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		 4.21% 0 -2,154 -2.3%
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David		 3.84% +1 +229 +0.3%
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James		 3.66% -1 -5,570 -6.6%
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Robert		 3.59% 0 -4,444 -5.4%
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John		 3.53% 0 -3,001 -3.8%
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William		 2.52% 0 -2,626 -4.6%
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Mark		 2.45% 0 -132 -0.2%
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Richard		 2.32% 0 -2,475 -4.7%
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Thomas		 1.95% 0 -2,531 -5.7%
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Steven		 1.53% 0 -3,864 -10.5%
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Charles		 1.50% 0 -2,011 -5.9%
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Joseph		 1.40% 0 -1,706 -5.4%
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Timothy		 1.34% +6 +4,047 +16.4%
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Kenneth		 1.24% 0 -1,375 -4.9%
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Paul		 1.22% +3 -745 -2.8%
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Daniel		 1.19% 0 -1,713 -6.3%
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Gary		 1.17% -4 -4,246 -14.4%
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Donald		 1.16% -3 -2,861 -10.3%
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Ronald		 1.15% -2 -2,403 -8.8%
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Kevin		 1.15% 0 +385 +1.6%
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Jeffrey		 1.13% 0 +254 +1.1%
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Larry		 0.93% 0 -1,844 -8.4%
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Gregory		 0.92% 0 -1,654 -7.7%
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Brian		 0.90% +2 +1,761 +10.1%
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Scott		 0.89% +7 +3,406 +21.6%
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Stephen		 0.83% -2 -1,765 -9.0%
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Anthony		 0.81% 0 +383 +2.2%
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Edward		 0.81% -3 -1,335 -7.1%
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Dennis		 0.76% -1 -472 -2.8%
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Douglas		 0.73% 0 -954 -5.7%
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George		 0.73% -2 -1,249 -7.4%
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Randy		 0.71% -1 -1,274 -7.7%
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Terry		 0.70% 0 -605 -3.9%
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Ricky		 0.62% +6 +2,799 +26.5%
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Jerry		 0.60% 0 -349 -2.6%
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Bruce		 0.58% -2 -1,398 -10.1%
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Keith		 0.55% -1 -530 -4.3%
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Frank		 0.53% 0 +57 +0.5%
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Christopher		 0.51% +4 +2,106 +23.5%
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Mike		 0.50% +13 +3,531 +48.7%
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Peter		 0.50% -4 -850 -7.3%
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Patrick		 0.48% -1 -113 -1.1%
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Raymond		 0.48% -4 -581 -5.4%
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Steve		 0.47% 0 +1,175 +13.2%
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Danny		 0.42% 0 +122 +1.4%
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Dale		 0.39% +4 +622 +7.9%
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Roger		 0.39% -5 -1,494 -15.1%
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Wayne		 0.39% -1 -356 -4.1%
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Alan		 0.38% -1 +14 +0.2%
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Eric		 0.38% +10 +1,561 +23.6%
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Carl		 0.36% -2 -473 -5.8%
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Lawrence		 0.35% -6 -1,209 -13.8%
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Craig		 0.34% +2 +211 +3.0%
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Russell		 0.33% 0 -67 -0.9%
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Andrew		 0.33% +1 +109 +1.6%
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Joe		 0.33% +1 +313 +4.6%
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Tony		 0.32% +14 +1,081 +18.5%
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Gerald		 0.32% -7 -731 -9.6%
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Jeffery		 0.32% -7 -669 -8.9%
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Matthew		 0.30% +23 +1,151 +22.0%
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Johnny		 0.29% 0 -161 -2.5%
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Randall		 0.29% -3 -364 -5.5%
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Walter		 0.29% -5 -407 -6.1%
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Billy		 0.29% 0 +14 +0.2%
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Rodney		 0.27% +5 -8 -0.1%
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Ronnie		 0.27% +7 +81 +1.4%
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Philip		 0.27% +1 -181 -3.0%
