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		 1.81% 0
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Jacob		 1.78% 0
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Matthew		 1.54% 0
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Joshua		 1.39% +1
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Christopher		 1.33% -1
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Nicholas		 1.31% 0
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Brandon		 1.18% +1
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Tyler		 1.17% +2
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Andrew		 1.17% -2
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Austin		 1.16% -1
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Joseph		 1.14% +1
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Daniel		 1.14% -1
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David		 1.03% +1
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William		 1.03% +5
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John		 1.02% 0
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Zachary		 1.02% -3
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Ryan		 1.00% -1
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James		 0.97% -1
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Anthony		 0.97% -1
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Justin		 0.89% 0
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Jonathan		 0.87% 0
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Alexander		 0.86% 0
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Robert		 0.77% 0
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Kyle		 0.75% 0
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Dylan		 0.72% +5
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Emily		 1.35% 0
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Hannah		 1.10% +3
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Samantha		 1.04% +3
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Sarah		 1.03% 0
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Ashley		 1.03% -2
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Alexis		 1.02% +2
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Taylor		 0.96% 0
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Jessica		 0.94% -6
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Madison		 0.92% +1
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Elizabeth		 0.78% -1
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Alyssa		 0.71% +4
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Kayla		 0.69% 0
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Megan		 0.68% -2
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Lauren		 0.67% 0
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Rachel		 0.63% -2
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Victoria		 0.63% +3
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Brianna		 0.62% 0
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Abigail		 0.57% +8
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Amanda		 0.56% -3
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Jennifer		 0.55% -2
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Olivia		 0.55% +6
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Emma		 0.54% +14
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Morgan		 0.53% -1
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Nicole		 0.51% -3
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Brittany		 0.51% -5
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Popularity extremes for the United States