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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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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James		 5.25% +1 +248,279 +45.4%
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Robert		 5.00% -1 +167,304 +28.3%
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John		 4.70% 0 +223,650 +45.8%
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William		 3.67% 0 +139,727 +33.5%
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Richard		 3.15% 0 +146,980 +44.5%
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David		 2.81% +5 +261,652 +159%
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Charles		 2.39% -1 +58,532 +19.3%
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Thomas		 2.31% +1 +166,884 +90.8%
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Michael		 2.22% +26 +280,545 +501%
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Ronald		 1.86% +3 +142,123 +101%
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Larry		 1.69% +19 +190,645 +292%
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Donald		 1.64% -5 -35,888 -12.7%
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Joseph		 1.52% -3 +49,709 +27.5%
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Gary		 1.44% +31 +174,161 +399%
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George		 1.38% -7 +16,722 +8.7%
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Kenneth		 1.31% -1 +73,439 +58.7%
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Paul		 1.21% -3 +57,572 +45.8%
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Edward		 1.15% -6 +26,942 +18.2%
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Jerry		 1.10% +4 +86,550 +107%
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Dennis		 1.07% +51 +135,736 +515%
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Frank		 0.79% -5 +11,331 +10.5%
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Daniel		 0.74% +20 +64,772 +135%
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Raymond		 0.72% -6 +9,479 +9.5%
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Roger		 0.71% +17 +57,987 +117%
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Stephen		 0.71% +80 +88,530 +485%
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Gerald		 0.68% -5 +20,519 +24.8%
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Walter		 0.55% -5 +2,826 +3.5%
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Harold		 0.54% -9 -13,295 -13.9%
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Steven		 0.54% +212 +76,369 +1,580%
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Douglas		 0.53% +42 +54,728 +210%
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Lawrence		 0.53% +5 +25,965 +47.7%
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Terry		 0.51% +112 +65,940 +598%
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Wayne		 0.50% +16 +33,983 +82.6%
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Arthur		 0.49% -6 +6,237 +9.2%
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Jack		 0.49% -17 -22,472 -23.3%
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Carl		 0.48% -7 +5,978 +9.0%
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Henry		 0.48% -11 +2,059 +2.9%
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Willie		 0.48% -5 +9,951 +15.9%
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Bruce		 0.48% +42 +47,974 +199%
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Joe		 0.48% -16 +546 +0.8%
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Peter		 0.46% +17 +33,505 +93.5%
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Billy		 0.45% -22 -20,509 -23.2%
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Roy		 0.43% -5 +14,146 +27.5%
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Ralph		 0.43% -13 +1,172 +1.8%
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Anthony		 0.43% +2 +22,283 +52.4%
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Jimmy		 0.42% +13 +28,123 +79.5%
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Albert		 0.40% -15 -2,550 -4.1%
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Bobby		 0.39% -21 -10,532 -15.2%
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Eugene		 0.38% -24 -13,669 -19.3%
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Johnny		 0.38% +28 +32,595 +133%
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Fred		 0.37% -17 +502 +0.9%
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Harry		 0.37% -15 +3,128 +5.9%
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Howard		 0.35% -14 +2,037 +4.0%
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Mark		 0.34% +129 +43,281 +581%
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Alan		 0.33% +60 +33,929 +207%
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Louis		 0.33% -13 +1,677 +3.5%
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Philip		 0.32% +10 +19,885 +68.9%
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Patrick		 0.32% +46 +30,225 +164%
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Dale		 0.31% +2 +14,271 +43.9%
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Danny		 0.31% +125 +39,419 +545%
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Stanley		 0.31% -6 +9,133 +24.6%
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Leonard		 0.29% -10 +5,068 +12.9%
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Timothy		 0.29% +169 +38,395 +752%
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Gregory		 0.29% +217 +39,451 +1,046%
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Samuel		 0.29% -2 +10,989 +34.2%
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Ronnie		 0.28% +101 +33,745 +387%
