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
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Robert		 5.66% 0
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James		 5.17% 0
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John		 4.46% 0
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William		 3.72% 0
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Richard		 3.02% 0
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Charles		 2.79% 0
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Donald		 2.55% 0
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David		 1.92% +2
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Thomas		 1.81% -1
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George		 1.69% -1
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Ronald		 1.66% +1
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Joseph		 1.58% -1
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Edward		 1.37% 0
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Kenneth		 1.21% 0
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Paul		 1.18% 0
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Larry		 0.94% +9
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Jerry		 0.94% +1
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Frank		 0.93% -2
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Raymond		 0.88% -2
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Gerald		 0.86% -1
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Harold		 0.78% 0
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Billy		 0.76% 0
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Jack		 0.75% -3
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Bobby		 0.71% 0
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Joe		 0.71% -2
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Walter		 0.68% 0
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Michael		 0.65% +6
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Carl		 0.63% -1
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Gary		 0.62% +9
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Henry		 0.61% -2
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Arthur		 0.58% -1
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Willie		 0.57% 0
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Eugene		 0.55% -4
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Ralph		 0.54% -3
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Fred		 0.53% +1
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Roger		 0.52% -1
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Albert		 0.52% -3
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Lawrence		 0.50% -1
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Daniel		 0.47% +2
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Roy		 0.45% +1
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Harry		 0.44% -2
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Howard		 0.43% -2
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Norman		 0.43% 0
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Wayne		 0.42% +1
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Jimmy		 0.41% +1
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Louis		 0.40% -2
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Anthony		 0.40% +1
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Earl		 0.36% -1
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Marvin		 0.36% 0
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Melvin		 0.36% +3
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Don		 0.35% 0
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Peter		 0.35% +4
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Ernest		 0.34% +2
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Clarence		 0.34% -2
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Francis		 0.34% -5
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Leroy		 0.33% +1
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Stanley		 0.32% +1
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Leonard		 0.32% -4
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Dale		 0.31% 0
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Alfred		 0.29% 0
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Gene		 0.29% +5
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Philip		 0.29% +1
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Dennis		 0.29% +11
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Bill		 0.29% -3
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Herbert		 0.28% -3
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Samuel		 0.28% +1
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Russell		 0.27% +2
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Frederick		 0.26% +2
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Johnny		 0.26% +3
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Bruce		 0.26% +3
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Ray		 0.25% -7
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Jimmie		 0.25% -1
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Bernard		 0.24% -5
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Douglas		 0.24% +4
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Gordon		 0.23% 0
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Allen		 0.23% +5
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Franklin		 0.23% -12
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Lee		 0.23% -2
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Andrew		 0.22% +4
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Floyd		 0.22% +6
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Bob		 0.22% -4
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Eddie		 0.22% -3
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Jim		 0.22% +2
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Tommy		 0.21% +7
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Leon		 0.21% -3
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Theodore		 0.21% +1
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Martin		 0.21% +5
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Edwin		 0.21% -4
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Glenn		 0.21% -8
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Clifford		 0.20% 0
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Lloyd		 0.20% -3
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Stephen		 0.20% +7
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Clyde		 0.19% -4
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Patrick		 0.19% +7
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Harvey		 0.19% +1
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Vernon		 0.19% -3
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Leo		 0.18% -3
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Phillip		 0.18% +4
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Alvin		 0.18% -2
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Jerome		 0.18% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.05% 0
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Barbara		 3.17% +1
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Patricia		 2.44% +2
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Shirley		 2.43% -2
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Betty		 2.30% -1
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Carol		 1.57% +4
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Nancy		 1.55% +1
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Dorothy		 1.50% -2
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Joan		 1.39% -2
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Margaret		 1.37% -1
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Joyce		 1.07% +1
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Helen		 1.04% -1
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Marilyn		 0.88% 0
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Beverly		 0.87% +3
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Ruth		 0.87% +1
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Virginia		 0.86% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.85% +1
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Janet		 0.85% +3
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Frances		 0.82% 0
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Carolyn		 0.81% +3
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Donna		 0.81% +1
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Doris		 0.81% -7
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Jean		 0.76% -3
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Martha		 0.72% 0
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Janice		 0.71% +6
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Sandra		 0.68% +12
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Phyllis		 0.66% -2
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Alice		 0.65% -1
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Lois		 0.63% -3
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Ann		 0.61% -2
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Peggy		 0.58% +4
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Gloria		 0.58% 0
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Norma		 0.57% -4
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Judith		 0.56% +9
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Marie		 0.55% -2
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Evelyn		 0.52% -2
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Dolores		 0.51% -7
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Anna		 0.50% -2
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Rose		 0.49% -2
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Marlene		 0.46% -1
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Sharon		 0.43% +19
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Jane		 0.43% 0
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Mildred		 0.42% -3
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Geraldine		 0.41% -3
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Elaine		 0.41% +5
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Annie		 0.41% -1
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Catherine		 0.41% -3
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Louise		 0.40% -2
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Linda		 0.40% +48
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Sylvia		 0.40% +3
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Joanne		 0.39% -3
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Ruby		 0.39% -1
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Eleanor		 0.39% -6
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Patsy		 0.39% -2
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Wanda		 0.38% +1
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Carole		 0.38% +17
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Marjorie		 0.37% -8
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Joann		 0.36% -3
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Sally		 0.36% 0
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Arlene		 0.35% -6
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Kathleen		 0.34% +6
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Irene		 0.33% -5
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Loretta		 0.33% +7
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Bonnie		 0.33% +1
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Sarah		 0.33% -3
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Roberta		 0.32% -2
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Charlotte		 0.32% -6
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Delores		 0.32% -10
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Rita		 0.31% 0
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Jacqueline		 0.31% -4
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June		 0.31% -9
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Darlene		 0.30% +11
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Jo		 0.29% -1
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Edna		 0.29% -3
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Juanita		 0.29% 0
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Diane		 0.29% +36
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Yvonne		 0.29% +4
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Thelma		 0.28% -4
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Kay		 0.27% +19
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Wilma		 0.27% -2
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Florence		 0.27% -1
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Josephine		 0.27% -5
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Lorraine		 0.27% -7
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Lillian		 0.26% -5
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Audrey		 0.26% -17
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Gladys		 0.26% -2
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Pauline		 0.26% -5
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Ethel		 0.25% +2
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Emma		 0.25% -4
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Jeanette		 0.25% +4
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Judy		 0.25% +28
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Anne		 0.25% -3
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Anita		 0.25% +11
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Grace		 0.25% -8
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Theresa		 0.25% -7
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Edith		 0.24% -9
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Susan		 0.24% +13
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Lucille		 0.24% -6
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Gail		 0.24% +3
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Clara		 0.23% -9
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Popularity extremes for the United States