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		 5.10% 0 +7,325 +8.4%
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Robert		 4.93% 0 +7,509 +8.9%
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John		 4.76% 0 +9,063 +11.4%
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William		 3.61% 0 +6,954 +11.6%
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Richard		 3.15% 0 -352 -0.6%
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David		 3.11% 0 +11,369 +24.5%
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Michael		 2.72% 0 +9,318 +22.6%
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Thomas		 2.41% 0 +5,967 +15.4%
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Charles		 2.20% 0 +2,569 +6.7%
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Larry		 1.88% +1 +6,491 +22.8%
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Ronald		 1.88% -1 +3,044 +9.6%
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Gary		 1.62% 0 +3,104 +11.5%
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Donald		 1.52% 0 +1,990 +7.6%
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Joseph		 1.48% 0 +3,232 +13.3%
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Kenneth		 1.32% 0 +2,547 +11.6%
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George		 1.29% 0 +2,341 +10.8%
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Dennis		 1.28% 0 +2,243 +10.5%
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Paul		 1.23% 0 +1,731 +8.2%
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Edward		 1.11% 0 +1,964 +10.6%
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Jerry		 1.01% 0 +1,226 +7.0%
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Stephen		 0.83% +3 +3,490 +29.5%
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Daniel		 0.82% -1 +2,322 +18.0%
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Frank		 0.75% -1 +1,332 +10.5%
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Steven		 0.73% +4 +4,653 +52.4%
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Roger		 0.69% -2 +348 +2.8%
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Terry		 0.69% 0 +2,079 +19.5%
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Raymond		 0.67% -2 +1,071 +9.5%
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Gerald		 0.58% -1 +716 +7.1%
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Bruce		 0.57% +3 +2,067 +24.4%
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Wayne		 0.55% -1 +1,359 +15.4%
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Douglas		 0.53% +3 +1,563 +18.8%
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Lawrence		 0.52% -1 +1,065 +12.5%
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Gregory		 0.50% +23 +3,657 +64.5%
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Walter		 0.50% -4 +544 +6.3%
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Harold		 0.48% -2 +533 +6.4%
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Peter		 0.46% +2 +1,108 +14.8%
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Jack		 0.46% -2 +705 +9.0%
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Arthur		 0.44% -2 +715 +9.5%
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Danny		 0.43% +7 +1,421 +21.4%
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Carl		 0.43% -1 +667 +9.0%
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Anthony		 0.43% +3 +1,241 +18.3%
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Willie		 0.43% -2 +662 +9.0%
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Joe		 0.43% -6 +369 +4.9%
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Jimmy		 0.42% -2 +750 +10.5%
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Alan		 0.42% +4 +1,333 +20.5%
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Henry		 0.42% -5 +491 +6.7%
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Mark		 0.42% +11 +2,440 +45.8%
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Roy		 0.41% -5 +643 +9.3%
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Johnny		 0.40% -2 +835 +12.6%
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Ralph		 0.40% -2 +801 +12.2%
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Billy		 0.37% -6 +216 +3.2%
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Timothy		 0.36% +8 +1,596 +31.0%
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Patrick		 0.36% +6 +1,314 +24.8%
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Harry		 0.35% -4 +483 +8.0%
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Albert		 0.35% -3 +456 +7.6%
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Fred		 0.34% -5 +373 +6.2%
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Philip		 0.34% +4 +1,143 +22.4%
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Steve		 0.34% +11 +1,663 +36.4%
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Eugene		 0.33% -2 +509 +9.0%
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Bobby		 0.33% -7 +354 +6.1%
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Ronnie		 0.33% -7 +384 +6.7%
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Howard		 0.33% -7 +367 +6.4%
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Dale		 0.32% -1 +912 +18.2%
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Louis		 0.31% -1 +864 +17.6%
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Mike		 0.31% -1 +895 +18.4%
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Jeffrey		 0.31% +12 +1,540 +37.3%
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Stanley		 0.30% -2 +735 +15.4%
