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		 4.57% 0 +1,032 +1.2%
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Robert		 4.52% 0 +2,797 +3.3%
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John		 4.27% 0 +2,144 +2.7%
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Michael		 3.81% 0 +7,659 +11.8%
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David		 3.39% 0 +4,056 +6.7%
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William		 3.28% 0 +2,089 +3.4%
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Richard		 2.85% 0 +3,548 +7.0%
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Thomas		 2.53% 0 +2,685 +5.9%
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Charles		 2.06% 0 +304 +0.8%
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Gary		 2.00% 0 +4,416 +13.1%
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Larry		 1.60% 0 -927 -2.9%
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Ronald		 1.52% 0 -865 -2.9%
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Steven		 1.48% +3 +5,113 +22.0%
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Joseph		 1.47% -1 +1,131 +4.2%
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Donald		 1.46% -1 +918 +3.4%
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Kenneth		 1.35% -1 +2,025 +8.5%
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Dennis		 1.27% 0 +1,401 +6.1%
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Paul		 1.20% 0 +1,106 +5.1%
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Stephen		 1.18% 0 +1,962 +9.6%
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Mark		 1.11% +3 +4,599 +27.7%
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Daniel		 1.11% 0 +1,928 +10.0%
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George		 1.06% -2 +37 +0.2%
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Edward		 1.04% -1 +1,202 +6.4%
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Jerry		 0.79% 0 -102 -0.7%
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Gregory		 0.74% 0 +794 +6.0%
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Bruce		 0.74% 0 +1,412 +11.1%
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Douglas		 0.73% +1 +1,632 +13.3%
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Timothy		 0.67% +4 +2,202 +21.0%
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Roger		 0.65% -2 -128 -1.0%
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Terry		 0.64% 0 +787 +6.9%
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Frank		 0.60% -2 -136 -1.2%
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Raymond		 0.59% -1 +48 +0.4%
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Lawrence		 0.54% 0 +89 +0.9%
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Anthony		 0.52% +2 +1,230 +14.3%
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Jeffrey		 0.51% +8 +2,072 +27.1%
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Gerald		 0.50% -2 -181 -1.9%
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Wayne		 0.49% -2 +66 +0.7%
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Peter		 0.47% -1 +637 +7.6%
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Patrick		 0.46% -1 +569 +7.0%
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Alan		 0.44% +1 +671 +8.7%
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Danny		 0.43% -2 +33 +0.4%
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Walter		 0.42% -2 +245 +3.1%
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Carl		 0.40% +1 +352 +4.8%
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Arthur		 0.39% +2 +253 +3.5%
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Willie		 0.38% -3 -498 -6.4%
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Harold		 0.38% -1 -43 -0.6%
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Henry		 0.37% 0 +157 +2.3%
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Jack		 0.37% 0 +163 +2.4%
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Dale		 0.36% 0 +176 +2.6%
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Johnny		 0.35% 0 +117 +1.8%
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Ralph		 0.34% +1 +117 +1.8%
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Roy		 0.34% -1 +12 +0.2%
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Kevin		 0.33% +20 +1,600 +33.7%
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Stanley		 0.33% +6 +754 +13.8%
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Philip		 0.32% -2 +25 +0.4%
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Randy		 0.32% +24 +1,677 +38.5%
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Joe		 0.31% -3 -208 -3.4%
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Glenn		 0.30% +1 +333 +6.1%
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Keith		 0.30% +19 +1,200 +26.3%
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Albert		 0.30% -4 +6 +0.1%
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Christopher		 0.30% +11 +899 +18.6%
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Jimmy		 0.30% -7 -76 -1.3%
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Craig		 0.29% +6 +736 +15.1%
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Billy		 0.29% -7 -69 -1.2%
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Eugene		 0.29% -7 +94 +1.7%
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Randall		 0.29% +4 +691 +14.3%
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Samuel		 0.29% -5 +249 +4.8%
