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		 4.66% 0
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David		 3.48% 0
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James		 3.27% +1
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John		 3.21% -1
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Robert		 3.19% 0
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William		 2.06% 0
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Christopher		 1.95% +2
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Mark		 1.83% -1
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Brian		 1.73% +1
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Richard		 1.70% -2
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Jeffrey		 1.58% 0
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Scott		 1.57% +2
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Thomas		 1.50% -1
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Steven		 1.45% +1
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Joseph		 1.43% +1
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Kevin		 1.29% +1
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Timothy		 1.28% -4
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Daniel		 1.27% 0
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Charles		 1.18% +1
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Anthony		 1.14% +1
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Eric		 1.13% +1
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Paul		 1.13% -3
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Kenneth		 0.96% 0
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Matthew		 0.96% 0
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Jason		 0.90% +22
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Gregory		 0.88% 0
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Stephen		 0.83% 0
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Todd		 0.81% 0
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Ronald		 0.80% -4
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Donald		 0.70% -1
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Patrick		 0.69% -1
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Edward		 0.68% -1
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Andrew		 0.62% +1
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Douglas		 0.61% -1
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Gary		 0.61% -3
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Keith		 0.52% -1
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Sean		 0.51% 0
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George		 0.50% -2
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Craig		 0.48% +2
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Larry		 0.45% -2
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Shawn		 0.45% +2
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Troy		 0.44% -2
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Peter		 0.43% -4
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Dennis		 0.40% +1
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Jerry		 0.40% -1
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Jonathan		 0.39% +7
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Frank		 0.38% +2
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Jeffery		 0.37% -2
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Rodney		 0.36% -7
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Raymond		 0.36% 0
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Bryan		 0.35% 0
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Terry		 0.35% -4
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Bradley		 0.35% +4
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Tony		 0.30% -2
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Randy		 0.29% -1
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Jose		 0.28% +2
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Russell		 0.28% -1
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Corey		 0.27% +113
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Roger		 0.27% -4
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Darren		 0.26% 0
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Aaron		 0.25% +27
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Carl		 0.25% -3
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Marc		 0.25% +21
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Samuel		 0.24% +2
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Gerald		 0.24% -3
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Chris		 0.23% -2
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Johnny		 0.23% +2
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Jon		 0.23% -3
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Chad		 0.22% +33
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Vincent		 0.22% +4
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Lawrence		 0.22% -4
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Bruce		 0.22% -11
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Danny		 0.22% -1
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Phillip		 0.22% -3
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Wayne		 0.21% -12
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Alan		 0.21% -2
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Billy		 0.21% -1
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Martin		 0.21% -10
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Jimmy		 0.21% -2
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Joel		 0.20% 0
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Curtis		 0.20% -6
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Bobby		 0.20% -1
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Joe		 0.20% +2
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Walter		 0.20% -1
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Randall		 0.20% -6
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Philip		 0.19% -4
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Shane		 0.19% +33
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Glenn		 0.19% +4
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Dean		 0.19% -11
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Ricky		 0.19% -20
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Benjamin		 0.19% +8
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Brent		 0.18% +10
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Darrell		 0.18% -7
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Jay		 0.17% -7
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Brett		 0.17% +10
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Dale		 0.17% -5
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Arthur		 0.17% +1
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Steve		 0.17% -9
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Barry		 0.17% +8
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Henry		 0.17% -5
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 2.55% 0
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Michelle		 1.95% 0
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Jennifer		 1.91% +1
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Kimberly		 1.88% -1
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Melissa		 1.31% 0
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Amy		 1.22% +7
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Angela		 1.20% 0
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Mary		 1.13% -2
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Tammy		 1.08% -1
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Laura		 1.02% +1
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Susan		 1.01% -1
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Julie		 1.01% +4
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Karen		 1.00% -4
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Christine		 0.95% 0
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Kelly		 0.93% -3
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Elizabeth		 0.87% +1
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Tracy		 0.86% +8
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Patricia		 0.85% -3
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Stephanie		 0.82% +4
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Lori		 0.80% +2
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Dawn		 0.78% 0
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Tina		 0.77% -4
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Cynthia		 0.77% -4
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Pamela		 0.76% -4
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Sandra		 0.69% +1
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Donna		 0.65% -2
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Deborah		 0.64% 0
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Rebecca		 0.62% +5
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Wendy		 0.60% +2
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Michele		 0.60% -1
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Shannon		 0.59% +22
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Teresa		 0.59% -2
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Linda		 0.58% -5
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Heather		 0.57% +28
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Denise		 0.56% 0
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Sharon		 0.55% -4
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Christina		 0.53% +7
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Brenda		 0.51% -4
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Barbara		 0.50% -3
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Maria		 0.48% +1
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Cheryl		 0.47% -4
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Kathleen		 0.47% -2
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Debra		 0.45% -5
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Rhonda		 0.45% -2
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Nancy		 0.45% -6
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Robin		 0.43% -3
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Nicole		 0.41% +61
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Andrea		 0.41% 0
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Theresa		 0.39% -2
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Paula		 0.38% -5
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Jill		 0.38% -5
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Stacey		 0.38% +3
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Stacy		 0.37% +11
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Tonya		 0.35% +6
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Sherry		 0.35% -3
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Carol		 0.35% -7
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Ann		 0.35% -3
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Catherine		 0.35% -2
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Monica		 0.34% +9
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Dana		 0.34% +10
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Diane		 0.34% -10
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Jacqueline		 0.34% -12
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Gina		 0.34% -5
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Leslie		 0.33% +2
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Tracey		 0.32% +7
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Kim		 0.31% -9
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Renee		 0.30% -2
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Sheila		 0.30% -9
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Rachel		 0.30% +23
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Katherine		 0.29% +5
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Carolyn		 0.29% -10
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Sarah		 0.29% +6
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Margaret		 0.29% -10
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Cindy		 0.28% -7
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Suzanne		 0.28% -6
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Kristin		 0.27% +8
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Kathy		 0.27% -1
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Tamara		 0.26% +2
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Laurie		 0.26% 0
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Heidi		 0.26% +9
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Diana		 0.26% -10
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Beth		 0.25% -8
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Victoria		 0.25% -1
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Janet		 0.25% -11
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Valerie		 0.24% -8
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Regina		 0.24% -5
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Holly		 0.23% +16
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Deanna		 0.23% +16
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Melinda		 0.23% +1
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Tanya		 0.23% +16
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Carla		 0.23% -1
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Melanie		 0.22% +2
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Terri		 0.22% -10
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Carrie		 0.22% -8
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Jodi		 0.22% +2
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Kristen		 0.22% +11
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April		 0.22% -1
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Yolanda		 0.21% -5
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Anna		 0.21% 0
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Julia		 0.21% +13
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Popularity extremes for the United States