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Norman		 0.28% -27 -7,826 -15.7%
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Ernest		 0.28% -17 +2,418 +6.1%
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Russell		 0.27% -1 +12,491 +43.3%
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Francis		 0.26% -22 -1,864 -4.5%
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Melvin		 0.26% -17 +1,525 +4.0%
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Earl		 0.26% -28 -5,486 -12.3%
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Frederick		 0.26% -4 +12,506 +47.0%
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Allen		 0.26% +5 +14,690 +60.3%
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Bill		 0.25% -13 +5,425 +16.8%
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Tommy		 0.24% +22 +17,182 +86.5%
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Phillip		 0.24% +35 +20,458 +124%
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Marvin		 0.24% -28 -4,640 -11.3%
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Steve		 0.24% +92 +27,711 +323%
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Don		 0.24% -23 +272 +0.8%
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Clarence		 0.24% -35 -6,477 -15.2%
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Barry		 0.24% +113 +29,546 +445%
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Glenn		 0.24% -3 +11,491 +47.4%
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Jim		 0.24% +10 +14,805 +71.1%
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Eddie		 0.23% +5 +12,480 +55.9%
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Mike		 0.23% +90 +26,614 +331%
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Andrew		 0.23% -12 +9,587 +38.3%
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Jeffrey		 0.23% +537 +33,434 +3,694%
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Leroy		 0.22% -33 -2,399 -6.6%
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Alfred		 0.21% -30 -2,392 -7.0%
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Martin		 0.21% +1 +9,475 +43.2%
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Lee		 0.20% -9 +7,024 +29.3%
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Tom		 0.20% +21 +13,457 +81.9%
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Ray		 0.20% -29 -557 -1.8%
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Herbert		 0.19% -42 -9,116 -24.1%
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Gene		 0.18% -30 -1,572 -5.4%
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Bernard		 0.17% -33 -4,101 -13.4%
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Theodore		 0.17% -22 +1,287 +5.2%
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Curtis		 0.17% +7 +7,996 +44.4%
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Keith		 0.17% +25 +12,002 +86.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 4.30% 0 +67,076 +11.7%
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Linda		 3.57% +87 +502,292 +1,711%
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Barbara		 2.86% 0 +128,851 +43.5%
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Patricia		 2.76% +1 +190,827 +86.5%
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Carol		 1.96% +6 +174,597 +148%
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Sandra		 1.78% +42 +220,133 +485%
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Nancy		 1.69% +2 +109,570 +76.9%
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Sharon		 1.49% +75 +190,146 +612%
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Judith		 1.46% +31 +168,126 +337%
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Susan		 1.42% +107 +190,982 +908%
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Betty		 1.31% -9 -105,780 -35.2%
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Carolyn		 1.22% +17 +112,328 +162%
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Margaret		 1.16% -5 +15,655 +9.9%
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Shirley		 1.15% -10 -57,595 -25.1%
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Judy		 1.13% +97 +145,407 +652%
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Karen		 1.13% +122 +151,003 +905%
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Donna		 1.11% +6 +86,681 +110%
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Kathleen		 1.03% +54 +118,428 +343%
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Joyce		 1.02% -7 +35,985 +31.2%
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Dorothy		 0.89% -14 -78,156 -37.1%
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Janet		 0.88% +5 +54,722 +72.0%
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Diane		 0.83% +93 +100,681 +454%
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Janice		 0.80% +19 +69,548 +141%
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Joan		 0.79% -17 -55,732 -32.1%
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Elizabeth		 0.78% -8 +20,064 +20.8%
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Brenda		 0.76% +269 +108,029 +2,466%
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Gloria		 0.71% +4 +36,460 +53.2%
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Virginia		 0.67% -13 -4,089 -4.0%
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Marilyn		 0.66% -13 +438 +0.4%
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Martha		 0.64% -6 +17,684 +22.8%
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Beverly		 0.64% -11 +14,280 +17.7%
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Helen		 0.61% -22 -49,686 -35.4%
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Bonnie		 0.58% +33 +51,084 +143%
