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		 4.24% 0 +2,053 +2.3%
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James		 3.85% 0 -552 -0.7%
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David		 3.76% +1 +771 +0.9%
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Robert		 3.74% -1 -2,167 -2.6%
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John		 3.61% 0 -1,780 -2.2%
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William		 2.60% 0 -2,125 -3.6%
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Mark		 2.41% +1 +3,979 +8.1%
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Richard		 2.40% -1 -463 -0.9%
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Thomas		 2.04% 0 -220 -0.5%
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Steven		 1.68% 0 -1,568 -4.1%
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Charles		 1.57% 0 -956 -2.7%
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Joseph		 1.45% 0 -918 -2.8%
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Gary		 1.35% 0 -2,299 -7.2%
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Kenneth		 1.28% +2 +613 +2.2%
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Donald		 1.27% -1 -337 -1.2%
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Daniel		 1.25% +2 +682 +2.6%
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Ronald		 1.24% -2 -510 -1.8%
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Paul		 1.23% -1 +115 +0.4%
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Timothy		 1.13% 0 +1,447 +6.2%
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Kevin		 1.11% +2 +2,518 +11.6%
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Jeffrey		 1.10% -1 +686 +2.9%
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Larry		 1.00% -1 -389 -1.7%
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Gregory		 0.98% +1 +362 +1.7%
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Stephen		 0.90% -1 -1,477 -7.0%
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Edward		 0.86% 0 -724 -3.7%
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Brian		 0.80% +7 +2,845 +19.4%
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Anthony		 0.78% +3 +1,487 +9.6%
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Dennis		 0.77% -2 -1,461 -8.0%
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George		 0.77% -2 -351 -2.0%
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Douglas		 0.77% -1 +362 +2.2%
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Randy		 0.75% -3 -79 -0.5%
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Scott		 0.72% +2 +2,532 +19.2%
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Terry		 0.71% -2 +554 +3.7%
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Bruce		 0.63% -2 -796 -5.4%
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Jerry		 0.61% 0 +637 +5.0%
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Keith		 0.57% 0 +940 +8.2%
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Peter		 0.53% 0 +264 +2.3%
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Frank		 0.52% 0 +119 +1.1%
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Raymond		 0.49% 0 -298 -2.7%
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Ricky		 0.48% +3 +1,806 +20.6%
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Patrick		 0.47% -1 +29 +0.3%
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Roger		 0.45% -1 -283 -2.8%
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Christopher		 0.41% +4 +598 +7.1%
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Steve		 0.41% +15 +2,444 +37.8%
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Danny		 0.40% +1 +259 +3.0%
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Lawrence		 0.40% -4 -144 -1.6%
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Wayne		 0.40% -3 -38 -0.4%
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Alan		 0.38% -4 -506 -5.8%
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Carl		 0.38% -1 -115 -1.4%
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Dale		 0.36% 0 +158 +2.0%
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Gerald		 0.35% -2 -396 -5.0%
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Jeffery		 0.34% +5 +947 +14.4%
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Mike		 0.33% +43 +3,343 +85.6%
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Russell		 0.33% -2 -183 -2.5%
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Craig		 0.32% -4 -356 -4.8%
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Andrew		 0.32% 0 +397 +6.0%
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Joe		 0.31% +5 +628 +10.2%
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Walter		 0.31% -5 -290 -4.1%
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Randall		 0.31% -5 -230 -3.3%
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Eric		 0.30% +19 +1,375 +26.2%
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Johnny		 0.30% -6 -145 -2.2%
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Glenn		 0.29% -1 +75 +1.2%
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Willie		 0.28% -5 -301 -4.6%
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Billy		 0.28% +4 +132 +2.2%
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Roy		 0.28% -2 -64 -1.0%
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Arthur		 0.28% -6 -217 -3.5%
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Jack		 0.28% -1 -31 -0.5%
