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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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James		 4.57% 0
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Robert		 4.52% 0
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John		 4.27% 0
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Michael		 3.81% 0
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David		 3.39% 0
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William		 3.28% 0
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Richard		 2.85% 0
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Thomas		 2.53% 0
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Charles		 2.06% 0
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Gary		 2.00% 0
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Larry		 1.60% 0
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Ronald		 1.52% 0
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Steven		 1.48% +3
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Joseph		 1.47% -1
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Donald		 1.46% -1
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Kenneth		 1.35% -1
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Dennis		 1.27% 0
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Paul		 1.20% 0
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Stephen		 1.18% 0
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Mark		 1.11% +3
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Daniel		 1.11% 0
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George		 1.06% -2
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Edward		 1.04% -1
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Jerry		 0.79% 0
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Gregory		 0.74% 0
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Bruce		 0.74% 0
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Douglas		 0.73% +1
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Timothy		 0.67% +4
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Roger		 0.65% -2
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Terry		 0.64% 0
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Frank		 0.60% -2
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Raymond		 0.59% -1
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Lawrence		 0.54% 0
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Anthony		 0.52% +2
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Jeffrey		 0.51% +8
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Gerald		 0.50% -2
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Wayne		 0.49% -2
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Peter		 0.47% -1
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Patrick		 0.46% -1
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Alan		 0.44% +1
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Danny		 0.43% -2
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Walter		 0.42% -2
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Carl		 0.40% +1
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Arthur		 0.39% +2
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Willie		 0.38% -3
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Harold		 0.38% -1
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Henry		 0.37% 0
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Jack		 0.37% 0
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Dale		 0.36% 0
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Johnny		 0.35% 0
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Ralph		 0.34% +1
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Roy		 0.34% -1
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Kevin		 0.33% +20
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Stanley		 0.33% +6
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Philip		 0.32% -2
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Randy		 0.32% +24
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Joe		 0.31% -3
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Glenn		 0.30% +1
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Keith		 0.30% +19
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Albert		 0.30% -4
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Christopher		 0.30% +11
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Jimmy		 0.30% -7
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Craig		 0.29% +6
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Billy		 0.29% -7
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Eugene		 0.29% -7
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Randall		 0.29% +4
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Samuel		 0.29% -5
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Scott		 0.28% +14
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Andrew		 0.28% -1
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Harry		 0.28% -9
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Barry		 0.28% +3
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Allen		 0.27% -1
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Russell		 0.27% -6
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Howard		 0.27% -11
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Brian		 0.27% +4
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Louis		 0.27% -10
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Bobby		 0.26% -12
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Frederick		 0.26% -3
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Phillip		 0.26% -15
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Leonard		 0.25% -3
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Martin		 0.24% +4
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Ronnie		 0.24% -6
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Ernest		 0.23% -2
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Rodney		 0.23% +4
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Francis		 0.22% +1
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Steve		 0.21% -3
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Fred		 0.21% -3
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Melvin		 0.20% -1
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Eddie		 0.20% 0
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Norman		 0.20% 0
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Curtis		 0.19% +6
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Lee		 0.19% -1
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Eric		 0.19% +5
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Tommy		 0.19% 0
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Earl		 0.19% -3
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Marvin		 0.19% -3
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Micheal		 0.17% +7
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Clarence		 0.17% -3
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Theodore		 0.17% 0
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Alfred		 0.17% -4
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Linda		 4.01% 0
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Mary		 3.56% 0
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Patricia		 3.06% 0
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Deborah		 2.28% +3
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Barbara		 2.20% -1
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Susan		 2.18% -1
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Nancy		 1.64% -1
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Karen		 1.52% +4
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Sandra		 1.50% -1
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Kathleen		 1.45% 0
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Carol		 1.34% -2
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Donna		 1.30% +1
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Sharon		 1.30% -2
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Brenda		 1.18% 0
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Diane		 1.07% +1
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Pamela		 1.01% +1
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Margaret		 0.96% -2
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Debra		 0.92% +41
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Janet		 0.92% -1
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Cynthia		 0.88% +3
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Janice		 0.86% +1
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Carolyn		 0.82% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.82% +1
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Christine		 0.81% +4
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Judith		 0.81% -4
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Judy		 0.76% -1
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Shirley		 0.75% -8
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Joyce		 0.73% -1
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Betty		 0.69% -3
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Cheryl		 0.65% -1
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Gloria		 0.59% -1
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Rebecca		 0.59% +4
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Beverly		 0.59% -2
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Catherine		 0.57% 0
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Kathy		 0.56% +3
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Gail		 0.54% +6
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Bonnie		 0.53% -4
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Martha		 0.52% -6
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Joan		 0.51% +1
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Peggy		 0.50% +1
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Marilyn		 0.50% -4
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Dorothy		 0.49% -7
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Jane		 0.48% -4
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Connie		 0.47% 0
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Kathryn		 0.46% +1
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Ann		 0.46% -1
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Virginia		 0.44% -4
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Denise		 0.44% +34
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Jean		 0.41% -1
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Diana		 0.40% -3
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Paula		 0.40% +3
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Wanda		 0.39% 0
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Ruth		 0.38% -4
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Helen		 0.38% -4
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Katherine		 0.38% +3
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Jacqueline		 0.37% -1
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Phyllis		 0.37% -4
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Vicki		 0.36% +3
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Frances		 0.36% -8
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Laura		 0.35% +3
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Rita		 0.35% -5
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Alice		 0.34% -5
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Teresa		 0.34% +18
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Theresa		 0.34% +1
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Rose		 0.34% +4
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Elaine		 0.33% -6
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Jo		 0.33% -3
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Ellen		 0.32% -2
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Sheila		 0.32% +1
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Sherry		 0.32% -8
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Cathy		 0.31% +4
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Lynn		 0.31% +4
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Joanne		 0.29% -6
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Marcia		 0.29% +3
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Maria		 0.28% -2
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Marsha		 0.28% -8
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Sally		 0.28% +1
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Marie		 0.27% -6
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Darlene		 0.27% 0
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Doris		 0.27% -6
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Victoria		 0.27% +13
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Anne		 0.26% +2
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Suzanne		 0.26% -12
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Charlotte		 0.25% -4
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Lois		 0.25% -2
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Constance		 0.24% -1
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Vickie		 0.23% +21
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Evelyn		 0.23% -2
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Glenda		 0.22% -2
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Dianne		 0.22% 0
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Sarah		 0.22% -3
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Roberta		 0.22% +4
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Maureen		 0.21% -4
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Anna		 0.21% -1
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Eileen		 0.21% -4
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Anita		 0.21% +3
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Sylvia		 0.20% 0
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Jeanne		 0.20% -3
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Julie		 0.20% +12
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Valerie		 0.19% +15
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Popularity extremes for the United States