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 · Girls
Boys
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Michael		 3.34% 0
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Christopher		 2.95% 0
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Matthew		 2.44% 0
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Joshua		 1.95% 0
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David		 1.93% +1
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Daniel		 1.90% -1
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James		 1.77% 0
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Andrew		 1.76% +3
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Robert		 1.63% -1
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John		 1.57% -1
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Ryan		 1.54% +1
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Joseph		 1.50% -2
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Brandon		 1.42% 0
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Justin		 1.39% +1
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William		 1.27% +1
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Jonathan		 1.25% +1
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Nicholas		 1.19% +2
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Jason		 1.17% -4
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Anthony		 1.14% +1
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Brian		 1.09% -2
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Kevin		 1.04% +2
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Eric		 1.02% -1
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Kyle		 1.01% +4
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Adam		 0.95% -2
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Steven		 0.94% -1
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Thomas		 0.90% -1
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Timothy		 0.88% -1
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Jeremy		 0.85% +2
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Richard		 0.78% -1
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Benjamin		 0.72% +1
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Jacob		 0.71% +4
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Jeffrey		 0.71% -3
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Aaron		 0.66% 0
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Charles		 0.66% 0
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Mark		 0.66% -3
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Stephen		 0.62% 0
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Sean		 0.61% +1
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Zachary		 0.61% +1
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Patrick		 0.59% -2
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Tyler		 0.57% +3
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Alexander		 0.55% +9
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Dustin		 0.54% -1
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Nathan		 0.52% -3
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Scott		 0.52% 0
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Paul		 0.51% -3
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Gregory		 0.50% -1
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Bryan		 0.45% +1
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Jesse		 0.45% +3
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Travis		 0.44% -3
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Kenneth		 0.44% -3
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Jose		 0.44% -2
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Samuel		 0.39% +2
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Jordan		 0.38% +9
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Bradley		 0.37% -1
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Shawn		 0.37% 0
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Cody		 0.36% -4
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Derek		 0.36% -1
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Jared		 0.32% 0
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Chad		 0.31% -2
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Peter		 0.30% 0
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Edward		 0.30% -2
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Corey		 0.30% +1
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Marcus		 0.28% -2
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Alex		 0.27% +16
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Juan		 0.26% 0
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Keith		 0.26% -2
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Shane		 0.26% +1
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Cory		 0.25% +13
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Brett		 0.25% +1
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Phillip		 0.25% -1
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Donald		 0.24% -5
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Joel		 0.23% -5
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Antonio		 0.23% 0
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George		 0.23% -2
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Ronald		 0.22% -4
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Carlos		 0.21% -2
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Raymond		 0.21% -3
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Nathaniel		 0.21% -1
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Luis		 0.21% +6
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Craig		 0.20% -1
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Evan		 0.20% +10
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Casey		 0.20% +4
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Douglas		 0.20% -7
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Gary		 0.19% -2
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Ian		 0.19% -7
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Philip		 0.19% -2
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Derrick		 0.17% -4
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Victor		 0.17% 0
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Christian		 0.17% +12
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Austin		 0.17% +17
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Frank		 0.17% -1
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Erik		 0.16% -5
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Vincent		 0.16% +2
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Brent		 0.16% -5
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Gabriel		 0.16% -3
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Wesley		 0.16% -2
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Seth		 0.16% +8
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Trevor		 0.16% +6
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Adrian		 0.15% -6
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Curtis		 0.15% -2
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Girls
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Jessica		 2.86% 0
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Ashley		 2.69% 0
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Amanda		 2.20% +1
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Jennifer		 1.96% -1
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Sarah		 1.53% 0
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Stephanie		 1.23% 0
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Nicole		 1.15% 0
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Brittany		 1.10% +9
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Heather		 1.07% -1
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Elizabeth		 1.03% -1
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Megan		 1.01% -1
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Melissa		 0.96% -1
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Amber		 0.92% +3
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Lauren		 0.90% +1
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Rachel		 0.84% -2
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Danielle		 0.81% +2
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Tiffany		 0.79% +6
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Kimberly		 0.78% +1
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Christina		 0.78% -7
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Laura		 0.77% -6
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Samantha		 0.76% +8
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Amy		 0.73% -2
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Michelle		 0.72% -1
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Emily		 0.72% 0
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Crystal		 0.69% -4
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Rebecca		 0.64% -1
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Sara		 0.60% +3
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Katherine		 0.57% +4
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Kelly		 0.56% -1
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Erin		 0.55% -4
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Erica		 0.54% +3
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Whitney		 0.52% +41
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Angela		 0.50% -2
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Jamie		 0.50% -7
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Courtney		 0.49% +8
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Andrea		 0.47% -3
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Mary		 0.46% -2
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Katie		 0.45% +1
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Lindsey		 0.44% -2
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Lisa		 0.43% -4
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Kristen		 0.43% -3
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Allison		 0.41% +4
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Vanessa		 0.41% -1
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Shannon		 0.40% -3
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Alicia		 0.38% 0
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Lindsay		 0.38% -6
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Christine		 0.38% -3
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Kathryn		 0.35% 0
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Maria		 0.33% +3
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Kristin		 0.33% -1
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Anna		 0.32% +3
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Natalie		 0.31% +6
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Victoria		 0.31% +6
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April		 0.31% -7
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Jenna		 0.29% -5
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Tara		 0.28% -5
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Jacqueline		 0.27% +3
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Julie		 0.27% -3
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Monica		 0.27% +2
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Cassandra		 0.27% +2
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Krystal		 0.27% -8
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Holly		 0.26% -6
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Kristina		 0.26% -5
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Kayla		 0.25% +45
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Brittney		 0.25% +19
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Patricia		 0.23% -2
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Catherine		 0.23% -2
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Kathleen		 0.22% 0
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Caitlin		 0.21% +8
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Natasha		 0.21% +9
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Meghan		 0.21% -8
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Alexandra		 0.21% +20
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Chelsea		 0.20% +2
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Erika		 0.20% +6
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Diana		 0.20% -1
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Valerie		 0.20% -5
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Veronica		 0.19% -5
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Leah		 0.19% 0
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Brandi		 0.19% -10
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Casey		 0.19% +33
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Cynthia		 0.19% -15
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Hannah		 0.18% +35
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Mallory		 0.18% +60
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Brandy		 0.18% -14
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Alyssa		 0.18% +45
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Leslie		 0.18% -10
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Stacy		 0.17% -20
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Julia		 0.17% -3
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Bethany		 0.17% +5
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Felicia		 0.17% +12
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Margaret		 0.17% +1
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Dana		 0.17% -10
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Krista		 0.17% +41
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Stacey		 0.17% -5
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Jasmine		 0.16% +8
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Alison		 0.16% +1
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Melanie		 0.16% -9
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Dominique		 0.16% -15
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Katrina		 0.15% -6
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Karen		 0.15% -13
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Popularity extremes for the United States