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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Jason		 3.02% 0
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Christopher		 2.77% 0
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David		 2.38% 0
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James		 2.34% 0
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Matthew		 2.01% +3
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John		 1.99% -1
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Robert		 1.95% -1
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Brian		 1.72% -1
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Joseph		 1.56% 0
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Daniel		 1.55% 0
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Joshua		 1.48% +2
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William		 1.42% -1
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Ryan		 1.25% +2
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Kevin		 1.18% -2
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Eric		 1.16% +1
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Timothy		 1.15% +1
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Jeremy		 1.14% -3
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Jeffrey		 1.00% 0
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Anthony		 0.98% +1
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Andrew		 0.98% +3
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Richard		 0.98% -2
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Thomas		 0.97% -1
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Steven		 0.96% -1
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Nicholas		 0.96% +26
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Mark		 0.87% -1
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Charles		 0.87% -1
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Justin		 0.83% +2
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Adam		 0.81% +4
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Scott		 0.79% -3
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Jonathan		 0.73% -3
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Aaron		 0.72% 0
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Paul		 0.69% -2
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Benjamin		 0.67% -5
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Chad		 0.59% -1
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Nathan		 0.58% 0
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Stephen		 0.58% +1
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Gregory		 0.55% -3
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Shawn		 0.54% -2
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Brandon		 0.54% +1
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Kenneth		 0.53% -2
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Patrick		 0.52% -2
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Bryan		 0.43% -1
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Jose		 0.42% +1
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Sean		 0.41% -2
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Travis		 0.41% -2
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Edward		 0.38% 0
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Donald		 0.38% -2
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Keith		 0.36% -1
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Jacob		 0.36% +6
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Jesse		 0.36% +4
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Shaun		 0.36% +51
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Bradley		 0.36% -4
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Peter		 0.34% 0
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Ronald		 0.34% -2
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Todd		 0.32% -6
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Samuel		 0.32% +3
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George		 0.31% -1
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Douglas		 0.30% 0
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Gary		 0.30% -2
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Corey		 0.29% -9
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Juan		 0.28% +2
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Kyle		 0.26% +16
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Larry		 0.26% -2
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Shane		 0.26% -4
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Craig		 0.26% -3
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Phillip		 0.26% +3
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Dustin		 0.24% +13
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Raymond		 0.24% -4
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Marcus		 0.23% +2
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Dennis		 0.23% -3
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Jared		 0.23% +4
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Cory		 0.23% -6
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Joel		 0.22% -1
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Derek		 0.22% +7
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Derrick		 0.22% +4
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Frank		 0.22% -6
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Carlos		 0.22% -4
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Antonio		 0.22% -2
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Jeffery		 0.21% -2
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Jeremiah		 0.20% -12
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Jerry		 0.20% -7
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Wesley		 0.19% -17
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Philip		 0.19% +6
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Erik		 0.19% +9
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Randy		 0.19% 0
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Brent		 0.19% -2
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Troy		 0.19% 0
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Zachary		 0.18% +6
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Gabriel		 0.18% -3
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Terry		 0.18% -7
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Casey		 0.18% +10
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Russell		 0.18% -4
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Nathaniel		 0.17% +13
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Jamie		 0.17% -12
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Curtis		 0.17% +4
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Tony		 0.16% -5
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Alexander		 0.16% -1
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Billy		 0.16% -8
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Carl		 0.15% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.43% 0
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Melissa		 1.72% 0
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Jessica		 1.59% +1
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Amy		 1.41% -1
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Heather		 1.36% 0
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Amanda		 1.25% +3
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Angela		 1.25% -1
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Sarah		 1.22% +3
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Michelle		 1.15% -2
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Nicole		 1.05% +5
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Lisa		 1.04% +1
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Kelly		 1.03% -2
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Kimberly		 1.03% -5
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Elizabeth		 1.02% -1
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Christina		 1.00% +1
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Stephanie		 0.99% -2
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Rebecca		 0.84% 0
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Crystal		 0.77% +7
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Laura		 0.68% +1
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Jamie		 0.67% -2
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Erin		 0.66% +2
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Shannon		 0.65% -3
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Andrea		 0.64% +1
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Mary		 0.61% -3
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Rachel		 0.60% +1
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Julie		 0.60% -4
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April		 0.58% +2
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Sara		 0.54% -1
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Christine		 0.50% +1
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Amber		 0.50% +3
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Danielle		 0.49% 0
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Tiffany		 0.47% +2
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Emily		 0.46% +4
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Erica		 0.45% +4
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Carrie		 0.45% -7
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Maria		 0.43% 0
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Brandy		 0.41% +14
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Katherine		 0.40% +6
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Karen		 0.39% -7
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Tara		 0.39% -5
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Megan		 0.36% +13
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Monica		 0.36% -3
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Misty		 0.36% -3
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Stacy		 0.35% -2
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Tina		 0.35% +13
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Jill		 0.35% -5
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Tracy		 0.34% +3
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Patricia		 0.34% -1
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Susan		 0.33% -4
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Cynthia		 0.33% -2
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Kristy		 0.32% +17
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Dawn		 0.32% -9
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Melanie		 0.30% 0
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Stacey		 0.30% +3
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Holly		 0.30% -3
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Wendy		 0.30% -7
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Kathryn		 0.29% +13
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Alicia		 0.29% +2
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Christy		 0.28% 0
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Lori		 0.28% -3
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Brandi		 0.27% +10
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Kristen		 0.27% +10
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Leslie		 0.26% +2
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Kristina		 0.26% +19
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Anna		 0.25% +9
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Natalie		 0.25% +3
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Tammy		 0.25% -12
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Courtney		 0.25% +8
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Sandra		 0.24% -8
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Dana		 0.24% -8
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Jaime		 0.24% -25
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Catherine		 0.24% +3
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Veronica		 0.24% 0
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Samantha		 0.24% +11
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Allison		 0.24% -9
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Vanessa		 0.23% +14
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Tonya		 0.23% -13
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Kristin		 0.23% +4
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Kathleen		 0.23% +1
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Lauren		 0.22% +34
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Jacqueline		 0.22% +11
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Tanya		 0.22% -15
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Heidi		 0.22% -2
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Melinda		 0.22% +12
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Denise		 0.21% -7
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Michele		 0.21% -9
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Ashley		 0.21% +19
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Teresa		 0.21% -9
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Robin		 0.21% -5
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Katie		 0.21% +25
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Sabrina		 0.20% -28
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Valerie		 0.20% -6
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Gina		 0.20% -5
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Cheryl		 0.19% +40
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Lindsay		 0.19% +15
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Mandy		 0.19% -2
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Nancy		 0.19% -8
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Kristi		 0.18% +6
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Renee		 0.18% -12
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Linda		 0.18% -1
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Popularity extremes for the United States