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		 3.93% 0
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David		 3.87% 0
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James		 3.63% 0
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John		 3.53% +1
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Robert		 3.44% -1
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Mark		 2.63% +1
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William		 2.37% -1
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Richard		 2.18% 0
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Thomas		 1.86% 0
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Steven		 1.55% 0
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Charles		 1.42% 0
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Timothy		 1.42% +1
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Joseph		 1.36% -1
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Kevin		 1.24% +6
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Kenneth		 1.23% -1
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Jeffrey		 1.21% +5
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Paul		 1.19% -2
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Daniel		 1.16% -2
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Donald		 1.10% -1
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Gary		 1.08% -3
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Ronald		 1.07% -2
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Brian		 0.96% +2
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Gregory		 0.92% 0
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Scott		 0.91% +1
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Larry		 0.85% -3
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Anthony		 0.83% +1
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Edward		 0.78% +1
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Stephen		 0.76% -2
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Dennis		 0.74% 0
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Douglas		 0.71% 0
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Randy		 0.69% +1
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George		 0.69% -1
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Terry		 0.67% 0
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Ricky		 0.61% 0
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Christopher		 0.60% +4
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Jerry		 0.57% -1
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Mike		 0.55% +3
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Bruce		 0.55% -2
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Keith		 0.54% -2
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Peter		 0.52% +1
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Steve		 0.51% +3
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Frank		 0.51% -4
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Patrick		 0.49% -1
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Craig		 0.46% +9
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Raymond		 0.45% -2
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Eric		 0.45% +4
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Roger		 0.41% 0
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Danny		 0.40% -3
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Dale		 0.39% -3
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Alan		 0.38% -1
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Wayne		 0.36% -3
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Jeff		 0.36% +16
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Tony		 0.35% +4
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Carl		 0.35% -3
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Russell		 0.35% -1
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Jeffery		 0.35% +3
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Joe		 0.34% -1
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Andrew		 0.33% -3
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Randall		 0.33% +3
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Tim		 0.32% +14
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Gerald		 0.31% -3
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Lawrence		 0.31% -10
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Matthew		 0.30% -3
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Billy		 0.29% 0
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Johnny		 0.29% -3
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Walter		 0.28% -3
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Rodney		 0.27% -2
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Philip		 0.27% -1
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Jimmy		 0.27% +4
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Jim		 0.26% +17
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Bobby		 0.26% -2
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Chris		 0.26% +22
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Barry		 0.26% +6
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Phillip		 0.26% +7
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Curtis		 0.26% +7
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Ronnie		 0.25% -10
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Arthur		 0.25% -6
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Willie		 0.25% -8
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Glenn		 0.25% -2
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Martin		 0.25% -9
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Roy		 0.24% -6
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Tom		 0.23% +13
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Henry		 0.23% 0
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Ralph		 0.23% -6
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Jack		 0.23% -5
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Samuel		 0.23% -1
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Jay		 0.23% -1
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Harold		 0.23% -4
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Rick		 0.23% -13
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Greg		 0.21% +15
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Darrell		 0.21% -1
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Albert		 0.21% -3
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Bill		 0.21% +6
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Bryan		 0.21% +7
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Dean		 0.20% +2
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Micheal		 0.20% -5
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Allen		 0.20% -5
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Stanley		 0.20% -10
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Todd		 0.20% +17
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Louis		 0.20% -6
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 2.62% 0
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Susan		 2.00% 0
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Linda		 1.94% 0
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Karen		 1.77% 0
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Donna		 1.75% +5
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Patricia		 1.69% -1
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Debra		 1.51% -1
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Cynthia		 1.45% 0
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Deborah		 1.42% -2
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Lisa		 1.24% +9
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Barbara		 1.22% -2
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Pamela		 1.19% -1
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Sandra		 1.12% +2
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Nancy		 1.11% -2
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Kathy		 1.05% -1
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Brenda		 1.03% 0
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Sharon		 1.02% 0
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Cheryl		 1.01% -5
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Diane		 0.96% -1
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Debbie		 0.94% +4
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Elizabeth		 0.89% +1
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Carol		 0.87% -2
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Kathleen		 0.85% -2
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Teresa		 0.84% +2
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Cindy		 0.82% 0
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Julie		 0.78% -3
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Lori		 0.72% +3
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Janet		 0.72% 0
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Denise		 0.71% -2
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Laura		 0.70% -1
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Tammy		 0.66% +13
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Robin		 0.62% 0
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Kimberly		 0.62% +6
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Theresa		 0.56% -1
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Kim		 0.56% +5
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Margaret		 0.56% -5
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Janice		 0.51% -2
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Rebecca		 0.50% +3
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Cathy		 0.50% -5
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Catherine		 0.48% -2
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Judy		 0.48% -5
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Carolyn		 0.47% -5
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Christine		 0.46% 0
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Ann		 0.43% +3
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Rhonda		 0.43% +3
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Terri		 0.42% +5
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Michelle		 0.42% +9
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Connie		 0.42% +2
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Diana		 0.42% -4
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Joyce		 0.41% -4
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Paula		 0.39% +2
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Sheila		 0.38% +7
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Tina		 0.38% +18
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Dawn		 0.38% +30
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Beverly		 0.38% 0
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Laurie		 0.36% +14
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Peggy		 0.36% -15
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Sherry		 0.35% +9
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Betty		 0.35% -5
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Valerie		 0.35% +4
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Shirley		 0.35% -9
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Maria		 0.35% +3
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Lynn		 0.34% -3
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Annette		 0.33% +12
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Wanda		 0.33% +1
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Darlene		 0.33% -17
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Jane		 0.33% -6
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Angela		 0.33% +15
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Kathryn		 0.32% -11
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Judith		 0.32% -8
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Bonnie		 0.31% -8
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Martha		 0.31% -3
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Vicki		 0.31% -16
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Kelly		 0.31% +34
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Gail		 0.31% -3
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Joan		 0.31% -8
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Jennifer		 0.30% +4
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Jean		 0.30% -5
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Katherine		 0.30% -5
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Beth		 0.29% +15
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Gloria		 0.29% -4
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Anne		 0.28% +5
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Wendy		 0.28% +24
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Leslie		 0.27% -5
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Amy		 0.27% +12
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Jill		 0.27% +12
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Anita		 0.26% -5
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Michele		 0.26% +4
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Rose		 0.26% -11
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Vickie		 0.26% -15
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Ellen		 0.26% +2
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Joanne		 0.26% -12
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Virginia		 0.25% -8
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Dorothy		 0.25% -8
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Terry		 0.25% -6
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Suzanne		 0.25% +8
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Ruth		 0.24% -7
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Rita		 0.24% -10
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Anna		 0.24% +4
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Renee		 0.23% +5
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Popularity extremes for the United States