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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Robert		 4.31% +1 -350 -0.4%
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James		 4.30% -1 -983 -1.1%
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Michael		 4.21% +1 +5,158 +6.5%
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John		 4.00% -1 -2,966 -3.6%
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David		 3.80% 0 +4,366 +6.1%
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William		 3.09% 0 -1,200 -1.9%
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Richard		 2.92% 0 +43 +0.1%
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Thomas		 2.35% 0 -1,644 -3.4%
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Charles		 1.92% 0 -446 -1.1%
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Gary		 1.85% 0 -1,785 -4.6%
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Steven		 1.68% 0 +1,687 +5.3%
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Mark		 1.47% +5 +3,655 +14.2%
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Joseph		 1.46% -1 +759 +2.7%
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Donald		 1.42% -1 +91 +0.3%
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Ronald		 1.38% 0 -90 -0.3%
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Kenneth		 1.27% 0 -400 -1.5%
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Paul		 1.27% +3 +1,215 +5.0%
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Larry		 1.26% -4 -3,024 -10.7%
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Dennis		 1.18% -1 -897 -3.7%
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Daniel		 1.17% 0 +62 +0.3%
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Stephen		 1.09% 0 -1,241 -5.4%
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George		 0.96% 0 -636 -3.2%
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Edward		 0.95% 0 -526 -2.7%
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Gregory		 0.81% 0 +967 +6.4%
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Jeffrey		 0.80% +6 +3,938 +32.8%
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Timothy		 0.76% +1 +1,015 +7.2%
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Douglas		 0.71% +1 +459 +3.4%
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Bruce		 0.70% -3 -439 -3.0%
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Jerry		 0.69% -3 -534 -3.7%
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Terry		 0.66% -1 +815 +6.6%
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Roger		 0.66% -1 +1,041 +8.6%
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Anthony		 0.58% +2 +509 +4.6%
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Frank		 0.56% -1 -89 -0.8%
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Raymond		 0.56% -1 -121 -1.1%
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Randy		 0.53% +6 +2,017 +23.3%
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Kevin		 0.50% +7 +2,095 +26.5%
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Lawrence		 0.49% -2 -452 -4.4%
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Peter		 0.49% -2 +150 +1.6%
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Patrick		 0.47% -2 +291 +3.2%
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Wayne		 0.45% -2 -188 -2.1%
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Danny		 0.43% -1 -199 -2.3%
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Gerald		 0.43% -3 -413 -4.6%
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Alan		 0.42% -1 +143 +1.7%
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Carl		 0.39% +1 +4 +0.1%
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Walter		 0.38% -1 -391 -4.9%
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Scott		 0.37% +8 +947 +14.5%
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Keith		 0.37% +2 +205 +2.9%
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Dale		 0.37% -2 -70 -0.9%
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Willie		 0.35% -1 -141 -2.0%
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Arthur		 0.35% -3 -236 -3.3%
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Ricky		 0.34% +30 +2,235 +48.0%
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Johnny		 0.34% +1 -57 -0.8%
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Brian		 0.33% +11 +923 +16.1%
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Henry		 0.33% -4 -318 -4.6%
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Roy		 0.33% 0 +134 +2.1%
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Harold		 0.33% -5 -377 -5.4%
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Jack		 0.33% -5 -402 -5.8%
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Rodney		 0.33% +26 +2,133 +48.4%
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Ralph		 0.33% -3 +45 +0.7%
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Craig		 0.32% -1 +275 +4.4%
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Philip		 0.31% -1 +128 +2.1%
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Stanley		 0.31% -4 +49 +0.8%
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Christopher		 0.30% -6 -224 -3.6%
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Randall		 0.30% -2 +81 +1.4%
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Billy		 0.29% 0 +151 +2.6%
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Joe		 0.29% -4 -92 -1.6%
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Glenn		 0.29% -6 -217 -3.6%
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Andrew		 0.28% 0 +52 +0.9%
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Albert		 0.27% -3 -222 -3.9%
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Samuel		 0.27% -3 -223 -3.9%
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Russell		 0.27% -1 +22 +0.4%
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Jimmy		 0.27% 0 -1 -0.0%
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Barry		 0.26% -4 -325 -5.9%
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Bobby		 0.26% +4 +222 +4.5%
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Eugene		 0.26% -4 -165 -3.1%
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Phillip		 0.26% -2 +99 +2.0%
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Howard		 0.25% -4 -257 -4.9%
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Louis		 0.25% +1 +64 +1.3%
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Ronnie		 0.25% +3 +337 +7.3%
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Frederick		 0.24% -4 -115 -2.3%
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Allen		 0.24% -3 -105 -2.1%
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Martin		 0.24% -2 +45 +1.0%
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Harry		 0.23% -8 -413 -8.3%
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Steve		 0.23% +1 +222 +5.1%
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Leonard		 0.22% -2 -195 -4.2%
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Curtis		 0.22% 0 +175 +4.2%
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Ernest		 0.21% 0 -22 -0.5%
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Micheal		 0.20% +6 +373 +10.3%
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Eric		 0.20% -1 -59 -1.5%
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Francis		 0.19% -1 -105 -2.6%
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Melvin		 0.19% 0 -111 -2.8%
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Fred		 0.19% -2 -173 -4.4%
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Lee		 0.18% -1 -70 -1.9%
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Marvin		 0.18% +1 -11 -0.3%
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Tommy		 0.17% +2 -44 -1.3%
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Earl		 0.17% +2 -21 -0.6%
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Eddie		 0.17% -4 -234 -6.4%
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Norman		 0.17% -2 -200 -5.6%
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Jay		 0.16% +7 +209 +6.9%
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Vincent		 0.16% +1 +5 +0.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 3.34% +1 -1,236 -1.9%