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Scott		 0.28% +14 +1,113 +26.1%
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Andrew		 0.28% -1 +441 +8.9%
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Harry		 0.28% -9 -72 -1.3%
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Barry		 0.28% +3 +593 +12.6%
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Allen		 0.27% -1 +341 +7.0%
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Russell		 0.27% -6 +235 +4.8%
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Howard		 0.27% -11 -62 -1.2%
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Brian		 0.27% +4 +657 +14.8%
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Louis		 0.27% -10 +140 +2.8%
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Bobby		 0.26% -12 -8 -0.2%
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Frederick		 0.26% -3 +325 +7.0%
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Phillip		 0.26% -15 -146 -2.9%
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Leonard		 0.25% -3 +156 +3.4%
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Martin		 0.24% +4 +417 +10.0%
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Ronnie		 0.24% -6 -84 -1.8%
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Ernest		 0.23% -2 +76 +1.8%
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Rodney		 0.23% +4 +441 +11.4%
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Francis		 0.22% +1 +119 +2.9%
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Steve		 0.21% -3 -155 -3.7%
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Fred		 0.21% -3 -201 -4.8%
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Melvin		 0.20% -1 -53 -1.4%
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Eddie		 0.20% 0 -12 -0.3%
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Norman		 0.20% 0 +91 +2.5%
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Curtis		 0.19% +6 +506 +15.8%
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Lee		 0.19% -1 +73 +2.0%
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Eric		 0.19% +5 +568 +18.3%
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Tommy		 0.19% 0 +148 +4.3%
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Earl		 0.19% -3 -21 -0.6%
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Marvin		 0.19% -3 +62 +1.8%
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Micheal		 0.17% +7 +454 +16.1%
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Clarence		 0.17% -3 -111 -3.3%
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Theodore		 0.17% 0 +256 +8.6%
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Alfred		 0.17% -4 -35 -1.1%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Linda		 4.01% 0 -6,452 -8.0%
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Mary		 3.56% 0 +246 +0.4%
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Patricia		 3.06% 0 +8,501 +17.7%
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Deborah		 2.28% +3 +12,990 +44.7%
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Barbara		 2.20% -1 -934 -2.2%
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Susan		 2.18% -1 +2,213 +5.8%
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Nancy		 1.64% -1 +731 +2.5%
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Karen		 1.52% +4 +3,863 +16.0%
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Sandra		 1.50% -1 -1,234 -4.3%
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Kathleen		 1.45% 0 +1,011 +3.9%
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Carol		 1.34% -2 -1,384 -5.3%
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Donna		 1.30% +1 +2,447 +11.3%
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Sharon		 1.30% -2 -689 -2.8%
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Brenda		 1.18% 0 +919 +4.4%
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Diane		 1.07% +1 +2,204 +12.5%
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Pamela		 1.01% +1 +2,369 +14.6%
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Margaret		 0.96% -2 -415 -2.3%
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Debra		 0.92% +41 +10,888 +176%
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Janet		 0.92% -1 +756 +4.7%
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Cynthia		 0.88% +3 +1,847 +12.8%
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Janice		 0.86% +1 +944 +6.3%
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Carolyn		 0.82% -2 -378 -2.4%
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Elizabeth		 0.82% +1 +785 +5.5%
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Christine		 0.81% +4 +2,346 +18.5%
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Judith		 0.81% -4 -418 -2.7%
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Judy		 0.76% -1 -187 -1.3%
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Shirley		 0.75% -8 -1,970 -12.4%
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Joyce		 0.73% -1 +53 +0.4%
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Betty		 0.69% -3 -789 -5.8%
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Cheryl		 0.65% -1 +163 +1.4%
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Gloria		 0.59% -1 -83 -0.8%
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Rebecca		 0.59% +4 +1,504 +16.0%
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Beverly		 0.59% -2 +356 +3.4%
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Catherine		 0.57% 0 +911 +9.4%
