Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Expand year-to-year changes
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
chart
Michael		 3.78% 0
2.
chart
Christopher		 2.83% +1
3.
chart
Jason		 2.81% -1
4.
chart
David		 2.35% 0
5.
chart
James		 2.20% 0
6.
chart
Matthew		 1.99% 0
7.
chart
John		 1.98% 0
8.
chart
Robert		 1.90% 0
9.
chart
Joshua		 1.74% +3
10.
chart
Brian		 1.60% -1
11.
chart
Joseph		 1.60% -1
12.
chart
Daniel		 1.59% -1
13.
chart
William		 1.38% 0
14.
chart
Ryan		 1.30% 0
15.
chart
Nicholas		 1.19% +10
16.
chart
Jeremy		 1.17% +2
17.
chart
Eric		 1.13% -1
18.
chart
Timothy		 1.07% -1
19.
chart
Kevin		 1.05% -4
20.
chart
Andrew		 1.04% +1
21.
chart
Anthony		 0.98% -1
22.
chart
Justin		 0.97% +6
23.
chart
Adam		 0.95% +6
24.
chart
Jeffrey		 0.94% -5
25.
chart
Richard		 0.93% -3
26.
chart
Thomas		 0.92% -3
27.
chart
Steven		 0.91% -3
28.
chart
Charles		 0.83% -1
29.
chart
Scott		 0.81% +1
30.
chart
Mark		 0.80% -4
31.
chart
Jonathan		 0.80% 0
32.
chart
Aaron		 0.73% 0
33.
chart
Benjamin		 0.70% +1
34.
chart
Paul		 0.65% -1
35.
chart
Brandon		 0.63% +5
36.
chart
Travis		 0.62% +10
37.
chart
Nathan		 0.60% -1
38.
chart
Chad		 0.57% -3
39.
chart
Patrick		 0.56% +3
40.
chart
Stephen		 0.55% -3
41.
chart
Kenneth		 0.52% 0
42.
chart
Gregory		 0.51% -4
43.
chart
Shawn		 0.44% -4
44.
chart
Jose		 0.44% 0
45.
chart
Jacob		 0.42% +5
46.
chart
Bryan		 0.42% -3
47.
chart
Bradley		 0.39% +6
48.
chart
Edward		 0.38% -1
49.
chart
Sean		 0.38% -4
50.
chart
Jesse		 0.37% +1
51.
chart
Donald		 0.36% -3
52.
chart
Keith		 0.35% -3
53.
chart
Peter		 0.34% +1
54.
chart
Ronald		 0.32% +1
55.
chart
Samuel		 0.32% +2
56.
chart
Kyle		 0.30% +7
57.
chart
George		 0.29% +1
58.
chart
Douglas		 0.29% +1
59.
chart
Gary		 0.28% +1
60.
chart
Todd		 0.28% -4
61.
chart
Juan		 0.28% +1
62.
chart
Dustin		 0.27% +6
63.
chart
Corey		 0.26% -2
63.
chart
Shaun		 0.26% -11
65.
chart
Jared		 0.26% +7
66.
chart
Erik		 0.26% +19
67.
chart
Shane		 0.25% -2
68.
chart
Phillip		 0.25% -1
69.
chart
Larry		 0.25% -5
70.
chart
Raymond		 0.24% -1
71.
chart
Joel		 0.24% +3
72.
chart
Derek		 0.24% +3
73.
chart
Carlos		 0.23% +5
74.
chart
Zachary		 0.23% +15
75.
chart
Dennis		 0.23% -4
76.
chart
Marcus		 0.23% -6
77.
chart
Craig		 0.23% -11
78.
chart
Frank		 0.22% -1
79.
chart
Antonio		 0.21% 0
80.
chart
Derrick		 0.21% -4
81.
chart
Jeremiah		 0.21% 0
82.
chart
Cory		 0.20% -9
83.
chart
Philip		 0.19% +1
84.
chart
Brent		 0.19% +3
85.
chart
Jerry		 0.19% -3
86.
chart
Randy		 0.19% 0
87.
chart
Jeffery		 0.19% -7
88.
chart
Jamie		 0.18% +7
89.
chart
Gabriel		 0.18% +1
89.
chart
Wesley		 0.18% -6
91.
chart
Curtis		 0.18% +5
92.
chart
Russell		 0.18% +1
93.
chart
Casey		 0.17% -1
94.
chart
Alexander		 0.17% +4
95.
chart
Nathaniel		 0.17% -1
96.
chart
Terry		 0.17% -5
97.
chart
Billy		 0.17% +2
98.
chart
Brett		 0.17% +14
99.
chart
Troy		 0.17% -11
100.
chart
Carl		 0.16% 0
Back to Top
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
chart
Jennifer		 3.29% 0
2.
