Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Michael	4.25%	+1	-4,396	-0.5%
2.	David	3.74%	+3	-36,012	-4.7%
3.	John	3.64%	+1	-84,543	-10.6%
4.	James	3.49%	-3	-159,055	-18.9%
5.	Robert	3.32%	-2	-179,622	-21.6%
6.	Mark	2.25%	+3	+58,796	+15.4%
7.	William	2.15%	-1	-169,815	-28.7%
8.	Richard	1.91%	-1	-161,559	-30.2%
9.	Thomas	1.67%	-1	-127,326	-28.0%
10.	Jeffrey	1.54%	+14	+117,350	+63.5%
11.	Steven	1.48%	0	-43,058	-12.9%
12.	Joseph	1.44%	+1	-16,960	-5.7%
13.	Timothy	1.41%	+9	+78,497	+39.6%
14.	Kevin	1.38%	+13	+112,391	+70.7%
15.	Scott	1.36%	+21	+155,002	+139%
16.	Brian	1.32%	+18	+145,783	+130%
17.	Charles	1.27%	-7	-111,790	-31.0%
18.	Paul	1.24%	-1	-10,688	-4.2%
19.	Daniel	1.23%	0	-1,711	-0.7%
20.	Christopher	1.21%	+29	+158,810	+203%
21.	Kenneth	1.16%	-5	-35,308	-13.4%
22.	Anthony	1.04%	+8	+66,493	+48.7%
23.	Gregory	0.96%	+3	+9,037	+5.1%
24.	Ronald	0.93%	-9	-88,970	-32.8%
25.	Donald	0.88%	-11	-100,956	-36.9%
26.	Gary	0.85%	-14	-163,919	-49.7%
27.	Stephen	0.78%	-7	-55,045	-26.6%
28.	Eric	0.78%	+46	+98,919	+186%
29.	Edward	0.73%	-6	-44,348	-23.5%
30.	Douglas	0.69%	-2	-13,211	-8.9%
31.	Todd	0.66%	+130	+110,175	+593%
32.	Patrick	0.63%	+8	+25,857	+26.7%
33.	George	0.58%	-8	-68,011	-37.6%
34.	Keith	0.57%	+7	+21,337	+23.4%
35.	Larry	0.55%	-17	-137,110	-55.8%
36.	Matthew	0.54%	+63	+70,143	+196%
37.	Terry	0.52%	-8	-39,240	-27.9%
38.	Andrew	0.50%	+26	+36,142	+59.3%
39.	Dennis	0.48%	-18	-109,284	-53.5%
40.	Randy	0.48%	-7	-26,656	-22.1%
41.	Jerry	0.48%	-10	-43,031	-31.5%
42.	Peter	0.47%	-3	-10,343	-10.1%
43.	Frank	0.44%	-8	-25,171	-22.4%
44.	Craig	0.43%	+8	+15,231	+21.9%
45.	Raymond	0.42%	-7	-27,144	-24.9%
46.	Jeffery	0.41%	+40	+33,651	+73.3%
47.	Bruce	0.38%	-15	-61,822	-45.3%
48.	Rodney	0.37%	+23	+17,375	+31.7%
49.	Mike	0.36%	+31	+23,110	+47.8%
50.	Roger	0.36%	-13	-38,715	-35.1%
51.	Tony	0.36%	+40	+29,789	+73.0%
52.	Ricky	0.34%	-5	-12,777	-16.1%
53.	Steve	0.34%	+3	+1,405	+2.2%
54.	Jeff	0.32%	+77	+37,156	+149%
55.	Troy	0.31%	+210	+54,212	+753%
56.	Alan	0.31%	-11	-22,587	-26.9%
57.	Carl	0.31%	-9	-17,969	-22.8%
58.	Danny	0.31%	-14	-25,912	-29.9%
59.	Russell	0.31%	0	-1,954	-3.1%
60.	Chris	0.29%	+66	+30,446	+118%
61.	Bryan	0.28%	+87	+34,672	+168%
61.	Gerald	0.28%	-15	-27,325	-33.1%
63.	Wayne	0.28%	-20	-33,335	-37.8%
64.	Joe	0.27%	-7	-9,235	-14.7%
65.	Randall	0.27%	-7	-10,406	-16.7%
66.	Lawrence	0.26%	-24	-39,768	-43.6%
