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		 5.30% 0 +12,979 +17.4%
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Robert		 5.10% 0 +14,198 +20.3%
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John		 4.80% 0 +13,139 +19.9%
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William		 3.64% 0 +9,821 +19.6%
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Richard		 3.57% 0 +12,833 +27.9%
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David		 2.81% 0 +9,334 +25.2%
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Michael		 2.50% +2 +11,284 +37.7%
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Thomas		 2.36% 0 +7,001 +22.0%
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Charles		 2.32% -2 +5,739 +17.7%
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Ronald		 1.93% 0 +8,188 +34.6%
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Larry		 1.72% 0 +5,624 +24.6%
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Gary		 1.63% +1 +5,579 +26.1%
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Donald		 1.59% -1 +4,131 +18.7%
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Joseph		 1.47% 0 +3,463 +16.6%
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Kenneth		 1.34% +1 +3,942 +21.8%
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George		 1.31% -1 +2,259 +11.7%
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Dennis		 1.30% +2 +6,453 +43.0%
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Paul		 1.28% -1 +4,070 +24.0%
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Edward		 1.13% -1 +2,709 +17.1%
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Jerry		 1.06% 0 +2,860 +19.5%
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Daniel		 0.78% +3 +3,160 +32.6%
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Frank		 0.77% -1 +1,794 +16.5%
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Roger		 0.75% -1 +1,839 +17.4%
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Stephen		 0.72% +2 +3,198 +37.0%
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Raymond		 0.68% -2 +1,427 +14.5%
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Terry		 0.65% +7 +3,841 +56.2%
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Gerald		 0.61% -2 +1,173 +13.2%
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Steven		 0.54% +15 +2,904 +48.6%
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Wayne		 0.53% +6 +2,071 +30.7%
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Walter		 0.53% -3 +1,094 +14.4%
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Lawrence		 0.52% -1 +1,352 +18.9%
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Bruce		 0.51% +16 +2,844 +50.7%
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Harold		 0.51% -5 +846 +11.2%
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Douglas		 0.51% -5 +941 +12.7%
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Jack		 0.47% -3 +949 +13.8%
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Arthur		 0.46% -2 +737 +10.8%
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Joe		 0.46% -1 +908 +13.7%
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Peter		 0.45% 0 +1,000 +15.4%
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Carl		 0.45% 0 +1,068 +16.9%
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Willie		 0.45% -9 +311 +4.4%
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Henry		 0.44% -4 +713 +10.8%
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Jimmy		 0.43% -1 +973 +15.8%
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Roy		 0.42% -3 +736 +11.9%
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Anthony		 0.41% +2 +1,088 +19.1%
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Billy		 0.41% -3 +697 +11.6%
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Danny		 0.40% +10 +2,476 +59.3%
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Johnny		 0.40% -2 +905 +15.9%
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Ralph		 0.40% -4 +800 +13.8%
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Alan		 0.39% +3 +1,418 +28.0%
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Harry		 0.37% -3 +379 +6.7%
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Fred		 0.36% 0 +898 +17.5%
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Albert		 0.36% -3 +572 +10.5%
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Bobby		 0.35% 0 +714 +14.1%
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Ronnie		 0.35% +13 +2,075 +56.8%
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Howard		 0.35% -1 +928 +19.5%
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Gregory		 0.34% +40 +3,197 +129%
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Eugene		 0.34% -7 +506 +9.8%
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Mark		 0.32% +14 +1,786 +50.4%
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Patrick		 0.32% +4 +1,451 +37.6%
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Timothy		 0.31% +10 +1,561 +43.5%
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Philip		 0.31% -3 +983 +23.9%
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Dale		 0.30% -1 +1,065 +26.9%
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Louis		 0.30% -8 +435 +9.7%
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Mike		 0.29% +5 +1,262 +35.1%
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Stanley		 0.29% -6 +708 +17.4%
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Russell		 0.29% -2 +937 +24.6%
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Leonard		 0.29% -10 +578 +14.0%
