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		 2.06% 0
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Matthew		 1.64% +1
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Christopher		 1.62% -1
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Jacob		 1.55% +3
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Joshua		 1.53% -1
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Tyler		 1.45% -1
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Nicholas		 1.45% +2
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Brandon		 1.34% -2
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Daniel		 1.33% -1
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Austin		 1.29% +7
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Andrew		 1.29% -1
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Joseph		 1.26% -1
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John		 1.16% +2
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Zachary		 1.15% -2
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Ryan		 1.15% +1
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David		 1.15% -3
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James		 1.13% -3
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Justin		 1.07% +2
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Anthony		 1.02% -1
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William		 1.00% -1
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Alexander		 0.97% +1
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Robert		 0.92% -1
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Jonathan		 0.90% 0
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Kyle		 0.83% 0
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Kevin		 0.79% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 1.45% 0
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Ashley		 1.38% 0
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Emily		 1.27% 0
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Samantha		 1.13% 0
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Sarah		 1.11% 0
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Taylor		 1.06% 0
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Hannah		 0.89% +9
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Brittany		 0.86% -1
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Amanda		 0.85% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.84% -1
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Kayla		 0.84% +1
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Rachel		 0.84% +1
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Megan		 0.81% -3
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Alexis		 0.75% +4
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Lauren		 0.70% -1
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Stephanie		 0.68% -1
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Courtney		 0.67% +5
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Jennifer		 0.66% -1
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Nicole		 0.64% -8
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Victoria		 0.64% -1
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Brianna		 0.62% +6
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Amber		 0.57% -1
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Morgan		 0.57% +2
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Danielle		 0.55% -4
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Jasmine		 0.54% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States