Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Michael		 3.45% 0 -43,564 -6.2%
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Christopher		 2.88% 0 +79,422 +16.7%
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Matthew		 2.39% +7 +181,200 +65.2%
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Joshua		 2.06% +20 +256,214 +183%
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David		 1.99% -1 -62,052 -13.9%
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James		 1.85% -1 -88,257 -19.8%
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Daniel		 1.80% +5 +101,081 +41.3%
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Robert		 1.67% -1 -75,596 -19.0%
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John		 1.67% -3 -81,496 -20.2%
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Joseph		 1.56% +1 +54,579 +22.3%
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Jason		 1.52% -8 -170,634 -36.9%
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Justin		 1.51% +26 +203,275 +235%
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Andrew		 1.48% +15 +152,153 +114%
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Ryan		 1.45% +11 +139,299 +99.8%
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William		 1.29% -6 -35,131 -12.4%
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Brian		 1.22% -8 -88,698 -27.5%
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Brandon		 1.21% +35 +167,158 +257%
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Jonathan		 1.20% +14 +122,017 +113%
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Nicholas		 1.16% +32 +158,250 +243%
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Anthony		 1.10% +2 +36,973 +21.1%
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Eric		 1.06% -7 -7,265 -3.4%
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Adam		 1.01% +14 +103,326 +113%
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Kevin		 0.98% -10 -23,581 -11.1%
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Thomas		 0.92% -4 -8,951 -4.8%
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Steven		 0.92% -6 -10,633 -5.7%
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Timothy		 0.90% -5 -8,428 -4.6%
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Richard		 0.80% -11 -48,061 -23.7%
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Jeremy		 0.80% -2 +14,091 +10.1%
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Jeffrey		 0.75% -14 -58,064 -28.6%
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Kyle		 0.74% +56 +109,291 +335%
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Benjamin		 0.74% +13 +60,048 +73.8%
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Aaron		 0.72% +3 +36,876 +36.3%
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Charles		 0.69% -10 -31,126 -19.1%
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Mark		 0.67% -16 -64,842 -33.4%
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Jacob		 0.65% +43 +87,897 +242%
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Stephen		 0.59% -3 +5,812 +5.4%
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Patrick		 0.58% 0 +20,161 +22.1%
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Scott		 0.56% -21 -86,398 -44.4%
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Nathan		 0.55% +10 +40,122 +60.9%
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Paul		 0.54% -13 -32,003 -23.5%
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Sean		 0.54% -2 +20,027 +23.9%
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Travis		 0.54% +12 +38,822 +60.6%
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Zachary		 0.53% +98 +82,760 +434%
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Dustin		 0.51% +59 +70,738 +266%
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Gregory		 0.49% -16 -21,909 -19.0%
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Kenneth		 0.46% -15 -22,379 -20.1%
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Jose		 0.45% +1 +20,262 +30.5%
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Tyler		 0.45% +154 +74,905 +649%
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Jesse		 0.45% +17 +41,021 +91.4%
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Alexander		 0.43% +56 +57,066 +229%
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Bryan		 0.42% -5 +9,162 +12.8%
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Samuel		 0.38% +12 +25,357 +52.7%
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Derek		 0.38% +20 +34,609 +90.3%
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Bradley		 0.36% +3 +10,672 +18.2%
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Chad		 0.36% -25 -44,480 -39.2%
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Shawn		 0.34% -22 -40,197 -38.0%
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Edward		 0.32% -17 -22,605 -27.1%
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Jared		 0.31% +55 +35,889 +147%
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Cody		 0.31% +172 +50,762 +533%
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Jordan		 0.30% +275 +51,724 +949%
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Peter		 0.30% -6 -5,611 -9.0%
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Corey		 0.28% +8 +12,606 +30.7%
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Keith		 0.27% -18 -24,052 -31.4%
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Marcus		 0.27% +8 +12,341 +31.3%
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Juan		 0.27% +3 +8,045 +18.5%
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Donald		 0.26% -24 -31,591 -38.3%
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Ronald		 0.24% -24 -35,069 -42.9%
