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		 2.25% 0
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Christopher		 1.75% 0
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Matthew		 1.71% 0
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Joshua		 1.60% 0
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Jacob		 1.45% +30
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Nicholas		 1.34% +13
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Andrew		 1.33% +6
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Daniel		 1.33% -1
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Tyler		 1.28% +39
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Joseph		 1.27% 0
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Brandon		 1.26% +6
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David		 1.23% -7
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James		 1.19% -7
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Ryan		 1.17% 0
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John		 1.17% -6
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Zachary		 1.10% +27
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Justin		 1.07% -5
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William		 1.06% -3
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Anthony		 1.05% +1
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Robert		 1.00% -12
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Jonathan		 0.96% -3
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Austin		 0.93% +71
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Alexander		 0.90% +27
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Kyle		 0.88% +6
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Kevin		 0.80% -2
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Thomas		 0.71% -2
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Cody		 0.71% +32
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Jordan		 0.70% +32
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Eric		 0.66% -8
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Benjamin		 0.65% +1
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Aaron		 0.63% +1
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Christian		 0.61% +68
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Samuel		 0.61% +19
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Dylan		 0.59% +153
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Steven		 0.59% -10
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Brian		 0.58% -20
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Jose		 0.58% +10
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Timothy		 0.52% -12
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Nathan		 0.52% 0
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Adam		 0.52% -18
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Richard		 0.46% -14
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Patrick		 0.45% -5
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Charles		 0.45% -10
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Sean		 0.45% -3
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Jason		 0.45% -34
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Cameron		 0.40% +71
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Jeremy		 0.38% -19
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Mark		 0.37% -14
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Stephen		 0.37% -13
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Jesse		 0.36% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 1.54% 0
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Ashley		 1.54% +2
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Emily		 1.21% +22
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Sarah		 1.14% +1
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Samantha		 1.14% +21
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Amanda		 0.97% -3
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Brittany		 0.97% +14
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Elizabeth		 0.88% +1
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Taylor		 0.86% +191
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Megan		 0.82% +4
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Hannah		 0.81% +80
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Kayla		 0.79% +42
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Lauren		 0.78% +6
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Stephanie		 0.76% -8
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Rachel		 0.76% +1
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Jennifer		 0.75% -14
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Nicole		 0.69% -9
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Alexis		 0.67% +91
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Victoria		 0.60% +37
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Amber		 0.59% -7
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Alyssa		 0.59% +68
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Courtney		 0.58% +15
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Rebecca		 0.56% -1
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Danielle		 0.56% 0
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Jasmine		 0.54% +64
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Brianna		 0.50% +139
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Katherine		 0.49% +5
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Alexandra		 0.48% +57
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Madison		 0.47% +506
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Morgan		 0.46% +93
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Melissa		 0.46% -24
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Michelle		 0.44% -20
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Kelsey		 0.43% +71
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Chelsea		 0.43% +31
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Anna		 0.40% +17
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Kimberly		 0.40% -19
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Tiffany		 0.40% -26
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Olivia		 0.39% +157
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Mary		 0.39% -4
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Christina		 0.38% -22
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Allison		 0.38% +9
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Abigail		 0.37% +106
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Sara		 0.37% -13
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Shelby		 0.37% +273
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Heather		 0.37% -35
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Haley		 0.36% +167
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Maria		 0.36% 0
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Kaitlyn		 0.34% +192
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Laura		 0.34% -26
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Erin		 0.33% -22
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