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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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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James		 5.43% 0 -2,494 -3.2%
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Robert		 5.10% 0 -910 -1.3%
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John		 4.82% 0 -502 -0.8%
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William		 3.66% 0 -2,152 -4.1%
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Richard		 3.36% 0 +397 +0.9%
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David		 2.71% 0 -275 -0.7%
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Charles		 2.37% 0 -2,191 -6.3%
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Thomas		 2.32% 0 +269 +0.9%
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Michael		 2.18% 0 +3,179 +11.9%
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Ronald		 1.73% 0 -1,849 -7.2%
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Larry		 1.66% +1 +801 +3.6%
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Donald		 1.61% -1 -1,328 -5.7%
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Gary		 1.56% +2 +1,289 +6.4%
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Joseph		 1.52% -1 -355 -1.7%
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George		 1.41% -1 -1,101 -5.4%
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Kenneth		 1.32% 0 -3 -0.0%
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Paul		 1.24% 0 +337 +2.0%
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Edward		 1.16% 0 -608 -3.7%
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Dennis		 1.09% +1 +1,312 +9.6%
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Jerry		 1.07% -1 -1,577 -9.7%
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Frank		 0.79% 0 -470 -4.1%
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Roger		 0.77% +1 -9 -0.1%
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Raymond		 0.72% -1 -777 -7.3%
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Daniel		 0.71% +1 +393 +4.2%
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Gerald		 0.65% -1 -1,166 -11.6%
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Stephen		 0.63% +2 +844 +10.8%
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Walter		 0.55% -1 -585 -7.2%
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Harold		 0.55% -1 -454 -5.7%
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Douglas		 0.54% +5 +396 +5.7%
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Lawrence		 0.52% +2 +39 +0.5%
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Willie		 0.51% 0 -170 -2.4%
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Jack		 0.50% -2 -401 -5.5%
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Terry		 0.50% +10 +859 +14.4%
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Arthur		 0.50% -5 -456 -6.3%
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Wayne		 0.49% +2 +14 +0.2%
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Joe		 0.48% -3 -432 -6.1%
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Henry		 0.48% -2 -369 -5.3%
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Peter		 0.47% +2 +143 +2.3%
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Carl		 0.46% -3 -510 -7.5%
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Roy		 0.45% -1 -348 -5.3%
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Jimmy		 0.45% 0 -170 -2.7%
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Billy		 0.44% -4 -526 -8.0%
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Steven		 0.44% +9 +863 +16.9%
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Ralph		 0.42% -2 -486 -7.7%
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Johnny		 0.42% 0 +40 +0.7%
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Anthony		 0.42% 0 +81 +1.4%
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Harry		 0.41% +2 +173 +3.2%
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Bruce		 0.41% +3 +352 +6.7%
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Albert		 0.40% -5 -421 -7.2%
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Eugene		 0.38% -2 -341 -6.2%
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Fred		 0.37% -4 -462 -8.3%
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Alan		 0.37% +3 +795 +18.6%
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Bobby		 0.37% -3 -357 -6.6%
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Howard		 0.35% -1 -260 -5.2%
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Louis		 0.33% -1 -196 -4.2%
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Danny		 0.30% +20 +661 +18.8%
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Leonard		 0.30% -1 -61 -1.5%
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Philip		 0.30% +2 +116 +2.9%
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Stanley		 0.30% -2 -63 -1.5%
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Ernest		 0.29% -1 -39 -1.0%
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Dale		 0.29% 0 -31 -0.8%
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Samuel		 0.29% 0 +8 +0.2%
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Patrick		 0.28% +1 -26 -0.7%
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Russell		 0.28% -1 -129 -3.3%
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Norman		 0.27% -7 -342 -8.4%
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Bill		 0.27% 0 -104 -2.7%
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Ronnie		 0.27% +2 -89 -2.4%
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Jim		 0.26% 0 -120 -3.2%
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Mike		 0.26% +11 +508 +16.5%
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Timothy		 0.26% +22 +837 +30.4%
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Earl		 0.26% -6 -309 -8.0%
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Mark		 0.26% +21 +804 +29.3%
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Don		 0.25% -1 -104 -2.9%
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Allen		 0.25% +3 +61 +1.8%
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Francis		 0.25% -4 -200 -5.5%
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Tommy		 0.25% -6 -246 -6.7%
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Frederick		 0.25% -4 -147 -4.1%
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Melvin		 0.25% -11 -342 -9.1%
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Steve		 0.25% +10 +547 +19.3%
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Marvin		 0.24% -5 -274 -7.7%
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Eddie		 0.24% -2 -91 -2.7%
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Clarence		 0.23% -8 -385 -10.8%
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Leroy		 0.23% -5 -233 -6.8%
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Barry		 0.23% 0 +159 +5.3%
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Phillip		 0.23% -2 +79 +2.6%
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Andrew		 0.22% -5 -48 -1.6%
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Lee		 0.21% -2 +8 +0.3%
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Tom		 0.21% -1 -7 -0.2%
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Alfred		 0.21% -7 -155 -5.1%
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Martin		 0.21% +1 +55 +2.0%
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Jeffrey		 0.20% +10 +456 +19.6%
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Ray		 0.20% -6 -163 -5.6%
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Glenn		 0.20% -5 -119 -4.2%
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Herbert		 0.19% -4 -114 -4.1%
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Victor		 0.19% +12 +470 +21.7%
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Gregory		 0.18% +56 +1,168 +89.4%
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Curtis		 0.17% 0 -71 -2.9%
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Bernard		 0.17% -4 -230 -8.8%
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Clifford		 0.17% 0 -12 -0.5%
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Gene		 0.17% -5 -229 -8.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 4.40% 0 -3,188 -5.1%
