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
4.11% 0
2.
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Michael
4.08% +7
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Robert
4.05% -1
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John
3.89% -1
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David
3.75% +1
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William
2.88% -2
7.
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Richard
2.61% -2
8.
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Thomas
2.21% 0
9.
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Mark
1.86% +45
10.
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Charles
1.76% -3
11.
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Steven
1.63% +18
12.
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Gary
1.61% +2
13.
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Joseph
1.46% 0
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Donald
1.33% -2
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Ronald
1.32% -5
16.
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Kenneth
1.28% 0
17.
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Paul
1.23% 0
18.
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Larry
1.20% -7
19.
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Daniel
1.19% +3
20.
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Stephen
1.01% +5
21.
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Dennis
1.00% -1
22.
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Timothy
0.97% +41
23.
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Edward
0.92% -5
24.
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Jeffrey
0.90% +64
25.
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George
0.88% -10
26.
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Gregory
0.87% +38
27.
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Kevin
0.78% +140
28.
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Douglas
0.72% +2
29.
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Terry
0.69% +3
30.
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Anthony
0.67% +15
31.
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Jerry
0.67% -12
32.
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Bruce
0.67% +7
33.
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Randy
0.59% +123
34.
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Brian
0.55% +78
35.
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Frank
0.55% -14
36.
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Scott
0.55% +128
37.
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Roger
0.54% -13
38.
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Raymond
0.53% -15
39.
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Peter
0.50% +2
40.
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Patrick
0.47% +18
41.
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Keith
0.45% +59
42.
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Lawrence
0.44% -11
43.
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Wayne
0.43% -10
44.
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Danny
0.42% +16
45.
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Alan
0.41% +10
46.
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Gerald
0.40% -20
47.
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Ricky
0.39% +178
48.
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Carl
0.38% -12
49.
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Christopher
0.38% +98
50.
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Dale
0.37% +9
51.
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Walter
0.35% -24
52.
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Craig
0.34% +68
53.
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Willie
0.32% -15
54.
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Johnny
0.32% -4
55.
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Arthur
0.32% -21
56.
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Steve
0.31% +23
57.
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Joe
0.31% -17
58.
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Randall
0.30% +74
59.
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Russell
0.30% +10
60.
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Jack
0.30% -25
61.
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Henry
0.30% -24
62.
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Harold
0.30% -34
63.
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Roy
0.30% -20
64.
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Andrew
0.30% +23
65.
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Philip
0.30% -8
66.
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Ralph
0.30% -22
67.
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Billy
0.29% -25
68.
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Glenn
0.29% +15
69.
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Stanley
0.28% -8
70.
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Jimmy
0.27% -24
71.
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Rodney
0.27% +31
72.
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Barry
0.27% +10
73.
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Samuel
0.26% -8
74.
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Eric
0.26% +77
75.
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Bobby
0.26% -27
76.
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Albert
0.26% -29
77.
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Phillip
0.26% 0
78.
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Ronnie
0.25% -12
79.
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Martin
0.25% +12
80.
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Mike
0.24% +6
81.
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Eugene
0.24% -32
82.
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Louis
0.23% -26
83.
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Howard
0.23% -30
84.
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Allen
0.23% -10
85.
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Curtis
0.23% +14
86.
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Jeffery
0.22% +202
87.
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Frederick
0.22% -14
88.
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Leonard
0.21% -26
89.
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Harry
0.21% -37
90.
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Micheal
0.20% +81
91.
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Tony
0.20% +48
92.
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Ernest
0.19% -24
93.
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Eddie
0.19% -8
94.
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Fred
0.18% -43
95.
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Darrell
0.18% +33
96.
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Jay
0.18% +30
97.
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Melvin
0.18% -26
98.
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Lee
0.18% -6
99.
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Matthew
0.17% +93
100.
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Vincent
0.17% +6
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary
3.17% 0
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Linda
2.86% 0
3.
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Patricia
2.33% +1
4.
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Susan
2.22% +6
5.
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Deborah
2.18% +63
6.
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Barbara
1.75% -3
7.
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Debra
1.73% +295
8.
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Karen
1.69% +8
9.
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Nancy
1.45% -2
10.
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Donna
1.37% +7
11.
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Cynthia
1.34% +36
12.
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Sandra
1.28% -6
13.
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Pamela
1.20% +26
14.
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Sharon
1.18% -6
15.
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Kathleen
1.14% +3
16.
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Carol
1.13% -11
17.
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Diane
1.07% +5
18.
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Brenda
1.06% +8
19.
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Cheryl
0.87% +24
20.
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Janet
0.85% +1
21.
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Elizabeth
0.84% +4
22.
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Kathy
0.80% +66
23.
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Margaret
0.76% -10
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Janice
0.68% -1
25.
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Carolyn
0.63% -13
26.
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Denise
0.63% +188
27.
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Judy
0.60% -12
28.
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Rebecca
0.59% +38
29.
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Joyce
0.58% -10
30.
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Teresa
0.58% +110
31.
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Christine
0.57% +20
32.
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Catherine
0.55% +13
33.
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Shirley
0.55% -19
34.
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Judith
0.55% -25
35.
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Betty
0.52% -24
36.
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Beverly
0.50% -5
37.
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Lisa
0.49% +426
38.
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Laura
0.48% +49
39.
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Theresa
0.45% +45
40.
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Connie
0.45% +10
41.
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Ann
0.44% -4
42.
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Gloria
0.44% -15
43.
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Julie
0.44% +101
44.
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Gail
0.43% +9
45.
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Joan
0.43% -21
46.
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Paula
0.43% +32
47.
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Peggy
0.43% -5
48.
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Cindy
0.43% +252
49.
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Martha
0.42% -19
50.
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Bonnie
0.42% -17
51.
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Jane
0.42% -11
52.
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Cathy
0.42% +115
53.
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Robin
0.42% +238
54.
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Debbie
0.42% +363
55.
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Diana
0.41% -3
56.
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Marilyn
0.41% -27
57.
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Kathryn
0.39% +10
58.
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Dorothy
0.38% -38
59.
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Wanda
0.37% -3
60.
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Jean
0.37% -24
61.
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Vicki
0.37% +61
62.
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Sheila
0.36% +23
63.
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Virginia
0.35% -35
64.
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Sherry
0.35% +33
65.
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Katherine
0.34% +12
66.
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Rose
0.34% -11
67.
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Lynn
0.34% +41
68.
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Jo
0.32% -8
69.
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Ruth
0.32% -35
70.
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Maria
0.32% +16
71.
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Darlene
0.31% +2
72.
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Jacqueline
0.31% -9
73.
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Rita
0.31% -15
74.
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Rhonda
0.30% +256
75.
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Phyllis
0.29% -37
76.
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Helen
0.29% -44
77.
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Vickie
0.29% +139
78.
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Kim
0.28% +627
79.
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Lori
0.28% +826
80.
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Ellen
0.28% -16
81.
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Elaine
0.28% -35
82.
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Joanne
0.27% -28
83.
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Anne
0.27% 0
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Valerie
0.27% +92
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Alice
0.26% -44
86.
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Frances
0.26% -51
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Suzanne
0.26% -17
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Marie
0.25% -40
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Victoria
0.25% +41
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Kimberly
0.25% +646
91.
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Anita
0.24% +8
92.
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Laurie
0.24% +218
93.
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Michelle
0.24% +203
94.
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Sally
0.24% -29
95.
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Terri
0.24% +268
96.
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Marcia
0.22% -6
97.
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Terry
0.22% +78
98.
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Jennifer
0.22% +109
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Leslie
0.22% +71
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Doris
0.22% -56