Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
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James
5.25% +1
2.
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Robert
5.00% -1
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John
4.70% 0
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William
3.67% 0
5.
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Richard
3.15% 0
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David
2.81% +5
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Charles
2.39% -1
8.
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Thomas
2.31% +1
9.
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Michael
2.22% +26
10.
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Ronald
1.86% +3
11.
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Larry
1.69% +19
12.
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Donald
1.64% -5
13.
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Joseph
1.52% -3
14.
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Gary
1.44% +31
15.
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George
1.38% -7
16.
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Kenneth
1.31% -1
17.
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Paul
1.21% -3
18.
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Edward
1.15% -6
19.
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Jerry
1.10% +4
20.
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Dennis
1.07% +51
21.
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Frank
0.79% -5
22.
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Daniel
0.74% +20
23.
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Raymond
0.72% -6
24.
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Roger
0.71% +17
25.
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Stephen
0.71% +80
26.
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Gerald
0.68% -5
27.
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Walter
0.55% -5
28.
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Harold
0.54% -9
29.
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Steven
0.54% +212
30.
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Douglas
0.53% +42
31.
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Lawrence
0.53% +5
32.
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Terry
0.51% +112
33.
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Wayne
0.50% +16
34.
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Arthur
0.49% -6
35.
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Jack
0.49% -17
36.
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Carl
0.48% -7
37.
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Henry
0.48% -11
38.
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Willie
0.48% -5
39.
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Bruce
0.48% +42
40.
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Joe
0.48% -16
41.
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Peter
0.46% +17
42.
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Billy
0.45% -22
43.
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Roy
0.43% -5
44.
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Ralph
0.43% -13
45.
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Anthony
0.43% +2
46.
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Jimmy
0.42% +13
47.
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Albert
0.40% -15
48.
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Bobby
0.39% -21
49.
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Eugene
0.38% -24
50.
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Johnny
0.38% +28
51.
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Fred
0.37% -17
52.
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Harry
0.37% -15
53.
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Howard
0.35% -14
54.
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Mark
0.34% +129
55.
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Alan
0.33% +60
56.
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Louis
0.33% -13
57.
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Philip
0.32% +10
58.
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Patrick
0.32% +46
59.
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Dale
0.31% +2
60.
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Danny
0.31% +125
61.
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Stanley
0.31% -6
62.
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Leonard
0.29% -10
63.
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Timothy
0.29% +169
64.
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Gregory
0.29% +217
65.
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Samuel
0.29% -2
66.
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Ronnie
0.28% +101
67.
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Norman
0.28% -27
68.
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Ernest
0.28% -17
69.
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Russell
0.27% -1
70.
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Francis
0.26% -22
71.
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Melvin
0.26% -17
72.
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Earl
0.26% -28
73.
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Frederick
0.26% -4
74.
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Allen
0.26% +5
75.
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Bill
0.25% -13
76.
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Tommy
0.24% +22
77.
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Phillip
0.24% +35
78.
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Marvin
0.24% -28
79.
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Steve
0.24% +92
80.
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Don
0.24% -23
81.
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Clarence
0.24% -35
82.
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Barry
0.24% +113
83.
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Glenn
0.24% -3
84.
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Jim
0.24% +10
85.
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Eddie
0.23% +5
86.
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Mike
0.23% +90
87.
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Andrew
0.23% -12
88.
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Jeffrey
0.23% +537
89.
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Leroy
0.22% -33
90.
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Alfred
0.21% -30
91.
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Martin
0.21% +1
92.
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Lee
0.20% -9
93.
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Tom
0.20% +21
94.
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Ray
0.20% -29
95.
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Herbert
0.19% -42
96.
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Gene
0.18% -30
97.
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Bernard
0.17% -33
98.
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Theodore
0.17% -22
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Curtis
0.17% +7
100.
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Keith
0.17% +25
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
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Mary
4.30% 0
2.
