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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Ronald		 0.87% -1
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Matthew		 0.89% +4
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Kenneth		 1.02% -1
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Eric		 1.04% +1
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Anthony		 1.14% 0
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Charles		 1.22% 0
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Paul		 1.23% -1
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Daniel		 1.24% +1
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Kevin		 1.34% 0
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Joseph		 1.43% -1
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Steven		 1.44% -1
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Scott		 1.47% +2
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Timothy		 1.49% -2
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Thomas		 1.55% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.60% +2
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Brian		 1.69% 0
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Christopher		 1.77% 0
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Richard		 1.86% 0
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Mark		 1.99% 0
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William		 2.08% 0
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Robert		 3.28% 0
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James		 3.42% -1
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John		 3.43% +1
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David		 3.59% 0
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Michael		 4.62% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Tracy		 0.75% +4
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Donna		 0.75% -5
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Stephanie		 0.76% +2
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Lori		 0.77% +2
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Dawn		 0.79% +6
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Pamela		 0.82% -3
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Cynthia		 0.82% -1
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Tina		 0.86% +3
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Elizabeth		 0.87% -4
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Julie		 0.92% 0
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Patricia		 0.92% -4
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Christine		 0.97% 0
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Amy		 1.00% -1
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Kelly		 1.00% +11
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Laura		 1.10% +4
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Susan		 1.14% -5
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Karen		 1.14% -3
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Tammy		 1.17% 0
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Angela		 1.21% 0
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Mary		 1.27% -2
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Melissa		 1.27% +4
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Jennifer		 1.57% +6
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Kimberly		 1.87% -1
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Michelle		 1.94% +1
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Lisa		 2.90% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States