Common Names (All Ages) in the United States 1990

Information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys
Rank Name Pct.
1.
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James
3.32%
2.
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John
3.27%
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Robert
3.14%
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Michael
2.63%
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William
2.45%
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David
2.36%
7.
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Richard
1.70%
8.
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Charles
1.52%
9.
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Joseph
1.40%
10.
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Thomas
1.38%
11.
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Christopher
1.04%
12.
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Daniel
0.97%
13.
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Paul
0.95%
14.
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Mark
0.94%
15.
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Donald
0.93%
16.
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George
0.93%
17.
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Kenneth
0.83%
18.
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Steven
0.78%
19.
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Edward
0.78%
20.
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Brian
0.74%
21.
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Ronald
0.73%
22.
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Anthony
0.72%
23.
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Kevin
0.67%
24.
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Jason
0.66%
25.
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Matthew
0.66%
26.
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Gary
0.65%
27.
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Timothy
0.64%
28.
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Jose
0.61%
29.
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Larry
0.60%
30.
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Jeffrey
0.59%
31.
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Frank
0.58%
32.
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Scott
0.55%
33.
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Eric
0.54%
34.
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Stephen
0.54%
35.
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Andrew
0.54%
36.
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Raymond
0.49%
37.
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Gregory
0.44%
38.
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Joshua
0.44%
39.
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Jerry
0.43%
40.
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Dennis
0.42%
41.
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Walter
0.40%
42.
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Patrick
0.39%
43.
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Peter
0.38%
44.
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Harold
0.37%
45.
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Douglas
0.37%
46.
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Henry
0.37%
47.
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Carl
0.35%
48.
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Arthur
0.34%
49.
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Ryan
0.33%
50.
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Roger
0.32%
51.
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Joe
0.32%
52.
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Juan
0.32%
53.
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Jack
0.32%
54.
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Albert
0.31%
55.
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Jonathan
0.31%
56.
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Justin
0.31%
57.
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Terry
0.31%
58.
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Gerald
0.31%
59.
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Keith
0.31%
60.
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Samuel
0.31%
61.
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Willie
0.30%
62.
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Ralph
0.28%
63.
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Lawrence
0.28%
64.
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Nicholas
0.28%
65.
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Roy
0.27%
66.
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Benjamin
0.27%
67.
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Bruce
0.26%
68.
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Brandon
0.26%
69.
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Adam
0.26%
70.
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Harry
0.25%
71.
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Fred
0.25%
72.
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Wayne
0.25%
73.
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Billy
0.25%
74.
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Steve
0.25%
75.
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Louis
0.24%
76.
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Jeremy
0.24%
77.
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Aaron
0.24%
78.
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Randy
0.23%
79.
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Howard
0.23%
80.
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Eugene
0.23%
81.
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Carlos
0.23%
82.
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Russell
0.22%
83.
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Bobby
0.22%
84.
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Victor
0.22%
85.
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Martin
0.22%
86.
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Ernest
0.22%
87.
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Phillip
0.21%
88.
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Todd
0.21%
89.
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Jesse
0.21%
90.
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Craig
0.21%
91.
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Alan
0.20%
92.
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Shawn
0.20%
93.
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Clarence
0.20%
94.
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Sean
0.20%
95.
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Philip
0.20%
96.
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Chris
0.20%
97.
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Johnny
0.20%
98.
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Earl
0.19%
99.
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Jimmy
0.19%
100.
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Antonio
0.19%
Girls
Rank Name Pct.
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Mary
2.63%
2.
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Patricia
1.07%
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Linda
1.04%
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Barbara
0.98%
5.
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Elizabeth
0.94%
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Jennifer
0.93%
7.
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Maria
0.83%
8.
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Susan
0.79%
9.
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Margaret
0.77%
10.
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Dorothy
0.73%
11.
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Lisa
0.70%
12.
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Nancy
0.67%
13.
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Karen
0.67%
14.
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Betty
0.67%
15.
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Helen
0.66%
16.
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Sandra
0.63%
17.
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Donna
0.58%
18.
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Carol
0.57%
19.
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Ruth
0.56%
20.
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Sharon
0.52%
21.
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Michelle
0.52%
22.
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Laura
0.51%
23.
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Sarah
0.51%
24.
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Kimberly
0.50%
25.
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Deborah
0.49%
26.
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Jessica
0.49%
27.
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Shirley
0.48%
28.
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Cynthia
0.47%
29.
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Angela
0.47%
30.
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Melissa
0.46%
31.
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Brenda
0.46%
32.
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Amy
0.45%
33.
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Anna
0.44%
34.
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Rebecca
0.43%
35.
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Virginia
0.43%
36.
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Kathleen
0.42%
37.
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Pamela
0.42%
38.
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Martha
0.41%
39.
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Debra
0.41%
40.
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Amanda
0.40%
41.
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Stephanie
0.40%
42.
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Carolyn
0.39%
43.
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Christine
0.38%
44.
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Marie
0.38%
45.
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Janet
0.38%
46.
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Catherine
0.37%
47.
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Frances
0.37%
48.
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Ann
0.36%
49.
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Joyce
0.36%
50.
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Diane
0.36%
51.
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Alice
0.36%
52.
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Julie
0.35%
53.
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Heather
0.34%
54.
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Teresa
0.34%
55.
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Doris
0.34%
56.
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Gloria
0.34%
57.
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Evelyn
0.32%
58.
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Jean
0.32%
59.
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Cheryl
0.32%
60.
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Mildred
0.31%
61.
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Katherine
0.31%
62.
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Joan
0.31%
63.
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Ashley
0.30%
64.
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Judith
0.30%
65.
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Rose
0.30%
66.
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Janice
0.29%
67.
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Kelly
0.28%
68.
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Nicole
0.28%
69.
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Judy
0.28%
70.
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Christina
0.28%
71.
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Kathy
0.27%
72.
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Theresa
0.27%
73.
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Beverly
0.27%
74.
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Denise
0.26%
75.
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Tammy
0.26%
76.
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Irene
0.25%
77.
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Jane
0.25%
78.
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Lori
0.25%
79.
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Rachel
0.24%
80.
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Marilyn
0.24%
81.
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Andrea
0.24%
82.
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Kathryn
0.23%
83.
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Louise
0.23%
84.
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Sara
0.23%
85.
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Anne
0.23%
86.
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Jacqueline
0.23%
87.
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Wanda
0.23%
88.
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Bonnie
0.22%
89.
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Julia
0.22%
90.
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Ruby
0.22%
91.
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Lois
0.22%
92.
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Tina
0.22%
93.
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Phyllis
0.22%
94.
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Norma
0.22%
95.
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Paula
0.22%
96.
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Diana
0.22%
97.
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Annie
0.22%
98.
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Lillian
0.21%
99.
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Emily
0.21%
100.
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Robin
0.21%