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George		 0.24% -15 -19,048 -29.4%
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Phillip		 0.24% +2 +5,862 +14.7%
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Cory		 0.23% +29 +16,851 +61.2%
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Joel		 0.23% +4 +6,336 +17.0%
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Shane		 0.22% -12 -7,108 -14.1%
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Douglas		 0.22% -23 -23,419 -35.9%
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Antonio		 0.22% +9 +8,338 +25.1%
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Carlos		 0.22% +1 +4,555 +12.3%
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Raymond		 0.22% -15 -7,847 -15.9%
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Brett		 0.22% +17 +12,369 +42.8%
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Gary		 0.21% -31 -28,036 -41.1%
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Alex		 0.20% +97 +24,702 +176%
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Nathaniel		 0.20% +60 +19,467 +101%
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Craig		 0.20% -25 -20,698 -35.2%
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Ian		 0.20% +73 +20,580 +120%
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Luis		 0.20% +34 +13,476 +56.2%
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Derrick		 0.19% +1 +3,486 +10.6%
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Erik		 0.19% +2 +4,252 +13.2%
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Casey		 0.19% +56 +16,981 +89.4%
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Philip		 0.19% +3 +4,362 +13.9%
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Frank		 0.18% -23 -13,320 -28.4%
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Evan		 0.17% +170 +24,610 +313%
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Gabriel		 0.17% +24 +7,928 +32.5%
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Victor		 0.17% +10 +5,551 +20.8%
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Vincent		 0.17% +6 +4,423 +16.0%
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Austin		 0.16% +264 +26,463 +547%
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Brent		 0.16% -12 -4,101 -11.6%
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Larry		 0.16% -37 -26,864 -46.2%
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Seth		 0.16% +64 +14,545 +87.7%
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Wesley		 0.16% +24 +7,837 +33.7%
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Dennis		 0.16% -39 -20,088 -39.7%
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Todd		 0.16% -58 -53,001 -63.6%
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Christian		 0.16% +8 +5,379 +21.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Jessica		 2.54% +10 +326,021 +227%
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Jennifer		 2.39% -1 -140,822 -24.2%
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Amanda		 2.00% +14 +245,805 +198%
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Ashley		 1.91% +136 +331,133 +1,573%
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Sarah		 1.48% +14 +153,805 +129%
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Stephanie		 1.18% +3 +57,716 +36.0%
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Melissa		 1.18% -4 -35,336 -14.0%
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Nicole		 1.14% +2 +65,829 +45.5%
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Elizabeth		 1.08% +3 +56,118 +39.3%
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Heather		 1.04% -2 -12,054 -5.9%
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Tiffany		 0.86% +31 +93,466 +143%
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Michelle		 0.84% -8 -95,101 -38.2%
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Amber		 0.83% +52 +106,886 +227%
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Megan		 0.83% +75 +116,143 +311%
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Amy		 0.82% -13 -118,329 -44.0%
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Rachel		 0.80% +17 +68,929 +88.7%
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Kimberly		 0.79% -12 -82,641 -36.1%
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Christina		 0.79% -2 +20,264 +16.1%
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Lauren		 0.79% +118 +123,322 +565%
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Crystal		 0.76% +17 +67,251 +91.2%
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Brittany		 0.76% +508 +137,373 +3,945%
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Rebecca		 0.74% -9 -1,056 -0.8%
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Laura		 0.73% -3 +16,401 +13.9%
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Danielle		 0.73% +22 +73,457 +121%
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Emily		 0.71% +41 +84,919 +181%
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Samantha		 0.66% +83 +92,215 +319%
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Angela		 0.63% -20 -108,674 -48.2%
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Erin		 0.63% +11 +47,917 +70.6%
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Kelly		 0.59% -15 -24,007 -18.0%
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Sara		 0.57% +20 +47,720 +83.8%
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Lisa		 0.56% -25 -126,072 -55.1%
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Katherine		 0.54% +23 +45,122 +83.5%
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Andrea		 0.53% -5 +11,842 +13.7%
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Jamie		 0.52% +6 +28,714 +42.3%
