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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jacob		 1.58% 0
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Michael		 1.44% 0
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Matthew		 1.30% 0
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Joshua		 1.26% 0
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Christopher		 1.12% 0
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Nicholas		 1.11% 0
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Andrew		 1.08% 0
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Joseph		 1.07% 0
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Daniel		 1.02% 0
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William		 0.97% +1
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Anthony		 0.95% +6
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David		 0.94% +4
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Tyler		 0.93% -3
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John		 0.91% 0
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Ryan		 0.88% -2
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Zachary		 0.88% -1
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Ethan		 0.87% +8
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Brandon		 0.87% -6
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James		 0.83% -1
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Alexander		 0.81% 0
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Dylan		 0.80% +3
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Justin		 0.79% -3
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Jonathan		 0.78% -2
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Christian		 0.75% -2
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Austin		 0.72% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Emily		 1.27% 0
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Madison		 1.12% +1
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Hannah		 1.05% -1
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Ashley		 0.84% 0
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Alexis		 0.83% +1
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Sarah		 0.80% -1
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Samantha		 0.80% 0
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Abigail		 0.75% +6
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Elizabeth		 0.75% 0
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Olivia		 0.71% +6
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Jessica		 0.70% -3
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Taylor		 0.69% -2
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Emma		 0.67% +4
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Alyssa		 0.67% -2
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Lauren		 0.65% -4
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Grace		 0.61% +3
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Kayla		 0.60% -4
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Brianna		 0.59% -3
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Anna		 0.54% +3
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Megan		 0.52% -2
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Victoria		 0.51% -1
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Destiny		 0.49% +2
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Sydney		 0.49% 0
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Rachel		 0.48% -3
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Jasmine		 0.45% +2
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Popularity extremes for the United States