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		 4.97% 0 -6,175 -6.5%
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Robert		 4.80% 0 -6,172 -6.7%
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John		 4.65% 0 -5,486 -6.2%
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William		 3.48% 0 -5,020 -7.5%
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David		 3.18% +1 -1,187 -2.1%
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Michael		 2.95% +1 +2,057 +4.1%
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Richard		 2.86% -2 -7,554 -12.9%
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Thomas		 2.46% 0 -1,061 -2.4%
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Charles		 2.17% 0 -2,093 -5.1%
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Ronald		 1.88% +1 -1,379 -4.0%
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Larry		 1.88% -1 -1,506 -4.3%
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Gary		 1.59% 0 -1,635 -5.4%
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Joseph		 1.50% +1 -707 -2.6%
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Donald		 1.48% -1 -1,814 -6.4%
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Kenneth		 1.32% 0 -1,031 -4.2%
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George		 1.23% 0 -1,994 -8.3%
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Dennis		 1.22% 0 -1,926 -8.1%
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Paul		 1.19% 0 -1,543 -6.8%
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Edward		 1.07% 0 -1,565 -7.6%
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Stephen		 0.96% +1 +1,734 +11.3%
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Jerry		 0.94% -1 -1,981 -10.5%
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Daniel		 0.93% 0 +1,318 +8.7%
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Steven		 0.90% +1 +2,450 +18.1%
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Roger		 0.72% +1 +58 +0.5%
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Frank		 0.71% -2 -1,304 -9.3%
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Terry		 0.68% 0 -619 -4.9%
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Raymond		 0.65% 0 -742 -6.0%
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Bruce		 0.62% +1 +541 +5.1%
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Mark		 0.58% +18 +2,496 +32.1%
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Gerald		 0.55% -2 -903 -8.4%
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Lawrence		 0.55% +1 +183 +1.9%
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Gregory		 0.55% +1 +395 +4.2%
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Douglas		 0.53% -2 -429 -4.3%
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Wayne		 0.49% -4 -1,487 -14.6%
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Walter		 0.48% -1 -587 -6.4%
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Harold		 0.46% -1 -757 -8.5%
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Peter		 0.45% -1 -541 -6.3%
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Timothy		 0.45% +14 +1,294 +19.2%
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Danny		 0.45% 0 -66 -0.8%
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Willie		 0.45% +2 -30 -0.4%
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Anthony		 0.44% 0 -134 -1.7%
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Carl		 0.44% -2 -219 -2.7%
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Jack		 0.43% -6 -895 -10.5%
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Arthur		 0.43% -6 -669 -8.1%
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Henry		 0.42% +1 -386 -4.9%
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Alan		 0.42% -1 -429 -5.5%
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Joe		 0.41% -4 -616 -7.8%
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Patrick		 0.40% +5 +569 +8.6%
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Roy		 0.40% -1 -498 -6.6%
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Jimmy		 0.39% -6 -955 -12.1%
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Ralph		 0.39% -1 -474 -6.4%
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Johnny		 0.39% -3 -579 -7.8%
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Billy		 0.35% -2 -710 -10.2%
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Philip		 0.35% +3 -75 -1.2%
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Albert		 0.35% 0 -305 -4.7%
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Dale		 0.34% +7 +154 +2.6%
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Harry		 0.33% -3 -567 -8.7%
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Jeffrey		 0.33% +8 +264 +4.7%
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Ronnie		 0.33% +2 -209 -3.4%
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Steve		 0.32% -2 -490 -7.9%
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Eugene		 0.32% -2 -572 -9.3%
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Bobby		 0.31% -2 -538 -8.8%
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Howard		 0.31% -1 -564 -9.3%
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Louis		 0.30% 0 -393 -6.8%
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Stanley		 0.30% +2 -119 -2.2%
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Fred		 0.30% -10 -1,010 -15.8%
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Russell		 0.29% +2 -157 -3.0%
