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		 4.63% 0
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David		 3.76% 0
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James		 3.47% 0
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John		 3.46% 0
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Robert		 3.17% 0
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William		 2.11% 0
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Mark		 1.96% 0
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Richard		 1.89% 0
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Christopher		 1.65% +3
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Brian		 1.61% +4
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Timothy		 1.61% 0
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Thomas		 1.59% -2
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Jeffrey		 1.58% -4
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Steven		 1.52% -1
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Joseph		 1.46% 0
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Scott		 1.44% 0
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Kevin		 1.38% 0
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Paul		 1.28% 0
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Daniel		 1.25% 0
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Charles		 1.20% 0
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Anthony		 1.17% +1
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Kenneth		 1.08% -1
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Eric		 1.00% +2
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Ronald		 0.92% 0
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Gregory		 0.89% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 3.05% 0
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Kimberly		 1.93% 0
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Michelle		 1.80% +1
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Mary		 1.48% -1
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Susan		 1.30% +1
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Karen		 1.26% -1
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Angela		 1.14% +2
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Tammy		 1.09% 0
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Melissa		 1.07% +13
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Jennifer		 1.06% 0
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Patricia		 1.03% -4
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Amy		 0.94% +18
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Elizabeth		 0.94% +3
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Christine		 0.93% +6
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Laura		 0.92% +4
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Julie		 0.91% -3
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Pamela		 0.90% -3
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Cynthia		 0.89% -7
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Donna		 0.86% -7
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Sandra		 0.86% -3
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Tina		 0.83% +2
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Deborah		 0.82% -8
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Kelly		 0.80% +3
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Lori		 0.79% -3
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Stephanie		 0.78% +13
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Popularity extremes for the United States