Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
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Michael
4.25% +1
2.
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David
3.74% +3
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John
3.64% +1
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James
3.49% -3
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Robert
3.32% -2
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Mark
2.25% +3
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William
2.15% -1
8.
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Richard
1.91% -1
9.
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Thomas
1.67% -1
10.
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Jeffrey
1.54% +14
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Steven
1.48% 0
12.
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Joseph
1.44% +1
13.
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Timothy
1.41% +9
14.
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Kevin
1.38% +13
15.
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Scott
1.36% +21
16.
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Brian
1.32% +18
17.
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Charles
1.27% -7
18.
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Paul
1.24% -1
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Daniel
1.23% 0
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Christopher
1.21% +29
21.
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Kenneth
1.16% -5
22.
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Anthony
1.04% +8
23.
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Gregory
0.96% +3
24.
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Ronald
0.93% -9
25.
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Donald
0.88% -11
26.
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Gary
0.85% -14
27.
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Stephen
0.78% -7
28.
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Eric
0.78% +46
29.
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Edward
0.73% -6
30.
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Douglas
0.69% -2
31.
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Todd
0.66% +130
32.
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Patrick
0.63% +8
33.
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George
0.58% -8
34.
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Keith
0.57% +7
35.
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Larry
0.55% -17
36.
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Matthew
0.54% +63
37.
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Terry
0.52% -8
38.
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Andrew
0.50% +26
39.
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Dennis
0.48% -18
40.
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Randy
0.48% -7
41.
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Jerry
0.48% -10
42.
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Peter
0.47% -3
43.
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Frank
0.44% -8
44.
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Craig
0.43% +8
45.
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Raymond
0.42% -7
46.
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Jeffery
0.41% +40
47.
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Bruce
0.38% -15
48.
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Rodney
0.37% +23
49.
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Mike
0.36% +31
50.
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Roger
0.36% -13
51.
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Tony
0.36% +40
52.
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Ricky
0.34% -5
53.
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Steve
0.34% +3
54.
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Jeff
0.32% +77
55.
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Troy
0.31% +210
56.
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Alan
0.31% -11
57.
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Carl
0.31% -9
58.
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Danny
0.31% -14
59.
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Russell
0.31% 0
60.
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Chris
0.29% +66
61.
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Bryan
0.28% +87
62.
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Gerald
0.28% -16
63.
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Wayne
0.28% -20
64.
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Joe
0.27% -7
65.
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Randall
0.27% -7
66.
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Lawrence
0.26% -24
67.
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Dale
0.26% -17
68.
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Phillip
0.26% +9
69.
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Johnny
0.25% -15
70.
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Vincent
0.25% +30
71.
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Martin
0.25% +8
72.
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Bradley
0.25% +43
73.
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Billy
0.25% -6
74.
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Glenn
0.25% -6
75.
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Shawn
0.24% +210
76.
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Jimmy
0.24% -6
77.
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Jonathan
0.24% +51
78.
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Sean
0.24% +240
79.
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Curtis
0.24% +6
80.
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Barry
0.24% -8
81.
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Bobby
0.24% -6
82.
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Walter
0.23% -31
83.
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Jon
0.23% +36
84.
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Philip
0.23% -19
85.
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Samuel
0.23% -12
86.
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Jay
0.22% +10
87.
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Jason
0.22% +288
88.
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Dean
0.22% +16
89.
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Jose
0.21% +20
90.
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Tim
0.21% +51
91.
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Roy
0.20% -28
92.
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Willie
0.20% -39
93.
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Arthur
0.20% -38
94.
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Darryl
0.20% +90
95.
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Henry
0.20% -34
96.
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Darrell
0.19% -1
97.
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Allen
0.19% -13
98.
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Victor
0.19% +8
99.
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Harold
0.19% -37
100.
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Greg
0.19% +63
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa
2.63% +36
2.
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Mary
1.88% -1
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Susan
1.52% +1
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Karen
1.51% +4
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Kimberly
1.37% +85
6.
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Patricia
1.22% -3
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Linda
1.19% -5
8.
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Donna
1.13% +2
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Michelle
1.10% +84
10.
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Cynthia
1.04% +1
11.
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Sandra
0.97% +1
12.
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Deborah
0.97% -7
13.
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Tammy
0.96% +127
14.
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Pamela
0.96% -1
15.
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Lori
0.93% +64
16.
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Laura
0.92% +22
17.
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Elizabeth
0.89% +4
18.
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Julie
0.88% +25
19.
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Brenda
0.87% -1
20.
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Jennifer
0.87% +78
21.
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Barbara
0.85% -15
22.
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Angela
0.84% +84
23.
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Sharon
0.82% -9
24.
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Debra
0.81% -17
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Teresa
0.80% +5
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Nancy
0.76% -17
27.
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Christine
0.74% +4
28.
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Cheryl
0.72% -9
29.
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Denise
0.68% -3
30.
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Kelly
0.68% +175
31.
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Tina
0.67% +93
32.
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Kathleen
0.64% -17
33.
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Melissa
0.63% +125
34.
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Robin
0.63% +19
35.
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Amy
0.62% +100
36.
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Diane
0.61% -19
37.
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Dawn
0.61% +73
38.
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Carol
0.59% -22
39.
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Tracy
0.55% +205
40.
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Kathy
0.54% -18
41.
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Rebecca
0.53% -13
42.
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Theresa
0.51% -3
43.
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Kim
0.50% +35
44.
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Rhonda
0.50% +30
45.
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Stephanie
0.49% +74
46.
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Cindy
0.49% +2
47.
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Janet
0.47% -27
48.
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Wendy
0.47% +54
49.
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Maria
0.47% +21
50.
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Michele
0.46% +53
51.
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Jacqueline
0.45% +21
52.
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Debbie
0.45% +2
53.
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Margaret
0.43% -30
54.
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Paula
0.43% -8
55.
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Sherry
0.41% +9
56.
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Catherine
0.41% -24
57.
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Carolyn
0.40% -32
58.
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Laurie
0.39% +34
59.
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Sheila
0.39% +3
60.
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Ann
0.38% -19
61.
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Jill
0.37% +48
62.
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Connie
0.35% -22
63.
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Diana
0.34% -8
64.
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Terri
0.34% +31
65.
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Suzanne
0.32% +22
66.
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Andrea
0.31% +73
67.
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Beth
0.31% +58
68.
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Janice
0.31% -44
69.
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Valerie
0.30% +15
70.
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Renee
0.30% +58
71.
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Leslie
0.29% +28
72.
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Christina
0.28% +103
73.
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Gina
0.28% +146
74.
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Lynn
0.28% -7
75.
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Annette
0.28% +45
76.
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Cathy
0.27% -24
77.
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Katherine
0.27% -12
78.
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Judy
0.27% -51
79.
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Carla
0.25% +59
80.
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Wanda
0.25% -21
81.
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Anne
0.25% +2
82.
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Dana
0.25% +107
83.
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Joyce
0.24% -54
84.
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Regina
0.24% +50
85.
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Beverly
0.24% -49
86.
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Monica
0.24% +94
87.
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Bonnie
0.24% -37
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Kathryn
0.24% -31
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Anita
0.24% +2
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Sarah
0.23% +17
91.
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Darlene
0.23% -20
92.
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Jane
0.23% -41
93.
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Sherri
0.22% +105
94.
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Martha
0.22% -45
95.
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Anna
0.22% +9
96.
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Colleen
0.22% +22
97.
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Vicki
0.21% -36
98.
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Tracey
0.21% +297
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Judith
0.21% -65
100.
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Tamara
0.21% +124