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%

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%