67.	Dale	0.26%	-17	-25,147	-33.3%
68.	Phillip	0.26%	+9	-2,064	-3.9%
69.	Johnny	0.25%	-15	-15,947	-24.2%
70.	Vincent	0.25%	+30	+14,124	+40.0%
71.	Martin	0.25%	+8	-1,876	-3.7%
72.	Bradley	0.25%	+43	+19,220	+65.1%
73.	Billy	0.25%	-6	-10,812	-18.2%
74.	Glenn	0.25%	-6	-10,616	-18.1%
75.	Shawn	0.24%	+210	+41,331	+640%
76.	Jimmy	0.24%	-6	-7,496	-13.7%
77.	Jonathan	0.24%	+51	+21,571	+83.6%
78.	Sean	0.24%	+240	+41,832	+767%
79.	Curtis	0.24%	+6	+922	+2.0%
80.	Barry	0.24%	-8	-7,592	-13.9%
81.	Bobby	0.24%	-6	-6,894	-12.9%
82.	Walter	0.23%	-31	-26,264	-36.4%
83.	Jon	0.23%	+36	+15,930	+55.0%
84.	Philip	0.23%	-19	-16,073	-26.4%
85.	Samuel	0.23%	-12	-9,516	-17.7%
86.	Jay	0.22%	+10	+5,743	+15.5%
87.	Jason	0.22%	+288	+38,751	+1,024%
88.	Dean	0.22%	+16	+7,936	+22.9%
89.	Jose	0.21%	+20	+10,594	+33.7%
90.	Tim	0.21%	+51	+19,380	+87.3%
91.	Roy	0.20%	-28	-21,803	-35.3%
92.	Willie	0.20%	-39	-26,650	-40.1%
93.	Arthur	0.20%	-38	-26,100	-39.7%
94.	Darryl	0.20%	+90	+24,111	+160%
95.	Henry	0.20%	-34	-23,097	-37.1%
96.	Darrell	0.19%	-1	+766	+2.1%
97.	Allen	0.19%	-13	-9,626	-20.3%
98.	Victor	0.19%	+8	+2,938	+8.7%
99.	Harold	0.19%	-37	-25,440	-40.9%
100.	Greg	0.19%	+63	+18,211	+99.9%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Lisa	2.63%	+36	+401,160	+419%
2.	Mary	1.88%	-1	-270,371	-43.2%
3.	Susan	1.52%	+1	-150,112	-34.3%
4.	Karen	1.51%	+4	-46,479	-14.0%
5.	Kimberly	1.37%	+85	+210,114	+429%
6.	Patricia	1.22%	-3	-228,517	-49.7%
7.	Linda	1.19%	-5	-338,918	-60.1%
8.	Donna	1.13%	+2	-56,866	-21.0%
9.	Michelle	1.10%	+84	+161,517	+345%
10.	Cynthia	1.04%	+1	-66,833	-25.4%
11.	Sandra	0.97%	+1	-67,750	-26.9%
12.	Deborah	0.97%	-7	-247,109	-57.4%
13.	Tammy	0.96%	+127	+153,045	+525%
14.	Pamela	0.96%	-1	-55,457	-23.4%
15.	Lori	0.93%	+64	+120,491	+215%
16.	Laura	0.92%	+22	+78,654	+82.3%
17.	Elizabeth	0.89%	+4	+3,257	+2.0%
18.	Julie	0.88%	+25	+79,460	+91.7%
19.	Brenda	0.87%	-1	-44,747	-21.4%
20.	Jennifer	0.87%	+78	+121,340	+282%
21.	Barbara	0.85%	-15	-185,949	-53.8%
22.	Angela	0.84%	+84	+118,935	+295%
23.	Sharon	0.82%	-9	-77,912	-33.5%
24.	Debra	0.81%	-17	-187,576	-55.0%
25.	Teresa	0.80%	+5	+37,506	+32.8%
26.	Nancy	0.76%	-17	-144,089	-50.2%
27.	Christine	0.74%	+4	+25,999	+22.9%
28.	Cheryl	0.72%	-9	-35,744	-20.9%
29.	Denise	0.68%	-3	+5,040	+4.1%
30.	Kelly	0.68%	+175	+112,694	+734%
31.	Tina	0.67%	+93	+92,410	+272%
32.	Kathleen	0.64%	-17	-103,391	-46.1%
33.	Melissa	0.63%	+125	+96,909	+435%
