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		 2.59% 0
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Christopher		 2.02% 0
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Matthew		 1.80% 0
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Joshua		 1.73% 0
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Andrew		 1.46% 0
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Brandon		 1.41% +9
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Daniel		 1.39% -1
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Tyler		 1.37% +8
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James		 1.36% -2
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David		 1.35% -2
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Joseph		 1.33% -2
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Nicholas		 1.32% 0
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Ryan		 1.29% -2
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John		 1.25% -4
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Jacob		 1.22% +2
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Zachary		 1.18% +6
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Robert		 1.15% -4
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Justin		 1.13% -4
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Anthony		 1.10% -1
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William		 1.10% -1
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Jonathan		 1.02% -1
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Kyle		 0.99% -1
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Alexander		 0.96% +3
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Cody		 0.95% 0
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Kevin		 0.94% -2
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Eric		 0.77% -1
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Thomas		 0.73% +1
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Dylan		 0.72% +18
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Steven		 0.72% -2
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Aaron		 0.69% +1
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Brian		 0.67% -1
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Jordan		 0.67% -3
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Benjamin		 0.64% 0
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Timothy		 0.61% -2
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Christian		 0.57% +13
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Adam		 0.57% 0
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Jose		 0.56% 0
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Austin		 0.55% +12
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Patrick		 0.54% -4
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Samuel		 0.54% -1
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Richard		 0.54% -7
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Sean		 0.53% -2
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Charles		 0.50% -5
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Nathan		 0.48% -2
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Stephen		 0.44% -4
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Jason		 0.44% +3
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Jeremy		 0.43% -4
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Travis		 0.42% -4
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Mark		 0.42% -2
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Jesse		 0.41% +1
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Jeffrey		 0.40% -6
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Taylor		 0.39% 0
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Cameron		 0.35% +9
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Alex		 0.35% +9
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Paul		 0.33% -2
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Juan		 0.33% +4
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Bryan		 0.33% +4
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Dustin		 0.32% -2
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Kenneth		 0.32% -5
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Gregory		 0.31% -5
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Scott		 0.31% -4
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Derek		 0.30% -3
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Trevor		 0.30% +6
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Luis		 0.29% +2
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Corey		 0.29% -7
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Evan		 0.29% +4
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Jared		 0.28% -3
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Ian		 0.26% +5
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Carlos		 0.25% +3
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Edward		 0.25% -2
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Shawn		 0.25% 0
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Bradley		 0.24% -5
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Dillon		 0.24% +30
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Caleb		 0.24% +4
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Devin		 0.24% +8
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Ethan		 0.23% -11
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Shane		 0.23% -2
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Jesus		 0.23% +2
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Nathaniel		 0.22% +5
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Connor		 0.22% +53
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Peter		 0.22% -4
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Marcus		 0.22% -6
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Cory		 0.21% -9
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Blake		 0.21% +2
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Antonio		 0.21% -6
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Gabriel		 0.21% -4
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Victor		 0.20% -2
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Garrett		 0.20% +3
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Logan		 0.20% +5
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Miguel		 0.20% +2
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Mitchell		 0.20% +5
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Vincent		 0.20% -11
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Luke		 0.19% +20
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Seth		 0.19% +5
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George		 0.19% -8
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Adrian		 0.18% -3
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Brett		 0.18% -9
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Erik		 0.18% -3
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Spencer		 0.18% +6
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Joel		 0.18% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Ashley		 1.92% 0
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Jessica		 1.91% 0
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Amanda		 1.25% +1
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Brittany		 1.25% -1
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Sarah		 1.23% +1
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Samantha		 1.22% -1
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Emily		 1.09% +3
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Stephanie		 0.98% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.95% 0
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Megan		 0.89% +1
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Jennifer		 0.89% -3
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Lauren		 0.86% +1
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Kayla		 0.82% -1
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Nicole		 0.81% +1
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Chelsea		 0.81% +3
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Rachel		 0.79% -2
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Taylor		 0.75% +15
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Danielle		 0.70% -1
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Amber		 0.69% -3
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Rebecca		 0.65% +1
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Courtney		 0.63% -2
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Victoria		 0.59% +6
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Kelsey		 0.58% +3
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Melissa		 0.58% -4
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Michelle		 0.57% -3
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Hannah		 0.57% +3
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Katherine		 0.56% -2
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Jasmine		 0.52% -4
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Alexandra		 0.51% +7
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Alyssa		 0.51% 0
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Heather		 0.49% -8
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Tiffany		 0.49% -5
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Christina		 0.47% -2
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Shelby		 0.47% -1
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Kimberly		 0.44% -1
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Mary		 0.42% +2
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Sara		 0.42% 0
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Laura		 0.42% -3
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Andrea		 0.40% 0
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Alexis		 0.40% +7
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Morgan		 0.39% +8
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Kaitlyn		 0.37% +40
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Brianna		 0.36% +8
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Erica		 0.36% -4
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Maria		 0.35% 0
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Erin		 0.35% -2
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Kelly		 0.35% -5
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Allison		 0.34% +2
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Anna		 0.34% -3
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Crystal		 0.33% -9
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Amy		 0.32% -8
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Cassandra		 0.32% +2
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Kristen		 0.31% -5
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Katie		 0.31% -1
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Vanessa		 0.30% +1
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Haley		 0.30% +23
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Lindsey		 0.29% -5
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Olivia		 0.29% +3
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Brooke		 0.29% +6
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Kathryn		 0.28% -3
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Natalie		 0.28% +2
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Caitlin		 0.27% -7
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Jordan		 0.27% -1
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Paige		 0.27% +12
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Katelyn		 0.26% +10
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Shannon		 0.26% +5
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Jenna		 0.25% +13
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Brittney		 0.25% -10
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Angela		 0.25% -10
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Julia		 0.25% -3
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Alicia		 0.25% -7
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Marissa		 0.24% +9
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Alexandria		 0.24% +5
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Mariah		 0.24% -5
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Jamie		 0.24% -15
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Jacqueline		 0.23% -6
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Monica		 0.23% +8
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Catherine		 0.23% -6
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Briana		 0.22% +16
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Erika		 0.22% +4
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Lindsay		 0.21% -4
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Christine		 0.21% -9
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Molly		 0.21% -9
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Gabrielle		 0.20% +13
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Whitney		 0.20% -17
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Abigail		 0.20% +6
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Ariel		 0.20% -21
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Lisa		 0.19% -5
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Miranda		 0.18% +1
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Kristin		 0.18% -4
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Meghan		 0.18% +3
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Cynthia		 0.18% +1
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Kristina		 0.17% -6
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Breanna		 0.17% +13
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Veronica		 0.17% +5
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Leah		 0.17% -5
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Bianca		 0.17% -8
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Melanie		 0.17% -2
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Holly		 0.17% +6
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Angelica		 0.17% +17
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Popularity extremes for the United States