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Kathy		 0.56% +3 +1,319 +14.5%
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Gail		 0.54% +6 +1,537 +18.4%
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Bonnie		 0.53% -4 -40 -0.4%
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Martha		 0.52% -6 -234 -2.4%
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Joan		 0.51% +1 +543 +6.1%
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Peggy		 0.50% +1 +678 +7.9%
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Marilyn		 0.50% -4 -138 -1.5%
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Dorothy		 0.49% -7 -460 -4.8%
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Jane		 0.48% -4 -20 -0.2%
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Connie		 0.47% 0 +578 +7.1%
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Kathryn		 0.46% +1 +597 +7.6%
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Ann		 0.46% -1 +498 +6.3%
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Virginia		 0.44% -4 -133 -1.6%
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Denise		 0.44% +34 +3,604 +79.9%
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Jean		 0.41% -1 +194 +2.6%
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Diana		 0.40% -3 -48 -0.6%
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Paula		 0.40% +3 +662 +10.0%
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Wanda		 0.39% 0 +306 +4.4%
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Ruth		 0.38% -4 -52 -0.7%
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Helen		 0.38% -4 -109 -1.5%
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Katherine		 0.38% +3 +725 +11.7%
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Jacqueline		 0.37% -1 +464 +7.2%
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Phyllis		 0.37% -4 +94 +1.4%
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Vicki		 0.36% +3 +805 +13.8%
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Frances		 0.36% -8 -391 -5.6%
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Laura		 0.35% +3 +744 +13.0%
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Rita		 0.35% -5 -9 -0.1%
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Alice		 0.34% -5 -52 -0.8%
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Teresa		 0.34% +18 +1,488 +31.5%
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Theresa		 0.34% +1 +564 +10.0%
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Rose		 0.34% +4 +810 +15.1%
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Elaine		 0.33% -6 +33 +0.5%
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Jo		 0.33% -3 +324 +5.7%
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Ellen		 0.32% -2 +379 +6.8%
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Sheila		 0.32% +1 +574 +10.8%
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Sherry		 0.32% -8 +82 +1.4%
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Cathy		 0.31% +4 +667 +13.3%
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Lynn		 0.31% +4 +609 +12.1%
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Joanne		 0.29% -6 -132 -2.4%
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Marcia		 0.29% +3 +345 +7.0%
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Maria		 0.28% -2 +158 +3.1%
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Marsha		 0.28% -8 -213 -3.9%
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Sally		 0.28% +1 +269 +5.5%
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Marie		 0.27% -6 -176 -3.4%
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Darlene		 0.27% 0 +197 +4.1%
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Doris		 0.27% -6 -28 -0.6%
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Victoria		 0.27% +13 +1,124 +29.7%
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Anne		 0.26% +2 +413 +9.3%
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Suzanne		 0.26% -12 -439 -8.3%
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Charlotte		 0.25% -4 -86 -1.8%
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Lois		 0.25% -2 +31 +0.7%
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Constance		 0.24% -1 -74 -1.7%
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Vickie		 0.23% +21 +1,036 +31.5%
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Evelyn		 0.23% -2 -41 -1.0%
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Glenda		 0.22% -2 -80 -1.9%
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Dianne		 0.22% 0 +111 +2.8%
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Sarah		 0.22% -3 -116 -2.8%
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Roberta		 0.22% +4 +349 +9.6%
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Maureen		 0.21% -4 -192 -4.7%
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Anna		 0.21% -1 +53 +1.4%
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Eileen		 0.21% -4 -67 -1.7%
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Anita		 0.21% +3 +214 +6.0%
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Sylvia		 0.20% 0 +164 +4.5%
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Jeanne		 0.20% -3 +33 +0.9%
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Julie		 0.20% +12 +544 +17.3%
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Valerie		 0.19% +15 +530 +17.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States