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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Jacob		 1.74% +1
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Michael		 1.66% -1
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Matthew		 1.49% 0
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Joshua		 1.34% 0
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Nicholas		 1.26% +1
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Christopher		 1.26% -1
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Andrew		 1.17% +2
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Joseph		 1.14% +3
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Daniel		 1.11% +3
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Tyler		 1.11% -2
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Brandon		 1.06% -4
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Ryan		 1.03% +5
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Austin		 1.02% -3
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William		 1.02% 0
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John		 1.00% 0
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David		 1.00% -3
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Zachary		 0.98% -1
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Anthony		 0.96% +1
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James		 0.91% -1
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Justin		 0.90% 0
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Alexander		 0.85% +1
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Jonathan		 0.84% -1
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Dylan		 0.78% +2
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Noah		 0.73% +5
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Christian		 0.73% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Emily		 1.36% 0
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Hannah		 1.11% 0
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Alexis		 0.99% +3
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Sarah		 0.98% 0
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Samantha		 0.98% -2
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Ashley		 0.93% -1
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Madison		 0.93% +2
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Taylor		 0.87% -1
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Jessica		 0.84% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.79% 0
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Alyssa		 0.72% 0
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Lauren		 0.72% +2
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Kayla		 0.68% -1
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Brianna		 0.64% +3
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Megan		 0.63% -2
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Victoria		 0.61% 0
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Emma		 0.60% +5
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Abigail		 0.60% 0
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Rachel		 0.60% -4
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Olivia		 0.58% +1
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Jennifer		 0.55% -1
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Amanda		 0.50% -3
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Sydney		 0.50% +5
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Morgan		 0.49% -1
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Nicole		 0.49% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States