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 · Girls
Boys
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Michael		 3.26% 0
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Christopher		 2.79% 0
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Matthew		 2.39% 0
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Joshua		 2.05% 0
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David		 1.89% 0
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Andrew		 1.86% +2
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Daniel		 1.84% -1
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James		 1.68% -1
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Justin		 1.62% +5
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Robert		 1.55% -1
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John		 1.52% -1
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Joseph		 1.46% 0
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Ryan		 1.46% -2
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Brandon		 1.27% -1
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William		 1.24% 0
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Nicholas		 1.19% +1
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Anthony		 1.19% +2
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Jonathan		 1.19% -2
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Kevin		 1.05% +2
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Brian		 1.04% 0
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Eric		 1.04% +1
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Kyle		 1.02% +1
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Jason		 0.99% -5
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Thomas		 0.93% +2
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Steven		 0.91% 0
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Timothy		 0.89% +1
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Adam		 0.87% -3
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Benjamin		 0.76% +2
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Jeremy		 0.74% -1
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Richard		 0.74% -1
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Jacob		 0.73% 0
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Jeffrey		 0.69% 0
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Zachary		 0.68% +5
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Aaron		 0.65% -1
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Charles		 0.62% -1
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Mark		 0.62% -1
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Alexander		 0.61% +4
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Stephen		 0.59% -2
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Tyler		 0.59% +1
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Sean		 0.59% -3
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Patrick		 0.57% -2
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Travis		 0.53% +7
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Scott		 0.52% +1
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Dustin		 0.52% -2
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Nathan		 0.51% -2
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Paul		 0.50% -1
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Gregory		 0.47% -1
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Jose		 0.45% +3
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Cody		 0.45% +7
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Samuel		 0.44% +2
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Bryan		 0.44% -4
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Jordan		 0.43% +1
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Kenneth		 0.43% -3
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Derek		 0.42% +3
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Jesse		 0.41% -7
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Bradley		 0.36% -2
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Corey		 0.33% +5
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Jared		 0.32% 0
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Shawn		 0.32% -4
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Alex		 0.31% +4
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Edward		 0.30% 0
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Cory		 0.30% +6
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Chad		 0.29% -4
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Peter		 0.29% -4
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Shane		 0.27% +2
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Juan		 0.26% -1
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Marcus		 0.25% -4
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Phillip		 0.25% +2
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Keith		 0.25% -3
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Donald		 0.23% +1
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Brett		 0.23% -2
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Antonio		 0.23% +1
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Ronald		 0.21% +2
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Carlos		 0.21% +2
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Joel		 0.21% -3
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Austin		 0.21% +14
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George		 0.21% -3
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Nathaniel		 0.21% 0
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Raymond		 0.21% -2
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Casey		 0.20% +2
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Ian		 0.20% +5
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Luis		 0.20% -3
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Evan		 0.20% -2
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Philip		 0.20% +2
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Douglas		 0.20% -2
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Derrick		 0.18% +1
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Gary		 0.18% -3
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Craig		 0.17% -8
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Seth		 0.17% +8
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Christian		 0.17% -1
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Victor		 0.17% -3
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Wesley		 0.17% +4
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Trevor		 0.17% +5
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Erik		 0.17% -2
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Vincent		 0.16% -2
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Cameron		 0.16% +39
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Frank		 0.16% -6
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Gabriel		 0.16% -3
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Devin		 0.16% +14
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Curtis		 0.15% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica		 2.99% 0
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Ashley		 2.93% 0
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Amanda		 2.23% 0
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Jennifer		 1.75% 0
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Sarah		 1.49% 0
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Stephanie		 1.20% 0
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Brittany		 1.19% +1
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Nicole		 1.08% -1
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Heather		 1.01% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.99% 0
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Samantha		 0.96% +10
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Megan		 0.95% -1
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Melissa		 0.94% -1
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Danielle		 0.91% +2
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Amber		 0.89% -2
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Lauren		 0.89% -2
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Rachel		 0.84% -2
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Tiffany		 0.79% -1
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Emily		 0.79% +5
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Christina		 0.74% -1
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Laura		 0.70% -1
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Michelle		 0.70% +2
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Kimberly		 0.70% -5
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Amy		 0.63% -2
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Rebecca		 0.62% +1
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Crystal		 0.59% -1
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Kayla		 0.56% +37
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Katherine		 0.56% 0
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Sara		 0.54% -2
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Kelly		 0.53% -1
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Erica		 0.50% 0
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Whitney		 0.48% 0
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Courtney		 0.48% +2
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Erin		 0.47% -4
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Angela		 0.46% -2
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Andrea		 0.45% 0
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Mary		 0.45% 0
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Katie		 0.44% 0
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Jamie		 0.42% -5
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Lisa		 0.40% 0
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Lindsey		 0.40% -2
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Kristen		 0.39% -1
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Vanessa		 0.39% 0
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Allison		 0.39% -2
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Shannon		 0.37% -1
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Alicia		 0.36% -1
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Chelsea		 0.35% +26
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Christine		 0.35% -1
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Lindsay		 0.35% -3
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Victoria		 0.33% +3
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Kathryn		 0.33% -3
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Anna		 0.33% -1
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Maria		 0.30% -4
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Jacqueline		 0.30% +3
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Kristin		 0.29% -5
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Natalie		 0.28% -4
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Jenna		 0.28% -2
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April		 0.28% -4
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Alexandra		 0.28% +13
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Alyssa		 0.27% +25
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Brittney		 0.27% +4
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Kristina		 0.27% 0
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Caitlin		 0.27% +6
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Monica		 0.26% -5
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Julie		 0.25% -7
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Hannah		 0.25% +16
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Kelsey		 0.24% +45
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Cassandra		 0.24% -8
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Tara		 0.24% -13
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Krystal		 0.23% -9
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Holly		 0.23% -9
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Kathleen		 0.22% -4
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Natasha		 0.22% -3
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Catherine		 0.22% -7
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Erika		 0.21% -1
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Patricia		 0.21% -10
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Kendra		 0.21% +24
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Meghan		 0.20% -7
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Jasmine		 0.20% +16
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Veronica		 0.19% -3
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Casey		 0.19% -1
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Leah		 0.18% -4
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Dana		 0.18% +9
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Cynthia		 0.18% -3
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Diana		 0.18% -10
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Julia		 0.18% +2
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Bethany		 0.18% +2
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Brandi		 0.17% -9
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Leslie		 0.17% -3
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Margaret		 0.17% -1
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Mallory		 0.17% -8
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Brandy		 0.16% -8
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Valerie		 0.16% -17
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Brooke		 0.16% +10
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Morgan		 0.16% +18
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Felicia		 0.16% -7
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Molly		 0.15% +13
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Rachael		 0.15% +5
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Jillian		 0.15% +8
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Alison		 0.15% -4
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Popularity extremes for the United States