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		 3.78% 0
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Christopher		 2.83% +1
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Jason		 2.81% -1
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David		 2.35% 0
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James		 2.20% 0
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Matthew		 1.99% 0
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John		 1.98% 0
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Robert		 1.90% 0
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Joshua		 1.74% +3
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Brian		 1.60% -1
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Joseph		 1.60% -1
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Daniel		 1.59% -1
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William		 1.38% 0
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Ryan		 1.30% 0
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Nicholas		 1.19% +10
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Jeremy		 1.17% +2
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Eric		 1.13% -1
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Timothy		 1.07% -1
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Kevin		 1.05% -4
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Andrew		 1.04% +1
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Anthony		 0.98% -1
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Justin		 0.97% +6
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Adam		 0.95% +6
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Jeffrey		 0.94% -5
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Richard		 0.93% -3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.29% 0
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Melissa		 1.98% 0
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Amanda		 1.85% +3
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Jessica		 1.61% -1
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Amy		 1.25% -1
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Sarah		 1.22% +2
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Heather		 1.21% -2
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Angela		 1.18% -1
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Nicole		 1.13% +1
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Michelle		 1.12% -1
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Elizabeth		 1.05% +3
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Kimberly		 1.02% +1
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Lisa		 1.00% -2
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Christina		 0.96% +1
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Stephanie		 0.94% +1
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Kelly		 0.89% -4
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Rebecca		 0.84% 0
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Crystal		 0.78% 0
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Jamie		 0.71% +1
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Laura		 0.69% -1
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Erin		 0.65% 0
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Amber		 0.64% +8
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April		 0.63% +4
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Mary		 0.61% 0
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Shannon		 0.60% -3
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Popularity extremes for the United States