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
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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
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Mark		 1.14% -12
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Steven		 1.10% -8
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Thomas		 1.09% -11
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Timothy		 1.06% -8
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Anthony		 1.02% 0
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Charles		 0.95% -6
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Joshua		 0.82% +312
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Ryan		 0.82% +199
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Jeremy		 0.82% +338
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Paul		 0.80% -9
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Andrew		 0.78% +10
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Gregory		 0.68% -6
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Chad		 0.66% +142
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Kenneth		 0.65% -10
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Jonathan		 0.63% +45
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Stephen		 0.63% -6
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Shawn		 0.62% +41
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Aaron		 0.59% +92
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Adam		 0.54% +101
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Patrick		 0.53% -5
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Justin		 0.51% +263
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Sean		 0.49% +39
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Edward		 0.49% -11
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Todd		 0.49% -10
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Donald		 0.48% -17
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Ronald		 0.48% -19
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Benjamin		 0.48% +86
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Keith		 0.45% -11
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Bryan		 0.42% +15
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Gary		 0.40% -21
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Jose		 0.39% +41
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Nathan		 0.39% +127
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Douglas		 0.38% -20
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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
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Michelle		 1.51% +5
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Kimberly		 1.39% 0
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Lisa		 1.39% -5
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Angela		 1.37% +15
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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
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Shannon		 0.69% +100
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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
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Susan		 0.54% -24
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Andrea		 0.53% +38
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Tina		 0.52% +2
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Patricia		 0.49% -24
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Cynthia		 0.49% -21
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Lori		 0.47% -17
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Rachel		 0.47% +113
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April		 0.47% +105
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Maria		 0.46% +14
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Wendy		 0.45% +12
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Crystal		 0.45% +115
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Stacy		 0.43% +75
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Erin		 0.41% +177
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Jamie		 0.41% +110
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Carrie		 0.41% +91
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Tiffany		 0.40% +268
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Tara		 0.40% +182
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Sandra		 0.39% -33
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Monica		 0.38% +41
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Danielle		 0.37% +189
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Stacey		 0.36% +56
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Pamela		 0.35% -34
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Tonya		 0.35% +71
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Sara		 0.35% +113
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