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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Michael		 4.28% +2 +4,375 +5.2%
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Robert		 4.17% -1 +94 +0.1%
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James		 4.17% -1 +239 +0.3%
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John		 3.92% 0 +1,025 +1.3%
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David		 3.85% 0 +3,452 +4.5%
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William		 2.97% 0 -408 -0.7%
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Richard		 2.76% 0 -1,350 -2.3%
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Thomas		 2.28% 0 +161 +0.3%
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Gary		 1.83% +1 +955 +2.6%
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Charles		 1.81% -1 -957 -2.5%
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Steven		 1.77% 0 +2,915 +8.6%
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Mark		 1.75% 0 +6,865 +23.4%
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Joseph		 1.51% 0 +1,958 +6.7%
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Donald		 1.42% 0 +914 +3.2%
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Ronald		 1.34% 0 -84 -0.3%
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Paul		 1.27% 0 +714 +2.8%
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Kenneth		 1.27% -1 +680 +2.7%
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Daniel		 1.22% +2 +1,793 +7.6%
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Larry		 1.19% -1 -596 -2.4%
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Stephen		 1.06% +1 +71 +0.3%
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Dennis		 1.00% -2 -2,902 -12.3%
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Edward		 0.94% +1 +530 +2.8%
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Jeffrey		 0.92% +2 +3,106 +19.5%
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George		 0.90% -2 -479 -2.5%
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Gregory		 0.85% -1 +1,463 +9.1%
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Timothy		 0.84% 0 +2,251 +14.8%
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Terry		 0.75% +3 +2,300 +17.3%
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Kevin		 0.74% +8 +5,316 +53.1%
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Douglas		 0.71% -2 +564 +4.0%
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Bruce		 0.68% -2 +106 +0.8%
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Jerry		 0.66% -2 -228 -1.6%
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Anthony		 0.63% 0 +1,430 +12.2%
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Randy		 0.61% +2 +1,969 +18.5%
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Roger		 0.57% -3 -1,450 -11.0%
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Raymond		 0.54% -1 +131 +1.2%
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Frank		 0.53% -3 -185 -1.7%
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Peter		 0.49% +1 +354 +3.6%
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Patrick		 0.48% +1 +461 +4.9%
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Lawrence		 0.46% -2 -245 -2.5%
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Scott		 0.46% +6 +1,970 +26.3%
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Wayne		 0.44% -1 +275 +3.1%
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Danny		 0.44% -1 +480 +5.6%
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Alan		 0.42% 0 +259 +3.1%
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Gerald		 0.41% -2 -68 -0.8%
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Keith		 0.40% +2 +981 +13.3%
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Ricky		 0.39% +5 +1,273 +18.5%
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Carl		 0.39% -3 +313 +4.0%
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Brian		 0.39% +5 +1,414 +21.2%
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Walter		 0.36% -4 -21 -0.3%
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Dale		 0.36% -2 +95 +1.3%
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Craig		 0.35% +9 +720 +11.1%
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Arthur		 0.33% -2 -137 -2.0%
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Willie		 0.33% -4 -219 -3.1%
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Johnny		 0.32% -2 -106 -1.6%
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Randall		 0.32% +9 +577 +9.7%
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Roy		 0.32% -1 -143 -2.1%
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Jack		 0.31% 0 -60 -0.9%
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Stanley		 0.31% +4 +172 +2.7%
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Henry		 0.31% -5 -253 -3.8%
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Harold		 0.31% -4 -222 -3.4%
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Ralph		 0.31% -2 -206 -3.2%
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Philip		 0.30% -1 -2 -0.0%
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Glenn		 0.30% +4 +514 +9.0%
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Christopher		 0.29% -1 +7 +0.1%
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Billy		 0.29% 0 +175 +3.0%
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Rodney		 0.29% -8 -575 -8.8%
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Joe		 0.28% -1 +69 +1.2%