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Philip		 0.28% -4 -95 -1.6%
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Martin		 0.27% +4 +287 +5.1%
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Rodney		 0.27% -5 -206 -3.4%
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Tony		 0.27% +14 +1,186 +25.4%
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Barry		 0.27% -3 -192 -3.2%
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Ronnie		 0.26% +2 +272 +4.9%
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Harold		 0.26% -3 -205 -3.4%
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Henry		 0.26% -3 -221 -3.7%
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Ralph		 0.26% -9 -326 -5.4%
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Jimmy		 0.26% +1 +327 +6.1%
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Bobby		 0.26% -1 +262 +4.9%
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Phillip		 0.25% -3 +119 +2.2%
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Curtis		 0.24% 0 +186 +3.6%
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Stanley		 0.24% -11 -714 -11.9%
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Samuel		 0.24% -8 -351 -6.3%
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Matthew		 0.24% +7 +860 +19.7%
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Albert		 0.23% -3 -101 -2.0%
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Micheal		 0.22% -2 +106 +2.2%
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Louis		 0.21% -4 -212 -4.3%
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Rick		 0.21% +13 +1,013 +27.7%
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Jay		 0.21% +4 +507 +12.3%
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Howard		 0.21% -5 -87 -1.9%
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Darrell		 0.21% -2 +104 +2.3%
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Allen		 0.20% -4 -186 -4.0%
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Eugene		 0.20% -6 -204 -4.4%
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Dean		 0.20% +6 +664 +17.9%
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Leonard		 0.20% -5 -39 -0.9%
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Eddie		 0.19% -2 +116 +2.9%
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Jeff		 0.19% +49 +1,871 +84.3%
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Victor		 0.19% 0 +179 +4.6%
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Vincent		 0.19% 0 +316 +8.4%
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Frederick		 0.18% -8 -297 -6.9%
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Harry		 0.17% -5 -130 -3.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 2.91% 0 -639 -1.0%
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Susan		 2.19% +3 -618 -1.3%
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Linda		 2.12% 0 -3,574 -7.4%
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Debra		 2.04% -2 -5,568 -11.5%
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Karen		 1.94% +2 +536 +1.3%
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Deborah		 1.91% -2 -7,748 -16.2%
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Cynthia		 1.88% +1 +6,990 +21.6%
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Patricia		 1.87% -2 -4,058 -9.4%
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Barbara		 1.42% 0 -2,610 -8.1%
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Donna		 1.34% 0 -1,813 -6.1%
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Nancy		 1.31% 0 -1,276 -4.4%
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Pamela		 1.19% 0 -1,910 -7.1%
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Brenda		 1.16% +6 +4,991 +25.8%
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Sharon		 1.16% -1 -2,586 -9.6%
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Sandra		 1.09% -1 -1,532 -6.3%
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Cheryl		 1.08% +2 +1,369 +6.4%
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Diane		 1.05% -2 -423 -1.9%
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Carol		 1.04% -2 +493 +2.3%
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Cindy		 0.97% +18 +10,287 +103%
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Kathy		 0.96% 0 +3,054 +17.8%
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Kathleen		 0.94% -4 -1,634 -7.6%
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Elizabeth		 0.83% 0 +1,152 +7.0%
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Janet		 0.75% -2 -1,011 -6.0%
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Teresa		 0.75% 0 +1,217 +8.4%
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Denise		 0.72% -2 +633 +4.4%
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Lisa		 0.72% +5 +4,124 +37.5%
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Debbie		 0.69% +12 +4,519 +45.8%
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Julie		 0.65% +20 +5,062 +59.0%
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Margaret		 0.62% -4 -907 -6.5%
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Robin		 0.60% -1 +970 +8.3%
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Laura		 0.58% +3 +1,607 +15.2%
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Janice		 0.57% -6 -1,049 -8.1%
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Carolyn		 0.55% 0 +935 +8.8%
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Rebecca		 0.55% -7 -688 -5.7%
