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Mary - it is still in the top 100. I was born in the 80s and have never met a Mary younger than 40. My theory is that people use Mary as a silent first name and let the child go by their middle name as in the case of my friends Ashleigh, Elle, Walker and Grace, who are actually Mary Ashleigh, Mary Elle, Mary Walker and Mary Grace. I didn't even know until I saw their passports.

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Jennifer - how come this is still so high on the list? aren't people sick of it?

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Rachel, Rebecca - I thought these classics would stay common for forever but they lost places and are as good as out of the top 100.

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Laura, Amanda - both out of the top 100. I thought as classics they had more staying power.

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Kaitlyn - how this ever got more common than Caitlin is beyond me. It looks so ugly and childish.

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Haley, Hailey - how did this get more common than the much more appealing Hayley?

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Evangeline - wow, that's what I call a dark horse name

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Kimberly - still in the top 100?

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