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Barry		 0.30% 0 +847 +18.3%
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Russell		 0.28% -3 +528 +11.1%
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Leonard		 0.28% -3 +458 +9.7%
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Glenn		 0.28% +10 +1,260 +32.4%
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Samuel		 0.28% -2 +586 +13.0%
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Allen		 0.27% +1 +783 +18.2%
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Ernest		 0.26% -3 +392 +8.9%
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Phillip		 0.26% +8 +1,012 +26.8%
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Bill		 0.25% -4 +328 +7.5%
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Jim		 0.25% -4 +303 +7.0%
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Frederick		 0.25% -3 +403 +9.5%
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Tommy		 0.25% -2 +449 +10.8%
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Eddie		 0.24% +5 +707 +18.9%
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Norman		 0.24% -5 +250 +6.0%
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Andrew		 0.23% +2 +586 +15.6%
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Earl		 0.23% -1 +410 +10.7%
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Francis		 0.23% -4 +206 +5.1%
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Melvin		 0.22% +1 +422 +11.3%
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Don		 0.22% -7 -107 -2.6%
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Tom		 0.21% 0 +297 +8.2%
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Clarence		 0.21% +1 +353 +9.9%
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Marvin		 0.20% -1 +173 +4.8%
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Martin		 0.20% +2 +391 +11.7%
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Keith		 0.20% +5 +821 +28.7%
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Lee		 0.20% -1 +331 +9.9%
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Craig		 0.20% +15 +1,171 +47.4%
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Rodney		 0.19% -1 +260 +7.9%
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Brian		 0.19% +8 +864 +33.4%
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Alfred		 0.18% -2 +176 +5.4%
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Ray		 0.18% -2 +214 +6.8%
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Leroy		 0.18% -8 -119 -3.4%
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Curtis		 0.16% 0 +316 +11.6%
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Bernard		 0.16% +2 +389 +14.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Linda		 5.48% +1 +46,983 +89.1%
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Mary		 3.94% -1 +4,216 +6.2%
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Patricia		 2.82% 0 +4,980 +10.8%
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Barbara		 2.68% 0 +3,671 +8.1%
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Sandra		 1.91% +1 +3,085 +9.7%
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Carol		 1.85% -1 -743 -2.2%
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Nancy		 1.79% 0 +4,099 +14.5%
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Susan		 1.76% 0 +3,685 +13.0%
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Sharon		 1.57% 0 +710 +2.6%
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Donna		 1.29% +3 +3,751 +19.0%
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Kathleen		 1.22% +5 +3,338 +17.8%
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Judith		 1.21% -2 -311 -1.4%
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Karen		 1.19% +2 +2,001 +10.2%
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Judy		 1.16% -3 +560 +2.7%
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Carolyn		 1.14% -3 +840 +4.2%
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Margaret		 1.11% +1 +1,967 +10.8%
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Betty		 1.04% -3 -748 -3.8%
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Diane		 0.98% +1 +1,943 +12.3%
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Shirley		 0.97% -1 -219 -1.2%
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Joyce		 0.88% 0 +701 +4.6%
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Brenda		 0.87% +3 +3,139 +24.7%
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Janice		 0.85% 0 +1,372 +9.8%
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Janet		 0.84% -2 +1,091 +7.7%
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Cheryl		 0.76% +3 +2,365 +20.5%
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Elizabeth		 0.74% 0 +1,687 +14.4%
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Dorothy		 0.70% -3 -46 -0.4%
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Gloria		 0.70% -1 +939 +8.0%
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Pamela		 0.68% +6 +3,033 +32.4%
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Marilyn		 0.65% 0 +1,170 +10.9%
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Joan		 0.62% -2 +55 +0.5%
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Beverly		 0.62% -1 +774 +7.4%
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Martha		 0.59% 0 +891 +9.1%
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Cynthia		 0.58% +13 +3,635 +52.7%
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Virginia		 0.57% -3 +391 +3.9%
