Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Jacob
1.58% 0 -1,918 -5.6%
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Michael
1.44% 0 -2,354 -7.3%
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Matthew
1.30% 0 -1,767 -6.2%
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Joshua
1.26% 0 -1,516 -5.5%
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Christopher
1.12% 0 -1,805 -7.2%
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Nicholas
1.11% 0 -1,806 -7.3%
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Andrew
1.08% 0 -1,233 -5.2%
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Joseph
1.07% 0 -817 -3.6%
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Daniel
1.02% 0 -1,322 -5.9%
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William
0.97% +1 -558 -2.7%
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Anthony
0.95% +6 +84 +0.4%
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David
0.94% +4 -424 -2.1%
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Tyler
0.93% -3 -2,231 -10.4%
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John
0.91% 0 -1,211 -6.0%
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Ryan
0.88% -2 -1,980 -9.8%
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Zachary
0.88% -1 -1,667 -8.4%
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Ethan
0.87% +8 +2,737 +18.0%
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Brandon
0.87% -6 -2,445 -12.0%
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James
0.83% -1 -918 -5.1%
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Alexander
0.81% 0 -573 -3.3%
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Dylan
0.80% +3 +1,092 +7.1%
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Justin
0.79% -3 -1,553 -8.7%
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Jonathan
0.78% -2 -742 -4.4%
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Christian
0.75% -2 -601 -3.7%
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Austin
0.72% -2 -992 -6.2%
Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Emily
1.27% 0 -900 -3.5%
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Madison
1.12% +1 +2,198 +11.0%
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Hannah
1.05% -1 -2,364 -10.2%
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Ashley
0.84% 0 -1,467 -8.2%
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Alexis
0.83% +1 -1,228 -7.0%
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Sarah
0.80% -1 -1,787 -10.1%
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Samantha
0.80% 0 -1,397 -8.1%
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Abigail
0.75% +6 +1,713 +13.1%
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Elizabeth
0.75% 0 -324 -2.1%
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Olivia
0.71% +6 +1,123 +8.7%
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Jessica
0.70% -3 -1,787 -11.4%
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Taylor
0.69% -2 -1,387 -9.2%
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Emma
0.67% +4 +766 +6.1%
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Alyssa
0.67% -2 -281 -2.1%
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Lauren
0.65% -4 -1,394 -9.8%
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Grace
0.61% +3 +805 +7.1%
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Kayla
0.60% -4 -1,421 -10.7%
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Brianna
0.59% -3 -1,104 -8.6%
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Anna
0.54% +3 -24 -0.2%
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Megan
0.52% -2 -1,136 -9.9%
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Victoria
0.51% -1 -747 -6.8%
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Destiny
0.49% +2 -98 -1.0%
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Sydney
0.49% 0 -604 -5.9%
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Rachel
0.48% -3 -1,131 -10.6%
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Jasmine
0.45% +2 -141 -1.5%