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		 1.65% 0
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Michael		 1.53% 0
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Matthew		 1.37% 0
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Joshua		 1.32% 0
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Christopher		 1.19% +1
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Nicholas		 1.18% -1
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Andrew		 1.13% 0
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Joseph		 1.09% 0
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Daniel		 1.07% 0
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Tyler		 1.03% 0
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William		 0.99% +3
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Brandon		 0.97% -1
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Ryan		 0.97% -1
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John		 0.96% +1
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Zachary		 0.95% +2
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David		 0.95% 0
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Anthony		 0.94% +1
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James		 0.86% +1
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Justin		 0.85% +1
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Alexander		 0.83% +1
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Jonathan		 0.81% +1
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Christian		 0.77% +3
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Austin		 0.76% -10
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Dylan		 0.74% -1
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Ethan		 0.73% +12
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Emily		 1.30% 0
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Hannah		 1.16% 0
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Madison		 1.00% +4
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Ashley		 0.90% +2
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Sarah		 0.89% -1
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Alexis		 0.88% -3
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Samantha		 0.87% -2
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Jessica		 0.79% +1
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Elizabeth		 0.76% +1
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Taylor		 0.76% -2
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Lauren		 0.71% +1
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Alyssa		 0.68% -1
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Kayla		 0.67% 0
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Abigail		 0.66% +4
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Brianna		 0.65% -1
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Olivia		 0.64% +4
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Emma		 0.63% 0
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Megan		 0.57% -3
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Grace		 0.57% +8
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Victoria		 0.55% -4
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Rachel		 0.54% -2
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Anna		 0.53% +7
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Sydney		 0.51% 0
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Destiny		 0.49% +4
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Morgan		 0.48% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States