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		 5.32% 0
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Robert		 5.12% 0
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John		 4.58% 0
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William		 3.81% 0
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Richard		 3.12% 0
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Charles		 2.61% 0
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David		 2.44% 0
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Thomas		 2.12% 0
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Ronald		 1.95% +1
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Donald		 1.80% -1
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Larry		 1.60% +2
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Joseph		 1.58% 0
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George		 1.54% -2
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Jerry		 1.34% 0
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Kenneth		 1.29% 0
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Michael		 1.27% +2
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Edward		 1.24% -1
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Paul		 1.21% -1
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Gary		 1.16% 0
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Gerald		 0.87% +1
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Frank		 0.86% -1
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Raymond		 0.79% 0
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Dennis		 0.76% +1
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Harold		 0.65% -1
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Roger		 0.65% +1
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Walter		 0.62% -1
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Billy		 0.61% 0
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Henry		 0.57% +3
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Carl		 0.57% +3
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Joe		 0.57% -2
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Daniel		 0.56% +3
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Jack		 0.55% -3
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Arthur		 0.54% 0
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Lawrence		 0.53% +2
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Bobby		 0.53% -5
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Willie		 0.52% -1
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Wayne		 0.49% +2
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Ralph		 0.48% -1
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Roy		 0.47% +3
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Albert		 0.47% +1
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Stephen		 0.46% +8
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Eugene		 0.46% -4
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Fred		 0.45% -3
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Peter		 0.45% -1
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Jimmy		 0.43% -1
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Anthony		 0.42% 0
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Howard		 0.40% -2
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Harry		 0.40% -1
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Norman		 0.36% -1
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Louis		 0.35% 0
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Bruce		 0.34% +4
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Philip		 0.33% +8
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Douglas		 0.33% +3
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Leonard		 0.32% 0
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Johnny		 0.32% -4
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Melvin		 0.32% -3
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Stanley		 0.31% +2
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Earl		 0.30% -6
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Dale		 0.30% -2
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Francis		 0.30% +1
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Ernest		 0.30% -3
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Clarence		 0.29% +2
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Marvin		 0.29% 0
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Terry		 0.29% +9
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Samuel		 0.28% 0
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Don		 0.28% -4
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Leroy		 0.28% -1
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Bill		 0.28% -1
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Frederick		 0.26% -1
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Patrick		 0.25% +4
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Tommy		 0.25% +5
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Gene		 0.25% -2
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Allen		 0.24% -2
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Alfred		 0.24% -5
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Russell		 0.24% -3
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Herbert		 0.24% -1
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Phillip		 0.23% +2
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Eddie		 0.23% +3
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Ronnie		 0.23% +22
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Jim		 0.23% -2
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Lee		 0.22% -1
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Andrew		 0.22% +2
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Ray		 0.22% -6
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Alan		 0.21% +4
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Martin		 0.21% 0
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Glenn		 0.20% -3
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Bernard		 0.20% -5
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Tom		 0.20% +4
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Jimmie		 0.20% -3
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Steven		 0.20% +29
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Barry		 0.20% +18
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Gordon		 0.19% -1
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Leon		 0.19% -4
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Clifford		 0.19% 0
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Theodore		 0.19% -5
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Lloyd		 0.18% +4
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Edwin		 0.18% -1
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Franklin		 0.18% -11
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Jesse		 0.17% -6
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Curtis		 0.17% -3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.66% 0
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Barbara		 3.17% 0
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Patricia		 2.96% 0
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Carol		 1.94% +2
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Linda		 1.90% +3
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Judith		 1.87% -2
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Betty		 1.68% -2
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Nancy		 1.68% -1
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Sandra		 1.57% +1
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Shirley		 1.36% -1
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Carolyn		 1.31% +4
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Margaret		 1.26% -1
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Joyce		 1.26% 0
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Dorothy		 1.17% -2
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Sharon		 1.15% +2
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Judy		 1.12% 0
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Joan		 1.07% -3
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Janet		 0.89% +1
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Karen		 0.87% +15
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Donna		 0.84% +3
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Elizabeth		 0.82% -1
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Janice		 0.81% 0
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Virginia		 0.81% -2
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Helen		 0.79% -6
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Martha		 0.74% +1
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Gloria		 0.72% +4
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Susan		 0.71% +9
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Ruth		 0.71% -4
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Beverly		 0.70% -2
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Marilyn		 0.69% -5
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Frances		 0.68% -3
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Jean		 0.63% -3
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Bonnie		 0.62% +6
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Alice		 0.60% -2
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Phyllis		 0.59% -2
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Kathleen		 0.58% +4
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Ann		 0.57% -2
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Doris		 0.57% -7
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Peggy		 0.53% -2
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Diane		 0.52% +5
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Brenda		 0.51% +1
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Marie		 0.49% -1
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Lois		 0.49% -5
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Elaine		 0.43% +6
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Geraldine		 0.42% +1
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Jane		 0.41% +1
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Norma		 0.40% -4
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Carole		 0.40% +1
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Rose		 0.40% -5
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Evelyn		 0.40% -2
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Catherine		 0.39% +2
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Patsy		 0.38% +5
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Wanda		 0.38% -1
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Joanne		 0.37% 0
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Charlotte		 0.37% 0
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Anna		 0.36% -5
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Dolores		 0.35% +10
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Joann		 0.34% +5
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Annie		 0.33% -3
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Sarah		 0.32% 0
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Sally		 0.32% 0
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Louise		 0.31% -3
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Rita		 0.31% +7
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Mildred		 0.31% -6
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Sylvia		 0.30% -3
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Jo		 0.30% +6
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Ellen		 0.29% +7
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Gail		 0.29% -3
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Ruby		 0.29% -3
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Kay		 0.28% +7
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Marjorie		 0.28% -7
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Roberta		 0.27% -1
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Jacqueline		 0.27% +3
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Irene		 0.27% -1
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Sue		 0.27% +6
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Darlene		 0.27% +3
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Arlene		 0.26% -2
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Eleanor		 0.26% -10
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Connie		 0.26% +9
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Delores		 0.25% +3
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Loretta		 0.25% -12
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Anne		 0.25% +2
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Marlene		 0.25% -3
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Juanita		 0.24% -6
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Katherine		 0.24% +6
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Rebecca		 0.24% +10
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Kathryn		 0.23% +16
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Julia		 0.23% +4
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Edna		 0.23% -3
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June		 0.22% -8
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Anita		 0.22% -4
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Josephine		 0.22% -3
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Lorraine		 0.22% +2
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Rosemary		 0.22% -9
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Theresa		 0.22% +7
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Glenda		 0.21% +11
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Suzanne		 0.21% +12
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Jeanette		 0.21% -8
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Emma		 0.20% -5
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Diana		 0.20% +17
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Popularity extremes for the United States