Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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James
5.25% +1 +248,289 +45.4%
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Robert
5.00% -1 +167,316 +28.3%
3.
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John
4.70% 0 +223,654 +45.8%
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William
3.67% 0 +139,741 +33.5%
5.
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Richard
3.15% 0 +146,971 +44.5%
6.
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David
2.81% +5 +261,666 +159%
7.
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Charles
2.39% -1 +58,545 +19.3%
8.
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Thomas
2.31% +1 +166,898 +90.8%
9.
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Michael
2.22% +26 +280,564 +501%
10.
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Ronald
1.86% +3 +142,146 +101%
11.
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Larry
1.69% +19 +190,660 +292%
12.
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Donald
1.64% -5 -35,887 -12.6%
13.
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Joseph
1.52% -3 +49,716 +27.5%
14.
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Gary
1.44% +31 +174,175 +400%
15.
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George
1.38% -7 +16,715 +8.7%
16.
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Kenneth
1.31% -1 +73,442 +58.7%
17.
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Paul
1.21% -3 +57,585 +45.8%
18.
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Edward
1.15% -6 +26,950 +18.2%
19.
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Jerry
1.10% +4 +86,561 +107%
20.
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Dennis
1.07% +51 +135,747 +515%
21.
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Frank
0.79% -5 +11,332 +10.5%
22.
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Daniel
0.74% +20 +64,778 +135%
23.
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Raymond
0.72% -6 +9,487 +9.5%
24.
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Roger
0.71% +17 +57,985 +117%
25.
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Stephen
0.71% +80 +88,538 +485%
26.
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Gerald
0.68% -5 +20,524 +24.8%
27.
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Walter
0.55% -5 +2,820 +3.5%
28.
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Harold
0.54% -9 -13,290 -13.9%
29.
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Steven
0.54% +212 +76,371 +1,580%
30.
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Douglas
0.53% +42 +54,725 +210%
31.
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Lawrence
0.53% +5 +25,973 +47.7%
32.
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Terry
0.51% +112 +65,942 +598%
33.
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Wayne
0.50% +16 +33,990 +82.6%
34.
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Arthur
0.49% -6 +6,236 +9.2%
35.
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Jack
0.49% -17 -22,477 -23.3%
36.
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Carl
0.48% -7 +5,982 +9.0%
37.
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Henry
0.48% -11 +2,068 +2.9%
38.
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Willie
0.48% -5 +9,952 +15.9%
39.
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Bruce
0.48% +42 +47,977 +199%
40.
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Joe
0.48% -16 +545 +0.8%
41.
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Peter
0.46% +17 +33,507 +93.5%
42.
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Billy
0.45% -22 -20,509 -23.2%
43.
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Roy
0.43% -5 +14,150 +27.5%
44.
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Ralph
0.43% -13 +1,179 +1.8%
45.
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Anthony
0.43% +2 +22,279 +52.4%
46.
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Jimmy
0.42% +13 +28,124 +79.5%
47.
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Albert
0.40% -15 -2,551 -4.1%
48.
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Bobby
0.39% -21 -10,526 -15.2%
49.
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Eugene
0.38% -24 -13,666 -19.3%
50.
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Johnny
0.38% +28 +32,604 +133%
51.
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Fred
0.37% -17 +503 +0.9%
52.
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Harry
0.37% -15 +3,130 +5.9%
53.
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Howard
0.35% -15 +2,035 +4.0%
54.
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Mark
0.34% +129 +43,287 +582%
55.
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Alan
0.33% +60 +33,928 +207%
56.
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Louis
0.33% -13 +1,675 +3.5%
57.
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Philip
0.32% +10 +19,886 +68.9%
58.
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Patrick
0.32% +46 +30,229 +164%
59.
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Dale
0.31% +2 +14,276 +43.9%
60.
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Danny
0.31% +125 +39,424 +545%
61.
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Stanley
0.31% -6 +9,132 +24.6%
62.
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Leonard
0.29% -10 +5,072 +12.9%
63.
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Timothy
0.29% +169 +38,397 +752%
64.
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Gregory
0.29% +217 +39,453 +1,047%
65.
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Samuel
0.29% -2 +10,992 +34.2%
66.
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Ronnie
0.28% +101 +33,748 +388%
67.
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Norman
0.28% -27 -7,823 -15.7%
68.