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Bonnie		 0.56% -2 +708 +7.4%
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Jane		 0.55% -1 +971 +10.8%
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Phyllis		 0.51% +4 +1,140 +14.2%
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Helen		 0.49% -2 +128 +1.4%
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Frances		 0.49% 0 +491 +5.8%
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Jean		 0.49% -3 +383 +4.5%
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Ann		 0.49% -1 +816 +10.1%
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Peggy		 0.49% +1 +1,479 +20.0%
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Connie		 0.48% +2 +1,428 +19.8%
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Ruth		 0.47% -6 +7 +0.1%
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Christine		 0.46% +5 +2,173 +35.0%
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Catherine		 0.43% +2 +1,523 +23.9%
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Alice		 0.43% -3 +482 +6.5%
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Diana		 0.42% -6 +77 +1.0%
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Gail		 0.40% 0 +1,012 +16.2%
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Elaine		 0.39% -3 +259 +3.8%
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Jo		 0.37% +2 +898 +15.4%
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Rebecca		 0.35% +16 +1,492 +30.8%
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Suzanne		 0.34% -1 +282 +4.7%
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Paula		 0.34% +15 +1,375 +29.1%
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Kathryn		 0.34% +8 +1,094 +21.9%
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Joanne		 0.33% +1 +558 +10.1%
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Marie		 0.33% -3 +299 +5.2%
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Doris		 0.33% -7 +42 +0.7%
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Jacqueline		 0.33% +3 +926 +18.2%
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Rita		 0.33% -4 +449 +8.1%
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Ellen		 0.32% -3 +620 +11.8%
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Deborah		 0.32% +57 +3,366 +136%
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Lois		 0.32% -8 +21 +0.4%
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Kathy		 0.31% +15 +1,518 +36.3%
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Rose		 0.31% -5 +476 +9.2%
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Wanda		 0.31% -8 +413 +7.9%
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Sherry		 0.31% +6 +1,060 +23.5%
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Charlotte		 0.30% -4 +417 +8.4%
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Sue		 0.29% -8 +162 +3.1%
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Sally		 0.29% -3 +423 +8.7%
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Darlene		 0.29% 0 +593 +12.7%
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Evelyn		 0.29% -7 +354 +7.2%
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Sheila		 0.28% -3 +390 +8.3%
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Laura		 0.28% +1 +573 +12.8%
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Lynn		 0.28% +19 +1,110 +28.6%
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Katherine		 0.27% +2 +688 +16.4%
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Lynda		 0.27% +32 +1,840 +61.3%
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Geraldine		 0.27% -12 -36 -0.7%
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Maria		 0.26% +9 +747 +18.9%
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Rosemary		 0.25% -6 +56 +1.2%
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Marcia		 0.25% +8 +526 +13.3%
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Norma		 0.24% -5 +160 +3.8%
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Dianne		 0.24% -7 +135 +3.2%
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Lorraine		 0.24% +9 +524 +13.5%
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Theresa		 0.24% +10 +706 +19.2%
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Jeanne		 0.24% -3 +319 +7.9%
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Patsy		 0.24% -2 +328 +8.2%
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Marsha		 0.24% +10 +728 +20.2%
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Joann		 0.24% +1 +331 +8.4%
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Roberta		 0.23% -5 +244 +6.1%
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Eileen		 0.23% -11 +83 +2.0%
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Anna		 0.23% -5 +240 +6.0%
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Sarah		 0.23% -1 +316 +8.1%
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Anita		 0.23% -10 +160 +4.0%
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Anne		 0.23% -14 +71 +1.7%
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Glenda		 0.23% +3 +588 +16.5%
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Sylvia		 0.23% -15 +7 +0.2%
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Maureen		 0.23% -3 +401 +10.9%
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Louise		 0.22% -8 +126 +3.2%
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Constance		 0.21% 0 +474 +13.9%
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Popularity extremes for the United States