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Kim		 0.55% +3 +1,536 +15.5%
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Theresa		 0.53% -4 +336 +3.1%
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Catherine		 0.53% -9 -908 -7.5%
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Judy		 0.50% -3 +347 +3.4%
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Cathy		 0.49% -3 +184 +1.8%
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Joyce		 0.48% -10 -935 -8.4%
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Christine		 0.46% +1 +202 +2.2%
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Kimberly		 0.45% +31 +2,715 +40.3%
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Diana		 0.45% +13 +1,581 +20.1%
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Ann		 0.43% +2 +51 +0.6%
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Lori		 0.43% +21 +1,819 +25.5%
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Shirley		 0.42% -5 -577 -6.1%
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Connie		 0.42% -4 -596 -6.4%
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Beverly		 0.41% -8 -901 -9.5%
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Paula		 0.41% -2 -375 -4.2%
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Betty		 0.40% -6 -739 -8.0%
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Vicki		 0.39% +6 +343 +4.4%
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Rhonda		 0.38% +10 +531 +7.1%
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Judith		 0.38% -8 -1,091 -12.0%
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Gail		 0.38% -5 -485 -5.8%
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Sherry		 0.37% -1 -98 -1.2%
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Darlene		 0.37% +15 +865 +12.5%
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Jane		 0.37% -7 -465 -5.6%
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Sheila		 0.37% -3 -112 -1.4%
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Wanda		 0.37% +2 +158 +2.1%
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Joan		 0.36% -8 -498 -6.2%
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Lynn		 0.36% -3 -299 -3.9%
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Peggy		 0.35% +1 -110 -1.5%
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Martha		 0.35% -4 -345 -4.5%
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Bonnie		 0.35% -13 -897 -11.0%
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Kathryn		 0.34% -5 -387 -5.1%
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Gloria		 0.34% -13 -802 -10.1%
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Jean		 0.34% -2 -133 -1.9%
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Terri		 0.33% +13 +1,223 +21.3%
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Rose		 0.33% -5 -442 -6.0%
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Vickie		 0.33% -2 -115 -1.7%
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Maria		 0.32% +2 +48 +0.7%
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Katherine		 0.32% -5 -445 -6.3%
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Laurie		 0.31% +3 +345 +5.6%
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Dorothy		 0.31% -2 -446 -6.5%
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Virginia		 0.30% 0 -151 -2.4%
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Valerie		 0.30% +4 +317 +5.4%
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Leslie		 0.29% +27 +1,717 +39.2%
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Rita		 0.29% +1 -33 -0.5%
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Michelle		 0.29% +8 +650 +12.2%
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Tina		 0.28% +8 +527 +9.9%
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Anita		 0.28% +2 +310 +5.6%
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Marilyn		 0.27% -12 -1,187 -17.1%
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Jo		 0.27% -14 -1,235 -17.8%
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Ruth		 0.27% -7 -409 -6.7%
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Ellen		 0.27% -1 +152 +2.8%
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Anne		 0.26% 0 +132 +2.5%
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Jennifer		 0.26% +10 +775 +16.5%
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Victoria		 0.25% -3 -58 -1.1%
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Angela		 0.25% +4 +294 +5.8%
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Phyllis		 0.25% -8 -342 -6.1%
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Jacqueline		 0.25% -13 -778 -12.8%
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Terry		 0.25% -1 -9 -0.2%
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Dawn		 0.25% -1 +30 +0.6%
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Joanne		 0.24% +5 +439 +9.4%
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Helen		 0.24% -5 -258 -4.9%
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Elaine		 0.24% -7 -298 -5.6%
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Annette		 0.23% +21 +1,132 +30.1%
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Marie		 0.23% -2 +65 +1.4%
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Michele		 0.23% +1 +129 +2.8%
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Jill		 0.23% +1 +155 +3.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States