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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Michael		 4.25% +1
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David		 3.74% +3
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John		 3.64% +1
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James		 3.49% -3
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Robert		 3.32% -2
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Mark		 2.25% +3
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William		 2.15% -1
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Richard		 1.91% -1
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Thomas		 1.67% -1
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Jeffrey		 1.54% +14
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Steven		 1.48% 0
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Joseph		 1.44% +1
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Timothy		 1.41% +9
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Kevin		 1.38% +13
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Scott		 1.36% +21
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Brian		 1.32% +18
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Charles		 1.27% -7
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Paul		 1.24% -1
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Daniel		 1.23% 0
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Christopher		 1.21% +29
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Kenneth		 1.16% -5
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Anthony		 1.04% +8
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Gregory		 0.96% +3
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Ronald		 0.93% -9
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Donald		 0.88% -11
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 2.63% +36
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Mary		 1.88% -1
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Susan		 1.52% +1
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Karen		 1.51% +4
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Kimberly		 1.37% +85
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Patricia		 1.22% -3
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Linda		 1.19% -5
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Donna		 1.13% +2
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Michelle		 1.10% +84
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Cynthia		 1.04% +1
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Sandra		 0.97% +1
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Deborah		 0.97% -7
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Tammy		 0.96% +127
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Pamela		 0.96% -1
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Lori		 0.93% +64
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Laura		 0.92% +22
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Elizabeth		 0.89% +4
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Julie		 0.88% +25
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Brenda		 0.87% -1
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Jennifer		 0.87% +78
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Barbara		 0.85% -15
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Angela		 0.84% +84
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Sharon		 0.82% -9
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Debra		 0.81% -17
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Teresa		 0.80% +5
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