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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Michael		 3.45% 0
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Christopher		 2.88% 0
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Matthew		 2.39% +7
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Joshua		 2.06% +20
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David		 1.99% -1
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James		 1.85% -1
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Daniel		 1.80% +5
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Robert		 1.67% -1
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John		 1.67% -3
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Joseph		 1.56% +1
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Jason		 1.52% -8
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Justin		 1.51% +26
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Andrew		 1.48% +15
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Ryan		 1.45% +11
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William		 1.29% -6
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Brian		 1.22% -8
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Brandon		 1.21% +35
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Jonathan		 1.20% +14
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Nicholas		 1.16% +32
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Anthony		 1.10% +2
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Eric		 1.06% -7
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Adam		 1.01% +14
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Kevin		 0.98% -10
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Thomas		 0.92% -4
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Steven		 0.92% -6
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Timothy		 0.90% -5
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Richard		 0.80% -11
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Jeremy		 0.80% -2
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Jeffrey		 0.75% -14
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Kyle		 0.74% +56
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Benjamin		 0.74% +13
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Aaron		 0.72% +3
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Charles		 0.69% -10
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Mark		 0.67% -16
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Jacob		 0.65% +43
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Stephen		 0.59% -3
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Patrick		 0.58% 0
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Scott		 0.56% -21
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Nathan		 0.55% +10
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Paul		 0.54% -13
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Sean		 0.54% -2
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Travis		 0.54% +12
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Zachary		 0.53% +98
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Dustin		 0.51% +59
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Gregory		 0.49% -16
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Kenneth		 0.46% -15
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Jose		 0.45% +1
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Tyler		 0.45% +154
49.
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Jesse		 0.45% +17
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Alexander		 0.43% +56
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Bryan		 0.42% -5
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Samuel		 0.38% +12
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Derek		 0.38% +20
54.
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Bradley		 0.36% +3
55.
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Chad		 0.36% -25
56.
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Shawn		 0.34% -22
57.
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Edward		 0.32% -17
58.
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Jared		 0.31% +55
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Cody		 0.31% +172
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Jordan		 0.30% +275
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Peter		 0.30% -6
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Corey		 0.28% +8
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Keith		 0.27% -18
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Marcus		 0.27% +8
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Juan		 0.27% +3
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Donald		 0.26% -24
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Ronald		 0.24% -24
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George		 0.24% -15
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Phillip		 0.24% +2
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Cory		 0.23% +29
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Joel		 0.23% +4
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Shane		 0.22% -12
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Douglas		 0.22% -23
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Antonio		 0.22% +9
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Carlos		 0.22% +1
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Raymond		 0.22% -15
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Brett		 0.22% +17
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Gary		 0.21% -31
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Alex		 0.20% +97
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Nathaniel		 0.20% +60
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Craig		 0.20% -25
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Ian		 0.20% +73
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Luis		 0.20% +34
84.
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Derrick		 0.19% +1
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Erik		 0.19% +2
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Casey		 0.19% +56
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Philip		 0.19% +3
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Frank		 0.18% -23
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Evan		 0.17% +170
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Gabriel		 0.17% +24
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Victor		 0.17% +10
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Vincent		 0.17% +6
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Austin		 0.16% +264
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Brent		 0.16% -12
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Larry		 0.16% -37
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Seth		 0.16% +64
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Wesley		 0.16% +24
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Dennis		 0.16% -39
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Todd		 0.16% -58
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Christian		 0.16% +8
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 2.54% +10
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Jennifer		 2.39% -1
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Amanda		 2.00% +14
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Ashley		 1.91% +136
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Sarah		 1.48% +14
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Stephanie		 1.18% +3
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Melissa		 1.18% -4
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Nicole		 1.14% +2
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Elizabeth		 1.08% +3
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Heather		 1.04% -2
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Tiffany		 0.86% +31
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Michelle		 0.84% -8
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Amber		 0.83% +52
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Megan		 0.83% +75
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Amy		 0.82% -13
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Rachel		 0.80% +17
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Kimberly		 0.79% -12
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Christina		 0.79% -2
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Lauren		 0.79% +118
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Crystal		 0.76% +17
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Brittany		 0.76% +508
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Rebecca		 0.74% -9
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Laura		 0.73% -3
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Danielle		 0.73% +22
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Emily		 0.71% +41
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Samantha		 0.66% +83
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Angela		 0.63% -20
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Erin		 0.63% +11
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Kelly		 0.59% -15
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Sara		 0.57% +20
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Lisa		 0.56% -25
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Katherine		 0.54% +23
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Andrea		 0.53% -5
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Jamie		 0.52% +6
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Mary		 0.52% -20
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Erica		 0.51% +23
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Courtney		 0.46% +91
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Kristen		 0.45% +34
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Shannon		 0.43% -18
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April		 0.41% -6
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Katie		 0.40% +124
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Lindsey		 0.39% +280
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Kristin		 0.38% +31
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Lindsay		 0.37% +169
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Christine		 0.37% -23
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Alicia		 0.36% +36
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Maria		 0.36% -12
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Vanessa		 0.36% +65
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Kathryn		 0.34% +43
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Allison		 0.34% +45
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Julie		 0.33% -33
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Anna		 0.31% +35
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Tara		 0.31% -10
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Kayla		 0.30% +708
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Natalie		 0.30% +50
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Victoria		 0.29% +46
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Monica		 0.28% -12
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Jacqueline		 0.28% +27
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Holly		 0.27% -1
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Kristina		 0.25% +39
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Patricia		 0.24% -31
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Cassandra		 0.24% +90
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Brandy		 0.24% +18
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Whitney		 0.24% +357
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Chelsea		 0.23% +463
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Brandi		 0.23% +40
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Catherine		 0.23% +6
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Cynthia		 0.23% -37
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Kathleen		 0.21% 0
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Veronica		 0.21% +13
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Leslie		 0.21% -1
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Natasha		 0.21% +79
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Krystal		 0.20% +291
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Stacy		 0.20% -36
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Diana		 0.20% +22
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Erika		 0.20% +50
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Dana		 0.20% -20
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Jenna		 0.20% +388
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Meghan		 0.20% +199
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Carrie		 0.20% -39
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Leah		 0.20% +58
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Melanie		 0.20% -26
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Brooke		 0.19% +103
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Karen		 0.19% -59
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Alexandra		 0.19% +253
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Valerie		 0.19% +10
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Caitlin		 0.18% +919
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Julia		 0.18% +43
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Alyssa		 0.18% +282
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Jasmine		 0.18% +386
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Hannah		 0.18% +362
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Stacey		 0.17% -45
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Brittney		 0.17% +995
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Susan		 0.17% -67
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Margaret		 0.16% +6
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Sandra		 0.16% -52
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Candice		 0.16% +114
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Latoya		 0.16% +134
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Bethany		 0.16% +119
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Misty		 0.16% -25
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