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		 1.48% 0
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Michael		 1.37% 0
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Joshua		 1.26% +1
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Matthew		 1.22% -1
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Ethan		 1.07% +12
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Andrew		 1.07% +1
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Joseph		 1.06% +1
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Christopher		 1.05% -3
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Nicholas		 1.04% -3
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Daniel		 1.03% -1
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William		 0.97% -1
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Anthony		 0.95% -1
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David		 0.91% -1
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Tyler		 0.88% -1
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Alexander		 0.86% +5
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Ryan		 0.85% -1
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John		 0.85% -3
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James		 0.82% +1
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Zachary		 0.80% -3
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Brandon		 0.79% -2
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Jonathan		 0.75% +2
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Justin		 0.72% 0
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Dylan		 0.72% -2
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Christian		 0.71% 0
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Samuel		 0.71% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Emily		 1.24% 0
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Madison		 1.10% 0
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Hannah		 0.95% 0
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Emma		 0.84% +9
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Alexis		 0.79% 0
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Ashley		 0.78% -2
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Abigail		 0.78% +1
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Sarah		 0.75% -2
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Samantha		 0.74% -2
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Olivia		 0.74% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.74% -2
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Alyssa		 0.65% +2
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Lauren		 0.62% +2
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Isabella		 0.62% +14
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Grace		 0.61% +1
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Jessica		 0.60% -5
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Brianna		 0.58% +1
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Taylor		 0.58% -6
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Kayla		 0.57% -2
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Anna		 0.53% -1
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Victoria		 0.50% 0
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Megan		 0.47% -2
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Sydney		 0.46% 0
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Rachel		 0.45% 0
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Chloe		 0.45% +5
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Popularity extremes for the United States