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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Chad		 0.80% 0
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Paul		 0.80% 0
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Charles		 0.98% 0
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Timothy		 0.99% -1
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Anthony		 1.02% +1
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Steven		 1.07% -1
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Thomas		 1.11% +1
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Scott		 1.18% -7
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Jeffrey		 1.19% 0
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Richard		 1.24% -2
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Mark		 1.26% +3
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Kevin		 1.29% -1
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Eric		 1.29% +3
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Joseph		 1.32% 0
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Daniel		 1.47% +4
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Matthew		 1.52% 0
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William		 1.74% 0
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Brian		 2.21% 0
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Robert		 2.40% -1
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John		 2.43% -1
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David		 2.55% -1
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James		 2.66% -1
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Jason		 2.89% +4
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Christopher		 2.99% 0
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Michael		 4.20% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Susan		 0.60% -1
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Tina		 0.60% -6
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Karen		 0.60% -2
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Shannon		 0.63% 0
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Dawn		 0.64% -1
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Tracy		 0.64% -1
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Laura		 0.67% -2
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Kelly		 0.68% +5
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Christine		 0.68% -1
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Christina		 0.70% +9
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Tammy		 0.72% -4
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Mary		 0.79% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.80% +2
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Julie		 0.82% 0
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Nicole		 0.90% -1
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Rebecca		 0.96% +4
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Stephanie		 1.11% -1
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Heather		 1.25% +1
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Angela		 1.35% -1
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Melissa		 1.45% +1
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Lisa		 1.46% -2
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Kimberly		 1.51% 0
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Michelle		 1.73% -1
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Amy		 1.74% +3
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Jennifer		 4.02% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States