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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Michael		 4.28% 0
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John		 3.78% 0
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David		 3.58% 0
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James		 3.57% 0
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Robert		 3.33% 0
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William		 2.12% +1
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Mark		 2.02% -1
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Richard		 1.94% 0
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Thomas		 1.67% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.56% 0
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Joseph		 1.51% 0
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Timothy		 1.50% +3
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Kevin		 1.49% 0
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Steven		 1.48% -2
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Scott		 1.34% -1
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Paul		 1.32% 0
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Daniel		 1.31% +2
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Christopher		 1.30% +5
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Brian		 1.30% +1
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Charles		 1.24% -3
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Kenneth		 1.20% -3
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Anthony		 1.07% -1
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Gregory		 0.96% -1
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Ronald		 0.93% 0
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Eric		 0.89% +7
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Donald		 0.85% -1
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Gary		 0.81% -1
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Stephen		 0.77% +1
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Edward		 0.76% -2
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Todd		 0.74% -2
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Patrick		 0.68% -1
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Douglas		 0.68% -1
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Rodney		 0.59% +26
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George		 0.56% -1
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Keith		 0.56% -1
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Matthew		 0.53% +7
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Andrew		 0.51% 0
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Larry		 0.50% -2
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Peter		 0.50% 0
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Terry		 0.48% -5
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Jerry		 0.48% -1
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Randy		 0.47% -4
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Frank		 0.44% -2
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Dennis		 0.43% -2
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Raymond		 0.43% -1
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Craig		 0.42% +2
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Jeffery		 0.41% -2
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Tony		 0.36% +2
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Roger		 0.34% 0
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Bruce		 0.33% -4
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Mike		 0.32% -4
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Darren		 0.31% +75
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Troy		 0.31% +4
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Carl		 0.31% +1
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Steve		 0.30% -4
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Danny		 0.30% 0
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Ricky		 0.30% -3
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Russell		 0.30% 0
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Alan		 0.30% -6
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Chris		 0.29% +5
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Vincent		 0.29% +3
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Jeff		 0.29% -10
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Bryan		 0.28% +7
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Gerald		 0.28% -4
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Wayne		 0.27% -4
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Lawrence		 0.26% +2
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Martin		 0.26% -4
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Darryl		 0.26% +19
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Shawn		 0.26% +20
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Phillip		 0.26% -3
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Joe		 0.26% -9
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Bradley		 0.25% +5
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Randall		 0.25% -7
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Jonathan		 0.25% +9
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Curtis		 0.25% -1
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Johnny		 0.25% -1
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Billy		 0.25% -6
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Jon		 0.24% +1
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Sean		 0.24% +39
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Bobby		 0.24% -7
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Jimmy		 0.24% -3
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Walter		 0.24% -2
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Dale		 0.23% -11
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Samuel		 0.23% +2
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Glenn		 0.23% -4
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Barry		 0.23% -17
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Philip		 0.23% -11
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Dean		 0.22% -3
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Jose		 0.21% +5
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Jay		 0.21% -6
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Darrell		 0.21% +5
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Allen		 0.20% +1
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Willie		 0.20% -4
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Henry		 0.20% -2
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Roy		 0.20% -4
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Arthur		 0.20% -6
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Tim		 0.20% -15
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Victor		 0.20% -1
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Harold		 0.19% -1
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Albert		 0.18% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 3.30% 0
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Mary		 1.88% 0
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Karen		 1.80% +1
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Kimberly		 1.58% +2
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Susan		 1.44% -2
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Patricia		 1.29% -1
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Donna		 1.08% 0
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Linda		 1.06% 0
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Cynthia		 1.05% 0
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Angela		 1.03% +12
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Tammy		 0.99% -1
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Pamela		 0.96% -1
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Deborah		 0.94% -1
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Julie		 0.93% +3
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Sandra		 0.90% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.89% 0
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Laura		 0.89% -3
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Michelle		 0.89% +5
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Lori		 0.86% -4
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Jennifer		 0.83% +11
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Christine		 0.83% +7
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Sharon		 0.83% -2
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Brenda		 0.82% -5
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Teresa		 0.80% -3
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Barbara		 0.77% -6
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Dawn		 0.73% +7
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Debra		 0.72% -3
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Denise		 0.71% -3
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Tina		 0.70% +5
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Kelly		 0.70% +5
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Cheryl		 0.69% -2
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Nancy		 0.67% -6
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Robin		 0.66% -6
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Kathleen		 0.65% -4
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Amy		 0.63% +9
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Tracy		 0.61% +4
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Rhonda		 0.60% +6
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Melissa		 0.58% +15
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Wendy		 0.57% +16
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Diane		 0.57% -8
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Rebecca		 0.56% +5
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Carol		 0.55% -6
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Kim		 0.55% -1
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Stephanie		 0.53% +13
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Theresa		 0.53% -7
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Maria		 0.52% -5
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Jacqueline		 0.52% -10
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Michele		 0.47% +10
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Paula		 0.43% -4
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Sheila		 0.43% +1
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Jill		 0.43% +10
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Margaret		 0.43% -3
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Cindy		 0.43% -6
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Kathy		 0.43% -15
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Janet		 0.42% -7
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Sherry		 0.40% -6
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Catherine		 0.40% -3
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Carolyn		 0.38% -2
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Ann		 0.37% +1
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Laurie		 0.36% -1
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Connie		 0.34% +3
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Debbie		 0.33% -10
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Andrea		 0.33% +14
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Diana		 0.32% -1
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Suzanne		 0.32% +2
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Beth		 0.32% -1
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Valerie		 0.31% -1
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Renee		 0.30% +3
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Terri		 0.29% -7
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Gina		 0.29% +9
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Annette		 0.29% -3
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Monica		 0.28% +18
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Janice		 0.28% -4
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Christina		 0.27% +14
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Leslie		 0.27% -2
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Carla		 0.26% +2
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Anne		 0.26% -1
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Dana		 0.26% -7
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Katherine		 0.26% +3
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Lynn		 0.26% -8
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Wanda		 0.26% 0
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Regina		 0.25% +1
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Darlene		 0.24% -3
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Stacey		 0.23% +42
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Tracey		 0.23% +26
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Judy		 0.23% -12
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Kathryn		 0.23% -3
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Cathy		 0.23% -13
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Joyce		 0.23% -2
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Bonnie		 0.23% -1
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Sherri		 0.22% -5
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Sarah		 0.22% 0
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Colleen		 0.22% +1
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Anita		 0.22% -9
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Jane		 0.22% -2
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Anna		 0.22% +1
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Penny		 0.21% -1
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Shelly		 0.21% +3
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Martha		 0.21% -4
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Melinda		 0.21% +13
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Popularity extremes for the United States