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		 1.13% 0
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Michael		 1.03% 0
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Joshua		 1.02% 0
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Ethan		 0.94% +1
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Matthew		 0.93% -1
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Daniel		 0.92% +1
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Andrew		 0.90% -1
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Christopher		 0.90% +2
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Anthony		 0.89% -1
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William		 0.87% +1
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Joseph		 0.84% -2
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Alexander		 0.83% +1
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David		 0.81% -1
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Ryan		 0.75% 0
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Noah		 0.75% +8
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James		 0.74% +1
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Nicholas		 0.72% -2
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Tyler		 0.71% -2
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John		 0.69% -1
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Logan		 0.69% +6
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Christian		 0.66% +1
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Jonathan		 0.66% -3
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Nathan		 0.65% -3
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Benjamin		 0.63% +1
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Samuel		 0.62% -4
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Emily		 1.02% 0
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Emma		 0.92% 0
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Madison		 0.89% 0
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Isabella		 0.87% +2
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Ava		 0.81% +4
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Abigail		 0.75% -2
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Olivia		 0.74% -2
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Hannah		 0.70% -1
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Sophia		 0.65% +3
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Samantha		 0.60% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.60% 0
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Ashley		 0.59% -2
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Mia		 0.58% +4
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Alexis		 0.54% -1
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Sarah		 0.53% 0
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Grace		 0.53% -2
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Natalie		 0.52% +1
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Chloe		 0.50% +1
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Alyssa		 0.49% -3
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Brianna		 0.45% 0
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Ella		 0.44% +2
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Anna		 0.41% 0
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Taylor		 0.41% +1
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Lauren		 0.41% -3
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Hailey		 0.40% +1
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Popularity extremes for the United States