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		 1.88% 0
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Jacob		 1.71% +1
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Matthew		 1.58% -1
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Christopher		 1.46% 0
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Joshua		 1.42% 0
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Nicholas		 1.36% 0
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Andrew		 1.26% +3
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Brandon		 1.26% 0
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Austin		 1.26% 0
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Tyler		 1.25% -3
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Daniel		 1.20% 0
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Joseph		 1.18% 0
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Zachary		 1.10% +1
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David		 1.10% -1
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John		 1.07% 0
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Ryan		 1.03% 0
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James		 1.02% 0
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Anthony		 1.00% +1
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William		 1.00% -1
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Justin		 0.94% 0
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Jonathan		 0.93% 0
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Alexander		 0.86% 0
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Robert		 0.82% 0
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Kyle		 0.80% +1
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Christian		 0.75% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Emily		 1.35% 0
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Jessica		 1.10% 0
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Ashley		 1.09% 0
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Sarah		 1.09% 0
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Hannah		 1.08% +2
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Samantha		 1.06% -1
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Taylor		 1.02% -1
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Alexis		 0.90% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.81% +1
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Madison		 0.80% +5
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Megan		 0.75% +1
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Kayla		 0.73% -1
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Rachel		 0.72% -4
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Lauren		 0.69% +2
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Alyssa		 0.66% +8
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Amanda		 0.64% -3
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Brianna		 0.63% 0
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Jennifer		 0.62% +1
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Victoria		 0.62% -1
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Brittany		 0.60% -6
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Nicole		 0.56% +1
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Morgan		 0.54% +3
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Stephanie		 0.51% -3
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Jasmine		 0.51% +4
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Rebecca		 0.51% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States