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Barry		 0.28% +5 +663 +12.8%
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Russell		 0.28% +2 +394 +7.3%
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Andrew		 0.27% -2 +24 +0.4%
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Samuel		 0.27% -1 +214 +3.9%
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Bobby		 0.27% +1 +325 +6.3%
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Albert		 0.26% -4 -10 -0.2%
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Jimmy		 0.26% -2 +18 +0.3%
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Phillip		 0.25% +1 +51 +1.0%
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Steve		 0.25% +8 +526 +11.6%
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Eugene		 0.24% -2 -118 -2.3%
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Ronnie		 0.24% +1 +8 +0.2%
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Martin		 0.24% +3 +184 +3.8%
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Howard		 0.24% -3 -55 -1.1%
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Louis		 0.23% -3 -138 -2.8%
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Allen		 0.23% -1 -21 -0.4%
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Frederick		 0.23% -3 -120 -2.5%
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Curtis		 0.22% +2 +245 +5.6%
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Leonard		 0.22% 0 +64 +1.4%
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Harry		 0.21% -3 -225 -4.9%
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Ernest		 0.20% 0 +107 +2.6%
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Micheal		 0.20% 0 +191 +4.8%
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Eric		 0.20% 0 +244 +6.2%
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Jeffery		 0.19% +19 +896 +29.5%
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Eddie		 0.18% +6 +356 +10.4%
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Melvin		 0.18% -1 -98 -2.6%
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Fred		 0.18% -1 -93 -2.5%
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Francis		 0.18% -4 -186 -4.8%
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Darrell		 0.18% +8 +493 +15.6%
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Lee		 0.17% -3 -15 -0.4%
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Marvin		 0.17% -3 -68 -1.9%
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Earl		 0.17% -2 -9 -0.3%
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Norman		 0.17% -1 +46 +1.4%
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Tommy		 0.17% -5 -65 -1.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 3.42% 0 +3,630 +5.6%
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Linda		 2.78% 0 -5,907 -9.6%
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Deborah		 2.75% 0 +2,485 +4.8%
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Patricia		 2.47% 0 -1,874 -3.7%
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Susan		 2.37% 0 +2,867 +6.5%
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Debra		 2.31% +1 +9,041 +24.5%
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Barbara		 1.83% -1 -2,104 -5.5%
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Karen		 1.63% +1 +2,597 +8.7%
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Nancy		 1.52% -1 -346 -1.1%
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Cynthia		 1.39% +2 +2,485 +9.9%
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Donna		 1.38% +2 +3,201 +13.2%
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Pamela		 1.38% -2 +1,609 +6.2%
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Sandra		 1.31% -2 +558 +2.2%
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Kathleen		 1.13% 0 -1,269 -5.3%
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Carol		 1.12% +1 -45 -0.2%
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Sharon		 1.12% -1 -823 -3.6%
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Diane		 1.11% 0 +712 +3.3%
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Brenda		 0.99% 0 -513 -2.5%
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Janet		 0.93% 0 +704 +4.0%
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Elizabeth		 0.83% +1 +486 +3.0%
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Margaret		 0.77% -1 -973 -6.0%
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Cheryl		 0.75% +6 +2,751 +22.4%
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Kathy		 0.71% 0 +775 +5.8%
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Denise		 0.69% +7 +1,769 +14.8%
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Janice		 0.68% -3 -1,122 -7.7%
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Rebecca		 0.66% -2 +248 +1.9%
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Carolyn		 0.61% -2 -759 -5.9%
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Joyce		 0.61% -2 -706 -5.5%
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Judy		 0.58% -2 -1,099 -8.6%
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Judith		 0.56% 0 -770 -6.4%
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Beverly		 0.56% +3 -84 -0.7%
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Catherine		 0.56% +3 +232 +2.1%
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Shirley		 0.55% -4 -1,240 -10.2%
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Teresa		 0.55% +8 +1,910 +21.4%
