0
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John		 3.58% -2
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James		 3.59% +1
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David		 3.65% +1
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Michael		 4.40% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Brenda		 0.76% -2
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Dawn		 0.78% +2
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Tina		 0.79% +6
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Melissa		 0.81% +16
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Lori		 0.84% -2
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Christine		 0.89% +1
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Laura		 0.89% -2
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Linda		 0.89% -10
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Sandra		 0.90% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.91% 0
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Deborah		 0.93% -1
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Pamela		 0.93% -2
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Julie		 0.93% +1
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Donna		 0.97% -5
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Cynthia		 0.99% -2
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Jennifer		 1.04% +10
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Angela		 1.06% +1
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Tammy		 1.06% +3
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Patricia		 1.15% -1
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Susan		 1.35% -1
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Karen		 1.45% -2
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Michelle		 1.55% +14
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Mary		 1.65% -1
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Kimberly		 1.84% +2
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Lisa		 3.24% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States