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		 2.40% 0
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Christopher		 1.85% 0
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Matthew		 1.73% 0
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Joshua		 1.63% 0
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Tyler		 1.44% +3
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Brandon		 1.39% 0
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Daniel		 1.39% 0
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Nicholas		 1.36% +4
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Jacob		 1.33% +6
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Andrew		 1.32% -5
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David		 1.31% -1
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Joseph		 1.31% -1
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Ryan		 1.29% 0
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James		 1.27% -5
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Zachary		 1.24% +1
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John		 1.21% -2
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Robert		 1.09% 0
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William		 1.08% +2
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Anthony		 1.06% 0
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Justin		 1.04% -2
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Alexander		 0.99% +2
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Jonathan		 0.97% -1
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Kyle		 0.94% -1
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Cody		 0.93% 0
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Kevin		 0.92% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 1.78% +1
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Ashley		 1.77% -1
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Sarah		 1.23% +2
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Samantha		 1.20% +2
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Emily		 1.20% +2
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Brittany		 1.10% -2
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Taylor		 1.08% +10
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Amanda		 1.06% -5
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Elizabeth		 0.89% 0
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Stephanie		 0.87% -2
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Megan		 0.83% -1
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Lauren		 0.82% 0
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Nicole		 0.82% +1
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Rachel		 0.81% +2
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Jennifer		 0.80% -4
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Kayla		 0.78% -3
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Amber		 0.71% +2
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Danielle		 0.66% 0
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Victoria		 0.66% +3
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Courtney		 0.64% +1
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Hannah		 0.63% +5
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Rebecca		 0.63% -2
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Jasmine		 0.61% +5
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Kelsey		 0.58% -1
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Chelsea		 0.57% -10
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Popularity extremes for the United States