chart
Melissa		 1.98% 0
3.
chart
Amanda		 1.85% +3
4.
chart
Jessica		 1.61% -1
5.
chart
Amy		 1.25% -1
6.
chart
Sarah		 1.22% +2
7.
chart
Heather		 1.21% -2
8.
chart
Angela		 1.18% -1
9.
chart
Nicole		 1.13% +1
10.
chart
Michelle		 1.12% -1
11.
chart
Elizabeth		 1.05% +3
12.
chart
Kimberly		 1.02% +1
13.
chart
Lisa		 1.00% -2
14.
chart
Christina		 0.96% +1
15.
chart
Stephanie		 0.94% +1
16.
chart
Kelly		 0.89% -4
17.
chart
Rebecca		 0.84% 0
18.
chart
Crystal		 0.78% 0
19.
chart
Jamie		 0.71% +1
20.
chart
Laura		 0.69% -1
21.
chart
Erin		 0.65% 0
22.
chart
Amber		 0.64% +8
23.
chart
April		 0.63% +4
24.
chart
Mary		 0.61% 0
25.
chart
Shannon		 0.60% -3
26.
chart
Andrea		 0.60% -3
27.
chart
Rachel		 0.59% -2
28.
chart
Tiffany		 0.56% +4
29.
chart
Julie		 0.54% -3
30.
chart
Sara		 0.50% -2
31.
chart
Megan		 0.48% +10
32.
chart
Erica		 0.48% +2
33.
chart
Danielle		 0.46% -2
34.
chart
Emily		 0.46% -1
35.
chart
Christine		 0.45% -6
36.
chart
Katherine		 0.43% +2
37.
chart
Maria		 0.43% -1
38.
chart
Tara		 0.40% +2
39.
chart
Brandy		 0.39% -2
40.
chart
Monica		 0.38% +2
41.
chart
Carrie		 0.37% -6
42.
chart
Misty		 0.34% +1
43.
chart
Stacy		 0.33% +1
44.
chart
Patricia		 0.33% +4
45.
chart
Lauren		 0.33% +35
46.
chart
Karen		 0.33% -7
47.
chart
Alicia		 0.32% +11
48.
chart
Holly		 0.32% +7
49.
chart
Tracy		 0.31% -2
50.
chart
Kathryn		 0.31% +7
51.
chart
Susan		 0.30% -2
52.
chart
Jill		 0.30% -6
53.
chart
Melanie		 0.29% 0
54.
chart
Dana		 0.29% +16
55.
chart
Cynthia		 0.29% -5
56.
chart
Kristy		 0.28% -5
57.
chart
Dawn		 0.27% -5
58.
chart
Tina		 0.27% -13
59.
chart
Anna		 0.27% +6
60.
chart
Stacey		 0.27% -7
61.
chart
Brandi		 0.27% 0
62.
chart
Kristen		 0.27% 0
63.
chart
Katie		 0.26% +27
64.
chart
Wendy		 0.26% -8
65.
chart
Leslie		 0.26% -2
66.
chart
Samantha		 0.26% +8
67.
chart
Ashley		 0.26% +20
68.
chart
Natalie		 0.26% -2
69.
chart
Lori		 0.26% -9
70.
chart
Allison		 0.26% +5
71.
chart
Courtney		 0.25% -3
72.
chart
Christy		 0.25% -13
73.
chart
Kristin		 0.25% +5
74.
chart
Kristina		 0.24% -10
75.
chart
Vanessa		 0.24% +1
76.
chart
Veronica		 0.24% -3
77.
chart
Sandra		 0.23% -8
78.
chart
Catherine		 0.23% -6
79.
chart
Tammy		 0.22% -12
80.
chart
Jacqueline		 0.22% +1
81.
chart
Mindy		 0.22% +89
82.
chart
Melinda		 0.22% +2
83.
chart
Heidi		 0.21% 0
84.
chart
Kathleen		 0.21% -5
85.
chart
Brooke		 0.20% +30
86.
chart
Tonya		 0.20% -9
87.
chart
Teresa		 0.20% +1
88.
chart
Lindsay		 0.20% +7
89.
chart
Valerie		 0.20% +3
90.
chart
Pamela		 0.20% +19
91.
chart
Erika		 0.19% +13
92.
chart
Denise		 0.19% -7
93.
chart
Tanya		 0.19% -11
94.
chart
Cheryl		 0.19% 0
95.
chart
Robin		 0.19% -6
96.
chart
Gina		 0.18% -3
97.
chart
Jaime		 0.18% -26
98.
chart
Leah		 0.18% +10
99.
chart
Katrina		 0.17% +23
100.
chart
Theresa		 0.17% +1
Back to Top
Popularity extremes for the United States