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		 3.62% 0
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Christopher		 3.14% 0
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Matthew		 2.44% 0
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Jason		 2.15% 0
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David		 2.14% 0
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James		 2.06% +1
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Joshua		 2.01% -1
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John		 1.84% 0
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Robert		 1.82% 0
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Daniel		 1.73% 0
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Joseph		 1.65% 0
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Justin		 1.54% 0
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Ryan		 1.41% 0
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Brian		 1.37% 0
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William		 1.36% 0
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Jonathan		 1.23% 0
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Andrew		 1.21% +1
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Brandon		 1.07% +1
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Adam		 1.07% +1
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Eric		 1.05% -3
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Anthony		 1.04% +2
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Nicholas		 1.04% -1
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Thomas		 0.93% +3
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Timothy		 0.93% 0
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Kevin		 0.93% 0
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Steven		 0.91% +2
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Richard		 0.89% 0
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Jeremy		 0.87% -6
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Jeffrey		 0.85% 0
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Aaron		 0.76% 0
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Charles		 0.76% 0
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Mark		 0.74% +1
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Benjamin		 0.73% -1
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Scott		 0.65% 0
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Paul		 0.60% 0
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Nathan		 0.57% 0
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Patrick		 0.57% +1
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Stephen		 0.56% +1
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Travis		 0.55% +1
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Gregory		 0.54% +6
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Jacob		 0.53% +2
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Dustin		 0.51% 0
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Jesse		 0.50% -6
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Sean		 0.50% 0
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Kenneth		 0.50% -4
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Jose		 0.46% -1
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Kyle		 0.44% +5
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Chad		 0.42% -1
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Bryan		 0.40% -1
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Derek		 0.37% +3
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Bradley		 0.37% -1
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Shawn		 0.36% -3
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Edward		 0.33% -2
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Jared		 0.33% +3
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Zachary		 0.33% +8
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Samuel		 0.32% -2
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Peter		 0.31% -2
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Donald		 0.30% -2
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Keith		 0.30% -1
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Ronald		 0.28% -1
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Juan		 0.27% -1
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George		 0.26% -1
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Marcus		 0.26% +4
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Gary		 0.25% -2
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Alexander		 0.24% +5
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Tyler		 0.24% +30
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Phillip		 0.24% -2
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Douglas		 0.24% -4
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Joel		 0.24% -4
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Raymond		 0.23% -2
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Carlos		 0.23% 0
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Brett		 0.21% +7
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Craig		 0.21% -1
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Corey		 0.21% -5
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Nathaniel		 0.21% +5
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Antonio		 0.21% -1
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Larry		 0.20% -3
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Derrick		 0.19% 0
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Philip		 0.19% +5
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Erik		 0.19% -4
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Frank		 0.19% +1
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Todd		 0.19% -9
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Ian		 0.19% +18
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Shane		 0.19% -3
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Jordan		 0.19% +17
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Casey		 0.18% -1
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Dennis		 0.18% -4
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Gabriel		 0.18% 0
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Jeremiah		 0.18% -12
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Luis		 0.18% +1
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Brent		 0.18% -2
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Jeffery		 0.18% +1
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Cory		 0.17% -3
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Randy		 0.17% -2
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Cody		 0.17% +24
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Shaun		 0.17% -10
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Russell		 0.16% +1
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Wesley		 0.16% +1
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Victor		 0.16% +5
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Jerry		 0.16% -3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jennifer		 3.15% 0
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Jessica		 2.51% 0
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Amanda		 1.89% 0
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Sarah		 1.57% 0
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Melissa		 1.43% 0
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Nicole		 1.20% +1
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Stephanie		 1.15% +1
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Elizabeth		 1.13% +1
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Crystal		 1.05% +7
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Amy		 1.04% -4
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Michelle		 0.98% 0
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Heather		 0.96% -2
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Tiffany		 0.95% +1
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Kimberly		 0.89% -1
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Rebecca		 0.87% -3
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Angela		 0.83% -1
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Ashley		 0.82% +17
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Amber		 0.81% +2
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Christina		 0.80% -2
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Erin		 0.79% -1
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Rachel		 0.77% +1
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Laura		 0.73% -1
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Lisa		 0.70% -5
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Emily		 0.69% +5
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Kelly		 0.67% -2
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Lauren		 0.64% +9
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Andrea		 0.63% -3
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Sara		 0.63% -2
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Jamie		 0.61% -1
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Mary		 0.60% -3
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Danielle		 0.56% -1
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April		 0.56% -7
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Kristen		 0.53% +5
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Megan		 0.53% -1
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Erica		 0.52% +1
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Katherine		 0.51% +3
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Kristin		 0.48% -6
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Shannon		 0.48% -6
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Lindsay		 0.46% +8
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Lindsey		 0.44% +18
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Julie		 0.42% -4
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Maria		 0.41% -2
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Courtney		 0.39% 0
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Samantha		 0.37% +7
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Katie		 0.37% -1
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Christine		 0.36% -4
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Tara		 0.36% -2
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Kathryn		 0.35% 0
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Vanessa		 0.34% +13
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Brandy		 0.34% -9
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Natalie		 0.33% +8
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Monica		 0.32% -3
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Alicia		 0.31% -7
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Jacqueline		 0.30% +13
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Brandi		 0.30% -5
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Anna		 0.29% -2
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Carrie		 0.29% -2
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Allison		 0.29% -1
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Patricia		 0.29% -6
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Leslie		 0.28% -4
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Holly		 0.26% +2
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Cassandra		 0.26% +42
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Diana		 0.24% +12
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Cynthia		 0.24% -4
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Victoria		 0.24% +22
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Melanie		 0.24% 0
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Dana		 0.23% +3
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Karen		 0.23% -4
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Veronica		 0.23% -1
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Kristina		 0.23% +2
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Natasha		 0.23% +14
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Catherine		 0.23% +1
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Stacy		 0.23% -7
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Misty		 0.22% -13
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Valerie		 0.22% +14
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Susan		 0.22% -5
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Kathleen		 0.22% +5
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Candice		 0.21% +8
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Leah		 0.21% +2
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Sandra		 0.20% -6
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Erika		 0.20% +12
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Pamela		 0.20% -6
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Krystal		 0.19% +48
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Julia		 0.19% +4
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Stacey		 0.19% -2
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Heidi		 0.19% -2
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Katrina		 0.18% +8
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Tracy		 0.18% -11
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Jill		 0.18% -11
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Tina		 0.18% -10
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Latoya		 0.18% -22
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Brooke		 0.17% -40
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Alexis		 0.17% +79
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Brittany		 0.17% +71
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Dawn		 0.17% -16
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Jillian		 0.17% +41
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Margaret		 0.17% +10
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Lori		 0.16% -7
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Nichole		 0.16% +10
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Denise		 0.16% -4
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Popularity extremes for the United States