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		 4.82% 0 -1,724 -1.9%
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Robert		 4.66% 0 -1,600 -1.9%
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John		 4.51% 0 -1,663 -2.0%
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William		 3.41% 0 -474 -0.8%
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Michael		 3.33% +1 +7,488 +14.2%
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David		 3.31% -1 +2,983 +5.3%
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Richard		 2.83% 0 -22 -0.0%
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Thomas		 2.51% 0 +1,424 +3.3%
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Charles		 2.22% 0 +1,362 +3.5%
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Larry		 1.77% +1 -1,621 -4.8%
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Ronald		 1.75% -1 -2,022 -6.0%
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Gary		 1.61% 0 +533 +1.9%
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Donald		 1.51% +1 +678 +2.6%
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Joseph		 1.47% -1 -403 -1.5%
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0 +38 +0.2%
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Dennis		 1.21% +1 -15 -0.1%
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Paul		 1.20% +1 +334 +1.6%
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George		 1.18% -2 -612 -2.8%
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Stephen		 1.14% +1 +3,426 +20.1%
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Steven		 1.11% +3 +3,941 +24.7%
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Edward		 1.06% -2 +192 +1.0%
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Daniel		 1.01% 0 +1,730 +10.5%
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Jerry		 0.88% -2 -938 -5.6%
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Mark		 0.76% +5 +3,459 +33.7%
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Roger		 0.71% -1 +6 +0.0%
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Bruce		 0.68% +2 +1,200 +10.8%
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Frank		 0.66% -2 -737 -5.8%
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Terry		 0.64% -2 -675 -5.6%
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Douglas		 0.63% +4 +1,855 +19.6%
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Raymond		 0.63% -3 -307 -2.6%
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Gregory		 0.61% +1 +1,255 +12.9%
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Lawrence		 0.57% -1 +487 +5.0%
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Gerald		 0.54% -3 -36 -0.4%
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Timothy		 0.52% +4 +1,303 +16.2%
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Wayne		 0.50% -1 +248 +2.9%
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Anthony		 0.47% +5 +572 +7.3%
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Walter		 0.46% -2 -328 -3.8%
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Peter		 0.46% -1 +214 +2.7%
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Patrick		 0.45% +9 +885 +12.3%
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Danny		 0.45% -1 +20 +0.2%
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Willie		 0.44% -1 -51 -0.6%
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Harold		 0.43% -6 -331 -4.1%
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Carl		 0.43% -1 -139 -1.8%
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Arthur		 0.42% 0 -106 -1.4%
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Alan		 0.40% +1 -139 -1.9%
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Henry		 0.40% -1 -242 -3.3%
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Jack		 0.40% -4 -484 -6.4%
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Jeffrey		 0.39% +10 +1,057 +17.8%
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Johnny		 0.39% +3 +108 +1.6%
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Ralph		 0.37% +1 -167 -2.4%
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Roy		 0.37% -2 -445 -6.3%
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Joe		 0.36% -5 -757 -10.4%
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Jimmy		 0.36% -3 -505 -7.3%
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Dale		 0.35% +2 +139 +2.3%
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Philip		 0.35% -1 +64 +1.0%
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Albert		 0.34% -1 -93 -1.5%
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Billy		 0.32% -4 -401 -6.4%
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Eugene		 0.31% +3 -10 -0.2%
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Harry		 0.31% -2 -404 -6.8%
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Stanley		 0.31% +5 +144 +2.7%
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Glenn		 0.30% +12 +673 +14.2%
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Samuel		 0.30% +8 +356 +7.1%
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Howard		 0.29% 0 -212 -3.9%
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Ronnie		 0.29% -5 -662 -11.2%
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Louis		 0.29% -1 -155 -2.9%
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Phillip		 0.29% +3 +184 +3.7%
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Bobby		 0.28% -5 -463 -8.3%
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Steve		 0.28% -8 -713 -12.4%
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Russell		 0.28% -2 -105 -2.1%
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Frederick		 0.26% +5 +232 +5.1%
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Allen		 0.26% +1 -25 -0.5%
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Fred		 0.26% -6 -648 -12.0%
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Barry		 0.26% +1 -61 -1.3%
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Leonard		 0.25% -3 -231 -4.8%
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Andrew		 0.25% +2 +207 +4.8%
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Ernest		 0.24% 0 -164 -3.6%
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Craig		 0.24% +5 +341 +8.6%
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Francis		 0.24% +2 +68 +1.6%
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Randall		 0.23% +19 +982 +30.9%
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Eddie		 0.23% -2 -132 -3.1%
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Christopher		 0.22% +21 +963 +31.7%
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Melvin		 0.22% -1 -83 -2.0%
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Martin		 0.22% +5 +204 +5.5%
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Tommy		 0.22% -5 -331 -7.8%
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Keith		 0.22% +4 +218 +6.0%
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Brian		 0.21% +9 +493 +14.7%
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Rodney		 0.21% +5 +362 +10.4%
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Mike		 0.21% -20 -1,304 -25.8%
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Marvin		 0.21% +1 +99 +2.7%
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Norman		 0.20% -5 -226 -5.8%
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Earl		 0.20% -8 -324 -8.1%
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Randy		 0.20% +7 +481 +15.3%
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Lee		 0.20% 0 +119 +3.5%
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Clarence		 0.19% -7 -396 -10.4%
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Kevin		 0.18% +32 +1,063 +47.7%
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Alfred		 0.18% 0 -59 -1.8%
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Curtis		 0.17% +4 -2 -0.1%
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Don		 0.17% -7 -485 -13.7%
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Scott		 0.17% +23 +752 +32.7%
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Theodore		 0.17% +4 +215 +7.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Linda		 5.19% 0 -5,193 -5.4%