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Ernest
0.28% -17 +2,416 +6.1%
69.
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Russell
0.27% -1 +12,495 +43.3%
70.
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Francis
0.26% -22 -1,864 -4.5%
71.
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Melvin
0.26% -17 +1,531 +4.1%
72.
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Earl
0.26% -28 -5,486 -12.3%
73.
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Frederick
0.26% -4 +12,511 +47.0%
74.
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Allen
0.26% +5 +14,690 +60.3%
75.
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Bill
0.25% -13 +5,420 +16.8%
76.
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Tommy
0.24% +22 +17,188 +86.6%
77.
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Phillip
0.24% +35 +20,455 +124%
78.
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Marvin
0.24% -28 -4,639 -11.3%
79.
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Steve
0.24% +92 +27,711 +323%
80.
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Don
0.24% -23 +273 +0.8%
81.
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Clarence
0.24% -35 -6,480 -15.2%
82.
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Barry
0.24% +113 +29,548 +445%
83.
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Glenn
0.24% -3 +11,494 +47.5%
84.
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Jim
0.24% +10 +14,809 +71.1%
85.
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Eddie
0.23% +5 +12,478 +55.9%
86.
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Mike
0.23% +90 +26,617 +332%
87.
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Andrew
0.23% -12 +9,593 +38.3%
88.
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Jeffrey
0.23% +537 +33,439 +3,703%
89.
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Leroy
0.22% -33 -2,393 -6.6%
90.
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Alfred
0.21% -30 -2,395 -7.0%
91.
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Martin
0.21% +1 +9,474 +43.2%
92.
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Lee
0.20% -9 +7,024 +29.3%
93.
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Tom
0.20% +21 +13,457 +81.9%
94.
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Ray
0.20% -29 -556 -1.8%
95.
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Herbert
0.19% -42 -9,113 -24.1%
96.
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Gene
0.18% -30 -1,572 -5.4%
97.
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Bernard
0.17% -33 -4,098 -13.4%
98.
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Theodore
0.17% -22 +1,291 +5.2%
99.
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Curtis
0.17% +7 +8,000 +44.4%
100.
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Keith
0.17% +25 +12,003 +86.6%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary
4.30% 0 +67,073 +11.7%
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Linda
3.57% +87 +502,300 +1,711%
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Barbara
2.86% 0 +128,848 +43.5%
4.
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Patricia
2.76% +1 +190,833 +86.5%
5.
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Carol
1.96% +6 +174,601 +148%
6.
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Sandra
1.78% +42 +220,137 +485%
7.
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Nancy
1.69% +2 +109,572 +76.9%
8.
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Sharon
1.49% +75 +190,153 +612%
9.
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Judith
1.46% +31 +168,129 +337%
10.
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Susan
1.42% +107 +190,986 +908%
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Betty
1.31% -9 -105,786 -35.2%
12.
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Carolyn
1.22% +17 +112,330 +162%
13.
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Margaret
1.16% -5 +15,654 +9.9%
14.
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Shirley
1.15% -10 -57,598 -25.1%
15.
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Judy
1.13% +97 +145,407 +652%
16.
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Karen
1.13% +122 +151,007 +905%
17.
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Donna
1.11% +6 +86,677 +110%
18.
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Kathleen
1.03% +54 +118,431 +343%
19.
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Joyce
1.02% -7 +35,988 +31.2%
20.
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Dorothy
0.89% -14 -78,159 -37.1%
21.
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Janet
0.88% +5 +54,716 +72.0%
22.
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Diane
0.83% +93 +100,680 +454%
23.
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Janice
0.80% +19 +69,549 +141%
24.
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Joan
0.79% -17 -55,731 -32.1%
25.
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Elizabeth
0.78% -8 +20,072 +20.8%
26.
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Brenda
0.76% +269 +108,034 +2,467%
27.
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Gloria
0.71% +4 +36,466 +53.2%
28.
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Virginia
0.67% -13 -4,090 -4.0%
29.
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Marilyn
0.67% -13 +446 +0.5%
30.
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Martha
0.64% -6 +17,689 +22.8%
31.
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Beverly
0.64% -11 +14,282 +17.7%
32.
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Helen
0.61% -22 -49,684 -35.4%
33.
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Bonnie
0.58% +33 +51,084 +143%
34.
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Ruth
0.58% -20 -23,541 -21.6%
35.
