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		 4.10% 0
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Jason		 3.23% 0
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Christopher		 2.77% 0
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David		 2.41% +1
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James		 2.35% -1
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John		 2.08% +1
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Robert		 2.07% -1
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Brian		 1.87% 0
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Matthew		 1.84% 0
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Daniel		 1.51% +1
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William		 1.50% -1
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Joseph		 1.47% 0
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Eric		 1.31% 0
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Jeremy		 1.23% +10
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Kevin		 1.13% 0
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Ryan		 1.07% +7
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Jeffrey		 1.04% -3
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Joshua		 1.03% +8
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Richard		 1.03% -3
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Steven		 1.02% -2
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Timothy		 1.02% +1
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Anthony		 1.02% -1
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Thomas		 0.99% -3
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Scott		 0.96% -7
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Mark		 0.95% -6
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.78% 0
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Amy		 1.99% 0
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Melissa		 1.60% +1
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Heather		 1.54% -1
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Angela		 1.40% 0
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Michelle		 1.24% 0
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Kimberly		 1.21% 0
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Jessica		 1.17% +5
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Lisa		 1.10% -1
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Amanda		 0.99% +4
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Stephanie		 0.97% -2
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Rebecca		 0.92% -1
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Nicole		 0.92% -3
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Christina		 0.89% -2
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Sarah		 0.89% +2
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Elizabeth		 0.86% -1
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Shannon		 0.85% +4
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Jamie		 0.80% +50
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Kelly		 0.75% -3
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Laura		 0.72% 0
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Julie		 0.69% -3
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Mary		 0.66% -3
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Rachel		 0.54% +3
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Erin		 0.53% +14
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Andrea		 0.53% +3
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Popularity extremes for the United States