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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Michael		 4.23% 0
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David		 4.13% +3
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James		 4.03% 0
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Robert		 4.01% -2
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John		 3.83% -1
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William		 2.87% 0
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Richard		 2.56% 0
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Thomas		 2.20% 0
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Mark		 2.02% +3
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Steven		 1.81% +1
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Charles		 1.69% -1
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Gary		 1.65% -3
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Joseph		 1.51% 0
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Donald		 1.33% 0
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Kenneth		 1.28% +2
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Paul		 1.28% 0
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Daniel		 1.27% +1
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Ronald		 1.25% -3
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Larry		 1.09% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.08% +3
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Stephen		 1.06% -1
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Timothy		 0.99% +4
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Dennis		 0.98% -2
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Gregory		 0.95% +1
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Edward		 0.92% -3
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George		 0.87% -2
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Kevin		 0.82% +1
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Terry		 0.75% -1
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Douglas		 0.73% 0
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Randy		 0.72% +3
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Anthony		 0.68% +1
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Bruce		 0.67% -2
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Jerry		 0.62% -2
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Frank		 0.53% +2
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Peter		 0.53% +2
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Raymond		 0.53% -1
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Roger		 0.53% -3
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Scott		 0.52% +2
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Keith		 0.50% +6
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Brian		 0.48% +8
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Patrick		 0.47% -3
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Lawrence		 0.44% -3
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Alan		 0.43% 0
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Wayne		 0.42% -3
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Danny		 0.42% -3
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Ricky		 0.40% 0
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Carl		 0.40% 0
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Gerald		 0.39% -4
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Christopher		 0.38% +15
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Craig		 0.36% +1
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Walter		 0.35% -2
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Dale		 0.34% -2
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Randall		 0.32% +2
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Willie		 0.32% -1
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Johnny		 0.32% -1
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Arthur		 0.32% -4
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Russell		 0.31% +12
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Roy		 0.30% -2
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Glenn		 0.30% +4
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Jack		 0.30% -3
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Henry		 0.30% -2
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Philip		 0.30% 0
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Harold		 0.29% -3
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Stanley		 0.29% -6
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Rodney		 0.29% +1
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Andrew		 0.29% +4
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Ralph		 0.29% -6
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Joe		 0.28% -1
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Billy		 0.28% -4
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Barry		 0.27% -2
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Samuel		 0.27% 0
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Steve		 0.26% +4
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Jeffery		 0.26% +17
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Phillip		 0.26% +1
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Bobby		 0.25% -3
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Albert		 0.25% -3
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Martin		 0.24% +2
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Jimmy		 0.24% -4
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Curtis		 0.24% +5
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Ronnie		 0.24% -2
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Eugene		 0.23% -4
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Louis		 0.23% -1
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Howard		 0.23% -3
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Allen		 0.23% -2
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Eric		 0.22% +4
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Frederick		 0.22% -3
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Micheal		 0.22% +1
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Leonard		 0.20% -3
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Harry		 0.20% -3
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Ernest		 0.19% -3
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Darrell		 0.19% +4
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Eddie		 0.18% -1
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Tony		 0.18% +12
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Marvin		 0.18% +3
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Melvin		 0.18% -3
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Lee		 0.17% 0
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Fred		 0.17% -4
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Kim		 0.17% +11
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Vincent		 0.17% +5
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Victor		 0.17% +3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 3.15% 0
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Deborah		 2.61% +1
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Linda		 2.56% -1
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Debra		 2.52% +2
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Susan		 2.37% 0
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Patricia		 2.31% -2
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Barbara		 1.68% 0
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Karen		 1.66% 0
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Nancy		 1.50% 0
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Donna		 1.39% +1
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Cynthia		 1.36% -1
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Pamela		 1.33% 0
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Sandra		 1.25% 0
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Diane		 1.16% +3
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Carol		 1.10% 0
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Sharon		 1.10% +1
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Kathleen		 1.10% -3
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Brenda		 0.95% 0
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Cheryl		 0.95% +3
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Janet		 0.89% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.83% -1
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Kathy		 0.76% +1
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Denise		 0.73% +1
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Margaret		 0.72% -3
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Janice		 0.66% 0
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Teresa		 0.66% +8
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Rebecca		 0.62% -1
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Catherine		 0.58% +4
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Joyce		 0.56% -1
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Carolyn		 0.56% -3
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Judith		 0.52% -1
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Judy		 0.52% -3
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Robin		 0.51% +8
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Beverly		 0.50% -3
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Connie		 0.50% +4
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Betty		 0.50% 0
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Shirley		 0.49% -4
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Theresa		 0.48% +9
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Paula		 0.48% -1
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Christine		 0.45% +3
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Laura		 0.45% +4
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Gail		 0.45% -5
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Ann		 0.45% +1
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Cathy		 0.43% +15
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Bonnie		 0.43% +7
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Joan		 0.43% -6
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Gloria		 0.43% -5
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Lisa		 0.43% +25
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Marilyn		 0.42% -14
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Jane		 0.42% -1
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Peggy		 0.40% -3
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Vicki		 0.40% -2
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Martha		 0.40% -7
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Rose		 0.39% 0
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Diana		 0.39% +2
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Sherry		 0.39% +6
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Sheila		 0.38% +3
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Jo		 0.38% -5
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Kathryn		 0.38% -8
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Jean		 0.37% -4
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Wanda		 0.37% -3
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Lynn		 0.37% +1
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Debbie		 0.36% +29
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Dorothy		 0.36% -9
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Katherine		 0.36% 0
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Virginia		 0.34% -5
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Julie		 0.34% +3
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Vickie		 0.33% +1
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Maria		 0.31% -4
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Ruth		 0.31% -4
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Rhonda		 0.31% 0
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Rita		 0.30% -5
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Jacqueline		 0.30% -5
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Phyllis		 0.28% +1
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Kim		 0.28% +59
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Darlene		 0.28% 0
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Elaine		 0.28% -3
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Cindy		 0.28% +13
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Helen		 0.28% -6
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Valerie		 0.28% +7
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Ellen		 0.27% -4
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Victoria		 0.27% +3
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Terry		 0.27% +5
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Anne		 0.26% -4
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Terri		 0.26% +15
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Suzanne		 0.26% -4
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Alice		 0.25% -6
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Joanne		 0.25% -10
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Lori		 0.25% +32
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Laurie		 0.25% +8
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Wendy		 0.25% +5
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Marie		 0.25% -13
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Michele		 0.24% -4
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Anita		 0.24% +2
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Sally		 0.23% -11
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Frances		 0.23% -13
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Michelle		 0.23% -3
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Marcia		 0.22% -8
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Leslie		 0.22% 0
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Maureen		 0.22% -3
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Popularity extremes for the United States