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Linda		 3.18% -1 -5,797 -8.6%
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Deborah		 2.71% +1 +2,390 +4.8%
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Patricia		 2.64% -1 -2,077 -3.9%
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Susan		 2.30% 0 +2,950 +7.1%
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Barbara		 1.99% 0 -1,391 -3.5%
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Debra		 1.91% +2 +10,026 +37.4%
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Nancy		 1.59% -1 -1,121 -3.5%
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Karen		 1.55% -1 +903 +3.1%
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Pamela		 1.34% +7 +4,879 +23.4%
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Sandra		 1.32% -1 -599 -2.3%
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Cynthia		 1.30% +6 +5,250 +26.4%
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Donna		 1.26% 0 +510 +2.2%
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Kathleen		 1.23% -3 -2,038 -7.9%
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Sharon		 1.19% -1 -344 -1.5%
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Carol		 1.16% -4 -1,700 -7.1%
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Diane		 1.11% -1 +282 +1.3%
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Brenda		 1.04% -3 -1,316 -6.1%
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Janet		 0.92% 0 -149 -0.8%
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Margaret		 0.84% +1 -902 -5.3%
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Elizabeth		 0.83% +1 +80 +0.5%
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Janice		 0.76% +1 -350 -2.3%
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Kathy		 0.69% +6 +1,031 +8.3%
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Rebecca		 0.67% +6 +737 +6.0%
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Carolyn		 0.67% -1 -1,357 -9.5%
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Joyce		 0.66% +1 -331 -2.5%
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Judy		 0.66% -1 -901 -6.6%
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Cheryl		 0.64% +3 +67 +0.5%
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Shirley		 0.63% -1 -382 -3.0%
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Judith		 0.62% -5 -2,095 -14.9%
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Denise		 0.62% +2 +297 +2.5%
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Christine		 0.61% -12 -5,754 -32.8%
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Betty		 0.59% -1 -758 -6.2%
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Beverly		 0.58% +1 +693 +6.6%
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Catherine		 0.56% -1 -205 -1.9%
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Marilyn		 0.56% +2 +940 +9.6%
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Joan		 0.51% 0 -502 -4.9%
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Gloria		 0.50% -2 -783 -7.5%
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Gail		 0.50% 0 -177 -1.8%
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Paula		 0.50% +7 +993 +11.6%
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Martha		 0.48% -1 -431 -4.4%
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Teresa		 0.46% +10 +1,641 +22.5%
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Jane		 0.46% -1 -413 -4.4%
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Peggy		 0.45% -1 -228 -2.5%
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Bonnie		 0.45% -4 -769 -8.2%
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Ann		 0.45% -1 -76 -0.9%
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Connie		 0.45% -2 -179 -2.0%
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Kathryn		 0.43% 0 -180 -2.1%
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Dorothy		 0.42% -3 -450 -5.2%
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Theresa		 0.40% +10 +906 +13.3%
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Laura		 0.40% +2 +444 +6.2%
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Jean		 0.39% -2 +61 +0.8%
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Virginia		 0.39% -4 -617 -7.6%
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Jo		 0.39% +1 +421 +5.9%
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Diana		 0.39% -4 +48 +0.6%
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Cathy		 0.38% 0 +289 +4.1%
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Wanda		 0.37% -3 +41 +0.6%
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Jacqueline		 0.37% 0 +196 +2.8%
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Rose		 0.36% +3 +452 +6.9%
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Sheila		 0.36% +4 +745 +12.0%
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Vicki		 0.35% 0 +48 +0.7%
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Ruth		 0.34% -5 -371 -5.3%
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Katherine		 0.34% -4 -332 -4.8%
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Rita		 0.33% +2 +135 +2.2%
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Helen		 0.32% -2 -343 -5.3%
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Robin		 0.31% +36 +2,397 +65.8%
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Lynn		 0.31% +4 +181 +3.1%
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Maria		 0.31% +4 +292 +5.1%
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Phyllis		 0.31% -4 -191 -3.1%
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Sherry		 0.31% -2 -21 -0.4%
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Joanne		 0.31% +7 +535 +10.0%
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Frances		 0.30% -5 -293 -4.8%
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Alice		 0.30% -4 -167 -2.8%
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Julie		 0.29% +11 +1,171 +26.0%
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Darlene		 0.29% +2 +160 +2.9%
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Ellen		 0.29% -6 -304 -5.2%
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Elaine		 0.29% -4 -156 -2.8%
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Suzanne		 0.28% +6 +563 +11.5%
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Vickie		 0.27% -3 -187 -3.4%
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Anne		 0.27% -1 -1 -0.0%
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Sally		 0.27% 0 +145 +2.9%
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Victoria		 0.27% -8 -440 -7.9%
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Marsha		 0.27% -8 -452 -8.1%
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Marcia		 0.26% -4 -146 -2.8%
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Rhonda		 0.26% +10 +1,070 +27.0%
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Marie		 0.26% -4 -21 -0.4%
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Doris		 0.25% -4 -51 -1.0%
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Valerie		 0.24% -1 +327 +7.7%
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Anita		 0.23% +2 +274 +6.6%
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Roberta		 0.22% -2 +71 +1.7%
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Lois		 0.22% -5 -141 -3.2%
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Maureen		 0.21% +2 +73 +1.8%
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Sarah		 0.21% 0 +35 +0.9%
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Evelyn		 0.21% -4 -89 -2.1%
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Constance		 0.21% -3 -88 -2.1%
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Leslie		 0.20% +8 +330 +9.2%
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Jeanne		 0.20% +1 +27 +0.7%
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Anna		 0.20% +3 +123 +3.3%
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Cindy		 0.20% +41 +1,279 +50.2%
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Charlotte		 0.20% -11 -390 -9.3%
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Popularity extremes for the United States