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Marilyn		 0.54% +1 +74 +0.7%
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Betty		 0.53% -3 -750 -6.6%
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Gail		 0.49% +2 +140 +1.5%
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Paula		 0.49% +2 +127 +1.3%
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Connie		 0.48% +7 +1,059 +12.3%
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Joan		 0.48% -3 -256 -2.6%
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Robin		 0.45% +25 +3,005 +49.8%
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Gloria		 0.45% -4 -754 -7.8%
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Christine		 0.44% -11 -3,006 -25.5%
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Ann		 0.44% +2 +173 +2.0%
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Laura		 0.44% +6 +1,090 +14.3%
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Martha		 0.43% -5 -668 -7.2%
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Theresa		 0.43% +3 +796 +10.3%
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Peggy		 0.43% -4 -305 -3.5%
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Jane		 0.42% -6 -566 -6.4%
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Vicki		 0.41% +11 +1,401 +20.5%
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Kathryn		 0.41% -3 -186 -2.2%
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Bonnie		 0.41% -7 -516 -6.0%
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Jo		 0.40% +1 +539 +7.2%
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Rose		 0.40% +5 +993 +14.2%
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Dorothy		 0.39% -6 -366 -4.5%
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Jean		 0.39% -4 +95 +1.3%
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Diana		 0.38% -2 +185 +2.5%
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Wanda		 0.37% -1 +244 +3.4%
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Cathy		 0.36% -3 -88 -1.2%
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Sheila		 0.36% 0 +239 +3.4%
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Virginia		 0.36% -8 -369 -4.9%
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Sherry		 0.36% +8 +1,185 +20.0%
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Lynn		 0.34% +4 +783 +13.1%
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Katherine		 0.34% -1 +184 +2.8%
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Maria		 0.33% +3 +603 +10.1%
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Ruth		 0.33% -4 -16 -0.2%
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Rita		 0.33% -3 +252 +4.0%
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Jacqueline		 0.33% -10 -615 -8.6%
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Vickie		 0.32% +10 +1,071 +20.2%
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Julie		 0.32% +4 +608 +10.7%
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Rhonda		 0.31% +14 +1,072 +21.3%
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Helen		 0.30% -7 -177 -2.9%
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Lisa		 0.30% +38 +2,310 +64.1%
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Elaine		 0.29% +3 +332 +6.0%
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Phyllis		 0.29% -6 -198 -3.3%
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Darlene		 0.28% -1 -75 -1.3%
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Ellen		 0.27% -1 -80 -1.4%
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Joanne		 0.27% -7 -452 -7.7%
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Marie		 0.27% +7 +354 +7.1%
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Anne		 0.27% 0 +43 +0.8%
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Alice		 0.27% -8 -476 -8.3%
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Suzanne		 0.26% -4 -237 -4.3%
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Frances		 0.26% -11 -634 -11.0%
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Sally		 0.26% -3 -103 -2.0%
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Victoria		 0.25% -3 -185 -3.6%
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Marsha		 0.25% -3 -167 -3.3%
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Valerie		 0.25% +1 +327 +7.1%
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Terry		 0.24% +28 +1,414 +41.9%
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Michele		 0.24% +13 +1,041 +28.0%
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Marcia		 0.24% -6 -319 -6.3%
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Cindy		 0.24% +8 +891 +23.3%
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Debbie		 0.23% +27 +1,458 +45.4%
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Doris		 0.22% -6 -442 -9.0%
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Michelle		 0.22% +13 +801 +22.1%
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Wendy		 0.22% +14 +796 +22.0%
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Anita		 0.22% -7 0 0.0%
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Maureen		 0.22% -5 +256 +6.2%
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Laurie		 0.22% +5 +604 +16.4%
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Leslie		 0.21% -3 +245 +6.3%
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Terri		 0.21% +30 +1,404 +51.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States