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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Charles		 0.90% -2
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Jeremy		 0.94% 0
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Ryan		 0.94% +2
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Timothy		 0.98% 0
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Anthony		 1.02% 0
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Thomas		 1.02% 0
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Mark		 1.03% -3
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Steven		 1.05% +1
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Scott		 1.07% +1
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Richard		 1.09% +1
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Kevin		 1.11% -1
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Jeffrey		 1.13% +1
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Eric		 1.22% 0
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Joseph		 1.36% 0
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Daniel		 1.47% 0
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William		 1.58% 0
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Matthew		 1.76% 0
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Brian		 1.89% 0
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John		 2.16% -1
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Robert		 2.18% +1
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David		 2.41% -1
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James		 2.44% +1
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Christopher		 2.87% 0
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Jason		 3.22% 0
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Michael		 4.22% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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April		 0.53% +3
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Tracy		 0.55% -1
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Dawn		 0.56% -1
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Christine		 0.58% -3
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Shannon		 0.60% -3
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Laura		 0.66% +1
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Mary		 0.70% -6
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Julie		 0.71% -4
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Sarah		 0.72% +3
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Kelly		 0.75% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.80% -3
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Amanda		 0.81% +20
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Jessica		 0.83% +4
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Christina		 0.83% +3
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Rebecca		 0.89% -1
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Nicole		 0.92% +1
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Stephanie		 1.01% 0
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Lisa		 1.16% 0
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Kimberly		 1.30% -1
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Michelle		 1.45% -3
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Angela		 1.50% 0
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Melissa		 1.55% +3
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Heather		 1.56% +1
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Amy		 2.07% 0
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Jennifer		 3.73% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States