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Mary		 0.52% -20 -30,397 -24.1%
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Erica		 0.51% +23 +43,563 +87.8%
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Courtney		 0.46% +91 +60,316 +251%
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Kristen		 0.45% +34 +39,014 +88.2%
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Shannon		 0.43% -18 -35,379 -31.1%
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April		 0.41% -6 -1,000 -1.3%
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Katie		 0.40% +124 +55,395 +317%
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Lindsey		 0.39% +280 +64,206 +830%
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Kristin		 0.38% +31 +28,173 +66.5%
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Lindsay		 0.37% +169 +56,130 +454%
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Christine		 0.37% -23 -35,220 -34.1%
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Alicia		 0.36% +36 +27,712 +70.6%
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Maria		 0.36% -12 -10,568 -13.8%
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Vanessa		 0.36% +65 +37,652 +134%
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Kathryn		 0.34% +43 +26,006 +71.4%
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Allison		 0.34% +45 +28,169 +82.5%
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Julie		 0.33% -33 -60,243 -49.4%
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Anna		 0.31% +35 +19,518 +51.6%
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Tara		 0.31% -10 -8,733 -13.4%
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Kayla		 0.30% +708 +53,349 +2,746%
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Natalie		 0.30% +50 +24,627 +82.6%
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Victoria		 0.29% +46 +22,385 +72.5%
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Monica		 0.28% -12 -9,815 -15.9%
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Jacqueline		 0.28% +27 +13,595 +35.8%
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Holly		 0.27% -1 -807 -1.6%
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Kristina		 0.25% +39 +13,298 +40.7%
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Patricia		 0.24% -31 -35,980 -44.4%
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Cassandra		 0.24% +90 +25,894 +136%
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Brandy		 0.24% +18 +4,457 +11.1%
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Whitney		 0.24% +357 +39,370 +787%
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Chelsea		 0.23% +463 +39,679 +1,139%
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Brandi		 0.23% +40 +13,814 +47.5%
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Catherine		 0.23% +6 -1,430 -3.3%
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Cynthia		 0.23% -37 -38,533 -48.0%
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Kathleen		 0.21% 0 -5,448 -12.1%
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Veronica		 0.21% +13 +446 +1.1%
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Leslie		 0.21% -1 -6,113 -13.6%
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Natasha		 0.21% +79 +18,880 +97.7%
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Krystal		 0.20% +291 +31,246 +500%
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Stacy		 0.20% -36 -32,910 -47.1%
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Diana		 0.20% +22 +3,561 +10.7%
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Erika		 0.20% +50 +12,546 +51.6%
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Dana		 0.20% -20 -14,538 -28.3%
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Jenna		 0.20% +388 +32,376 +766%
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Meghan		 0.20% +199 +26,849 +287%
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Carrie		 0.20% -39 -30,745 -46.0%
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Leah		 0.20% +58 +14,909 +70.5%
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Melanie		 0.20% -26 -17,362 -32.6%
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Brooke		 0.19% +103 +20,465 +141%
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Karen		 0.19% -59 -60,257 -63.3%
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Alexandra		 0.19% +253 +27,860 +400%
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Valerie		 0.19% +10 +817 +2.4%
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Caitlin		 0.18% +919 +32,305 +2,528%
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Julia		 0.18% +43 +9,933 +42.4%
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Alyssa		 0.18% +282 +26,873 +442%
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Jasmine		 0.18% +386 +28,817 +697%
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Hannah		 0.18% +362 +28,155 +619%
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Stacey		 0.17% -45 -27,072 -45.7%
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Brittney		 0.17% +995 +30,384 +2,644%
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Susan		 0.17% -67 -57,766 -65.4%
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Margaret		 0.16% +6 -1,595 -5.0%
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Sandra		 0.16% -52 -34,290 -53.3%
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Candice		 0.16% +114 +17,364 +139%
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Latoya		 0.16% +134 +18,078 +158%
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Bethany		 0.16% +119 +17,150 +141%
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Misty		 0.16% -25 -13,260 -31.3%
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