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		 3.69% 0
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Christopher		 2.70% 0
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Matthew		 2.33% +3
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Jason		 2.25% -1
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David		 2.18% -1
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Joshua		 2.10% +1
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James		 2.06% -2
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John		 1.87% 0
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Robert		 1.85% 0
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Daniel		 1.66% +1
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Joseph		 1.65% -1
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Justin		 1.47% +1
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Ryan		 1.44% +2
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Brian		 1.43% -2
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William		 1.33% -1
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Jonathan		 1.21% +5
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Eric		 1.11% -1
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Andrew		 1.09% +1
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Brandon		 1.09% +11
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Adam		 1.08% +2
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Nicholas		 1.06% -4
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Jeremy		 1.03% -4
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Anthony		 1.00% +1
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Timothy		 0.98% -4
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Kevin		 0.94% -2
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Thomas		 0.92% -1
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Richard		 0.91% -1
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Steven		 0.89% 0
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Jeffrey		 0.86% -2
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Aaron		 0.79% +4
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Charles		 0.78% -2
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Benjamin		 0.77% 0
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Mark		 0.73% -2
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Scott		 0.68% -1
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Paul		 0.63% 0
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Nathan		 0.60% 0
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Jesse		 0.56% +8
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Patrick		 0.56% 0
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Stephen		 0.55% +1
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Travis		 0.54% -3
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Kenneth		 0.51% 0
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Dustin		 0.50% +2
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Jacob		 0.50% 0
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Sean		 0.48% +4
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Jose		 0.47% +1
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Gregory		 0.47% -4
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Chad		 0.45% -8
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Bryan		 0.39% +1
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Shawn		 0.38% -2
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Bradley		 0.37% +1
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Edward		 0.36% +1
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Kyle		 0.35% +5
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Derek		 0.35% -3
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Samuel		 0.32% 0
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Peter		 0.32% 0
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Donald		 0.32% -3
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Jared		 0.32% +4
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Keith		 0.30% -2
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Ronald		 0.30% -1
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Juan		 0.30% -1
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George		 0.28% -1
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Gary		 0.27% +1
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Zachary		 0.26% +9
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Douglas		 0.26% -2
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Joel		 0.24% +2
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Phillip		 0.24% 0
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Marcus		 0.24% +4
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Raymond		 0.23% -2
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Corey		 0.23% -1
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Alexander		 0.23% +21
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Carlos		 0.23% +7
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Craig		 0.22% +1
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Todd		 0.21% +2
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Larry		 0.21% -4
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Antonio		 0.21% +2
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Erik		 0.21% -12
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Jeremiah		 0.21% -1
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Derrick		 0.21% -4
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Brett		 0.20% +17
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Nathaniel		 0.20% +6
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Shane		 0.20% -12
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Frank		 0.20% -1
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Dennis		 0.20% -3
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Philip		 0.19% -2
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Casey		 0.19% +8
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Shaun		 0.18% -7
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Lucas		 0.18% +11
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Gabriel		 0.18% -3
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Brent		 0.18% -5
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Cory		 0.18% -7
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Luis		 0.18% -3
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Randy		 0.18% -5
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Jeffery		 0.18% -3
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Curtis		 0.17% -5
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Seth		 0.17% +4
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Tyler		 0.17% +18
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Jerry		 0.16% -3
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Russell		 0.16% -6
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Wesley		 0.16% -4
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Luke		 0.16% -3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.19% 0
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Jessica		 2.38% +1
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Amanda		 1.92% -1
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Sarah		 1.58% +1
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Melissa		 1.57% -1
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Amy		 1.14% +2
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Nicole		 1.14% 0
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Stephanie		 1.13% +5
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Elizabeth		 1.13% 0
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Heather		 1.00% -4
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Michelle		 0.99% -1
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Rebecca		 0.94% +5
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Kimberly		 0.93% -2
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Tiffany		 0.92% 0
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Angela		 0.89% -3
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Crystal		 0.89% +2
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Christina		 0.81% -2
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Lisa		 0.80% -2
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Erin		 0.78% +1
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Amber		 0.77% +2
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Laura		 0.74% 0
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Rachel		 0.70% +1
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Kelly		 0.66% -4
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Andrea		 0.65% +4
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April		 0.64% +1
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Sara		 0.64% +1
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Mary		 0.62% -2
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Jamie		 0.61% -4
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Emily		 0.60% +2
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Danielle		 0.56% +3
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Kristin		 0.54% +6
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Shannon		 0.52% -3
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Megan		 0.50% -3
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Ashley		 0.50% +6
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Lauren		 0.49% +3
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Erica		 0.48% -2
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Julie		 0.48% -5
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Kristen		 0.48% +1
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Katherine		 0.47% -4
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Maria		 0.43% -4
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Brandy		 0.39% +1
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Christine		 0.38% -1
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Courtney		 0.37% +5
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Katie		 0.37% 0
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Tara		 0.36% -2
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Alicia		 0.33% +1
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Lindsay		 0.33% +24
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Kathryn		 0.33% +2
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Monica		 0.32% -4
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Brandi		 0.31% +13
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Samantha		 0.31% +7
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Brooke		 0.30% +5
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Patricia		 0.30% -2
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Anna		 0.29% +1
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Carrie		 0.29% -9
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Leslie		 0.28% +5
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Allison		 0.27% +2
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Lindsey		 0.27% +33
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Natalie		 0.27% +6
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Cynthia		 0.27% +4
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Misty		 0.27% -12
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Vanessa		 0.27% +7
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Holly		 0.26% -11
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Karen		 0.25% -10
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Stacy		 0.25% -12
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Melanie		 0.25% -6
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Jacqueline		 0.24% +14
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Veronica		 0.24% +2
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Latoya		 0.24% +54
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Dana		 0.24% -2
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Susan		 0.24% -9
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Kristina		 0.23% +1
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Catherine		 0.23% +4
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Sandra		 0.23% +6
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Diana		 0.22% +43
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Pamela		 0.22% +10
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Tracy		 0.22% -21
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Jill		 0.22% -12
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Dawn		 0.22% -12
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Tina		 0.21% -8
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Leah		 0.21% +3
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Kathleen		 0.21% 0
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Stacey		 0.21% -9
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Heidi		 0.21% -5
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Natasha		 0.21% +4
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Candice		 0.21% +13
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Victoria		 0.21% +16
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Julia		 0.21% +10
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Valerie		 0.20% -4
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Wendy		 0.20% -15
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Lori		 0.20% -15
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Tanya		 0.19% -4
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Erika		 0.19% -6
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Kristy		 0.18% -16
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Katrina		 0.18% -5
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Denise		 0.18% -1
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Teresa		 0.18% -3
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Renee		 0.17% +9
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Christy		 0.17% -16
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Theresa		 0.17% +5
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Popularity extremes for the United States