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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Michael		 4.25% +1
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David		 3.74% +3
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John		 3.64% +1
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James		 3.49% -3
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Robert		 3.32% -2
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Mark		 2.25% +3
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William		 2.15% -1
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Richard		 1.91% -1
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Thomas		 1.67% -1
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Jeffrey		 1.54% +14
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Steven		 1.48% 0
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Joseph		 1.44% +1
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Timothy		 1.41% +9
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Kevin		 1.38% +13
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Scott		 1.36% +21
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Brian		 1.32% +18
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Charles		 1.27% -7
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Paul		 1.24% -1
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Daniel		 1.23% 0
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Christopher		 1.21% +29
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Kenneth		 1.16% -5
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Anthony		 1.04% +8
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Gregory		 0.96% +3
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Ronald		 0.93% -9
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Donald		 0.88% -11
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Gary		 0.85% -14
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Stephen		 0.78% -7
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Eric		 0.78% +46
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Edward		 0.73% -6
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Douglas		 0.69% -2
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Todd		 0.66% +130
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Patrick		 0.63% +8
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George		 0.58% -8
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Keith		 0.57% +7
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Larry		 0.55% -17
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Matthew		 0.54% +63
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Terry		 0.52% -8
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Andrew		 0.50% +26
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Dennis		 0.48% -18
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Randy		 0.48% -7
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Jerry		 0.48% -10
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Peter		 0.47% -3
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Frank		 0.44% -8
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Craig		 0.43% +8
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Raymond		 0.42% -7
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Jeffery		 0.41% +40
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Bruce		 0.38% -15
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Rodney		 0.37% +23
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Mike		 0.36% +31
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Roger		 0.36% -13
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Tony		 0.36% +40
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Ricky		 0.34% -5
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Steve		 0.34% +3
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Jeff		 0.32% +77
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Troy		 0.31% +210
56.
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Alan		 0.31% -11
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Carl		 0.31% -9
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Danny		 0.31% -14
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Russell		 0.31% 0
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Chris		 0.29% +66
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Bryan		 0.28% +87
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Gerald		 0.28% -16
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Wayne		 0.28% -20
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Joe		 0.27% -7
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Randall		 0.27% -7
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Lawrence		 0.26% -24
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Dale		 0.26% -17
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Phillip		 0.26% +9
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Johnny		 0.25% -15
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Vincent		 0.25% +30
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Martin		 0.25% +8
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Bradley		 0.25% +43
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Billy		 0.25% -6
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Glenn		 0.25% -6
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Shawn		 0.24% +210
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Jimmy		 0.24% -6
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Jonathan		 0.24% +51
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Sean		 0.24% +240
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Curtis		 0.24% +6
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Barry		 0.24% -8
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Bobby		 0.24% -6
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Walter		 0.23% -31
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Jon		 0.23% +36
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Philip		 0.23% -19
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Samuel		 0.23% -12
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Jay		 0.22% +10
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Jason		 0.22% +288
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Dean		 0.22% +16
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Jose		 0.21% +20
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Tim		 0.21% +51
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Roy		 0.20% -28
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Willie		 0.20% -39
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Arthur		 0.20% -38
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Darryl		 0.20% +90
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Henry		 0.20% -34
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Darrell		 0.19% -1
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Allen		 0.19% -13
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Victor		 0.19% +8
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Harold		 0.19% -37
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Greg		 0.19% +63
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 2.63% +36
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Mary		 1.88% -1
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Susan		 1.52% +1
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Karen		 1.51% +4
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Kimberly		 1.37% +85
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Patricia		 1.22% -3
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Linda		 1.19% -5
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Donna		 1.13% +2
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Michelle		 1.10% +84
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Cynthia		 1.04% +1
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Sandra		 0.97% +1
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Deborah		 0.97% -7
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Tammy		 0.96% +127
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Pamela		 0.96% -1
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Lori		 0.93% +64
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Laura		 0.92% +22
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Elizabeth		 0.89% +4
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Julie		 0.88% +25
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Brenda		 0.87% -1
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Jennifer		 0.87% +78
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Barbara		 0.85% -15
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Angela		 0.84% +84
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Sharon		 0.82% -9
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Debra		 0.81% -17
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Teresa		 0.80% +5
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Nancy		 0.76% -17
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Christine		 0.74% +4
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Cheryl		 0.72% -9
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Denise		 0.68% -3
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Kelly		 0.68% +175
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Tina		 0.67% +93
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Kathleen		 0.64% -17
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Melissa		 0.63% +125
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Robin		 0.63% +19
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Amy		 0.62% +100
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Diane		 0.61% -19
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Dawn		 0.61% +73
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Carol		 0.59% -22
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Tracy		 0.55% +205
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Kathy		 0.54% -18
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Rebecca		 0.53% -13
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Theresa		 0.51% -3
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Kim		 0.50% +35
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Rhonda		 0.50% +30
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Stephanie		 0.49% +74
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Cindy		 0.49% +2
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Janet		 0.47% -27
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Wendy		 0.47% +54
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Maria		 0.47% +21
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Michele		 0.46% +53
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Jacqueline		 0.45% +21
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Debbie		 0.45% +2
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Margaret		 0.43% -30
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Paula		 0.43% -8
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Sherry		 0.41% +9
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Catherine		 0.41% -24
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Carolyn		 0.40% -32
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Laurie		 0.39% +34
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Sheila		 0.39% +3
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Ann		 0.38% -19
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Jill		 0.37% +48
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Connie		 0.35% -22
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Diana		 0.34% -8
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Terri		 0.34% +31
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Suzanne		 0.32% +22
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Andrea		 0.31% +73
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Beth		 0.31% +58
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Janice		 0.31% -44
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Valerie		 0.30% +15
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Renee		 0.30% +58
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Leslie		 0.29% +28
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Christina		 0.28% +103
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Gina		 0.28% +146
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Lynn		 0.28% -7
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Annette		 0.28% +45
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Cathy		 0.27% -24
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Katherine		 0.27% -12
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Judy		 0.27% -51
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Carla		 0.25% +59
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Wanda		 0.25% -21
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Anne		 0.25% +2
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Dana		 0.25% +107
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Joyce		 0.24% -54
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Regina		 0.24% +50
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Beverly		 0.24% -49
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Monica		 0.24% +94
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Bonnie		 0.24% -37
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Kathryn		 0.24% -31
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Anita		 0.24% +2
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Sarah		 0.23% +17
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Darlene		 0.23% -20
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Jane		 0.23% -41
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Sherri		 0.22% +105
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Martha		 0.22% -45
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Anna		 0.22% +9
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Colleen		 0.22% +22
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Vicki		 0.21% -36
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Tracey		 0.21% +297
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Judith		 0.21% -65
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Tamara		 0.21% +124
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