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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Michael		 4.66% 0
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David		 3.48% 0
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James		 3.27% +1
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John		 3.21% -1
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Robert		 3.19% 0
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William		 2.06% 0
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Christopher		 1.95% +2
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Mark		 1.83% -1
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Brian		 1.73% +1
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Richard		 1.70% -2
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Jeffrey		 1.58% 0
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Scott		 1.57% +2
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Thomas		 1.50% -1
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Steven		 1.45% +1
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Joseph		 1.43% +1
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Kevin		 1.29% +1
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Timothy		 1.28% -4
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Daniel		 1.27% 0
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Charles		 1.18% +1
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Anthony		 1.14% +1
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Eric		 1.13% +1
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Paul		 1.13% -3
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Kenneth		 0.96% 0
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Matthew		 0.96% 0
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Jason		 0.90% +22
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 2.55% 0
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Michelle		 1.95% 0
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Jennifer		 1.91% +1
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Kimberly		 1.88% -1
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Melissa		 1.31% 0
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Amy		 1.22% +7
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Angela		 1.20% 0
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Mary		 1.13% -2
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Tammy		 1.08% -1
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Laura		 1.02% +1
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Susan		 1.01% -1
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Julie		 1.01% +4
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Karen		 1.00% -4
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Christine		 0.95% 0
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Kelly		 0.93% -3
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Elizabeth		 0.87% +1
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Tracy		 0.86% +8
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Patricia		 0.85% -3
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Stephanie		 0.82% +4
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Lori		 0.80% +2
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Dawn		 0.78% 0
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Tina		 0.77% -4
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Cynthia		 0.77% -4
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Pamela		 0.76% -4
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Sandra		 0.69% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States