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Jeff		 0.27% +28 +1,726 +42.2%
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Bobby		 0.27% +9 +120 +2.1%
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Willie		 0.26% -7 -514 -8.3%
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Arthur		 0.26% -5 -395 -6.5%
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Martin		 0.26% -2 -299 -5.0%
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Jimmy		 0.26% +4 -61 -1.1%
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Tim		 0.26% +45 +2,290 +70.3%
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Roy		 0.26% -10 -540 -8.9%
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Rick		 0.25% +11 +795 +17.0%
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Glenn		 0.25% -15 -815 -13.0%
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Ralph		 0.25% -2 -259 -4.5%
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Barry		 0.25% -7 -472 -8.2%
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Jack		 0.25% -13 -723 -12.0%
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Phillip		 0.25% -2 -260 -4.7%
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Curtis		 0.24% -2 -90 -1.7%
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Henry		 0.24% -8 -584 -10.2%
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Harold		 0.24% -10 -608 -10.6%
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Samuel		 0.23% -3 -191 -3.7%
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Jay		 0.23% +2 +397 +8.6%
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Jim		 0.23% +19 +1,376 +38.8%
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Stanley		 0.23% -7 -345 -6.6%
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Albert		 0.22% -5 -241 -4.8%
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Darrell		 0.22% 0 +203 +4.4%
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Micheal		 0.21% -6 -270 -5.6%
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Allen		 0.21% -1 +94 +2.1%
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Chris		 0.21% +27 +1,199 +36.8%
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Louis		 0.21% -8 -245 -5.2%
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Howard		 0.20% -6 -244 -5.3%
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Tom		 0.20% +21 +1,016 +30.3%
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Dean		 0.20% -4 -76 -1.7%
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Vincent		 0.20% 0 +190 +4.7%
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Bill		 0.20% +24 +1,095 +35.1%
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Eddie		 0.19% -5 +22 +0.5%
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Girls
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Mary		 2.71% 0 -5,246 -8.6%
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Susan		 2.19% 0 -777 -1.7%
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Linda		 2.03% 0 -2,593 -5.8%
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Karen		 1.86% +1 -2,122 -5.2%
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Patricia		 1.84% +3 -1,329 -3.4%
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Debra		 1.72% -2 -7,220 -16.9%
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Deborah		 1.60% -1 -7,143 -17.8%
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Cynthia		 1.50% -1 -8,328 -21.2%
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Barbara		 1.35% 0 -1,812 -6.1%
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Donna		 1.31% 0 -1,087 -3.9%
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Pamela		 1.22% +1 +245 +1.0%
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Nancy		 1.20% -1 -2,693 -9.8%
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Cheryl		 1.17% +3 +1,466 +6.5%
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Kathy		 1.16% +6 +3,710 +18.3%
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Sandra		 1.06% 0 -934 -4.1%
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Brenda		 1.03% -3 -2,991 -12.3%
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Sharon		 1.02% -3 -3,183 -13.1%
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Diane		 1.01% -1 -1,269 -5.7%
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Lisa		 0.98% +7 +5,066 +33.5%
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Carol		 0.95% -2 -2,215 -10.1%
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Kathleen		 0.93% 0 -536 -2.7%
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Elizabeth		 0.90% 0 +1,036 +5.9%
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Julie		 0.88% +5 +4,576 +33.6%
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Debbie		 0.87% +3 +3,472 +24.1%
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Cindy		 0.80% -6 -3,679 -18.2%
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Teresa		 0.76% -2 -79 -0.5%
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Denise		 0.72% -2 -184 -1.2%
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Janet		 0.72% -5 -934 -5.9%
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Laura		 0.65% +2 +1,335 +11.0%
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Lori		 0.63% +15 +4,070 +45.4%
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Margaret		 0.60% -2 -700 -5.4%
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Robin		 0.56% -2 -1,045 -8.3%
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Theresa		 0.56% +3 +275 +2.5%
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Cathy		 0.53% +5 +615 +6.0%
