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
3.45% 0
2.
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Christopher
2.88% 0
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Matthew
2.39% +7
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Joshua
2.06% +20
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David
1.99% -1
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James
1.85% -1
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Daniel
1.80% +5
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Robert
1.67% -1
9.
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John
1.67% -3
10.
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Joseph
1.56% +1
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Jason
1.52% -8
12.
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Justin
1.51% +26
13.
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Andrew
1.48% +15
14.
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Ryan
1.45% +11
15.
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William
1.29% -6
16.
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Brian
1.22% -8
17.
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Brandon
1.21% +35
18.
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Jonathan
1.20% +14
19.
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Nicholas
1.16% +32
20.
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Anthony
1.10% +2
21.
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Eric
1.06% -7
22.
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Adam
1.01% +14
23.
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Kevin
0.98% -10
24.
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Thomas
0.92% -4
25.
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Steven
0.92% -6
26.
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Timothy
0.90% -5
27.
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Richard
0.80% -11
28.
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Jeremy
0.80% -2
29.
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Jeffrey
0.75% -14
30.
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Kyle
0.74% +56
31.
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Benjamin
0.74% +13
32.
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Aaron
0.72% +3
33.
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Charles
0.69% -10
34.
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Mark
0.67% -16
35.
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Jacob
0.65% +43
36.
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Stephen
0.59% -3
37.
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Patrick
0.58% 0
38.
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Scott
0.56% -21
39.
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Nathan
0.55% +10
40.
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Paul
0.54% -13
41.
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Sean
0.54% -2
42.
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Travis
0.54% +12
43.
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Zachary
0.53% +98
44.
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Dustin
0.51% +59
45.
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Gregory
0.49% -16
46.
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Kenneth
0.46% -15
47.
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Jose
0.45% +1
48.
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Tyler
0.45% +154
49.
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Jesse
0.45% +17
50.
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Alexander
0.43% +56
51.
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Bryan
0.42% -5
52.
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Samuel
0.38% +12
53.
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Derek
0.38% +20
54.
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Bradley
0.36% +3
55.
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Chad
0.36% -25
56.
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Shawn
0.34% -22
57.
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Edward
0.32% -17
58.
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Jared
0.31% +55
59.
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Cody
0.31% +172
60.
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Jordan
0.30% +275
61.
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Peter
0.30% -6
62.
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Corey
0.28% +8
63.
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Keith
0.27% -18
64.
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Marcus
0.27% +8
65.
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Juan
0.27% +3
66.
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Donald
0.26% -24
67.
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Ronald
0.24% -24
68.
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George
0.24% -15
69.
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Phillip
0.24% +2
70.
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Cory
0.23% +29
71.
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Joel
0.23% +4
72.
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Shane
0.22% -12
73.
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Douglas
0.22% -23
74.
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Antonio
0.22% +9
75.
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Carlos
0.22% +1
76.
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Raymond
0.22% -15
77.
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Brett
0.22% +17
78.
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Gary
0.21% -31
79.
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Alex
0.20% +97
80.
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Nathaniel
0.20% +60
81.
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Craig
0.20% -25
82.
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Ian
0.20% +73
83.
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Luis
0.20% +34
84.
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Derrick
0.19% +1
85.
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Erik
0.19% +2
86.
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Casey
0.19% +56
87.
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Philip
0.19% +3
88.
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Frank
0.18% -23
89.
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Evan
0.17% +170
90.
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Gabriel
0.17% +24
91.
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Victor
0.17% +10
92.
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Vincent
0.17% +6
93.
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Austin
0.16% +264
94.
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Brent
0.16% -12
95.
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Larry
0.16% -37
96.
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Seth
0.16% +64
97.
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Wesley
0.16% +24
98.
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Dennis
0.16% -39
99.
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Todd
0.16% -58
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Christian
0.16% +8
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
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Jessica
2.54% +10
2.
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Jennifer
2.39% -1
3.
