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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Fred		 0.18% -43
89.
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Harry		 0.21% -37
62.
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Harold		 0.30% -34
81.
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Eugene		 0.24% -32
83.
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Howard		 0.23% -30
76.
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Albert		 0.26% -29
75.
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Bobby		 0.26% -27
82.
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Louis		 0.23% -26
88.
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Leonard		 0.21% -26
97.
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Melvin		 0.18% -26
60.
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Jack		 0.30% -25
67.
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Billy		 0.29% -25
51.
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Walter		 0.35% -24
61.
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Henry		 0.30% -24
70.
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Jimmy		 0.27% -24
92.
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Ernest		 0.19% -24
66.
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Ralph		 0.30% -22
55.
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Arthur		 0.32% -21
46.
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Gerald		 0.40% -20
63.
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Roy		 0.30% -20
57.
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Joe		 0.31% -17
38.
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Raymond		 0.53% -15
53.
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Willie		 0.32% -15
35.
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Frank		 0.55% -14
87.
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Frederick		 0.22% -14
37.
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Roger		 0.54% -13
31.
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Jerry		 0.67% -12
48.
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Carl		 0.38% -12
78.
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Ronnie		 0.25% -12
42.
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Lawrence		 0.44% -11
25.
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George		 0.88% -10
43.
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Wayne		 0.43% -10
84.
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Allen		 0.23% -10
65.
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Philip		 0.30% -8
69.
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Stanley		 0.28% -8
73.
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Samuel		 0.26% -8
93.
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Eddie		 0.19% -8
18.
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Larry		 1.20% -7
98.
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Lee		 0.18% -6
15.
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Ronald		 1.32% -5
23.
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Edward		 0.92% -5
54.
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Johnny		 0.32% -4
10.
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Charles		 1.76% -3
6.
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William		 2.88% -2
7.
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Richard		 2.61% -2
14.
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Donald		 1.33% -2
3.
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Robert		 4.05% -1
4.
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John		 3.89% -1
21.
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Dennis		 1.00% -1
1.
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James		 4.11% 0
8.
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Thomas		 2.21% 0
13.
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Joseph		 1.46% 0
16.
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Kenneth		 1.28% 0
17.
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Paul		 1.23% 0
77.
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Phillip		 0.26% 0
5.
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David		 3.75% +1
12.
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Gary		 1.61% +2
28.
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Douglas		 0.72% +2
39.
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Peter		 0.50% +2
19.
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Daniel		 1.19% +3
29.
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Terry		 0.69% +3
20.
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Stephen		 1.01% +5
80.
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Mike		 0.24% +6
100.
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Vincent		 0.17% +6
2.
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Michael		 4.08% +7
32.
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Bruce		 0.67% +7
50.
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Dale		 0.37% +9
45.
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Alan		 0.41% +10
59.
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Russell		 0.30% +10
72.
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Barry		 0.27% +10
79.
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Martin		 0.25% +12
85.
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Curtis		 0.23% +14
30.
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Anthony		 0.67% +15
68.
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Glenn		 0.29% +15
44.
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Danny		 0.42% +16
11.
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Steven		 1.63% +18
40.
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Patrick		 0.47% +18
56.
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Steve		 0.31% +23
64.
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Andrew		 0.30% +23
96.
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Jay		 0.18% +30
71.
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Rodney		 0.27% +31
95.
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Darrell		 0.18% +33
26.
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Gregory		 0.87% +38
22.
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Timothy		 0.97% +41
9.
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Mark		 1.86% +45
91.
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Tony		 0.20% +48
41.
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Keith		 0.45% +59
24.
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Jeffrey		 0.90% +64
52.
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Craig		 0.34% +68
58.
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Randall		 0.30% +74
74.
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Eric		 0.26% +77
34.
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Brian		 0.55% +78
90.
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Micheal		 0.20% +81
99.
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Matthew		 0.17% +93
49.
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Christopher		 0.38% +98
33.
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Randy		 0.59% +123
36.
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Scott		 0.55% +128
27.
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Kevin		 0.78% +140
47.
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Ricky		 0.39% +178
86.
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Jeffery		 0.22% +202
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
100.
