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		 3.95% 0
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Jason		 3.26% 0
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Christopher		 2.73% 0
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David		 2.37% 0
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James		 2.34% 0
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John		 2.00% 0
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Robert		 2.00% 0
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Brian		 1.90% 0
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Matthew		 1.87% 0
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Joseph		 1.55% +2
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Daniel		 1.53% -1
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William		 1.45% -1
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Kevin		 1.31% +2
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Joshua		 1.29% +4
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Jeremy		 1.26% -1
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Ryan		 1.24% 0
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Eric		 1.21% -4
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Timothy		 1.05% +3
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Jeffrey		 1.02% -2
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Richard		 1.02% -1
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Anthony		 0.98% +1
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Thomas		 0.97% +1
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Steven		 0.97% -3
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Andrew		 0.94% +3
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Mark		 0.90% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.59% 0
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Melissa		 1.63% +1
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Amy		 1.63% -1
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Jessica		 1.51% +4
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Heather		 1.45% -1
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Angela		 1.28% -1
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Michelle		 1.19% -1
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Kimberly		 1.11% -1
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Amanda		 1.11% +1
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Kelly		 1.11% +9
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Sarah		 1.10% +4
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Lisa		 1.03% -3
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Elizabeth		 1.00% +3
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Stephanie		 0.94% -3
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Nicole		 0.93% -2
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Christina		 0.88% -2
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Rebecca		 0.86% -5
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Jamie		 0.78% 0
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Shannon		 0.76% -2
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Laura		 0.69% 0
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Mary		 0.65% +1
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Julie		 0.62% -1
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Erin		 0.62% +1
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Andrea		 0.60% +1
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Crystal		 0.59% +11
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Popularity extremes for the United States