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		 4.14% 0
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Jason		 3.36% +1
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Christopher		 2.98% -1
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David		 2.56% +1
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James		 2.54% -1
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John		 2.31% 0
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Robert		 2.27% 0
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Brian		 2.11% 0
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Matthew		 1.67% +1
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William		 1.66% -1
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Daniel		 1.46% 0
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Joseph		 1.34% 0
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Eric		 1.24% 0
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Kevin		 1.19% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.19% +2
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Mark		 1.16% -1
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Richard		 1.14% -1
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Scott		 1.11% 0
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Steven		 1.08% +1
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Thomas		 1.06% -1
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Anthony		 1.01% 0
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Timothy		 0.98% 0
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Charles		 0.93% 0
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Jeremy		 0.82% +9
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Ryan		 0.81% +5
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 4.03% 0
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Amy		 1.89% 0
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Michelle		 1.65% 0
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Heather		 1.48% +4
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Angela		 1.46% +2
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Kimberly		 1.43% -2
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Melissa		 1.42% -1
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Lisa		 1.26% -3
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Stephanie		 1.08% 0
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Rebecca		 0.97% 0
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Nicole		 0.84% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.78% +1
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Mary		 0.75% +1
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Julie		 0.73% -2
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Christina		 0.69% +1
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Kelly		 0.69% +3
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Jessica		 0.68% +17
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Shannon		 0.68% +4
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Christine		 0.63% -2
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Sarah		 0.63% +15
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Laura		 0.62% -2
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Dawn		 0.60% -1
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Tracy		 0.59% -3
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Tammy		 0.59% -9
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Tina		 0.55% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States