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Doris		 0.22% -56
86.
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Frances		 0.26% -51
76.
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Helen		 0.29% -44
85.
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Alice		 0.26% -44
88.
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Marie		 0.25% -40
58.
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Dorothy		 0.38% -38
75.
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Phyllis		 0.29% -37
63.
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Virginia		 0.35% -35
69.
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Ruth		 0.32% -35
81.
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Elaine		 0.28% -35
94.
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Sally		 0.24% -29
82.
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Joanne		 0.27% -28
56.
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Marilyn		 0.41% -27
34.
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Judith		 0.55% -25
35.
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Betty		 0.52% -24
60.
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Jean		 0.37% -24
45.
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Joan		 0.43% -21
33.
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Shirley		 0.55% -19
49.
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Martha		 0.42% -19
50.
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Bonnie		 0.42% -17
87.
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Suzanne		 0.26% -17
80.
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Ellen		 0.28% -16
42.
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Gloria		 0.44% -15
73.
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Rita		 0.31% -15
25.
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Carolyn		 0.63% -13
27.
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Judy		 0.60% -12
16.
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Carol		 1.13% -11
51.
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Jane		 0.42% -11
66.
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Rose		 0.34% -11
23.
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Margaret		 0.76% -10
29.
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Joyce		 0.58% -10
72.
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Jacqueline		 0.31% -9
68.
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Jo		 0.32% -8
12.
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Sandra		 1.28% -6
14.
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Sharon		 1.18% -6
96.
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Marcia		 0.22% -6
36.
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Beverly		 0.50% -5
47.
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Peggy		 0.43% -5
41.
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Ann		 0.44% -4
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Barbara		 1.75% -3
55.
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Diana		 0.41% -3
59.
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Wanda		 0.37% -3
9.
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Nancy		 1.45% -2
24.
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Janice		 0.68% -1
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Mary		 3.17% 0
2.
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Linda		 2.86% 0
83.
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Anne		 0.27% 0
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Patricia		 2.33% +1
20.
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Janet		 0.85% +1
71.
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Darlene		 0.31% +2
15.
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Kathleen		 1.14% +3
21.
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Elizabeth		 0.84% +4
17.
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Diane		 1.07% +5
4.
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Susan		 2.22% +6
10.
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Donna		 1.37% +7
8.
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Karen		 1.69% +8
18.
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Brenda		 1.06% +8
91.
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Anita		 0.24% +8
44.
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Gail		 0.43% +9
40.
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Connie		 0.45% +10
57.
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Kathryn		 0.39% +10
65.
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Katherine		 0.34% +12
32.
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Catherine		 0.55% +13
70.
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Maria		 0.32% +16
31.
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Christine		 0.57% +20
62.
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Sheila		 0.36% +23
19.
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Cheryl		 0.87% +24
13.
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Pamela		 1.20% +26
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Paula		 0.43% +32
64.
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Sherry		 0.35% +33
11.
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Cynthia		 1.34% +36
28.
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Rebecca		 0.59% +38
67.
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Lynn		 0.34% +41
89.
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Victoria		 0.25% +41
39.
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Theresa		 0.45% +45
38.
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Laura		 0.48% +49
61.
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Vicki		 0.37% +61
5.
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Deborah		 2.18% +63
22.
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Kathy		 0.80% +66
99.
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Leslie		 0.22% +71
97.
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Terry		 0.22% +78
84.
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Valerie		 0.27% +92
43.
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Julie		 0.44% +101
98.
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Jennifer		 0.22% +109
30.
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Teresa		 0.58% +110
52.
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Cathy		 0.42% +115
77.
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Vickie		 0.29% +139
26.
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Denise		 0.63% +188
93.
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Michelle		 0.24% +203
92.
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Laurie		 0.24% +218
53.
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Robin		 0.42% +238
48.
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Cindy		 0.43% +252
74.
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Rhonda		 0.30% +256
95.
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Terri		 0.24% +268
7.
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Debra		 1.73% +295
54.
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Debbie		 0.42% +363
37.
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Lisa		 0.49% +426
78.
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Kim		 0.28% +627
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Kimberly		 0.25% +646
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Lori		 0.28% +826
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