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Mike		 0.28% -3 -704 -12.2%
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Phillip		 0.28% +6 +231 +4.8%
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Samuel		 0.28% +2 -106 -2.1%
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Leonard		 0.27% -1 -377 -7.3%
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Allen		 0.27% +1 -317 -6.2%
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Glenn		 0.27% -2 -413 -8.0%
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Barry		 0.26% -6 -804 -14.7%
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Frederick		 0.25% +3 -119 -2.6%
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Ernest		 0.25% -2 -278 -5.8%
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Andrew		 0.24% +5 -37 -0.9%
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Eddie		 0.24% +2 -218 -4.9%
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Tommy		 0.24% 0 -374 -8.1%
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Francis		 0.24% +4 +3 +0.1%
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Melvin		 0.23% +4 -113 -2.7%
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Craig		 0.22% +11 +345 +9.5%
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Earl		 0.22% 0 -264 -6.2%
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Bill		 0.22% -8 -757 -16.2%
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Norman		 0.22% -4 -517 -11.7%
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Jim		 0.21% -9 -832 -17.9%
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Clarence		 0.21% +1 -129 -3.3%
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Martin		 0.21% +2 -25 -0.7%
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Keith		 0.21% +2 -21 -0.6%
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Marvin		 0.20% -1 -148 -3.9%
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Don		 0.20% -5 -459 -11.5%
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Rodney		 0.19% +2 -99 -2.8%
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Lee		 0.19% -1 -232 -6.3%
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Tom		 0.19% -7 -490 -12.5%
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Brian		 0.19% 0 -91 -2.6%
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Alfred		 0.18% 0 -167 -4.9%
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Leroy		 0.18% +1 -116 -3.5%
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Randall		 0.18% +8 +394 +14.1%
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Randy		 0.18% +17 +641 +25.6%
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Ray		 0.18% -3 -249 -7.4%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Linda		 5.52% 0 -3,481 -3.5%
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Mary		 3.94% 0 -3,088 -4.3%
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Barbara		 2.69% +1 -1,968 -4.0%
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Patricia		 2.65% -1 -5,141 -10.0%
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Susan		 2.07% +3 +4,032 +12.6%
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Sandra		 1.78% -1 -3,718 -10.7%
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Nancy		 1.69% 0 -3,035 -9.4%
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Carol		 1.66% -2 -4,561 -13.6%
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Sharon		 1.50% 0 -2,392 -8.4%
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Kathleen		 1.34% +1 +1,160 +5.2%
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Donna		 1.26% -1 -1,486 -6.3%
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Karen		 1.26% +1 +348 +1.6%
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Margaret		 1.08% +3 -1,224 -6.1%
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Carolyn		 1.07% +1 -2,120 -10.2%
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Judith		 1.02% -3 -4,211 -19.1%
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Judy		 1.02% -2 -3,335 -15.9%
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Brenda		 1.02% +4 +1,869 +11.8%
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Betty		 0.95% -1 -2,340 -12.3%
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Diane		 0.95% -1 -1,168 -6.6%
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Shirley		 0.93% -1 -1,522 -8.6%
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Joyce		 0.83% -1 -1,529 -9.6%
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Pamela		 0.82% +6 +1,881 +15.2%
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Janice		 0.81% -1 -1,247 -8.1%
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Janet		 0.80% -1 -1,256 -8.2%
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Cheryl		 0.76% -1 -670 -4.8%
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Elizabeth		 0.76% -1 -227 -1.7%
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Cynthia		 0.70% +6 +1,711 +16.2%
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Gloria		 0.67% -1 -938 -7.4%
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Dorothy		 0.65% -3 -1,427 -11.2%
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Deborah		 0.65% +32 +5,408 +92.7%
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Beverly		 0.62% 0 -409 -3.7%
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Martha		 0.57% 0 -645 -6.1%
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Marilyn		 0.57% -4 -1,944 -16.4%
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Bonnie		 0.56% +1 -398 -3.9%
