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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Michael		 3.21% 0
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Christopher		 2.65% 0
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Matthew		 2.29% 0
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Joshua		 2.13% 0
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Andrew		 1.79% +1
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David		 1.76% -1
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Justin		 1.75% +2
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Daniel		 1.73% -1
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James		 1.62% -1
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Robert		 1.51% 0
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John		 1.47% 0
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Joseph		 1.45% 0
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Ryan		 1.39% 0
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Nicholas		 1.26% +2
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Jonathan		 1.22% +3
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William		 1.21% -1
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Brandon		 1.19% -3
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Anthony		 1.18% -1
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Eric		 1.01% +2
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Kevin		 1.01% -1
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Kyle		 0.99% +1
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Brian		 0.98% -2
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Thomas		 0.94% +1
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Steven		 0.89% +1
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Timothy		 0.84% +1
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Adam		 0.82% +1
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Jason		 0.80% -4
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Jacob		 0.79% +3
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Zachary		 0.79% +4
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Benjamin		 0.76% -2
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Aaron		 0.72% +3
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Richard		 0.71% -2
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Tyler		 0.67% +6
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Alexander		 0.67% +3
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Jeremy		 0.66% -6
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Jeffrey		 0.62% -4
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Charles		 0.61% -2
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Sean		 0.59% +2
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Mark		 0.59% -3
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Stephen		 0.58% -2
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Travis		 0.57% +1
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Patrick		 0.57% -1
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Cody		 0.53% +6
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Nathan		 0.51% +1
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Samuel		 0.48% +5
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Paul		 0.47% 0
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Scott		 0.47% -4
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Dustin		 0.47% -4
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Jose		 0.45% -1
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Gregory		 0.43% -3
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Kenneth		 0.43% +2
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Jordan		 0.42% 0
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Derek		 0.40% +1
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Bryan		 0.40% -3
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Jesse		 0.40% 0
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Corey		 0.37% +1
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Bradley		 0.35% -1
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Alex		 0.32% +2
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Cory		 0.31% +3
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Jared		 0.31% -2
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Shawn		 0.29% -2
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Edward		 0.29% -1
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Austin		 0.28% +13
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Peter		 0.27% 0
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Chad		 0.27% -2
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Marcus		 0.26% +1
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Juan		 0.26% -1
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Shane		 0.26% -3
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Cameron		 0.25% +27
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Keith		 0.25% -1
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Phillip		 0.23% -3
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Antonio		 0.22% 0
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Brett		 0.22% -2
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Evan		 0.22% +9
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Donald		 0.22% -5
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Luis		 0.22% +7
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Ian		 0.22% +3
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George		 0.22% -1
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Ronald		 0.21% -6
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Carlos		 0.21% -6
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Vincent		 0.20% +14
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Nathaniel		 0.20% -4
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Casey		 0.20% -3
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Raymond		 0.20% -5
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Joel		 0.20% -10
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Christian		 0.20% +4
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Trevor		 0.19% +6
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Douglas		 0.18% -3
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Victor		 0.18% +2
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Seth		 0.17% -1
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Taylor		 0.17% +27
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Wesley		 0.17% 0
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Erik		 0.17% +1
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Philip		 0.17% -10
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Mitchell		 0.17% +6
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Derrick		 0.17% -10
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Craig		 0.17% -9
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Devin		 0.17% +1
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Frank		 0.16% -2
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Gary		 0.16% -13
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Girls
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Jessica		 2.68% 0
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Ashley		 2.60% 0
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Amanda		 2.05% 0
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Sarah		 1.48% +1
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Jennifer		 1.45% -1
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Brittany		 1.39% +1
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Stephanie		 1.19% -1
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Samantha		 1.08% +3
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Nicole		 1.06% -1
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Elizabeth		 1.04% 0
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Lauren		 1.02% +5
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Megan		 0.97% 0
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Tiffany		 0.96% +5
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Heather		 0.94% -5
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Amber		 0.87% 0
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Melissa		 0.86% -3
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Danielle		 0.85% -3
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Emily		 0.83% +1
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Rachel		 0.80% -2
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Kayla		 0.70% +7
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Michelle		 0.69% 0
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Christina		 0.67% -2
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Laura		 0.63% -2
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Courtney		 0.63% +9
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Kimberly		 0.62% -2
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Rebecca		 0.62% -1
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Katherine		 0.58% +1
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Crystal		 0.53% -2
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Amy		 0.52% -5
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Sara		 0.52% -1
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Erica		 0.50% 0
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Kelly		 0.46% -2
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Chelsea		 0.46% +14
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Mary		 0.44% +3
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Andrea		 0.44% +1
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Kristen		 0.44% +6
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Erin		 0.43% -3
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Angela		 0.41% -3
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Whitney		 0.41% -7
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Katie		 0.40% -2
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Vanessa		 0.39% +2
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Victoria		 0.38% +8
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Lisa		 0.38% -3
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Caitlin		 0.38% +19
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Jamie		 0.37% -6
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Allison		 0.37% -2
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Alyssa		 0.37% +13
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Lindsey		 0.36% -7
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Alexandra		 0.36% +10
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Alicia		 0.35% -4
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Christine		 0.34% -3
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Brittney		 0.34% +9
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Jasmine		 0.34% +26
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Anna		 0.34% -2
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Kathryn		 0.33% -4
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Shannon		 0.33% -11
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Lindsay		 0.31% -8
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Kristin		 0.31% -3
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Cassandra		 0.30% +9
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Maria		 0.30% -7
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Hannah		 0.29% +5
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Jacqueline		 0.29% -8
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Natalie		 0.29% -7
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Kelsey		 0.28% +3
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April		 0.25% -7
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Jenna		 0.24% -9
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Tara		 0.24% +3
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Kristina		 0.24% -6
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Catherine		 0.23% +5
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Monica		 0.23% -6
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Julie		 0.23% -6
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Holly		 0.22% -1
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Natasha		 0.21% 0
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Krystal		 0.21% -4
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Kathleen		 0.20% -3
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Erika		 0.20% -1
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Patricia		 0.20% -1
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Morgan		 0.20% +17
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Cynthia		 0.20% +5
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Kendra		 0.20% -3
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Meghan		 0.19% -3
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Leah		 0.19% 0
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Veronica		 0.18% -3
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Katelyn		 0.18% +43
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Diana		 0.18% 0
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Molly		 0.18% +11
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Brooke		 0.18% +7
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Julia		 0.18% -2
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Bethany		 0.17% -2
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Dana		 0.17% -7
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Brandi		 0.17% -3
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Casey		 0.16% -11
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Margaret		 0.16% -3
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Leslie		 0.16% -5
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Kara		 0.16% +9
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Brianna		 0.15% +26
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Alexis		 0.15% +16
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Kaitlin		 0.15% +43
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Melanie		 0.15% +3
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Rachael		 0.15% -2
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Popularity extremes for the United States