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Mary		 3.81% 0 -1,734 -2.5%
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Patricia		 2.64% +1 +193 +0.4%
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Barbara		 2.43% -1 -4,225 -9.0%
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Susan		 2.15% 0 +1,723 +4.8%
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Sandra		 1.75% 0 -416 -1.3%
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Nancy		 1.67% 0 -161 -0.5%
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Carol		 1.53% 0 -2,198 -7.6%
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Kathleen		 1.50% +1 +3,101 +13.3%
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Sharon		 1.47% -1 -428 -1.6%
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Karen		 1.28% +1 +472 +2.1%
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Donna		 1.26% -1 +25 +0.1%
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Brenda		 1.17% +4 +2,846 +16.1%
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Margaret		 1.11% -1 +577 +3.1%
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Deborah		 1.09% +15 +7,964 +70.8%
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Judith		 1.00% -1 -177 -1.0%
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Carolyn		 0.99% -3 -1,216 -6.5%
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Shirley		 0.98% +2 +1,154 +7.2%
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Diane		 0.98% 0 +642 +3.9%
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Judy		 0.91% -4 -1,721 -9.7%
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Pamela		 0.86% +1 +852 +6.0%
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Betty		 0.85% -4 -1,685 -10.1%
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Janet		 0.85% +1 +880 +6.3%
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Janice		 0.82% -1 +290 +2.0%
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Elizabeth		 0.78% +1 +500 +3.8%
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Joyce		 0.77% -5 -810 -5.6%
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Cynthia		 0.74% 0 +656 +5.4%
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Cheryl		 0.68% -3 -1,215 -9.2%
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Gloria		 0.68% -1 +188 +1.6%
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Christine		 0.67% +5 +2,119 +21.9%
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Beverly		 0.60% 0 -244 -2.3%
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Dorothy		 0.59% -3 -914 -8.1%
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Marilyn		 0.56% 0 -71 -0.7%
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Martha		 0.56% -2 -196 -2.0%
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Bonnie		 0.55% -1 -87 -0.9%
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Joan		 0.52% +1 -68 -0.7%
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Catherine		 0.52% +4 +890 +10.8%
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Peggy		 0.52% 0 +28 +0.3%
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Virginia		 0.51% -3 -401 -4.3%
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Rebecca		 0.50% +10 +1,981 +29.2%
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Jane		 0.50% -2 -61 -0.7%
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Kathy		 0.48% +13 +2,303 +37.5%
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Connie		 0.47% 0 +164 +2.0%
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Ann		 0.45% 0 -155 -1.9%
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Jean		 0.44% +2 -14 -0.2%
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Helen		 0.44% -6 -596 -7.2%
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Ruth		 0.44% -2 -253 -3.2%
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Diana		 0.43% 0 -169 -2.2%
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Frances		 0.42% -7 -737 -9.0%
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Phyllis		 0.42% -4 -561 -7.1%
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Gail		 0.41% 0 +621 +9.4%
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Kathryn		 0.41% +2 +1,008 +16.3%
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Alice		 0.38% -4 -323 -4.6%
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Rita		 0.38% +5 +817 +14.0%
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Paula		 0.38% -3 -20 -0.3%
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Wanda		 0.36% +1 +389 +6.6%
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Elaine		 0.35% -4 -184 -2.9%
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Jacqueline		 0.34% 0 +202 +3.5%
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Katherine		 0.34% +10 +870 +16.8%
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Jo		 0.33% -4 -180 -3.0%
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Joanne		 0.33% +4 +248 +4.5%
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Suzanne		 0.32% +4 +160 +2.9%
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Theresa		 0.32% -1 +47 +0.8%
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Ellen		 0.31% +3 +217 +4.1%
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Laura		 0.31% +8 +484 +9.9%
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Rose		 0.31% -3 -183 -3.3%
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Marie		 0.30% -7 -480 -8.3%
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Sherry		 0.30% -7 -423 -7.4%
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Doris		 0.30% -5 -263 -4.7%
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Vicki		 0.30% +11 +828 +19.0%
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Charlotte		 0.29% -2 -22 -0.4%
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Maria		 0.29% +3 +306 +6.4%
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Lois		 0.28% -3 -160 -3.2%
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Lynn		 0.28% +6 +271 +5.9%
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Darlene		 0.27% +2 +104 +2.2%
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Sheila		 0.27% -5 -248 -4.9%
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Sally		 0.27% -5 -238 -4.8%
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Marcia		 0.27% +1 +11 +0.2%
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Marsha		 0.26% -3 -114 -2.4%
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Evelyn		 0.26% -6 -311 -6.4%
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Cathy		 0.25% +23 +845 +23.7%
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Teresa		 0.25% 0 +111 +2.6%
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Constance		 0.25% +10 +515 +13.5%
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Sarah		 0.25% +1 +138 +3.3%
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Dianne		 0.24% +1 +3 +0.1%
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Anne		 0.23% +1 -70 -1.7%
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Glenda		 0.23% +5 +146 +3.8%
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Sue		 0.22% -10 -749 -16.0%
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Maureen		 0.22% -1 -155 -3.8%
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Geraldine		 0.22% -7 -289 -6.9%
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Anna		 0.22% -2 -140 -3.5%
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Jeanne		 0.22% +3 +77 +2.0%
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Lynda		 0.22% -9 -338 -8.1%
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Sylvia		 0.22% +6 +143 +3.9%
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Eileen		 0.21% -4 -115 -3.0%
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Victoria		 0.21% +12 +538 +17.2%
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Roberta		 0.21% +4 -7 -0.2%
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Rosemary		 0.21% -8 -236 -6.1%
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Anita		 0.20% +3 -25 -0.7%
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Charlene		 0.20% +5 +54 +1.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States