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		 3.34% 0
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Christopher		 2.95% 0
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Matthew		 2.44% 0
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Joshua		 1.95% 0
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David		 1.93% +1
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Daniel		 1.90% -1
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James		 1.77% 0
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Andrew		 1.76% +3
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Robert		 1.63% -1
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John		 1.57% -1
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Ryan		 1.54% +1
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Joseph		 1.50% -2
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Brandon		 1.42% 0
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Justin		 1.39% +1
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William		 1.27% +1
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Jonathan		 1.25% +1
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Nicholas		 1.19% +2
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Jason		 1.17% -4
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Anthony		 1.14% +1
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Brian		 1.09% -2
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Kevin		 1.04% +2
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Eric		 1.02% -1
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Kyle		 1.01% +4
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Adam		 0.95% -2
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Steven		 0.94% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 2.86% 0
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Ashley		 2.69% 0
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Amanda		 2.20% +1
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Jennifer		 1.96% -1
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Sarah		 1.53% 0
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Stephanie		 1.23% 0
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Nicole		 1.15% 0
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Brittany		 1.10% +9
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Heather		 1.07% -1
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Elizabeth		 1.03% -1
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Megan		 1.01% -1
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Melissa		 0.96% -1
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Amber		 0.92% +3
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Lauren		 0.90% +1
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Rachel		 0.84% -2
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Danielle		 0.81% +2
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Tiffany		 0.79% +6
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Kimberly		 0.78% +1
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Christina		 0.78% -7
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Laura		 0.77% -6
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Samantha		 0.76% +8
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Amy		 0.73% -2
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Michelle		 0.72% -1
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Emily		 0.72% 0
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Crystal		 0.69% -4
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Popularity extremes for the United States