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	3.45%	0	-43,544	-6.2%
2.	Christopher	2.88%	0	+79,440	+16.7%
3.	Matthew	2.39%	+7	+181,201	+65.2%
4.	Joshua	2.06%	+20	+256,205	+183%
5.	David	1.99%	-1	-62,039	-13.9%
6.	James	1.85%	-1	-88,251	-19.8%
7.	Daniel	1.80%	+5	+101,096	+41.4%
8.	Robert	1.67%	-1	-75,577	-19.0%
9.	John	1.67%	-3	-81,475	-20.2%
10.	Joseph	1.56%	+1	+54,578	+22.3%
11.	Jason	1.52%	-8	-170,619	-36.9%
12.	Justin	1.51%	+26	+203,279	+235%
13.	Andrew	1.48%	+15	+152,151	+114%
14.	Ryan	1.45%	+11	+139,311	+99.8%
15.	William	1.29%	-6	-35,129	-12.4%
16.	Brian	1.22%	-8	-88,697	-27.5%
17.	Brandon	1.21%	+35	+167,156	+257%
18.	Jonathan	1.20%	+14	+122,024	+113%
19.	Nicholas	1.16%	+32	+158,251	+243%
20.	Anthony	1.10%	+2	+36,984	+21.1%
21.	Eric	1.06%	-7	-7,248	-3.4%
22.	Adam	1.01%	+14	+103,332	+113%
23.	Kevin	0.98%	-10	-23,559	-11.1%
24.	Thomas	0.92%	-4	-8,949	-4.8%
25.	Steven	0.92%	-6	-10,626	-5.6%
26.	Timothy	0.90%	-5	-8,434	-4.7%
27.	Richard	0.80%	-11	-48,058	-23.7%
28.	Jeremy	0.80%	-2	+14,093	+10.1%
29.	Jeffrey	0.75%	-14	-58,063	-28.6%
30.	Kyle	0.74%	+56	+109,298	+335%
31.	Benjamin	0.74%	+13	+60,048	+73.8%
32.	Aaron	0.72%	+3	+36,881	+36.3%
33.	Charles	0.69%	-10	-31,125	-19.1%
34.	Mark	0.67%	-16	-64,828	-33.4%
35.	Jacob	0.65%	+43	+87,908	+242%
36.	Stephen	0.59%	-3	+5,823	+5.4%
37.	Patrick	0.58%	0	+20,166	+22.1%
38.	Scott	0.56%	-21	-86,394	-44.4%
39.	Nathan	0.55%	+10	+40,126	+60.9%
40.	Paul	0.54%	-13	-32,007	-23.5%
41.	Sean	0.54%	-2	+20,032	+23.9%
42.	Travis	0.54%	+12	+38,822	+60.6%
43.	Zachary	0.53%	+98	+82,762	+434%
44.	Dustin	0.51%	+59	+70,742	+266%
45.	Gregory	0.49%	-16	-21,905	-19.0%
46.	Kenneth	0.46%	-15	-22,379	-20.1%
47.	Jose	0.45%	+1	+20,257	+30.5%
48.	Tyler	0.45%	+154	+74,903	+649%
49.	Jesse	0.45%	+17	+41,023	+91.4%
50.	Alexander	0.43%	+57	+57,073	+229%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Jessica	2.54%	+10	+326,020	+227%
2.	Jennifer	2.39%	-1	-140,817	-24.2%
3.	Amanda	2.00%	+14	+245,803	+198%
4.	Ashley	1.91%	+136	+331,131	+1,573%
5.	Sarah	1.48%	+14	+153,816	+129%
6.	Stephanie	1.18%	+3	+57,709	+36.0%
7.	Melissa	1.18%	-4	-35,339	-14.0%
8.	Nicole	1.14%	+2	+65,828	+45.5%
9.	Elizabeth	1.08%	+3	+56,122	+39.3%
10.	Heather	1.04%	-2	-12,052	-5.9%
11.	Tiffany	0.86%	+31	+93,465	+143%
12.	Michelle	0.83%	-8	-95,104	-38.2%
13.	Amber	0.83%	+52	+106,886	+227%
14.	Megan	0.83%	+75	+116,142	+311%
15.	Amy	0.82%	-13	-118,333	-44.0%
16.	Rachel	0.80%	+17	+68,928	+88.7%
17.	Kimberly	0.79%	-12	-82,645	-36.1%
18.	Christina	0.79%	-2	+20,261	+16.1%
19.	Lauren	0.79%	+118	+123,329	+565%
20.	Crystal	0.76%	+17	+67,250	+91.2%
21.	Brittany	0.76%	+508	+137,372	+3,944%
22.	Rebecca	0.74%	-9	-1,048	-0.8%
23.	Laura	0.73%	-3	+16,404	+13.9%
24.	Danielle	0.73%	+22	+73,461	+121%
25.	Emily	0.71%	+41	+84,927	+181%
26.	Samantha	0.66%	+83	+92,213	+319%
27.	Angela	0.63%	-20	-108,672	-48.2%
28.	Erin	0.63%	+11	+47,920	+70.6%
29.	Kelly	0.59%	-15	-24,008	-18.0%
30.	Sara	0.57%	+20	+47,721	+83.8%
31.	Lisa	0.56%	-25	-126,070	-55.1%
32.	Katherine	0.54%	+23	+45,124	+83.5%
33.	Andrea	0.53%	-5	+11,840	+13.7%
34.	Jamie	0.52%	+6	+28,713	+42.3%
35.	Mary	0.52%	-20	-30,392	-24.1%
36.	Erica	0.51%	+23	+43,564	+87.8%
37.	Courtney	0.46%	+91	+60,318	+251%
38.	Kristen	0.45%	+34	+39,017	+88.3%
39.	Shannon	0.43%	-18	-35,377	-31.1%
40.	April	0.41%	-6	-998	-1.3%
41.	Katie	0.40%	+124	+55,397	+317%
42.	Lindsey	0.39%	+280	+64,207	+830%
43.	Kristin	0.38%	+31	+28,173	+66.5%
44.	Lindsay	0.37%	+169	+56,133	+454%
45.	Christine	0.37%	-23	-35,222	-34.1%
46.	Alicia	0.36%	+36	+27,713	+70.6%
47.	Maria	0.36%	-12	-10,575	-13.9%
48.	Vanessa	0.36%	+65	+37,651	+134%
49.	Kathryn	0.34%	+43	+26,009	+71.4%
50.	Allison	0.34%	+45	+28,169	+82.5%