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		 4.27% 0
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James		 3.00% +1
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David		 2.92% -1
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John		 2.83% 0
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Robert		 2.79% 0
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Christopher		 2.65% 0
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William		 1.95% 0
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Jason		 1.88% +5
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Brian		 1.80% -1
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Scott		 1.70% +2
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Richard		 1.44% -1
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Jeffrey		 1.42% -1
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Mark		 1.38% -4
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Kevin		 1.37% 0
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Joseph		 1.35% +1
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Steven		 1.30% -1
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Thomas		 1.27% 0
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Eric		 1.26% 0
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Matthew		 1.24% +5
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Daniel		 1.20% -1
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Timothy		 1.11% -1
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Charles		 1.09% -1
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Anthony		 1.06% -1
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Paul		 0.96% -1
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Gregory		 0.81% +1
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Kenneth		 0.81% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.24% 0
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Michelle		 1.89% +2
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Lisa		 1.88% -1
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Kimberly		 1.75% -1
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Amy		 1.50% 0
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Angela		 1.48% 0
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Melissa		 1.36% 0
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Tammy		 1.01% 0
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Mary		 0.95% 0
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Julie		 0.88% +1
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Stephanie		 0.86% +6
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Heather		 0.86% +7
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Tracy		 0.82% -3
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Dawn		 0.82% +2
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Karen		 0.81% -3
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Laura		 0.79% -3
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Susan		 0.79% -2
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Christine		 0.78% -4
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Elizabeth		 0.78% -1
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Tina		 0.76% +1
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Shannon		 0.72% +1
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Kelly		 0.72% -2
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Rebecca		 0.70% +6
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Cynthia		 0.69% +1
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Lori		 0.68% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States