Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Michael
3.45% 0 -43,544 -6.2%
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Christopher
2.88% 0 +79,440 +16.7%
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Matthew
2.39% +7 +181,201 +65.2%
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Joshua
2.06% +20 +256,205 +183%
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David
1.99% -1 -62,039 -13.9%
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James
1.85% -1 -88,251 -19.8%
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Daniel
1.80% +5 +101,096 +41.4%
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Robert
1.67% -1 -75,577 -19.0%
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John
1.67% -3 -81,475 -20.2%
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Joseph
1.56% +1 +54,578 +22.3%
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Jason
1.52% -8 -170,619 -36.9%
12.
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Justin
1.51% +26 +203,279 +235%
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Andrew
1.48% +15 +152,151 +114%
14.
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Ryan
1.45% +11 +139,311 +99.8%
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William
1.29% -6 -35,129 -12.4%
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Brian
1.22% -8 -88,697 -27.5%
17.
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Brandon
1.21% +35 +167,156 +257%
18.
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Jonathan
1.20% +14 +122,024 +113%
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Nicholas
1.16% +32 +158,251 +243%
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Anthony
1.10% +2 +36,984 +21.1%
21.
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Eric
1.06% -7 -7,248 -3.4%
22.
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Adam
1.01% +14 +103,332 +113%
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Kevin
0.98% -10 -23,559 -11.1%
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Thomas
0.92% -4 -8,949 -4.8%
25.
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Steven
0.92% -6 -10,626 -5.6%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Jessica
2.54% +10 +326,020 +227%
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Jennifer
2.39% -1 -140,817 -24.2%
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Amanda
2.00% +14 +245,803 +198%
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Ashley
1.91% +136 +331,131 +1,573%
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Sarah
1.48% +14 +153,816 +129%
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Stephanie
1.18% +3 +57,709 +36.0%
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Melissa
1.18% -4 -35,339 -14.0%
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Nicole
1.14% +2 +65,828 +45.5%
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Elizabeth
1.08% +3 +56,122 +39.3%
10.
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Heather
1.04% -2 -12,052 -5.9%
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Tiffany
0.86% +31 +93,465 +143%
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Michelle
0.83% -8 -95,104 -38.2%
13.
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Amber
0.83% +52 +106,886 +227%
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Megan
0.83% +75 +116,142 +311%
15.
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Amy
0.82% -13 -118,333 -44.0%
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Rachel
0.80% +17 +68,928 +88.7%
17.
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Kimberly
0.79% -12 -82,645 -36.1%
18.
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Christina
0.79% -2 +20,261 +16.1%
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Lauren
0.79% +118 +123,329 +565%
20.
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Crystal
0.76% +17 +67,250 +91.2%
21.
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Brittany
0.76% +508 +137,372 +3,944%
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Rebecca
0.74% -9 -1,048 -0.8%
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Laura
0.73% -3 +16,404 +13.9%
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Danielle
0.73% +22 +73,461 +121%
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Emily
0.71% +41 +84,927 +181%