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	4.14%	0	-125,702	-15.1%
2.	Christopher	2.78%	+18	+238,302	+100%
3.	Jason	2.71%	+84	+420,214	+988%
4.	David	2.61%	-2	-288,198	-39.3%
5.	James	2.60%	-1	-239,972	-35.0%
6.	John	2.35%	-3	-310,738	-43.6%
7.	Robert	2.32%	-2	-253,520	-39.0%
8.	Brian	1.89%	+8	+64,575	+25.0%
9.	William	1.66%	-2	-137,996	-32.7%
10.	Matthew	1.62%	+26	+171,809	+162%
11.	Joseph	1.43%	+1	-38,208	-13.5%
12.	Daniel	1.43%	+7	+2,449	+1.0%
13.	Kevin	1.24%	+1	-59,157	-21.8%
14.	Eric	1.24%	+14	+59,278	+38.9%
15.	Jeffrey	1.19%	-5	-99,152	-32.8%
16.	Richard	1.19%	-8	-171,086	-45.8%
17.	Scott	1.14%	-2	-72,280	-27.1%
18.	Mark	1.14%	-12	-247,093	-56.0%
19.	Steven	1.10%	-8	-102,503	-35.3%
20.	Thomas	1.09%	-11	-140,293	-42.9%
21.	Timothy	1.06%	-8	-95,551	-34.5%
22.	Anthony	1.02%	0	-28,259	-13.9%
23.	Charles	0.95%	-6	-86,358	-34.6%
24.	Joshua	0.82%	+312	+134,999	+2,535%
25.	Ryan	0.82%	+199	+128,316	+1,133%
26.	Jeremy	0.82%	+338	+134,709	+2,921%
27.	Paul	0.80%	-9	-106,099	-43.8%
28.	Andrew	0.78%	+10	+35,831	+36.9%
29.	Gregory	0.68%	-6	-71,917	-38.4%
30.	Chad	0.66%	+142	+97,632	+614%
31.	Kenneth	0.65%	-10	-116,017	-51.0%
32.	Jonathan	0.63%	+45	+60,547	+128%
33.	Stephen	0.63%	-6	-44,419	-29.2%
34.	Shawn	0.62%	+41	+58,003	+121%
35.	Aaron	0.59%	+92	+75,414	+289%
36.	Adam	0.54%	+101	+68,821	+300%
37.	Patrick	0.53%	-5	-31,462	-25.6%
38.	Justin	0.51%	+263	+79,841	+1,191%
39.	Sean	0.49%	+39	+36,559	+77.3%
40.	Edward	0.49%	-11	-60,544	-42.1%
41.	Todd	0.49%	-10	-45,419	-35.3%
42.	Donald	0.48%	-17	-90,180	-52.2%
43.	Ronald	0.48%	-19	-100,444	-55.1%
44.	Benjamin	0.48%	+86	+55,727	+218%
45.	Keith	0.45%	-11	-35,879	-31.9%
46.	Bryan	0.42%	+15	+16,042	+29.0%
47.	Gary	0.40%	-21	-97,751	-58.9%
48.	Jose	0.39%	+41	+24,352	+57.9%
49.	Nathan	0.39%	+127	+50,341	+324%
50.	Douglas	0.38%	-20	-69,829	-51.7%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Jennifer	3.53%	+19	+417,319	+254%
2.	Amy	1.63%	+33	+152,219	+130%
3.	Melissa	1.54%	+30	+134,066	+112%
4.	Michelle	1.51%	+5	+40,840	+19.6%
5.	Kimberly	1.39%	0	-29,974	-11.6%
6.	Lisa	1.39%	-5	-268,296	-54.0%
7.	Angela	1.37%	+15	+65,974	+41.4%
8.	Heather	1.24%	+119	+171,203	+524%
9.	Stephanie	0.98%	+36	+67,648	+72.9%
10.	Nicole	0.88%	+176	+126,105	+679%
11.	Jessica	0.87%	+219	+129,827	+950%
12.	Elizabeth	0.87%	+5	-26,060	-15.4%
13.	Rebecca	0.83%	+28	+37,829	+38.0%
14.	Kelly	0.81%	+16	+5,496	+4.3%
15.	Mary	0.77%	-13	-228,984	-64.5%
16.	Christina	0.76%	+56	+72,962	+138%
17.	Amanda	0.75%	+182	+106,752	+622%
18.	Julie	0.74%	0	-44,223	-26.6%
19.	Sarah	0.72%	+71	+74,915	+171%
20.	Laura	0.72%	-4	-55,974	-32.1%
21.	Shannon	0.69%	+100	+79,946	+236%
22.	Christine	0.63%	+5	-36,102	-25.9%
23.	Tammy	0.60%	-10	-83,394	-45.8%
24.	Tracy	0.58%	+15	-8,240	-7.9%
25.	Karen	0.58%	-21	-190,881	-66.7%
26.	Dawn	0.56%	+11	-21,847	-19.1%
27.	Susan	0.54%	-24	-199,351	-69.3%
28.	Andrea	0.53%	+38	+28,016	+48.0%
29.	Tina	0.52%	+2	-41,633	-32.9%
30.	Patricia	0.49%	-24	-150,059	-64.9%
31.	Cynthia	0.49%	-21	-116,396	-59.2%
32.	Lori	0.47%	-17	-98,782	-55.9%
33.	Rachel	0.47%	+113	+50,956	+190%
34.	April	0.47%	+105	+48,641	+172%
35.	Maria	0.46%	+14	-12,492	-14.1%
36.	Wendy	0.45%	+12	-14,778	-16.6%
37.	Crystal	0.45%	+115	+48,786	+195%
38.	Stacy	0.43%	+75	+34,374	+96.8%
39.	Erin	0.41%	+177	+52,320	+336%
40.	Jamie	0.41%	+110	+42,151	+164%
41.	Carrie	0.41%	+91	+35,656	+114%
42.	Tiffany	0.40%	+268	+56,680	+668%
43.	Tara	0.40%	+182	+50,529	+347%
44.	Sandra	0.39%	-33	-119,507	-65.0%
45.	Monica	0.38%	+41	+16,489	+36.5%
46.	Danielle	0.37%	+189	+47,767	+363%
47.	Stacey	0.36%	+56	+20,946	+54.7%
48.	Pamela	0.35%	-34	-123,900	-68.1%
49.	Tonya	0.35%	+71	+23,718	+69.6%
50.	Sara	0.35%	+113	+33,915	+147%