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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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James		 5.10% 0
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Robert		 4.93% 0
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John		 4.76% 0
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William		 3.61% 0
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Richard		 3.15% 0
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David		 3.11% 0
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Michael		 2.72% 0
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Thomas		 2.41% 0
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Charles		 2.20% 0
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Larry		 1.88% +1
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Ronald		 1.88% -1
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Gary		 1.62% 0
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Donald		 1.52% 0
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Joseph		 1.48% 0
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Kenneth		 1.32% 0
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George		 1.29% 0
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Dennis		 1.28% 0
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Paul		 1.23% 0
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Edward		 1.11% 0
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Jerry		 1.01% 0
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Stephen		 0.83% +3
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Daniel		 0.82% -1
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Frank		 0.75% -1
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Steven		 0.73% +4
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Roger		 0.69% -2
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Terry		 0.69% 0
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Raymond		 0.67% -2
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Gerald		 0.58% -1
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Bruce		 0.57% +3
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Wayne		 0.55% -1
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Douglas		 0.53% +3
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Lawrence		 0.52% -1
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Gregory		 0.50% +23
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Walter		 0.50% -4
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Harold		 0.48% -2
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Peter		 0.46% +2
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Jack		 0.46% -2
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Arthur		 0.44% -2
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Danny		 0.43% +7
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Carl		 0.43% -1
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Anthony		 0.43% +3
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Willie		 0.43% -2
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Joe		 0.43% -6
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Jimmy		 0.42% -2
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Alan		 0.42% +4
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Henry		 0.42% -5
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Mark		 0.42% +11
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Roy		 0.41% -5
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Johnny		 0.40% -2
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Ralph		 0.40% -2
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Billy		 0.37% -6
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Timothy		 0.36% +8
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Patrick		 0.36% +6
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Harry		 0.35% -4
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Albert		 0.35% -3
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Fred		 0.34% -5
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Philip		 0.34% +4
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Steve		 0.34% +11
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Eugene		 0.33% -2
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Bobby		 0.33% -7
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Ronnie		 0.33% -7
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Howard		 0.33% -7
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Dale		 0.32% -1
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Louis		 0.31% -1
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Mike		 0.31% -1
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Jeffrey		 0.31% +12
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Stanley		 0.30% -2
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Barry		 0.30% 0
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Russell		 0.28% -3
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Leonard		 0.28% -3
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Glenn		 0.28% +10
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Samuel		 0.28% -2
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Allen		 0.27% +1
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Ernest		 0.26% -3
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Phillip		 0.26% +8
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Bill		 0.25% -4
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Jim		 0.25% -4
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Frederick		 0.25% -3
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Tommy		 0.25% -2
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Eddie		 0.24% +5
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Norman		 0.24% -5
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Andrew		 0.23% +2
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Earl		 0.23% -1
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Francis		 0.23% -4
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Melvin		 0.22% +1
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Don		 0.22% -7
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Tom		 0.21% 0
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Clarence		 0.21% +1
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Marvin		 0.20% -1
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Martin		 0.20% +2
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Keith		 0.20% +5
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Lee		 0.20% -1
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Craig		 0.20% +15
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Rodney		 0.19% -1
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Brian		 0.19% +8
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Alfred		 0.18% -2
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Ray		 0.18% -2
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Leroy		 0.18% -8
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Curtis		 0.16% 0
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Bernard		 0.16% +2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Linda		 5.48% +1
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Mary		 3.94% -1
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Patricia		 2.82% 0
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Barbara		 2.68% 0
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Sandra		 1.91% +1
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Carol		 1.85% -1
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Nancy		 1.79% 0
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Susan		 1.76% 0
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Sharon		 1.57% 0
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Donna		 1.29% +3
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Kathleen		 1.22% +5
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Judith		 1.21% -2
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Karen		 1.19% +2
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Judy		 1.16% -3
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Carolyn		 1.14% -3
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Margaret		 1.11% +1
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Betty		 1.04% -3
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Diane		 0.98% +1
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Shirley		 0.97% -1
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Joyce		 0.88% 0
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Brenda		 0.87% +3
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Janice		 0.85% 0
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Janet		 0.84% -2
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Cheryl		 0.76% +3
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Elizabeth		 0.74% 0
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Dorothy		 0.70% -3
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Gloria		 0.70% -1
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Pamela		 0.68% +6
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Marilyn		 0.65% 0
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Joan		 0.62% -2
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Beverly		 0.62% -1
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Martha		 0.59% 0
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Cynthia		 0.58% +13
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Virginia		 0.57% -3
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Bonnie		 0.56% -2
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Jane		 0.55% -1
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Phyllis		 0.51% +4
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Helen		 0.49% -2
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Frances		 0.49% 0
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Jean		 0.49% -3
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Ann		 0.49% -1
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Peggy		 0.49% +1
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Connie		 0.48% +2
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Ruth		 0.47% -6
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Christine		 0.46% +5
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Catherine		 0.43% +2
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Alice		 0.43% -3
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Diana		 0.42% -6
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Gail		 0.40% 0
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Elaine		 0.39% -3
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Jo		 0.37% +2
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Rebecca		 0.35% +16
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Suzanne		 0.34% -1
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Paula		 0.34% +15
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Kathryn		 0.34% +8
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Joanne		 0.33% +1
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Marie		 0.33% -3
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Doris		 0.33% -7
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Jacqueline		 0.33% +3
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Rita		 0.33% -4
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Ellen		 0.32% -3
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Deborah		 0.32% +57
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Lois		 0.32% -8
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Kathy		 0.31% +15
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Rose		 0.31% -5
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Wanda		 0.31% -8
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Sherry		 0.31% +6
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Charlotte		 0.30% -4
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Sue		 0.29% -8
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Sally		 0.29% -3
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Darlene		 0.29% 0
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Evelyn		 0.29% -7
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Sheila		 0.28% -3
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Laura		 0.28% +1
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Lynn		 0.28% +19
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Katherine		 0.27% +2
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Lynda		 0.27% +32
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Geraldine		 0.27% -12
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Maria		 0.26% +9
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Rosemary		 0.25% -6
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Marcia		 0.25% +8
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Norma		 0.24% -5
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Dianne		 0.24% -7
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Lorraine		 0.24% +9
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Theresa		 0.24% +10
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Jeanne		 0.24% -3
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Patsy		 0.24% -2
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Marsha		 0.24% +10
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Joann		 0.24% +1
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Roberta		 0.23% -5
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Eileen		 0.23% -11
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Anna		 0.23% -5
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Sarah		 0.23% -1
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Anita		 0.23% -10
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Anne		 0.23% -14
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Glenda		 0.23% +3
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Sylvia		 0.23% -15
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Maureen		 0.23% -3
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Louise		 0.22% -8
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Constance		 0.21% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States