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Linda
3.57% +87
3.
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Barbara
2.86% 0
4.
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Patricia
2.76% +1
5.
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Carol
1.96% +6
6.
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Sandra
1.78% +42
7.
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Nancy
1.69% +2
8.
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Sharon
1.49% +75
9.
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Judith
1.46% +31
10.
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Susan
1.42% +107
11.
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Betty
1.31% -9
12.
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Carolyn
1.22% +17
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Margaret
1.16% -5
14.
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Shirley
1.15% -10
15.
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Judy
1.13% +97
16.
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Karen
1.13% +122
17.
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Donna
1.11% +6
18.
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Kathleen
1.03% +54
19.
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Joyce
1.02% -7
20.
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Dorothy
0.89% -14
21.
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Janet
0.88% +5
22.
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Diane
0.83% +93
23.
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Janice
0.80% +19
24.
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Joan
0.79% -17
25.
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Elizabeth
0.78% -8
26.
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Brenda
0.76% +269
27.
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Gloria
0.71% +4
28.
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Virginia
0.67% -13
29.
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Marilyn
0.67% -13
30.
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Martha
0.64% -6
31.
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Beverly
0.64% -11
32.
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Helen
0.61% -22
33.
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Bonnie
0.58% +33
34.
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Ruth
0.58% -20
35.
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Frances
0.57% -16
36.
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Jean
0.54% -18
37.
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Ann
0.52% -3
38.
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Phyllis
0.51% -11
39.
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Pamela
0.49% +442
40.
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Jane
0.49% +7
41.
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Alice
0.49% -19
42.
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Peggy
0.48% -5
43.
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Cheryl
0.48% +540
44.
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Doris
0.43% -31
45.
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Catherine
0.42% -6
46.
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Elaine
0.40% +5
47.
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Cynthia
0.39% +144
48.
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Marie
0.39% -15
49.
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Lois
0.38% -28
50.
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Connie
0.38% +95
51.
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Christine
0.37% +78
52.
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Diana
0.36% +143
53.
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Gail
0.36% +91
54.
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Joanne
0.35% -1
55.
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Rose
0.35% -19
56.
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Wanda
0.34% -6
57.
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Carole
0.34% +37
58.
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Rita
0.34% -4
59.
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Charlotte
0.33% +12
60.
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Jo
0.33% +30
61.
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Evelyn
0.32% -31
62.
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Geraldine
0.32% -24
63.
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Jacqueline
0.31% +15
64.
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Ellen
0.31% +34
65.
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Sally
0.30% +5
66.
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Rebecca
0.30% +97
67.
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Kathryn
0.30% +43
68.
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Deborah
0.30% +324
69.
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Norma
0.29% -41
70.
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Suzanne
0.28% +91
71.
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Anna
0.28% -39
72.
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Sue
0.28% +53
73.
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Darlene
0.27% +22
74.
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Patsy
0.27% -13
75.
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Joann
0.27% -6
76.
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Sarah
0.27% -16
77.
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Katherine
0.27% +20
78.
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Paula
0.26% +126
79.
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Annie
0.26% -35
80.
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Louise
0.26% -39
81.
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Roberta
0.26% +12
82.
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Sylvia
0.25% -6
83.
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Anne
0.24% +8
84.
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Theresa
0.24% -7
85.
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Sheila
0.24% +92
86.
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Maria
0.24% +32
87.
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Laura
0.24% +12
88.
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Kathy
0.23% +506
89.
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Eileen
0.23% +24
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Marcia
0.23% +59
91.
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Rosemary
0.23% +10
92.
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Glenda
0.22% +87
93.
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Dolores
0.22% -68
94.
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Mildred
0.22% -59
95.
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Lorraine
0.22% -33
96.
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Marjorie
0.22% -53
97.
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Sherry
0.22% +237
98.
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Kay
0.22% +38
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Anita
0.22% +15
100.
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Dianne
0.22% +212