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		 1.92% 0
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Matthew		 1.60% 0
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Jacob		 1.59% +1
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Christopher		 1.54% -1
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Joshua		 1.46% 0
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Nicholas		 1.38% +1
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Tyler		 1.35% -1
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Brandon		 1.29% 0
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Austin		 1.28% +1
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Andrew		 1.26% +1
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Daniel		 1.25% -2
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Joseph		 1.24% 0
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David		 1.15% +3
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Zachary		 1.12% 0
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John		 1.11% -2
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Ryan		 1.09% -1
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James		 1.06% 0
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William		 1.03% +2
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Anthony		 1.02% 0
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Justin		 1.00% -2
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Jonathan		 0.93% +2
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Alexander		 0.90% -1
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Robert		 0.88% -1
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Christian		 0.79% +4
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Kyle		 0.78% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Emily		 1.31% +2
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Jessica		 1.26% -1
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Ashley		 1.24% -1
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Sarah		 1.10% +1
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Samantha		 1.07% -1
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Taylor		 1.00% 0
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Hannah		 0.97% 0
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Alexis		 0.87% +6
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Rachel		 0.84% +3
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Elizabeth		 0.84% 0
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Kayla		 0.80% 0
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Megan		 0.77% +1
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Amanda		 0.73% -4
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Brittany		 0.72% -6
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Madison		 0.70% +14
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Lauren		 0.66% -1
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Brianna		 0.62% +4
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Victoria		 0.62% +2
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Jennifer		 0.61% -1
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Stephanie		 0.61% -4
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Courtney		 0.59% -4
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Nicole		 0.58% -3
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Alyssa		 0.58% +4
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Rebecca		 0.55% +4
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Morgan		 0.54% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States