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	2.25%	0	-201,373	-30.3%
2.	Christopher	1.75%	0	-194,606	-35.1%
3.	Matthew	1.71%	0	-107,280	-23.4%
4.	Joshua	1.60%	0	-67,346	-17.0%
5.	Jacob	1.45%	+30	+174,147	+140%
6.	Nicholas	1.34%	+13	+52,006	+23.3%
7.	Andrew	1.33%	+6	-12,165	-4.3%
8.	Daniel	1.33%	-1	-73,214	-21.2%
9.	Tyler	1.28%	+39	+175,861	+203%
10.	Joseph	1.27%	0	-38,678	-12.9%
11.	Brandon	1.26%	+6	+27,209	+11.7%
12.	David	1.23%	-7	-129,990	-33.9%
13.	James	1.19%	-7	-111,536	-31.3%
14.	Ryan	1.17%	0	-37,714	-13.5%
15.	John	1.17%	-6	-81,014	-25.2%
16.	Zachary	1.10%	+27	+123,450	+121%
17.	Justin	1.07%	-5	-69,698	-24.0%
18.	William	1.06%	-3	-30,468	-12.3%
19.	Anthony	1.05%	+1	+4,359	+2.1%
20.	Robert	1.00%	-12	-116,218	-36.1%
21.	Jonathan	0.96%	-3	-32,459	-14.1%
22.	Austin	0.93%	+71	+158,827	+507%
23.	Alexander	0.90%	+27	+101,930	+124%
24.	Kyle	0.88%	+6	+38,268	+27.0%
25.	Kevin	0.80%	-2	-23,462	-12.4%
26.	Thomas	0.71%	-2	-31,183	-17.5%
27.	Cody	0.71%	+32	+86,197	+143%
28.	Jordan	0.70%	+32	+87,573	+153%
29.	Eric	0.66%	-8	-69,004	-33.8%
30.	Benjamin	0.65%	+1	-7,448	-5.3%
31.	Aaron	0.63%	+1	-9,994	-7.2%
32.	Christian	0.61%	+68	+95,769	+316%
33.	Samuel	0.61%	+19	+52,132	+71.0%
34.	Dylan	0.59%	+153	+107,903	+761%
35.	Steven	0.59%	-10	-56,366	-31.8%
36.	Brian	0.58%	-20	-114,694	-49.0%
37.	Jose	0.58%	+10	+32,391	+37.4%
38.	Timothy	0.52%	-12	-65,067	-37.6%
39.	Nathan	0.52%	0	+1,325	+1.3%
40.	Adam	0.52%	-18	-88,178	-45.2%
41.	Richard	0.46%	-14	-59,876	-38.7%
42.	Patrick	0.45%	-5	-18,485	-16.6%
43.	Charles	0.45%	-10	-39,472	-29.9%
44.	Sean	0.45%	-3	-11,874	-11.4%
45.	Jason	0.45%	-34	-200,400	-68.6%
46.	Cameron	0.40%	+71	+56,530	+230%
47.	Jeremy	0.38%	-19	-75,620	-49.3%
48.	Mark	0.37%	-14	-53,645	-41.4%
49.	Stephen	0.37%	-13	-38,471	-33.9%
50.	Jesse	0.36%	-1	-12,125	-14.1%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Jessica	1.54%	0	-166,389	-35.4%
2.	Ashley	1.54%	+2	-50,365	-14.3%
3.	Emily	1.21%	+22	+105,490	+80.1%
4.	Sarah	1.14%	+1	-48,234	-17.7%
5.	Samantha	1.14%	+21	+102,894	+84.9%
6.	Amanda	0.97%	-3	-178,597	-48.3%
7.	Brittany	0.97%	+14	+49,967	+35.5%
8.	Elizabeth	0.88%	+1	-26,287	-13.2%
9.	Taylor	0.86%	+191	+155,414	+1,141%
10.	Megan	0.82%	+4	+6,871	+4.5%
11.	Hannah	0.81%	+80	+126,111	+386%
12.	Kayla	0.79%	+42	+100,597	+182%
13.	Lauren	0.78%	+6	+8,428	+5.8%
14.	Stephanie	0.76%	-8	-68,338	-31.3%
15.	Rachel	0.76%	+1	+2,486	+1.7%
16.	Jennifer	0.75%	-14	-292,880	-66.4%
17.	Nicole	0.69%	-9	-74,398	-35.3%
18.	Alexis	0.67%	+91	+104,875	+398%
19.	Victoria	0.60%	+37	+64,201	+121%
20.	Amber	0.59%	-7	-38,346	-24.9%
21.	Alyssa	0.59%	+68	+82,302	+250%
22.	Courtney	0.58%	+15	+28,979	+34.4%
23.	Rebecca	0.56%	-1	-26,526	-19.5%
24.	Danielle	0.56%	0	-24,785	-18.4%
25.	Jasmine	0.54%	+64	+72,365	+220%
26.	Brianna	0.50%	+139	+81,971	+478%
27.	Katherine	0.49%	+5	-2,291	-2.3%
28.	Alexandra	0.48%	+57	+59,981	+172%
29.	Madison	0.47%	+506	+88,113	+2,322%
30.	Morgan	0.46%	+93	+66,908	+275%
31.	Melissa	0.46%	-24	-127,940	-58.7%
32.	Michelle	0.44%	-20	-67,503	-43.8%
33.	Kelsey	0.43%	+71	+57,371	+207%
34.	Chelsea	0.43%	+31	+41,640	+96.5%
35.	Anna	0.40%	+17	+21,266	+37.1%
36.	Kimberly	0.40%	-19	-68,576	-46.8%
37.	Tiffany	0.40%	-26	-81,091	-51.1%
38.	Olivia	0.39%	+157	+61,852	+440%
39.	Mary	0.39%	-4	-20,149	-21.0%
40.	Christina	0.38%	-22	-71,352	-48.9%
41.	Allison	0.38%	+9	+12,103	+19.4%
42.	Abigail	0.37%	+106	+52,118	+252%
43.	Sara	0.37%	-13	-32,511	-31.1%
44.	Shelby	0.37%	+273	+64,114	+814%
45.	Heather	0.37%	-35	-120,229	-62.7%
46.	Haley	0.36%	+167	+58,422	+457%
47.	Maria	0.36%	0	+5,126	+7.8%
48.	Kaitlyn	0.34%	+192	+56,674	+520%
49.	Laura	0.34%	-26	-67,360	-50.0%
50.	Erin	0.33%	-22	-50,477	-43.6%