The Most Popular Baby Names from the Year You Were Born

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Having one of the most popular names can be a good and bad thing. Everyone will know how to spell your name, but the chances that you have at least one other person in your class or at your job with the same name are pretty high. We gathered the top three names for every year, 1950-2010, from the Social Security Administration. Check out your birth year below to see if your name made the list. Also, check out the most popular toy the year you were born.

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1950

Girls

1. Linda
2. Mary
3. Patricia

Boys

1. James
2. Robert
3. John

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1951

Girls

1. Linda
2. Mary
3. Patricia

Boys

1. James
2. Robert
3. John

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1952

Girls

1. Linda
2. Mary
3. Patricia

Boys

1. James
2. Robert
3. John

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1953

Girls

1. Mary
2. Linda
3. Deborah

Boys

1. Robert
2. James
3. Michael

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1954

Girls

1. Mary
2. Linda
3. Deborah

Boys

1. Michael
2. James
3. Robert

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1955

Girls

1. Mary
2. Deborah
3. Linda

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. James

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1956

Girls

1. Mary
2. Deborah
3. Linda

Boys

1. Michael
2. James
3. Robert

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1957

Girls

1. Mary
2. Susan
3. Linda

Boys

1. Michael
2. James
3. David

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1958

Girls

1. Mary
2. Susan
3. Linda

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. James

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1959

Girls

1. Mary
2. Susan
3. Linda

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. James

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1960

Girls

1. Mary
2. Susan
3. Linda

Boys

1. David
2. Michael
3. James

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1961

Girls

1. Mary
2. Lisa
3. Susan

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. John

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1962

Girls

1. Lisa
2. Mary
3. Susan

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. John

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1963

Girls

1. Lisa
2. Mary
3. Susan

Boys

1. Michael
2. John
3. David

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1964

Girls

1. Lisa
2. Mary
3. Susan

Boys

1. Michael
2. John
3. David

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1965

Girls

1. Lisa
2. Mary
3. Karen

Boys

1. Michael
2. John
3. David

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1966

Girls

1. Lisa
2. Kimberly
3. Mary

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. James

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1967

Girls

1. Lisa
2. Kimberly
3. Michelle

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. James

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1968

Girls

1. Lisa
2. Michelle
3. Kimberly

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. John

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1969

Girls

1. Lisa
2. Michelle
3. Jennifer

Boys

1. Michael
2. David
3. James

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1970

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Lisa
3. Kimberly

Boys

1. Michael
2. James
3. David

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1971

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Michelle
3. Lisa

Boys

1. Michael
2. James
3. David

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1972

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Michelle
3. Lisa

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. James

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1973

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Amy
3. Michelle

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Jason

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1974

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Amy
3. Michelle

Boys

1. Michael
2. Jason
3. Christopher

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1975

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Amy
3. Heather

Boys

1. Michael
2. Jason
3. Christopher

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1976

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Amy
3. Melissa

Boys

1. Michael
2. Jason
3. Christopher

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1977

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Melissa
3. Amy

Boys

1. Michael
2. Jason
3. Christopher

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1978

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Melissa
3. Jessica

Boys

1. Michael
2. Jason
3. Christopher

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1979

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Melissa
3. Amanda

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Jason

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1980

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Amanda
3. Jessica

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Jason

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1981

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Jessica
3. Amanda

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1982

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Jessica
3. Amanda

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1983

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Jessica
3. Amanda

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1984

Girls

1. Jennifer
2. Jessica
3. Ashley

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1985

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Jennifer

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1986

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Amanda

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1987

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Amanda

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1988

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Amanda

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1989

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Brittany

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1990

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Brittany

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1991

Girls

1. Ashley
2. Jessica
3. Brittany

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1992

Girls

1. Ashley
2. Jessica
3. Amanda

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1993

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Sarah

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1994

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Emily

Boys

1. Michael
2. Christopher
3. Matthew

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1995

Girls

1. Jessica
2. Ashley
3. Emily

Boys

1. Michael
2. Matthew
3. Christopher

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1996

Girls

1. Emily
2. Jessica
3. Ashley

Boys

1. Michael
2. Matthew
3. Jacob

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1997

Girls

1. Emily
2. Jessica
3. Ashley

Boys

1. Michael
2. Jacob
3. Matthew

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1998

Girls

1. Emily
2. Hannah
3. Samantha

Boys

1. Michael
2. Jacob
3. Matthew

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1999

Girls

1. Emily
2. Hannah
3. Alexis

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Matthew

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2000

Girls

1. Emily
2. Hannah
3. Madison

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Matthew

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2001

Girls

1. Emily
2. Madison
3. Hannah

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Matthew

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2002

Girls

1. Emily
2. Madison
3. Hannah

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Joshua

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2003

Girls

1. Emily
2. Emma
3. Madison

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Joshua

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2004

Girls

1. Emily
2. Emma
3. Madison

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Joshua

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2005

Girls

1. Emily
2. Emma
3. Madison

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Joshua

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2006

Girls

1. Emily
2. Emma
3. Madison

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Joshua

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2007

Girls

1. Emily
2. Isabella
3. Emma

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Ethan

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2008

Girls

1. Emma
2. Isabella
3. Emily

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Ethan

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2009

Girls

1. Isabella
2. Emma
3. Olivia

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Ethan
3. Michael

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2010

Girls

1. Isabella
2. Sophia
3. Emma

Boys

1. Jacob
2. Ethan
3. Michael

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