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Ruth		 0.58% -20 -23,538 -21.6%
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Frances		 0.57% -16 -6,674 -7.2%
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Jean		 0.54% -18 -13,818 -14.7%
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Ann		 0.52% -3 +12,734 +19.9%
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Phyllis		 0.51% -11 +2,333 +3.2%
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Pamela		 0.49% +442 +71,246 +3,802%
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Jane		 0.49% +7 +26,721 +58.3%
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Alice		 0.49% -19 -6,581 -8.3%
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Peggy		 0.48% -5 +15,848 +28.2%
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Cheryl		 0.48% +540 +69,657 +5,358%
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Doris		 0.43% -31 -46,516 -42.0%
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Catherine		 0.42% -6 +12,055 +24.1%
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Elaine		 0.40% +5 +18,997 +46.2%
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Cynthia		 0.39% +144 +48,394 +501%
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Marie		 0.39% -15 -8,282 -12.6%
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Lois		 0.38% -28 -23,856 -29.6%
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Connie		 0.38% +95 +40,948 +262%
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Christine		 0.37% +78 +36,077 +195%
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Diana		 0.36% +143 +44,195 +465%
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Gail		 0.36% +91 +37,284 +235%
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Joanne		 0.35% -1 +11,074 +27.3%
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Rose		 0.35% -19 -7,468 -12.6%
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Wanda		 0.34% -6 +7,700 +17.9%
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Carole		 0.34% +37 +23,541 +88.0%
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Rita		 0.34% -4 +11,112 +28.7%
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Charlotte		 0.33% +12 +14,832 +42.8%
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Jo		 0.33% +30 +19,795 +69.1%
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Evelyn		 0.32% -31 -21,204 -30.6%
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Geraldine		 0.32% -24 -2,107 -4.2%
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Jacqueline		 0.31% +15 +13,443 +41.9%
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Ellen		 0.31% +34 +20,266 +80.6%
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Sally		 0.30% +5 +10,663 +30.7%
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Rebecca		 0.30% +97 +32,694 +259%
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Kathryn		 0.30% +43 +21,999 +97.4%
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Deborah		 0.30% +324 +41,249 +1,469%
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Norma		 0.29% -41 -29,847 -41.0%
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Suzanne		 0.28% +91 +28,643 +224%
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Anna		 0.28% -39 -25,311 -38.0%
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Sue		 0.28% +53 +21,438 +110%
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Darlene		 0.27% +22 +14,365 +55.3%
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Patsy		 0.27% -13 +3,804 +10.4%
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Joann		 0.27% -6 +5,320 +15.3%
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Sarah		 0.27% -16 +3,462 +9.5%
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Katherine		 0.27% +20 +14,718 +58.4%
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Paula		 0.26% +126 +30,184 +341%
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Annie		 0.26% -35 -10,228 -20.9%
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Louise		 0.26% -39 -11,197 -22.5%
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Roberta		 0.26% +12 +10,318 +37.2%
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Sylvia		 0.25% -6 +4,275 +13.0%
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Anne		 0.24% +8 +7,523 +26.3%
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Theresa		 0.24% -7 +3,001 +9.2%
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Sheila		 0.24% +92 +24,784 +226%
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Maria		 0.24% +32 +14,929 +72.3%
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Laura		 0.24% +12 +9,979 +39.8%
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Kathy		 0.23% +506 +33,511 +2,672%
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Eileen		 0.23% +24 +12,437 +55.9%
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Marcia		 0.23% +59 +20,149 +141%
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Rosemary		 0.23% +10 +9,440 +38.0%
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Glenda		 0.22% +87 +22,759 +215%
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Dolores		 0.22% -68 -44,034 -57.1%
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Mildred		 0.22% -59 -28,666 -46.4%
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Lorraine		 0.22% -33 -3,286 -9.0%
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Marjorie		 0.22% -53 -16,312 -33.1%
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Sherry		 0.22% +237 +29,060 +786%
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Kay		 0.22% +38 +15,351 +88.7%
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Anita		 0.22% +15 +10,302 +46.4%
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Dianne		 0.22% +212 +28,258 +700%
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