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		 4.22% 0
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Jason		 3.22% 0
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Christopher		 2.87% 0
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James		 2.44% +1
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David		 2.41% -1
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Robert		 2.18% +1
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John		 2.16% -1
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Brian		 1.89% 0
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Matthew		 1.76% 0
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William		 1.58% 0
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Daniel		 1.47% 0
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Joseph		 1.36% 0
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Eric		 1.22% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.13% +1
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Kevin		 1.11% -1
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Richard		 1.09% +1
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Scott		 1.07% +1
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Steven		 1.05% +1
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Mark		 1.03% -3
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Thomas		 1.02% 0
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Anthony		 1.02% 0
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Timothy		 0.98% 0
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Ryan		 0.94% +2
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Jeremy		 0.94% 0
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Charles		 0.90% -2
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Joshua		 0.90% +3
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Chad		 0.79% -1
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Andrew		 0.79% 0
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Paul		 0.74% -2
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Jonathan		 0.67% +3
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Shawn		 0.66% -1
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Aaron		 0.65% 0
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Gregory		 0.64% -2
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Stephen		 0.60% +1
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Kenneth		 0.59% -1
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Benjamin		 0.59% +10
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Justin		 0.55% +6
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Adam		 0.53% -2
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Patrick		 0.50% -1
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Sean		 0.47% -3
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Edward		 0.46% -1
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Donald		 0.44% -1
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Todd		 0.44% -4
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Brandon		 0.44% +7
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Nathan		 0.44% +7
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Ronald		 0.44% -3
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Bryan		 0.43% -2
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Jose		 0.43% -1
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Keith		 0.42% -5
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Gary		 0.38% -2
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Travis		 0.37% +3
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Bradley		 0.36% +6
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George		 0.36% -4
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Peter		 0.35% -4
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Douglas		 0.33% -2
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Larry		 0.33% -1
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Shane		 0.32% -1
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Craig		 0.32% -1
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Dennis		 0.29% 0
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Juan		 0.29% +4
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Samuel		 0.29% -1
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Jamie		 0.28% +6
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Raymond		 0.28% -1
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Jesse		 0.27% +3
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Jerry		 0.27% -4
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Frank		 0.26% -1
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Marcus		 0.25% +6
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Terry		 0.25% +1
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Troy		 0.24% -6
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Jeffery		 0.24% -5
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Corey		 0.24% +6
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Phillip		 0.24% -2
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Carlos		 0.23% -2
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Joel		 0.23% +1
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Jacob		 0.22% +12
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Rodney		 0.22% -4
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Antonio		 0.22% +5
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Randy		 0.21% +1
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Brent		 0.21% -3
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Tony		 0.21% 0
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Nicholas		 0.20% 0
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Russell		 0.20% +1
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Derek		 0.20% -9
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Billy		 0.19% -6
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Philip		 0.19% +1
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Johnny		 0.18% -2
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Erik		 0.18% +3
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Kyle		 0.18% +9
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Marc		 0.17% -4
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Derrick		 0.17% -2
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Carl		 0.17% -2
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Brett		 0.17% +3
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Bobby		 0.17% -1
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Danny		 0.17% -3
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Victor		 0.17% +1
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Dustin		 0.17% +25
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Roger		 0.16% -4
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Brad		 0.16% +7
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Cory		 0.16% +15
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Jared		 0.16% +31
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Girls
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Jennifer		 3.73% 0
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Amy		 2.07% 0
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Heather		 1.56% +1
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Melissa		 1.55% +3
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Angela		 1.50% 0
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Michelle		 1.45% -3
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Kimberly		 1.30% -1
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Lisa		 1.16% 0
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Stephanie		 1.01% 0
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Nicole		 0.92% +1
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Rebecca		 0.89% -1
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Christina		 0.83% +3
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Jessica		 0.83% +4
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Amanda		 0.81% +20
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Elizabeth		 0.80% -3
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Kelly		 0.75% -1
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Sarah		 0.72% +3
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Julie		 0.71% -4
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Mary		 0.70% -6
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Laura		 0.66% +1
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Shannon		 0.60% -3
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Christine		 0.58% -3
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Dawn		 0.56% -1
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Tracy		 0.55% -1
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April		 0.53% +3
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Rachel		 0.53% +10
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Karen		 0.52% -1
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Andrea		 0.52% +7
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Carrie		 0.50% +13
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Maria		 0.48% +1
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Tammy		 0.48% -7
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Susan		 0.48% -5
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Wendy		 0.48% -1
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Stacy		 0.46% +4
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Tina		 0.45% -10
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Patricia		 0.45% -7
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Tiffany		 0.44% +4
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Erin		 0.44% +9
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Lori		 0.43% -9
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Cynthia		 0.42% -7
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Tara		 0.41% -2
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Danielle		 0.41% -2
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Crystal		 0.40% +6
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Stacey		 0.38% +4
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Tonya		 0.38% -8
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Jill		 0.37% +12
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Misty		 0.36% +19
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Emily		 0.35% +21
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Monica		 0.35% -6
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Tanya		 0.35% -4
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Sandra		 0.34% -7
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Melanie		 0.34% -1
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Christy		 0.33% +4
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Sara		 0.33% +7
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Holly		 0.32% +1
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Michele		 0.32% -6
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Brandy		 0.32% +23
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Katherine		 0.31% +4
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Amber		 0.30% +33
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Kristen		 0.30% -15
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Teresa		 0.30% -8
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Dana		 0.30% -7
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Erica		 0.29% +11
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Denise		 0.29% -12
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Robin		 0.28% -2
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Heidi		 0.28% -6
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Brenda		 0.27% -8
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Jamie		 0.27% +29
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Megan		 0.27% +36
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Pamela		 0.27% -16
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Leslie		 0.26% -6
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Veronica		 0.26% -1
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Catherine		 0.25% 0
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Kristin		 0.25% -2
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Sharon		 0.24% -5
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Alicia		 0.24% +13
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Tamara		 0.23% -14
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Theresa		 0.23% +1
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Anna		 0.23% +3
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Kathleen		 0.23% -4
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Linda		 0.23% -6
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Nancy		 0.23% -4
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Barbara		 0.22% -6
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Gina		 0.22% 0
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Donna		 0.22% -18
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Deborah		 0.22% -18
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Renee		 0.22% -2
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Brandi		 0.22% +18
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Allison		 0.22% +10
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Jacqueline		 0.21% -7
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Melinda		 0.21% -10
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Valerie		 0.21% +1
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Rhonda		 0.20% -7
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Jodi		 0.20% -3
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Sherry		 0.20% -5
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Christie		 0.19% +14
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Cheryl		 0.19% -9
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Margaret		 0.19% -3
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Kathryn		 0.19% -1
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Diana		 0.19% -13
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Popularity extremes for the United States