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Frances
0.57% -16 -6,671 -7.2%
36.
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Jean
0.54% -18 -13,825 -14.7%
37.
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Ann
0.52% -3 +12,737 +19.9%
38.
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Phyllis
0.51% -11 +2,338 +3.2%
39.
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Pamela
0.49% +442 +71,248 +3,804%
40.
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Jane
0.49% +7 +26,723 +58.3%
41.
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Alice
0.49% -19 -6,576 -8.3%
42.
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Peggy
0.48% -5 +15,846 +28.2%
43.
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Cheryl
0.48% +540 +69,659 +5,358%
44.
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Doris
0.43% -31 -46,515 -42.0%
45.
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Catherine
0.42% -6 +12,060 +24.1%
46.
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Elaine
0.40% +5 +18,996 +46.2%
47.
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Cynthia
0.39% +144 +48,394 +501%
48.
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Marie
0.39% -15 -8,282 -12.6%
49.
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Lois
0.38% -28 -23,859 -29.6%
50.
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Connie
0.38% +95 +40,951 +262%
51.
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Christine
0.37% +78 +36,075 +195%
52.
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Diana
0.36% +143 +44,197 +465%
53.
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Gail
0.36% +91 +37,285 +235%
54.
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Joanne
0.35% -1 +11,074 +27.3%
55.
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Rose
0.35% -19 -7,468 -12.6%
56.
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Wanda
0.34% -6 +7,704 +17.9%
57.
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Carole
0.34% +37 +23,535 +87.9%
58.
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Rita
0.34% -4 +11,114 +28.7%
59.
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Charlotte
0.33% +12 +14,832 +42.8%
60.
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Jo
0.33% +30 +19,796 +69.1%
61.
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Evelyn
0.32% -31 -21,205 -30.6%
62.
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Geraldine
0.32% -24 -2,107 -4.2%
63.
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Jacqueline
0.31% +15 +13,443 +41.9%
64.
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Ellen
0.31% +34 +20,266 +80.6%
65.
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Sally
0.30% +5 +10,664 +30.7%
66.
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Rebecca
0.30% +97 +32,698 +259%
67.
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Kathryn
0.30% +43 +21,997 +97.4%
68.
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Deborah
0.30% +324 +41,247 +1,469%
69.
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Norma
0.29% -41 -29,847 -41.0%
70.
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Suzanne
0.28% +91 +28,643 +224%
71.
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Anna
0.28% -39 -25,317 -38.0%
72.
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Sue
0.28% +53 +21,436 +110%
73.
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Darlene
0.27% +22 +14,365 +55.3%
74.
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Patsy
0.27% -13 +3,805 +10.4%
75.
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Joann
0.27% -6 +5,319 +15.3%
76.
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Sarah
0.27% -16 +3,464 +9.5%
77.
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Katherine
0.27% +20 +14,718 +58.4%
78.
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Paula
0.26% +126 +30,184 +341%
79.
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Annie
0.26% -35 -10,232 -20.9%
80.
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Louise
0.26% -39 -11,195 -22.5%
81.
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Roberta
0.26% +12 +10,319 +37.2%
82.
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Sylvia
0.25% -6 +4,277 +13.0%
83.
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Anne
0.24% +8 +7,525 +26.3%
84.
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Theresa
0.24% -7 +3,005 +9.2%
85.
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Sheila
0.24% +92 +24,782 +226%
86.
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Maria
0.24% +32 +14,933 +72.4%
87.
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Laura
0.24% +12 +9,978 +39.8%
88.
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Kathy
0.23% +506 +33,512 +2,672%
89.
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Eileen
0.23% +24 +12,436 +55.9%
90.
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Marcia
0.23% +59 +20,149 +141%
91.
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Rosemary
0.23% +10 +9,439 +38.0%
92.
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Glenda
0.22% +87 +22,758 +215%
93.
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Dolores
0.22% -68 -44,038 -57.1%
94.
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Mildred
0.22% -59 -28,668 -46.4%
95.
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Lorraine
0.22% -33 -3,286 -9.0%
96.
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Marjorie
0.22% -53 -16,312 -33.1%
97.
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Sherry
0.22% +237 +29,063 +786%
98.
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Kay
0.22% +38 +15,353 +88.7%
99.
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Anita
0.22% +15 +10,306 +46.4%
100.
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Dianne
0.22% +212 +28,259 +700%