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Barry		 0.28% +16 +1,487 +47.4%
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Steve		 0.28% +10 +1,185 +35.0%
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Samuel		 0.27% -8 +567 +14.3%
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Ernest		 0.27% -11 +393 +9.8%
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Bill		 0.26% -6 +644 +17.4%
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Jim		 0.26% -5 +714 +19.7%
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Allen		 0.26% 0 +811 +23.3%
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Frederick		 0.26% +2 +796 +23.2%
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Norman		 0.25% -11 +436 +11.7%
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Tommy		 0.25% -1 +696 +20.2%
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Jeffrey		 0.25% +13 +1,343 +48.3%
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Don		 0.25% -6 +627 +18.0%
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Francis		 0.24% -5 +556 +16.1%
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Glenn		 0.24% +12 +1,163 +42.6%
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Earl		 0.23% -11 +265 +7.4%
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Phillip		 0.23% +2 +694 +22.5%
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Andrew		 0.23% +2 +751 +25.0%
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Eddie		 0.23% -4 +524 +16.3%
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Melvin		 0.23% -8 +344 +10.1%
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Tom		 0.22% +1 +730 +25.2%
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Marvin		 0.22% -8 +306 +9.3%
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Clarence		 0.22% -7 +374 +11.7%
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Leroy		 0.21% -7 +292 +9.2%
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Lee		 0.20% -4 +405 +13.8%
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Martin		 0.20% -2 +510 +18.1%
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Rodney		 0.20% +12 +1,119 +51.2%
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Alfred		 0.20% -5 +345 +11.9%
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Ray		 0.19% -3 +426 +15.5%
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Keith		 0.17% +12 +698 +32.3%
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Herbert		 0.17% -3 +159 +6.0%
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Gene		 0.17% +2 +384 +16.2%
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Curtis		 0.17% -2 +328 +13.7%
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Clifford		 0.16% -1 +234 +9.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 4.18% 0 +8,190 +13.8%
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Linda		 3.27% 0 +11,248 +27.1%
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Patricia		 2.87% +1 +10,458 +29.2%
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Barbara		 2.80% -1 +6,849 +17.9%
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Carol		 2.13% 0 +3,896 +12.8%
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Sandra		 1.97% 0 +6,993 +28.3%
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Nancy		 1.76% 0 +6,890 +32.1%
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Susan		 1.75% +2 +9,047 +47.1%
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Sharon		 1.73% -1 +6,988 +33.5%
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Judith		 1.38% -1 +2,119 +10.5%
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Judy		 1.27% +2 +3,475 +20.4%
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Carolyn		 1.23% 0 +2,657 +15.4%
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Donna		 1.23% +4 +4,371 +28.4%
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Betty		 1.22% -3 +1,321 +7.2%
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Karen		 1.22% +1 +3,969 +25.3%
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Kathleen		 1.16% +3 +4,956 +35.9%
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Margaret		 1.12% -2 +2,447 +15.6%
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Shirley		 1.11% -4 +1,718 +10.6%
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Diane		 0.98% +3 +3,609 +29.5%
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Joyce		 0.94% -2 +1,258 +9.0%
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Janet		 0.88% -1 +1,817 +14.7%
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Janice		 0.87% +2 +3,254 +30.2%
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Dorothy		 0.79% -3 +470 +3.8%
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Brenda		 0.79% +5 +3,485 +37.9%
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Elizabeth		 0.73% +1 +1,413 +13.7%
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Gloria		 0.73% -3 +651 +5.9%
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Cheryl		 0.72% +5 +3,376 +41.4%
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Joan		 0.70% -3 +825 +7.9%
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Marilyn		 0.66% -2 +1,177 +12.3%
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Beverly		 0.65% +7 +2,812 +36.9%
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Virginia		 0.62% -3 +774 +8.4%
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Martha		 0.61% -2 +1,013 +11.6%
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Bonnie		 0.59% +2 +1,763 +22.8%
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Pamela		 0.58% +8 +3,197 +51.8%
