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		 4.41% 0 -198 -0.2%
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Robert		 4.39% 0 +245 +0.3%
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John		 4.21% 0 +1,564 +1.9%
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Michael		 4.01% 0 +6,242 +8.6%
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David		 3.64% 0 +6,967 +10.8%
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William		 3.19% 0 +261 +0.4%
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Richard		 2.96% 0 +3,799 +7.0%
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Thomas		 2.47% 0 +366 +0.8%
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Charles		 1.97% 0 -535 -1.4%
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Gary		 1.96% 0 +590 +1.5%
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Steven		 1.62% +2 +3,670 +12.9%
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Joseph		 1.45% +2 +356 +1.3%
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Donald		 1.43% +2 +354 +1.3%
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Larry		 1.43% -3 -2,323 -7.6%
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Ronald		 1.41% -3 -1,246 -4.3%
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0 +63 +0.2%
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Mark		 1.30% +3 +4,478 +21.1%
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Dennis		 1.24% -1 +292 +1.2%
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Paul		 1.23% -1 +1,441 +6.3%
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Daniel		 1.19% +1 +2,308 +10.9%
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Stephen		 1.17% -2 +574 +2.6%
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George		 1.00% 0 -399 -2.0%
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Edward		 0.99% 0 -409 -2.1%
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Gregory		 0.77% +1 +1,087 +7.7%
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Bruce		 0.73% +1 +395 +2.8%
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Jerry		 0.73% -2 -723 -4.8%
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Timothy		 0.72% +1 +1,465 +11.5%
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Douglas		 0.69% -1 -216 -1.6%
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Terry		 0.63% +1 +224 +1.8%
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Roger		 0.62% -1 -293 -2.4%
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Jeffrey		 0.61% +4 +2,293 +23.6%
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Frank		 0.57% -1 -201 -1.8%
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Raymond		 0.57% -1 +6 +0.1%
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Anthony		 0.57% 0 +1,343 +13.6%
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Lawrence		 0.52% -2 +41 +0.4%
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Peter		 0.49% +2 +581 +6.5%
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Patrick		 0.47% +2 +425 +4.9%
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Wayne		 0.46% -1 -237 -2.5%
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Gerald		 0.46% -3 -510 -5.3%
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Danny		 0.45% +1 +646 +7.9%
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Randy		 0.44% +15 +2,617 +43.4%
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Alan		 0.42% -2 -101 -1.2%
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Kevin		 0.40% +10 +1,563 +24.6%
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Walter		 0.40% -2 -139 -1.7%
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Carl		 0.40% -2 +183 +2.4%
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Dale		 0.38% +3 +453 +6.5%
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Arthur		 0.37% -3 -182 -2.5%
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Willie		 0.37% -3 -28 -0.4%
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Keith		 0.36% +10 +1,405 +24.4%
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Henry		 0.35% -3 -143 -2.0%
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Harold		 0.35% -5 -218 -3.0%
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Jack		 0.35% -4 -63 -0.9%
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Johnny		 0.34% -3 +77 +1.1%
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Scott		 0.33% +14 +1,158 +21.5%
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Roy		 0.33% -3 +54 +0.8%
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Ralph		 0.33% -5 -51 -0.8%
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Christopher		 0.32% +4 +567 +9.9%
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Stanley		 0.32% -4 +21 +0.3%
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Craig		 0.31% +4 +561 +10.0%
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Philip		 0.31% -5 +56 +0.9%
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Glenn		 0.30% -3 +146 +2.5%
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Joe		 0.30% -5 +66 +1.1%
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Randall		 0.30% +4 +359 +6.5%
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Brian		 0.29% +11 +640 +12.5%
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Billy		 0.29% -1 +100 +1.8%
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Albert		 0.29% -6 -100 -1.7%
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Samuel		 0.29% 0 +174 +3.2%
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Andrew		 0.28% +1 +201 +3.7%
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Barry		 0.28% +2 +221 +4.2%
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Russell		 0.27% +3 +171 +3.3%
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Eugene		 0.27% -6 -265 -4.8%
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Jimmy		 0.27% -10 -375 -6.6%
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Howard		 0.27% +1 +139 +2.7%
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Phillip		 0.25% +5 +94 +1.9%
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Harry		 0.25% -5 -312 -5.9%
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Frederick		 0.25% +2 -5 -0.1%
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Bobby		 0.25% 0 -49 -1.0%
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Allen		 0.25% -6 -223 -4.3%
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Louis		 0.25% -3 -167 -3.3%
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Martin		 0.24% +1 +138 +3.0%
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Ricky		 0.24% +21 +1,582 +51.5%
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Ronnie		 0.24% 0 +101 +2.2%
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Leonard		 0.23% -3 -120 -2.5%
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Rodney		 0.22% 0 +106 +2.5%
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Steve		 0.22% +1 +265 +6.5%
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Curtis		 0.21% +5 +462 +12.4%
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Ernest		 0.21% -4 -265 -6.0%
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Eric		 0.20% +5 +325 +8.9%
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Francis		 0.20% -4 -222 -5.3%
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Fred		 0.20% -3 -33 -0.8%
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Melvin		 0.20% -3 +86 +2.2%
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Lee		 0.19% 0 -29 -0.8%
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Eddie		 0.19% -4 -100 -2.7%
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Micheal		 0.18% +3 +337 +10.3%
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Marvin		 0.18% +1 +20 +0.6%
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Norman		 0.18% -6 -160 -4.3%
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Tommy		 0.18% -3 -67 -1.9%
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Earl		 0.18% -3 -111 -3.1%
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Clifford		 0.17% +2 +157 +5.0%
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Theodore		 0.17% -1 +54 +1.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Linda		 3.53% 0 -6,900 -9.3%
