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		 4.48% 0
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David		 3.24% 0
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James		 3.24% 0
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John		 3.07% 0
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Robert		 3.00% 0
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Christopher		 2.19% +1
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William		 2.04% -1
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Brian		 1.68% +1
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Mark		 1.65% -1
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Richard		 1.60% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.58% 0
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Scott		 1.50% 0
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Jason		 1.43% +12
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Kevin		 1.42% +2
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Steven		 1.41% -1
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Joseph		 1.40% -1
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Thomas		 1.40% -4
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Eric		 1.24% +3
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Daniel		 1.24% -1
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Timothy		 1.18% -3
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Charles		 1.18% -2
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Anthony		 1.11% -2
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Paul		 1.06% -1
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Matthew		 1.06% 0
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Kenneth		 0.88% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 2.52% +2
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Lisa		 2.13% -1
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Kimberly		 1.86% +1
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Michelle		 1.86% -2
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Amy		 1.38% +1
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Angela		 1.36% +1
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Melissa		 1.30% -2
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Tammy		 1.07% +1
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Mary		 1.05% -1
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Tracy		 1.01% +7
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Julie		 0.94% +1
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Karen		 0.91% +1
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Laura		 0.90% -3
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Christine		 0.88% 0
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Susan		 0.86% -4
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Dawn		 0.86% +5
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Stephanie		 0.84% +2
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Elizabeth		 0.83% -2
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Heather		 0.80% +15
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Kelly		 0.80% -5
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Tina		 0.76% +1
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Shannon		 0.74% +9
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Lori		 0.73% -3
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Patricia		 0.73% -6
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Cynthia		 0.71% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States