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		 2.87% 0
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Christopher		 2.22% 0
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Matthew		 1.97% 0
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Joshua		 1.95% 0
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Andrew		 1.49% +2
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Daniel		 1.46% -1
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James		 1.44% +1
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David		 1.44% -2
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Joseph		 1.41% +1
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John		 1.31% +2
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Ryan		 1.30% 0
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Nicholas		 1.29% +2
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Robert		 1.27% 0
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Justin		 1.26% -5
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Brandon		 1.23% +4
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Tyler		 1.19% +5
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Jacob		 1.19% +3
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Anthony		 1.15% -3
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William		 1.13% -3
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Jonathan		 1.08% -3
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Kyle		 1.02% -3
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Zachary		 1.01% 0
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Kevin		 0.96% 0
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Cody		 0.90% +7
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Eric		 0.85% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Ashley		 2.14% +1
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Jessica		 2.13% -1
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Brittany		 1.43% 0
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Amanda		 1.42% 0
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Samantha		 1.26% 0
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Sarah		 1.24% 0
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Stephanie		 1.12% 0
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Jennifer		 1.02% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.00% 0
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Emily		 1.00% +2
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Megan		 0.95% 0
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Kayla		 0.91% +2
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Lauren		 0.91% -3
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Rachel		 0.80% +2
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Nicole		 0.79% -2
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Amber		 0.74% -1
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Danielle		 0.67% +1
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Chelsea		 0.66% +6
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Courtney		 0.66% -2
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Melissa		 0.66% 0
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Rebecca		 0.65% 0
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Michelle		 0.60% 0
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Heather		 0.58% -4
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Jasmine		 0.57% +4
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Katherine		 0.57% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States