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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James		 4.74% 0
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Robert		 4.59% 0
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John		 4.37% 0
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Michael		 3.58% +1
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David		 3.34% +1
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William		 3.34% -2
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Richard		 2.80% 0
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Thomas		 2.51% 0
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Charles		 2.15% 0
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Gary		 1.86% +2
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Larry		 1.73% -1
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Ronald		 1.64% -1
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Joseph		 1.49% +1
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Donald		 1.48% -1
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0
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Steven		 1.28% +4
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Dennis		 1.26% -1
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Paul		 1.20% -1
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Stephen		 1.13% 0
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George		 1.11% -2
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Daniel		 1.06% +1
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Edward		 1.03% -1
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Mark		 0.91% +1
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Jerry		 0.84% -1
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Gregory		 0.73% +6
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Bruce		 0.70% 0
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Roger		 0.69% -2
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Douglas		 0.67% +1
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Frank		 0.64% -2
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Terry		 0.63% -2
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Raymond		 0.62% -1
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Timothy		 0.58% +2
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Lawrence		 0.56% -1
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Gerald		 0.53% -1
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Wayne		 0.51% 0
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Anthony		 0.47% 0
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Peter		 0.46% +1
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Patrick		 0.45% +1
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Danny		 0.45% +1
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Walter		 0.43% -3
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Alan		 0.43% +4
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Willie		 0.43% -1
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Jeffrey		 0.42% +5
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Carl		 0.40% -1
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Harold		 0.40% -3
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Arthur		 0.39% -2
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Henry		 0.38% -1
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Jack		 0.38% -1
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Dale		 0.37% +5
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Johnny		 0.36% -1
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Roy		 0.36% 0
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Ralph		 0.35% -2
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Philip		 0.33% +2
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Joe		 0.33% -2
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Jimmy		 0.32% -2
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Albert		 0.32% 0
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Billy		 0.31% 0
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Eugene		 0.30% 0
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Glenn		 0.30% +2
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Stanley		 0.30% 0
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Harry		 0.30% -2
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Samuel		 0.29% 0
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Howard		 0.28% 0
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Phillip		 0.28% +2
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Bobby		 0.28% +2
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Louis		 0.27% -1
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Russell		 0.27% +2
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Andrew		 0.27% +7
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Craig		 0.27% +8
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Randall		 0.27% +9
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Allen		 0.27% 0
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Christopher		 0.27% +9
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Kevin		 0.26% +22
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Barry		 0.26% -1
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Frederick		 0.26% -5
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Ronnie		 0.25% -12
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Leonard		 0.25% -3
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Keith		 0.25% +7
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Brian		 0.24% +7
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Randy		 0.24% +12
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Ernest		 0.24% -5
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Scott		 0.24% +17
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Steve		 0.23% -15
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Fred		 0.23% -12
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Martin		 0.23% -2
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Francis		 0.22% -8
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Melvin		 0.21% -5
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Rodney		 0.21% -1
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Eddie		 0.21% -9
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Norman		 0.20% 0
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Lee		 0.20% +2
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Earl		 0.20% -1
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Marvin		 0.19% -4
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Tommy		 0.19% -10
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Clarence		 0.18% -1
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Alfred		 0.18% 0
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Curtis		 0.18% 0
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Eric		 0.17% +7
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Theodore		 0.16% +1
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Clifford		 0.16% +3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Linda		 4.57% 0
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Mary		 3.72% 0
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Patricia		 2.73% 0
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Barbara		 2.36% 0
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Susan		 2.16% 0
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Nancy		 1.68% +1
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Deborah		 1.65% +8
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Sandra		 1.64% -2
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Carol		 1.49% -1
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Kathleen		 1.46% -1
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Sharon		 1.40% -1
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Karen		 1.37% -1
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Donna		 1.23% -1
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Brenda		 1.18% -1
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Margaret		 1.03% -1
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Diane		 1.00% +3
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Pamela		 0.92% +4
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Janet		 0.92% +5
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Shirley		 0.90% -1
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Carolyn		 0.89% -3
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Judith		 0.87% -5
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Janice		 0.85% +2
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Cynthia		 0.82% +4
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Elizabeth		 0.82% +1
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Judy		 0.81% -5
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Betty		 0.77% -4
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Joyce		 0.76% -1
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Christine		 0.72% +2
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Cheryl		 0.67% -1
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Gloria		 0.63% -1
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Beverly		 0.60% 0
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Martha		 0.56% +2
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Bonnie		 0.55% +2
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Catherine		 0.55% +3
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Dorothy		 0.54% -3
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Rebecca		 0.54% +4
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Marilyn		 0.53% -4
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Kathy		 0.52% +4
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Jane		 0.51% +2
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Joan		 0.50% -4
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Peggy		 0.49% -3
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Gail		 0.48% +9
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Virginia		 0.47% -4
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Connie		 0.46% -1
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Ann		 0.45% -1
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Kathryn		 0.45% +6
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Diana		 0.42% +1
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Jean		 0.42% -3
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Ruth		 0.41% -2
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Helen		 0.40% -4
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Frances		 0.40% -2
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Wanda		 0.39% +4
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Phyllis		 0.38% -3
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Paula		 0.38% +1
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Jacqueline		 0.37% +3
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Rita		 0.37% -2
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Alice		 0.36% -4
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Katherine		 0.35% 0
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Debra		 0.35% +75
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Elaine		 0.34% -3
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Vicki		 0.33% +9
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Sherry		 0.33% +6
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Laura		 0.33% +2
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Jo		 0.32% -4
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Theresa		 0.32% -2
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Ellen		 0.32% -2
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Joanne		 0.31% -6
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Marsha		 0.31% +11
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Rose		 0.31% -3
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Sheila		 0.30% +6
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Suzanne		 0.30% -9
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Marie		 0.30% -5
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Maria		 0.29% -1
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Doris		 0.29% -5
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Cathy		 0.29% +6
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Lynn		 0.29% -2
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Marcia		 0.28% +1
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Sally		 0.28% -1
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Darlene		 0.28% -4
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Charlotte		 0.27% -9
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Teresa		 0.27% +1
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Denise		 0.26% +58
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Lois		 0.26% -10
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Anne		 0.25% +2
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Constance		 0.25% -2
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Evelyn		 0.24% -6
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Glenda		 0.24% 0
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Sarah		 0.24% -4
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Maureen		 0.23% 0
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Dianne		 0.22% -5
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Eileen		 0.22% +4
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Irene		 0.22% +19
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Anna		 0.22% -2
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Victoria		 0.22% +2
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Jeanne		 0.21% -3
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Roberta		 0.21% +1
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Sylvia		 0.21% -3
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Joann		 0.21% +3
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Anita		 0.20% 0
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Sue		 0.20% -12
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Popularity extremes for the United States