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Mary		 3.45% 0 -99 -0.2%
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Patricia		 2.79% 0 -3,346 -5.9%
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Deborah		 2.62% 0 +7,755 +18.4%
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Susan		 2.17% +1 +1,117 +2.8%
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Barbara		 2.10% -1 -754 -1.9%
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Nancy		 1.67% 0 +1,390 +4.6%
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Karen		 1.52% 0 +956 +3.4%
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Debra		 1.41% +9 +9,765 +57.2%
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Sandra		 1.37% -1 -1,564 -5.7%
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Kathleen		 1.36% -1 -949 -3.6%
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Carol		 1.26% -1 -787 -3.2%
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Donna		 1.25% -1 -360 -1.5%
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Sharon		 1.23% -1 -537 -2.2%
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Brenda		 1.13% -1 -276 -1.3%
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Diane		 1.11% -1 +1,223 +6.2%
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Pamela		 1.10% -1 +2,309 +12.4%
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Cynthia		 1.05% +2 +3,590 +22.0%
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Janet		 0.94% 0 +973 +5.7%
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Christine		 0.92% +4 +2,528 +16.8%
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Margaret		 0.90% -4 -593 -3.4%
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Elizabeth		 0.84% +1 +901 +6.0%
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Janice		 0.79% -2 -979 -6.1%
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Carolyn		 0.75% -2 -936 -6.2%
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Judith		 0.74% 0 -873 -5.8%
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Judy		 0.72% 0 -383 -2.7%
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Joyce		 0.69% +1 -343 -2.5%
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Shirley		 0.66% -1 -1,390 -10.0%
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Kathy		 0.65% +6 +1,960 +18.8%
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Rebecca		 0.64% +2 +1,294 +11.8%
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Cheryl		 0.64% -1 +211 +1.8%
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Betty		 0.64% -3 -694 -5.4%
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Denise		 0.61% +15 +3,535 +43.6%
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Catherine		 0.58% 0 +486 +4.6%
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Beverly		 0.56% -2 -311 -2.9%
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Gloria		 0.55% -5 -493 -4.5%
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Joan		 0.54% +2 +873 +9.3%
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Marilyn		 0.52% +3 +653 +7.1%
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Gail		 0.51% -3 -123 -1.2%
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Martha		 0.51% -2 +90 +0.9%
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Bonnie		 0.49% -4 -323 -3.3%
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Jane		 0.49% +1 +380 +4.2%
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Peggy		 0.47% -3 -221 -2.4%
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Connie		 0.46% 0 +33 +0.4%
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Ann		 0.46% +1 +232 +2.8%
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Dorothy		 0.45% -4 -480 -5.3%
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Paula		 0.45% +4 +1,274 +17.5%
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Kathryn		 0.45% -3 +43 +0.5%
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Virginia		 0.43% -2 -18 -0.2%
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Jean		 0.40% -1 -116 -1.5%
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Diana		 0.39% -1 -5 -0.1%
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Teresa		 0.38% +11 +1,080 +17.4%
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Laura		 0.38% +7 +719 +11.1%
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Wanda		 0.38% -2 -72 -1.0%
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Jo		 0.37% +12 +1,091 +18.2%
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Cathy		 0.37% +15 +1,312 +23.0%
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Ruth		 0.37% -4 -124 -1.8%
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Jacqueline		 0.37% -2 +20 +0.3%
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Katherine		 0.36% -4 -40 -0.6%
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Theresa		 0.36% +4 +617 +10.0%
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Vicki		 0.36% -3 +143 +2.2%
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Rose		 0.35% +3 +368 +5.9%
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Helen		 0.34% -9 -485 -7.0%
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Sheila		 0.33% +5 +322 +5.5%
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Phyllis		 0.32% -8 -636 -9.4%
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Rita		 0.32% -5 -266 -4.1%
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Frances		 0.32% -8 -503 -7.6%
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Sherry		 0.31% +2 +66 +1.1%
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Alice		 0.31% -7 -400 -6.3%
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Ellen		 0.31% -2 -103 -1.7%
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Lynn		 0.31% +1 +189 +3.4%
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Maria		 0.30% +3 +461 +8.8%
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Elaine		 0.30% -7 -418 -6.9%
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Victoria		 0.30% +7 +698 +14.2%
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Marsha		 0.29% +1 +397 +7.7%
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Vickie		 0.29% +11 +1,162 +26.9%
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Darlene		 0.29% +2 +400 +8.0%
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Joanne		 0.28% -5 -7 -0.1%
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Anne		 0.28% +3 +385 +7.9%
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Marcia		 0.27% -6 -90 -1.7%
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Sally		 0.27% -4 -102 -2.0%
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Marie		 0.26% -4 -69 -1.4%
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Doris		 0.26% -3 -75 -1.5%
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Suzanne		 0.26% -1 +81 +1.7%
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Julie		 0.24% +14 +809 +21.9%
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Lois		 0.23% -1 -172 -3.8%
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Valerie		 0.22% +13 +705 +19.8%
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Roberta		 0.22% +4 +249 +6.3%
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Charlotte		 0.22% -5 -445 -9.6%
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Evelyn		 0.22% -2 -78 -1.8%
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Anita		 0.22% +5 +348 +9.2%
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Constance		 0.22% -6 -250 -5.7%
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Sarah		 0.21% -2 +19 +0.5%
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Maureen		 0.21% -1 +161 +4.2%
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Rhonda		 0.21% +16 +748 +23.3%
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Dianne		 0.21% -6 -138 -3.4%
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Glenda		 0.20% -8 -255 -6.2%
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Jeanne		 0.20% 0 +58 +1.5%
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Sylvia		 0.20% -2 +14 +0.4%
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Eileen		 0.20% -5 -75 -2.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States