34.	Robin	0.63%	+19	+35,902	+43.6%
35.	Amy	0.62%	+100	+86,193	+282%
36.	Diane	0.61%	-19	-96,175	-45.7%
37.	Dawn	0.61%	+73	+75,393	+194%
38.	Carol	0.59%	-22	-110,322	-49.5%
39.	Tracy	0.55%	+205	+92,416	+813%
40.	Kathy	0.54%	-18	-56,802	-36.0%
41.	Rebecca	0.53%	-13	-16,229	-14.0%
42.	Theresa	0.51%	-3	+7,510	+8.4%
43.	Kim	0.50%	+35	+38,305	+68.3%
44.	Rhonda	0.50%	+30	+33,786	+56.5%
45.	Stephanie	0.49%	+74	+57,261	+161%
46.	Cindy	0.49%	+2	+7,614	+9.1%
47.	Janet	0.47%	-27	-78,204	-46.7%
48.	Wendy	0.47%	+54	+46,289	+108%
49.	Maria	0.47%	+21	+26,391	+42.3%
50.	Michele	0.46%	+53	+45,019	+107%
51.	Jacqueline	0.45%	+21	+23,936	+39.6%
52.	Debbie	0.45%	+2	+2,109	+2.6%
53.	Margaret	0.43%	-30	-67,714	-45.3%
54.	Paula	0.43%	-8	-4,358	-5.1%
55.	Sherry	0.41%	+9	+9,204	+13.5%
56.	Catherine	0.41%	-24	-32,050	-29.4%
57.	Carolyn	0.40%	-32	-48,800	-39.3%
58.	Laurie	0.39%	+34	+27,487	+58.5%
59.	Sheila	0.39%	+3	+3,901	+5.6%
60.	Ann	0.38%	-19	-14,964	-17.2%
61.	Jill	0.37%	+48	+30,084	+77.0%
62.	Connie	0.35%	-22	-23,512	-26.5%
63.	Diana	0.34%	-8	-15,200	-18.9%
64.	Terri	0.34%	+31	+17,307	+37.3%
65.	Suzanne	0.32%	+22	+9,431	+18.7%
66.	Andrea	0.31%	+73	+29,028	+98.8%
67.	Beth	0.31%	+58	+24,397	+71.8%
68.	Janice	0.31%	-44	-75,654	-56.6%
69.	Valerie	0.30%	+15	+4,355	+8.3%
70.	Renee	0.30%	+58	+22,865	+69.4%
71.	Leslie	0.29%	+28	+11,403	+26.5%
72.	Christina	0.28%	+103	+32,943	+166%
73.	Gina	0.28%	+146	+38,386	+275%
74.	Lynn	0.28%	-7	-14,117	-21.4%
75.	Annette	0.28%	+45	+16,580	+46.9%
76.	Cathy	0.27%	-24	-31,093	-37.6%
77.	Katherine	0.27%	-12	-16,236	-24.3%
78.	Judy	0.27%	-51	-67,737	-57.4%
79.	Carla	0.25%	+59	+18,473	+62.8%
80.	Wanda	0.25%	-21	-24,674	-34.1%
81.	Anne	0.25%	+2	-4,631	-8.8%
82.	Dana	0.25%	+107	+30,595	+179%
83.	Joyce	0.24%	-54	-68,857	-59.9%
84.	Regina	0.24%	+50	+15,032	+48.8%
85.	Beverly	0.24%	-49	-52,549	-53.7%
86.	Monica	0.24%	+94	+26,470	+141%
87.	Bonnie	0.24%	-37	-37,923	-45.7%
88.	Kathryn	0.24%	-31	-32,939	-42.3%
89.	Anita	0.24%	+2	-3,176	-6.7%
90.	Sarah	0.23%	+17	+3,949	+9.9%
91.	Darlene	0.23%	-20	-18,359	-29.7%
92.	Jane	0.23%	-41	-39,581	-47.7%
93.	Sherri	0.22%	+105	+25,525	+158%
94.	Martha	0.22%	-45	-42,150	-50.7%
95.	Anna	0.22%	+9	-771	-1.8%
96.	Colleen	0.22%	+22	+4,760	+13.3%
97.	Vicki	0.21%	-36	-31,471	-43.7%
98.	Tracey	0.21%	+297	+35,127	+681%
99.	Judith	0.21%	-65	-68,977	-63.4%
100.	Tamara	0.21%	+124	+25,916	+198%