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Christine		 0.56% +10 +1,302 +15.5%
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Virginia		 0.53% -2 -1,111 -10.7%
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Joan		 0.53% -7 -2,000 -17.7%
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Peggy		 0.52% +4 +213 +2.4%
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Jane		 0.50% -3 -1,162 -11.7%
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Helen		 0.48% -2 -677 -7.5%
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Catherine		 0.47% +5 +357 +4.5%
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Frances		 0.47% -3 -764 -8.5%
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Connie		 0.46% 0 -589 -6.8%
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Ann		 0.46% -3 -868 -9.8%
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Ruth		 0.45% -1 -578 -6.8%
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Phyllis		 0.45% -9 -1,311 -14.3%
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Jean		 0.45% -7 -1,166 -13.0%
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Diana		 0.44% 0 +84 +1.1%
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Alice		 0.40% -2 -867 -11.0%
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Rebecca		 0.39% +2 +463 +7.3%
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Gail		 0.38% -2 -636 -8.8%
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Paula		 0.38% +2 +496 +8.1%
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Elaine		 0.37% -3 -661 -9.4%
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Kathryn		 0.35% +1 +84 +1.4%
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Kathy		 0.35% +9 +451 +7.9%
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Jo		 0.34% -5 -744 -11.1%
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Wanda		 0.34% +9 +269 +4.8%
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Jacqueline		 0.34% +1 -173 -2.9%
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Rita		 0.34% +1 -147 -2.5%
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Marie		 0.33% -3 -272 -4.5%
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Sherry		 0.33% +6 +138 +2.5%
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Theresa		 0.32% +23 +1,166 +26.6%
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Rose		 0.32% +2 -103 -1.8%
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Doris		 0.32% -6 -481 -8.0%
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Joanne		 0.32% -9 -565 -9.3%
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Suzanne		 0.31% -13 -781 -12.5%
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Ellen		 0.30% -6 -567 -9.7%
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Katherine		 0.30% +8 +284 +5.8%
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Charlotte		 0.30% -1 -221 -4.1%
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Lois		 0.29% -7 -645 -11.3%
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Sheila		 0.29% +2 -74 -1.5%
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Sally		 0.29% -2 -256 -4.9%
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Laura		 0.28% +1 -150 -3.0%
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Evelyn		 0.28% -2 -404 -7.7%
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Maria		 0.28% +4 +106 +2.3%
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Marsha		 0.27% +12 +386 +8.9%
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Darlene		 0.27% -6 -562 -10.7%
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Sue		 0.27% -9 -632 -11.9%
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Marcia		 0.27% +2 +168 +3.8%
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Lynn		 0.26% -5 -385 -7.7%
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Vicki		 0.25% +20 +495 +12.8%
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Teresa		 0.24% +39 +1,407 +50.1%
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Geraldine		 0.24% -5 -604 -12.6%
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Lynda		 0.24% -7 -672 -13.9%
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Sarah		 0.24% +8 -66 -1.6%
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Dianne		 0.24% -3 -276 -6.3%
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Anne		 0.24% +8 -64 -1.5%
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Maureen		 0.23% +10 -7 -0.2%
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Anna		 0.23% +3 -202 -4.8%
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Rosemary		 0.22% -10 -673 -14.8%
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Eileen		 0.22% 0 -413 -9.7%
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Glenda		 0.22% +4 -326 -7.8%
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Constance		 0.22% +7 -81 -2.1%
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Joann		 0.22% -5 -477 -11.2%
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Jeanne		 0.22% -9 -576 -13.2%
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Lorraine		 0.22% -12 -666 -15.1%
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Annie		 0.21% +6 -39 -1.0%
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Patsy		 0.21% -11 -630 -14.5%
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Louise		 0.21% 0 -367 -9.1%
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Sylvia		 0.21% -3 -427 -10.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States