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Janice		 0.53% -3 -1,084 -9.1%
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Judy		 0.53% +2 +294 +2.8%
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Carolyn		 0.52% -4 -766 -6.6%
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Catherine		 0.52% -1 -382 -3.4%
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Kimberly		 0.52% +3 +1,267 +13.4%
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Kim		 0.52% -5 -781 -6.8%
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Rebecca		 0.50% -7 -1,073 -9.3%
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Peggy		 0.49% +20 +2,687 +36.4%
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Christine		 0.49% -2 +478 +5.0%
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Tammy		 0.48% +63 +5,620 +129%
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Diana		 0.44% -2 -271 -2.9%
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Joyce		 0.44% -6 -1,123 -11.1%
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Ann		 0.43% -3 -189 -2.1%
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Rhonda		 0.40% +4 +294 +3.7%
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Darlene		 0.40% +7 +492 +6.3%
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Connie		 0.40% -3 -556 -6.3%
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Terri		 0.40% +17 +1,213 +17.4%
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Shirley		 0.39% -6 -750 -8.5%
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Paula		 0.39% -4 -521 -6.1%
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Betty		 0.37% -4 -772 -9.1%
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Beverly		 0.37% -7 -863 -10.1%
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Michelle		 0.36% +23 +1,476 +24.7%
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Vicki		 0.36% -6 -677 -8.3%
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Kathryn		 0.36% +7 +118 +1.6%
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Sheila		 0.35% -1 -475 -6.1%
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Lynn		 0.35% +1 -219 -2.9%
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Jane		 0.35% -4 -584 -7.5%
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Judith		 0.34% -9 -914 -11.4%
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Bonnie		 0.34% +1 -248 -3.4%
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Valerie		 0.34% +12 +690 +11.1%
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Maria		 0.33% +6 +118 +1.7%
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Wanda		 0.33% -7 -819 -10.6%
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Sherry		 0.33% -12 -1,003 -12.9%
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Joan		 0.33% -8 -799 -10.5%
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Martha		 0.33% -6 -614 -8.3%
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Laurie		 0.33% +3 +181 +2.8%
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Tina		 0.32% +9 +764 +13.0%
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Gail		 0.32% -18 -1,343 -16.9%
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Jean		 0.32% -6 -522 -7.4%
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Katherine		 0.31% -2 -201 -3.0%
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Vickie		 0.30% -5 -597 -8.7%
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Annette		 0.30% +21 +1,246 +25.5%
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Gloria		 0.30% -11 -989 -13.9%
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Rose		 0.29% -9 -847 -12.3%
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Leslie		 0.29% -2 -91 -1.5%
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Joanne		 0.29% +14 +816 +16.0%
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Jennifer		 0.29% +6 +396 +7.2%
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Anita		 0.28% -1 -38 -0.7%
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Angela		 0.28% +6 +435 +8.2%
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Dawn		 0.28% +9 +521 +10.1%
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Virginia		 0.27% -10 -575 -9.2%
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Dorothy		 0.27% -12 -868 -13.5%
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Anne		 0.26% -1 -31 -0.6%
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Rita		 0.26% -10 -684 -11.4%
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Terry		 0.26% +3 +63 +1.2%
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Ruth		 0.25% -6 -421 -7.4%
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Jo		 0.25% -8 -496 -8.7%
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Michele		 0.25% +7 +465 +9.8%
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Ellen		 0.25% -8 -424 -7.6%
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Phyllis		 0.25% -4 -229 -4.3%
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Beth		 0.24% +13 +628 +14.4%
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Marilyn		 0.24% -14 -797 -13.9%
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Amy		 0.23% +17 +742 +18.2%
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Jill		 0.23% +2 +76 +1.6%
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Jacqueline		 0.23% -8 -501 -9.5%
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Helen		 0.23% -5 -255 -5.1%
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Popularity extremes for the United States