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		 3.62% 0
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Christopher		 3.14% 0
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Matthew		 2.44% 0
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Jason		 2.15% 0
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David		 2.14% 0
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James		 2.06% +1
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Joshua		 2.01% -1
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John		 1.84% 0
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Robert		 1.82% 0
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Daniel		 1.73% 0
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Joseph		 1.65% 0
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Justin		 1.54% 0
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Ryan		 1.41% 0
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Brian		 1.37% 0
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William		 1.36% 0
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Jonathan		 1.23% 0
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Andrew		 1.21% +1
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Brandon		 1.07% +1
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Adam		 1.07% +1
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Eric		 1.05% -3
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Anthony		 1.04% +2
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Nicholas		 1.04% -1
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Thomas		 0.93% +3
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Timothy		 0.93% 0
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Kevin		 0.93% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.15% 0
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Jessica		 2.51% 0
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Amanda		 1.89% 0
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Sarah		 1.57% 0
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Melissa		 1.43% 0
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Nicole		 1.20% +1
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Stephanie		 1.15% +1
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Elizabeth		 1.13% +1
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Crystal		 1.05% +7
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Amy		 1.04% -4
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Michelle		 0.98% 0
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Heather		 0.96% -2
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Tiffany		 0.95% +1
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Kimberly		 0.89% -1
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Rebecca		 0.87% -3
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Angela		 0.83% -1
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Ashley		 0.82% +17
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Amber		 0.81% +2
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Christina		 0.80% -2
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Erin		 0.79% -1
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Rachel		 0.77% +1
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Laura		 0.73% -1
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Lisa		 0.70% -5
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Emily		 0.69% +5
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Kelly		 0.67% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States