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Linda		 3.08% +1 +3,049 +7.9%
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Barbara		 2.84% -1 -922 -2.4%
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Patricia		 2.66% 0 -1,038 -2.8%
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Carol		 2.26% 0 -70 -0.2%
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Sandra		 1.84% 0 -1,324 -5.1%
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Nancy		 1.59% 0 -1,758 -7.6%
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Sharon		 1.55% 0 -1,595 -7.1%
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Judith		 1.50% 0 -2,240 -10.0%
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Susan		 1.43% +3 +2,891 +17.7%
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Betty		 1.37% -1 -1,364 -6.9%
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Carolyn		 1.28% -1 -1,424 -7.6%
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Judy		 1.26% -1 -118 -0.7%
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Shirley		 1.20% +1 -162 -1.0%
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Margaret		 1.17% -1 -636 -3.9%
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Karen		 1.17% 0 -267 -1.7%
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Donna		 1.14% 0 +225 +1.5%
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Joyce		 1.04% 0 -817 -5.5%
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Kathleen		 1.03% +1 +798 +6.1%
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Dorothy		 0.92% -1 -1,055 -7.9%
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Janet		 0.92% +1 -266 -2.1%
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Diane		 0.91% +2 +1,514 +14.1%
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Gloria		 0.82% +2 +1,068 +10.7%
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Janice		 0.80% +4 +1,051 +10.8%
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Joan		 0.77% -3 -1,528 -12.8%
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Elizabeth		 0.77% -3 -692 -6.3%
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Marilyn		 0.71% 0 -205 -2.1%
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Virginia		 0.69% -2 -653 -6.6%
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Brenda		 0.68% +1 +206 +2.3%
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Martha		 0.65% -1 -585 -6.3%
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Helen		 0.62% 0 -395 -4.5%
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Cheryl		 0.61% +4 +179 +2.2%
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Ruth		 0.60% -1 -628 -7.2%
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Frances		 0.59% -1 -545 -6.4%
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Bonnie		 0.58% -1 -711 -8.4%
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Jane		 0.57% +5 +1,074 +16.4%
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Beverly		 0.57% -2 -672 -8.1%
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Jean		 0.55% -1 -221 -2.9%
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Ann		 0.52% 0 -43 -0.6%
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Phyllis		 0.49% 0 -494 -7.0%
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Alice		 0.47% -3 -746 -10.5%
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Pamela		 0.46% +2 -34 -0.5%
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Diana		 0.45% +17 +1,736 +40.3%
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Elaine		 0.44% +2 +260 +4.6%
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Peggy		 0.43% 0 -181 -3.0%
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Doris		 0.43% -4 -505 -8.0%
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Connie		 0.40% +4 +542 +11.3%
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Lois		 0.38% -1 -382 -6.9%
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Marie		 0.38% -1 -214 -4.0%
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Catherine		 0.37% -1 -227 -4.3%
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Carole		 0.36% -8 -1,427 -22.8%
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Gail		 0.36% +4 +306 +6.8%
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Joanne		 0.34% +1 +87 +1.9%
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Rose		 0.34% -2 -152 -3.2%
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Charlotte		 0.34% -5 -400 -8.1%
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Geraldine		 0.33% -3 -190 -4.1%
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Evelyn		 0.33% 0 -139 -3.1%
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Wanda		 0.32% 0 -134 -3.0%
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Rita		 0.32% -4 -246 -5.4%
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Jo		 0.31% +1 -3 -0.1%
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Ellen		 0.31% +2 +189 +4.7%
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Christine		 0.30% +13 +493 +13.8%
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Jacqueline		 0.30% +1 +14 +0.4%
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Sally		 0.30% -5 -407 -9.3%
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Kathryn		 0.30% +3 +116 +3.0%
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Sue		 0.29% -4 -119 -2.9%
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Paula		 0.28% +15 +483 +14.6%
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Suzanne		 0.28% +10 +307 +8.9%
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Annie		 0.28% +2 +1 +0.0%
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Eileen		 0.27% +3 -12 -0.3%
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Darlene		 0.27% +5 +94 +2.7%
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Dianne		 0.27% +18 +504 +16.2%
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Anna		 0.27% +1 -27 -0.7%
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Norma		 0.27% -8 -262 -6.8%
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Roberta		 0.27% -4 -143 -3.8%
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Sarah		 0.27% -9 -265 -6.9%
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Laura		 0.27% +42 +1,347 +60.1%
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Louise		 0.26% -9 -326 -8.5%
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Rosemary		 0.26% +20 +756 +27.6%
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Joann		 0.26% -16 -509 -12.8%
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Anne		 0.25% +5 +197 +6.1%
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Katherine		 0.25% -5 -132 -3.7%
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Sylvia		 0.25% 0 +85 +2.6%
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Patsy		 0.25% -12 -380 -10.2%
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Rebecca		 0.25% -1 +84 +2.6%
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Maria		 0.25% -6 -48 -1.4%
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Lorraine		 0.24% +6 +163 +5.4%
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Marcia		 0.24% +1 +66 +2.1%
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Sheila		 0.24% +14 +515 +19.3%
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Cynthia		 0.23% +15 +556 +21.6%
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Kay		 0.23% -3 -112 -3.5%
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Glenda		 0.22% -13 -405 -12.0%
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Mildred		 0.22% -12 -359 -10.8%
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Marjorie		 0.22% -9 -289 -9.0%
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Ruby		 0.22% -8 -284 -8.9%
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Theresa		 0.22% 0 +79 +2.8%
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Irene		 0.21% -6 -204 -6.6%
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Jeanne		 0.21% +10 +365 +14.6%
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Arlene		 0.21% +2 +58 +2.1%
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Anita		 0.21% -5 -60 -2.1%
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Popularity extremes for the United States