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Jane		 0.56% +1 +1,332 +17.4%
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Helen		 0.55% -5 +550 +6.6%
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Jean		 0.53% +1 +1,129 +15.2%
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Ruth		 0.53% -5 +428 +5.3%
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Frances		 0.52% -5 +510 +6.4%
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Ann		 0.50% -1 +1,040 +14.8%
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Phyllis		 0.50% -1 +1,516 +23.2%
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Diana		 0.47% +1 +1,497 +24.8%
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Peggy		 0.46% +2 +1,559 +26.7%
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Alice		 0.46% -3 +1,009 +15.9%
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Connie		 0.45% +2 +1,879 +35.2%
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Cynthia		 0.43% +44 +3,769 +121%
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Elaine		 0.42% -3 +914 +15.5%
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Catherine		 0.40% +2 +1,336 +26.6%
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Gail		 0.39% +3 +1,396 +28.9%
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Christine		 0.39% +12 +2,126 +52.1%
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Doris		 0.37% -5 +167 +2.9%
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Suzanne		 0.37% +16 +2,179 +57.8%
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Jo		 0.36% +7 +1,606 +38.0%
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Marie		 0.36% -5 +676 +13.3%
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Lois		 0.35% -7 +552 +10.7%
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Rita		 0.34% +3 +1,250 +29.2%
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Joanne		 0.34% -4 +888 +19.2%
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Ellen		 0.33% +3 +1,048 +25.0%
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Wanda		 0.33% 0 +941 +21.9%
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Rose		 0.32% -6 +624 +13.7%
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Sue		 0.32% +5 +1,229 +31.4%
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Jacqueline		 0.32% +1 +1,096 +27.5%
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Kathryn		 0.31% +2 +1,027 +25.9%
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Charlotte		 0.31% -9 +441 +9.7%
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Evelyn		 0.30% -8 +513 +11.7%
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Geraldine		 0.30% -10 +373 +8.3%
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Sally		 0.30% -3 +862 +21.7%
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Rebecca		 0.30% +17 +1,509 +45.3%
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Paula		 0.29% -2 +928 +24.4%
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Sheila		 0.29% +19 +1,527 +48.0%
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Darlene		 0.29% 0 +1,036 +28.6%
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Carole		 0.29% -21 -222 -4.6%
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Sherry		 0.28% +31 +1,842 +68.8%
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Rosemary		 0.28% +5 +986 +28.2%
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Laura		 0.28% +2 +889 +24.8%
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Dianne		 0.27% -4 +668 +18.5%
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Norma		 0.26% -3 +665 +18.5%
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Katherine		 0.26% +4 +805 +23.7%
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Kathy		 0.26% +22 +1,426 +51.8%
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Eileen		 0.26% -10 +531 +14.6%
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Anne		 0.26% 0 +708 +20.8%
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Sylvia		 0.25% +1 +717 +21.2%
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Jeanne		 0.25% +15 +1,185 +41.4%
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Anita		 0.25% +16 +1,261 +45.6%
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Patsy		 0.25% -1 +668 +20.0%
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Roberta		 0.25% -11 +415 +11.5%
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Anna		 0.25% -14 +392 +10.9%
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Maria		 0.25% -2 +649 +19.6%
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Marcia		 0.25% -1 +740 +23.1%
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Joann		 0.25% -10 +480 +13.9%
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Louise		 0.24% -13 +411 +11.7%
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Sarah		 0.24% -16 +314 +8.7%
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Lorraine		 0.24% -6 +680 +21.2%
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Lynn		 0.24% +8 +1,154 +42.3%
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Maureen		 0.23% +10 +1,012 +37.9%
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Theresa		 0.23% +1 +788 +27.2%
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Annie		 0.23% -28 -90 -2.4%
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Marsha		 0.22% +15 +1,188 +49.0%
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Glenda		 0.22% -7 +606 +20.5%
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Constance		 0.21% +9 +819 +31.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States