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 · Girls
Boys
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Michael		 4.21% 0
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David		 3.84% +1
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James		 3.66% -1
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Robert		 3.59% 0
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John		 3.53% 0
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William		 2.52% 0
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Mark		 2.45% 0
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Richard		 2.32% 0
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Thomas		 1.95% 0
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Steven		 1.53% 0
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Charles		 1.50% 0
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Joseph		 1.40% 0
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Timothy		 1.34% +6
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Kenneth		 1.24% 0
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Paul		 1.22% +3
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Daniel		 1.19% 0
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Gary		 1.17% -4
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Donald		 1.16% -3
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Ronald		 1.15% -2
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Kevin		 1.15% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.13% 0
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Larry		 0.93% 0
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Gregory		 0.92% 0
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Brian		 0.90% +2
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Scott		 0.89% +7
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Stephen		 0.83% -2
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Anthony		 0.81% 0
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Edward		 0.81% -3
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Dennis		 0.76% -1
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Douglas		 0.73% 0
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George		 0.73% -2
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Randy		 0.71% -1
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Terry		 0.70% 0
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Ricky		 0.62% +6
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Jerry		 0.60% 0
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Bruce		 0.58% -2
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Keith		 0.55% -1
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Frank		 0.53% 0
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Christopher		 0.51% +4
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Mike		 0.50% +13
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Peter		 0.50% -4
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Patrick		 0.48% -1
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Raymond		 0.48% -4
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Steve		 0.47% 0
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Danny		 0.42% 0
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Dale		 0.39% +4
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Roger		 0.39% -5
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Wayne		 0.39% -1
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Alan		 0.38% -1
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Eric		 0.38% +10
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Carl		 0.36% -2
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Lawrence		 0.35% -6
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Craig		 0.34% +2
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Russell		 0.33% 0
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Andrew		 0.33% +1
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Joe		 0.33% +1
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Tony		 0.32% +14
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Gerald		 0.32% -7
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Jeffery		 0.32% -7
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Matthew		 0.30% +23
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Johnny		 0.29% 0
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Randall		 0.29% -3
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Walter		 0.29% -5
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Billy		 0.29% 0
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Rodney		 0.27% +5
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Ronnie		 0.27% +7
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Philip		 0.27% +1
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Jeff		 0.27% +28
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Bobby		 0.27% +9
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Willie		 0.26% -7
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Arthur		 0.26% -5
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Martin		 0.26% -2
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Jimmy		 0.26% +4
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Tim		 0.26% +45
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Roy		 0.26% -10
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Rick		 0.25% +11
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Glenn		 0.25% -15
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Ralph		 0.25% -2
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Barry		 0.25% -7
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Jack		 0.25% -13
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Phillip		 0.25% -2
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Curtis		 0.24% -2
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Henry		 0.24% -8
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Harold		 0.24% -10
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Samuel		 0.23% -3
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Jay		 0.23% +2
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Jim		 0.23% +19
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Stanley		 0.23% -7
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Albert		 0.22% -5
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Darrell		 0.22% 0
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Micheal		 0.21% -6
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Allen		 0.21% -1
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Chris		 0.21% +27
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Louis		 0.21% -8
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Howard		 0.20% -6
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Tom		 0.20% +21
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Dean		 0.20% -4
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Vincent		 0.20% 0
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Bill		 0.20% +24
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Eddie		 0.19% -5
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Girls
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Mary		 2.71% 0
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Susan		 2.19% 0
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Linda		 2.03% 0
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Karen		 1.86% +1
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Patricia		 1.84% +3
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Debra		 1.72% -2
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Deborah		 1.60% -1
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Cynthia		 1.50% -1
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Barbara		 1.35% 0
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Donna		 1.31% 0
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Pamela		 1.22% +1
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Nancy		 1.20% -1
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Cheryl		 1.17% +3
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Kathy		 1.16% +6
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Sandra		 1.06% 0
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Brenda		 1.03% -3
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Sharon		 1.02% -3
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Diane		 1.01% -1
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Lisa		 0.98% +7
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Carol		 0.95% -2
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Kathleen		 0.93% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.90% 0
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Julie		 0.88% +5
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Debbie		 0.87% +3
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Cindy		 0.80% -6
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Teresa		 0.76% -2
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Denise		 0.72% -2
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Janet		 0.72% -5
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Laura		 0.65% +2
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Lori		 0.63% +15
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Margaret		 0.60% -2
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Robin		 0.56% -2
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Theresa		 0.56% +3
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Cathy		 0.53% +5
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Janice		 0.53% -3
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Judy		 0.53% +2
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Carolyn		 0.52% -4
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Catherine		 0.52% -1
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Kimberly		 0.52% +3
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Kim		 0.52% -5
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Rebecca		 0.50% -7
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Peggy		 0.49% +20
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Christine		 0.49% -2
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Tammy		 0.48% +63
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Diana		 0.44% -2
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Joyce		 0.44% -6
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Ann		 0.43% -3
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Rhonda		 0.40% +4
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Darlene		 0.40% +7
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Connie		 0.40% -3
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Terri		 0.40% +17
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Shirley		 0.39% -6
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Paula		 0.39% -4
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Betty		 0.37% -4
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Beverly		 0.37% -7
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Michelle		 0.36% +23
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Vicki		 0.36% -6
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Kathryn		 0.36% +7
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Sheila		 0.35% -1
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Lynn		 0.35% +1
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Jane		 0.35% -4
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Judith		 0.34% -9
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Bonnie		 0.34% +1
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Valerie		 0.34% +12
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Maria		 0.33% +6
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Wanda		 0.33% -7
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Sherry		 0.33% -12
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Joan		 0.33% -8
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Martha		 0.33% -6
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Laurie		 0.33% +3
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Tina		 0.32% +9
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Gail		 0.32% -18
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Jean		 0.32% -6
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Katherine		 0.31% -2
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Vickie		 0.30% -5
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Annette		 0.30% +21
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Gloria		 0.30% -11
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Rose		 0.29% -9
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Leslie		 0.29% -2
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Joanne		 0.29% +14
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Jennifer		 0.29% +6
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Anita		 0.28% -1
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Angela		 0.28% +6
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Dawn		 0.28% +9
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Virginia		 0.27% -10
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Dorothy		 0.27% -12
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Anne		 0.26% -1
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Rita		 0.26% -10
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Terry		 0.26% +3
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Ruth		 0.25% -6
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Jo		 0.25% -8
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Michele		 0.25% +7
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Ellen		 0.25% -8
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Phyllis		 0.25% -4
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Beth		 0.24% +13
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Marilyn		 0.24% -14
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Amy		 0.23% +17
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Jill		 0.23% +2
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Jacqueline		 0.23% -8
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Helen		 0.23% -5
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Popularity extremes for the United States