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		 4.62% 0
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David		 3.59% 0
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John		 3.43% +1
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James		 3.42% -1
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Robert		 3.28% 0
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William		 2.08% 0
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Mark		 1.99% 0
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Richard		 1.86% 0
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Christopher		 1.77% 0
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Brian		 1.69% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.60% +2
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Thomas		 1.55% 0
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Timothy		 1.49% -2
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Scott		 1.47% +2
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Steven		 1.44% -1
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Joseph		 1.43% -1
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Kevin		 1.34% 0
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Daniel		 1.24% +1
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Paul		 1.23% -1
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Charles		 1.22% 0
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Anthony		 1.14% 0
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Eric		 1.04% +1
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Kenneth		 1.02% -1
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Matthew		 0.89% +4
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Ronald		 0.87% -1
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Gregory		 0.87% -1
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Stephen		 0.83% -1
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Todd		 0.83% +1
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Donald		 0.75% -2
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Patrick		 0.74% 0
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Edward		 0.69% 0
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Gary		 0.68% 0
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Douglas		 0.64% 0
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Andrew		 0.60% +1
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Keith		 0.56% -1
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George		 0.53% 0
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Sean		 0.52% +7
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Larry		 0.46% 0
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Peter		 0.46% 0
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Troy		 0.45% 0
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Craig		 0.44% +5
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Rodney		 0.42% -5
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Shawn		 0.42% +8
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Jerry		 0.42% -3
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Dennis		 0.42% -2
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Jeffery		 0.41% +1
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Jason		 0.40% +7
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Terry		 0.40% -6
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Frank		 0.39% -4
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Raymond		 0.39% -2
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Bryan		 0.35% +1
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Tony		 0.33% -2
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Jonathan		 0.33% +3
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Randy		 0.32% -5
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Roger		 0.29% -2
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Russell		 0.29% +2
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Bradley		 0.27% +9
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Jose		 0.27% +6
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Carl		 0.26% -2
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Darren		 0.26% +3
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Bruce		 0.25% -6
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Gerald		 0.25% -3
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Wayne		 0.24% -1
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Chris		 0.24% -4
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Jon		 0.24% +6
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Samuel		 0.23% +3
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Lawrence		 0.23% 0
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Martin		 0.23% +12
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Johnny		 0.23% +1
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Ricky		 0.23% +5
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Phillip		 0.22% +2
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Danny		 0.22% -4
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Vincent		 0.22% -8
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Alan		 0.22% -13
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Curtis		 0.22% +2
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Billy		 0.22% 0
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Jimmy		 0.21% -3
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Dean		 0.21% 0
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Randall		 0.21% -7
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Joel		 0.21% +10
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Bobby		 0.20% +2
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Philip		 0.20% 0
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Walter		 0.20% -2
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Marc		 0.20% +17
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Joe		 0.20% 0
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Darrell		 0.19% 0
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Jay		 0.19% 0
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Aaron		 0.19% +18
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Steve		 0.19% -10
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Jeff		 0.19% -2
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Dale		 0.18% -2
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Glenn		 0.18% -1
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Mike		 0.18% -9
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Roy		 0.18% +1
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Henry		 0.18% -2
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Willie		 0.18% -4
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Kelly		 0.17% +4
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Arthur		 0.17% -4
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Benjamin		 0.17% +20
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Allen		 0.17% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 2.90% 0
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Michelle		 1.94% +1
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Kimberly		 1.87% -1
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Jennifer		 1.57% +6
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Melissa		 1.27% +4
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Mary		 1.27% -2
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Angela		 1.21% 0
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Tammy		 1.17% 0
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Karen		 1.14% -3
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Susan		 1.14% -5
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Laura		 1.10% +4
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Kelly		 1.00% +11
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Amy		 1.00% -1
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Christine		 0.97% 0
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Patricia		 0.92% -4
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Julie		 0.92% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.87% -4
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Tina		 0.86% +3
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Cynthia		 0.82% -1
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Pamela		 0.82% -3
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Dawn		 0.79% +6
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Lori		 0.77% +2
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Stephanie		 0.76% +2
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Donna		 0.75% -5
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Tracy		 0.75% +4
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Sandra		 0.74% -6
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Deborah		 0.72% -5
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Linda		 0.67% -2
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Michele		 0.66% +7
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Teresa		 0.64% -2
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Wendy		 0.63% +1
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Sharon		 0.61% -2
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Rebecca		 0.60% +6
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Brenda		 0.58% -3
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Denise		 0.58% -1
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Barbara		 0.57% -3
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Cheryl		 0.54% -2
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Debra		 0.53% 0
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Nancy		 0.52% -2
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Kathleen		 0.51% 0
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Maria		 0.49% +1
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Rhonda		 0.48% -1
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Robin		 0.48% +2
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Christina		 0.47% +9
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Paula		 0.45% +1
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Jill		 0.44% +4
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Theresa		 0.43% -4
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Andrea		 0.42% 0
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Carol		 0.41% -2
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Jacqueline		 0.40% +2
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Diane		 0.39% -7
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Sherry		 0.38% -1
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Shannon		 0.37% +48
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Ann		 0.36% +3
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Stacey		 0.36% +14
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Catherine		 0.36% -1
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Kim		 0.36% -8
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Gina		 0.35% -4
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Sheila		 0.34% -3
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Tonya		 0.33% +8
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Carolyn		 0.32% -1
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Heather		 0.32% +25
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Margaret		 0.32% -5
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Stacy		 0.32% +10
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Renee		 0.31% -3
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Leslie		 0.31% 0
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Cindy		 0.31% -8
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Monica		 0.31% +2
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Suzanne		 0.30% -6
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Dana		 0.29% +1
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Diana		 0.29% -6
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Tracey		 0.29% +6
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Janet		 0.28% -12
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Beth		 0.28% -7
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Katherine		 0.28% +1
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Kathy		 0.27% -12
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Valerie		 0.27% -4
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Sarah		 0.26% +5
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Laurie		 0.25% -7
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Tamara		 0.25% +6
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Regina		 0.25% -1
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Victoria		 0.25% +11
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Terri		 0.25% -6
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Kristin		 0.24% +13
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Lynn		 0.24% -4
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Carrie		 0.23% +21
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Connie		 0.23% -12
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Anne		 0.23% -4
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Heidi		 0.23% -1
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Carla		 0.22% -8
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Melinda		 0.22% +5
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Rachel		 0.22% +13
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Yolanda		 0.22% +28
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Melanie		 0.21% +16
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Sherri		 0.21% -6
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April		 0.21% -17
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Jodi		 0.21% +6
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Shelly		 0.21% -4
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Anna		 0.21% -8
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Kathryn		 0.21% -8
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Popularity extremes for the United States