Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
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Michael
4.14% 0
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Christopher
2.78% +18
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Jason
2.71% +84
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David
2.61% -2
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James
2.60% -1
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John
2.35% -3
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Robert
2.32% -2
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Brian
1.89% +8
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William
1.66% -2
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Matthew
1.62% +26
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Joseph
1.43% +1
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Daniel
1.43% +7
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Kevin
1.24% +1
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Eric
1.24% +14
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Jeffrey
1.19% -5
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Richard
1.19% -8
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Scott
1.14% -2
18.
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Mark
1.14% -12
19.
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Steven
1.10% -8
20.
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Thomas
1.09% -11
21.
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Timothy
1.06% -8
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Anthony
1.02% 0
23.
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Charles
0.95% -6
24.
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Joshua
0.82% +312
25.
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Ryan
0.82% +199
26.
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Jeremy
0.82% +338
27.
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Paul
0.80% -9
28.
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Andrew
0.78% +10
29.
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Gregory
0.68% -6
30.
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Chad
0.66% +142
31.
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Kenneth
0.65% -10
32.
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Jonathan
0.63% +45
33.
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Stephen
0.63% -6
34.
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Shawn
0.62% +41
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Aaron
0.59% +92
36.
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Adam
0.54% +101
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Patrick
0.53% -5
38.
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Justin
0.51% +263
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Sean
0.49% +39
40.
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Edward
0.49% -11
41.
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Todd
0.49% -10
42.
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Donald
0.48% -17
43.
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Ronald
0.48% -19
44.
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Benjamin
0.48% +86
45.
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Keith
0.45% -11
46.
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Bryan
0.42% +15
47.
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Gary
0.40% -21
48.
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Jose
0.39% +41
49.
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Nathan
0.39% +127
50.
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Douglas
0.38% -20
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer
3.53% +19
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Amy
1.63% +33
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Melissa
1.54% +30
4.
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Michelle
1.51% +5
5.
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Kimberly
1.39% 0
6.
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Lisa
1.39% -5
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Angela
1.37% +15
8.
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Heather
1.24% +119
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Stephanie
0.98% +36
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Nicole
0.88% +176
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Jessica
0.87% +219
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Elizabeth
0.87% +5
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Rebecca
0.83% +28
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Kelly
0.81% +16
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Mary
0.77% -13
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Christina
0.76% +56
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Amanda
0.75% +182
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Julie
0.74% 0
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Sarah
0.72% +71
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Laura
0.72% -4
21.
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Shannon
0.69% +100
22.
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Christine
0.63% +5
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Tammy
0.60% -10
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Tracy
0.58% +15
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Karen
0.58% -21
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Dawn
0.56% +11
27.
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Susan
0.54% -24
28.
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Andrea
0.53% +38
29.
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Tina
0.52% +2
30.
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Patricia
0.49% -24
31.
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Cynthia
0.49% -21
32.
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Lori
0.47% -17
33.
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Rachel
0.47% +113
34.
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April
0.47% +105
35.
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Maria
0.46% +14
36.
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Wendy
0.45% +12
37.
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Crystal
0.45% +115
38.
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Stacy
0.43% +75
39.
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Erin
0.41% +177
40.
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Jamie
0.41% +110
41.
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Carrie
0.41% +91
42.
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Tiffany
0.40% +268
43.
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Tara
0.40% +182
44.
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Sandra
0.39% -33
45.
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Monica
0.38% +41
46.
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Danielle
0.37% +189
47.
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Stacey
0.36% +56
48.
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Pamela
0.35% -34
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Tonya
0.35% +71
50.
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Sara
0.35% +113