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		 3.37% 0
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Christopher		 3.10% 0
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Matthew		 2.45% 0
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Joshua		 2.19% 0
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Daniel		 2.00% +1
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David		 2.00% -1
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James		 1.86% 0
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Robert		 1.67% +1
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John		 1.64% -1
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Joseph		 1.57% 0
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Andrew		 1.57% +3
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Ryan		 1.55% 0
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Brandon		 1.52% +2
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Jason		 1.35% -3
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Justin		 1.33% -2
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William		 1.28% 0
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Jonathan		 1.25% +2
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Brian		 1.20% -1
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Nicholas		 1.16% +1
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Anthony		 1.15% +1
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Eric		 1.08% +1
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Adam		 1.05% -4
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Kevin		 0.98% +1
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Steven		 0.97% -1
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Thomas		 0.92% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 2.62% +1
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Ashley		 2.55% +1
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Jennifer		 2.31% -2
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Amanda		 2.12% 0
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Sarah		 1.35% 0
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Stephanie		 1.26% 0
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Nicole		 1.24% 0
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Heather		 1.15% +1
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Elizabeth		 1.11% +1
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Megan		 1.08% +1
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Melissa		 1.08% -3
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Christina		 0.90% +8
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Rachel		 0.89% +2
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Laura		 0.87% +5
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Lauren		 0.85% +6
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Amber		 0.84% +2
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Brittany		 0.84% +24
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Danielle		 0.84% -2
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Kimberly		 0.81% +3
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Amy		 0.78% -7
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Crystal		 0.78% -9
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Michelle		 0.76% -5
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Tiffany		 0.74% -9
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Emily		 0.71% 0
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Rebecca		 0.69% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States