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		 3.69% 0
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Christopher		 2.70% 0
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Matthew		 2.33% +3
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Jason		 2.25% -1
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David		 2.18% -1
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Joshua		 2.10% +1
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James		 2.06% -2
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John		 1.87% 0
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Robert		 1.85% 0
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Daniel		 1.66% +1
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Joseph		 1.65% -1
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Justin		 1.47% +1
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Ryan		 1.44% +2
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Brian		 1.43% -2
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William		 1.33% -1
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Jonathan		 1.21% +5
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Eric		 1.11% -1
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Andrew		 1.09% +1
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Brandon		 1.09% +11
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Adam		 1.08% +2
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Nicholas		 1.06% -4
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Jeremy		 1.03% -4
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Anthony		 1.00% +1
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Timothy		 0.98% -4
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Kevin		 0.94% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.19% 0
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Jessica		 2.38% +1
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Amanda		 1.92% -1
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Sarah		 1.58% +1
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Melissa		 1.57% -1
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Amy		 1.14% +2
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Nicole		 1.14% 0
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Stephanie		 1.13% +5
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Elizabeth		 1.13% 0
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Heather		 1.00% -4
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Michelle		 0.99% -1
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Rebecca		 0.94% +5
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Kimberly		 0.93% -2
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Tiffany		 0.92% 0
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Angela		 0.89% -3
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Crystal		 0.89% +2
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Christina		 0.81% -2
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Lisa		 0.80% -2
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Erin		 0.78% +1
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Amber		 0.77% +2
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Laura		 0.74% 0
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Rachel		 0.70% +1
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Kelly		 0.66% -4
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Andrea		 0.65% +4
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April		 0.64% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States