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Amanda
2.00% +14
4.
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Ashley
1.91% +136
5.
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Sarah
1.48% +14
6.
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Stephanie
1.18% +3
7.
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Melissa
1.18% -4
8.
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Nicole
1.14% +2
9.
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Elizabeth
1.08% +3
10.
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Heather
1.04% -2
11.
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Tiffany
0.86% +31
12.
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Michelle
0.84% -8
13.
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Amber
0.83% +52
14.
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Megan
0.83% +75
15.
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Amy
0.82% -13
16.
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Rachel
0.80% +17
17.
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Kimberly
0.79% -12
18.
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Christina
0.79% -2
19.
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Lauren
0.79% +118
20.
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Crystal
0.76% +17
21.
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Brittany
0.76% +508
22.
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Rebecca
0.74% -9
23.
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Laura
0.73% -3
24.
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Danielle
0.73% +22
25.
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Emily
0.71% +41
26.
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Samantha
0.66% +83
27.
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Angela
0.63% -20
28.
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Erin
0.63% +11
29.
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Kelly
0.59% -15
30.
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Sara
0.57% +20
31.
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Lisa
0.56% -25
32.
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Katherine
0.54% +23
33.
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Andrea
0.53% -5
34.
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Jamie
0.52% +6
35.
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Mary
0.52% -20
36.
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Erica
0.51% +23
37.
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Courtney
0.46% +91
38.
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Kristen
0.45% +34
39.
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Shannon
0.43% -18
40.
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April
0.41% -6
41.
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Katie
0.40% +124
42.
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Lindsey
0.39% +280
43.
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Kristin
0.38% +31
44.
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Lindsay
0.37% +169
45.
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Christine
0.37% -23
46.
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Alicia
0.36% +36
47.
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Maria
0.36% -12
48.
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Vanessa
0.36% +65
49.
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Kathryn
0.34% +43
50.
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Allison
0.34% +45
51.
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Julie
0.33% -33
52.
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Anna
0.31% +35
53.
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Tara
0.31% -10
54.
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Kayla
0.30% +708
55.
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Natalie
0.30% +50
56.
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Victoria
0.29% +46
57.
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Monica
0.28% -12
58.
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Jacqueline
0.28% +27
59.
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Holly
0.27% -1
60.
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Kristina
0.25% +39
61.
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Patricia
0.24% -31
62.
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Cassandra
0.24% +90
63.
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Brandy
0.24% +18
64.
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Whitney
0.24% +357
65.
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Chelsea
0.23% +463
66.
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Brandi
0.23% +40
67.
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Catherine
0.23% +6
68.
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Cynthia
0.23% -37
69.
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Kathleen
0.21% 0
70.
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Veronica
0.21% +13
71.
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Leslie
0.21% -1
72.
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Natasha
0.21% +79
73.
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Krystal
0.20% +291
74.
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Stacy
0.20% -36
75.
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Diana
0.20% +22
76.
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Erika
0.20% +50
77.
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Dana
0.20% -20
78.
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Jenna
0.20% +388
79.
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Meghan
0.20% +199
80.
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Carrie
0.20% -39
81.
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Leah
0.20% +58
82.
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Melanie
0.20% -26
83.
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Brooke
0.19% +103
84.
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Karen
0.19% -59
85.
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Alexandra
0.19% +253
86.
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Valerie
0.19% +10
87.
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Caitlin
0.18% +919
88.
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Julia
0.18% +43
89.
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Alyssa
0.18% +282
89.
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Jasmine
0.18% +386
91.
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Hannah
0.18% +362
92.
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Stacey
0.17% -45
93.
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Brittney
0.17% +995
94.
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Susan
0.17% -67
95.
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Margaret
0.16% +6
96.
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Sandra
0.16% -52
97.
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Candice
0.16% +114
98.
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Latoya
0.16% +134
99.
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Bethany
0.16% +119
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Misty
0.16% -25