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		 3.70% 0
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Christopher		 2.65% 0
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Jason		 2.60% 0
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David		 2.26% 0
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James		 2.12% 0
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Matthew		 2.04% 0
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Joshua		 1.94% +2
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John		 1.90% -1
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Robert		 1.85% -1
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Joseph		 1.63% +1
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Daniel		 1.61% +1
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Brian		 1.55% -2
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Justin		 1.44% +9
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William		 1.38% -1
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Ryan		 1.34% -1
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Eric		 1.22% +1
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Nicholas		 1.13% -2
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Jeremy		 1.07% -2
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Andrew		 1.06% +1
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Timothy		 1.03% -2
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Jonathan		 1.02% +10
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Adam		 1.02% +1
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Kevin		 0.97% -4
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Anthony		 0.95% -3
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Thomas		 0.95% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.28% 0
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Amanda		 2.01% +1
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Jessica		 1.91% +1
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Melissa		 1.78% -2
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Sarah		 1.45% +1
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Heather		 1.12% +1
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Nicole		 1.12% +2
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Amy		 1.11% -3
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Elizabeth		 1.10% +2
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Michelle		 1.07% 0
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Kimberly		 1.04% +1
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Angela		 1.01% -4
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Stephanie		 1.00% +2
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Tiffany		 0.91% +14
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Christina		 0.91% -1
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Lisa		 0.88% -3
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Rebecca		 0.86% 0
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Crystal		 0.80% 0
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Kelly		 0.77% -3
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Erin		 0.75% +1
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Laura		 0.73% -1
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Amber		 0.71% 0
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Rachel		 0.65% +4
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Jamie		 0.65% -5
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Mary		 0.64% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States