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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Michael		 4.28% +2
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Robert		 4.17% -1
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James		 4.17% -1
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John		 3.92% 0
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David		 3.85% 0
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William		 2.97% 0
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Richard		 2.76% 0
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Thomas		 2.28% 0
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Gary		 1.83% +1
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Charles		 1.81% -1
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Steven		 1.77% 0
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Mark		 1.75% 0
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Joseph		 1.51% 0
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Donald		 1.42% 0
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Ronald		 1.34% 0
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Paul		 1.27% 0
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Kenneth		 1.27% -1
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Daniel		 1.22% +2
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Larry		 1.19% -1
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Stephen		 1.06% +1
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Dennis		 1.00% -2
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Edward		 0.94% +1
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Jeffrey		 0.92% +2
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George		 0.90% -2
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Gregory		 0.85% -1
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Timothy		 0.84% 0
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Terry		 0.75% +3
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Kevin		 0.74% +8
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Douglas		 0.71% -2
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Bruce		 0.68% -2
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Jerry		 0.66% -2
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Anthony		 0.63% 0
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Randy		 0.61% +2
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Roger		 0.57% -3
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Raymond		 0.54% -1
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Frank		 0.53% -3
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Peter		 0.49% +1
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Patrick		 0.48% +1
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Lawrence		 0.46% -2
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Scott		 0.46% +6
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Wayne		 0.44% -1
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Danny		 0.44% -1
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Alan		 0.42% 0
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Gerald		 0.41% -2
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Keith		 0.40% +2
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Ricky		 0.39% +5
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Carl		 0.39% -3
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Brian		 0.39% +5
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Walter		 0.36% -4
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Dale		 0.36% -2
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Craig		 0.35% +9
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Arthur		 0.33% -2
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Willie		 0.33% -4
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Johnny		 0.32% -2
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Randall		 0.32% +9
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Roy		 0.32% -1
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Jack		 0.31% 0
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Stanley		 0.31% +4
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Henry		 0.31% -5
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Harold		 0.31% -4
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Ralph		 0.31% -2
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Philip		 0.30% -1
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Glenn		 0.30% +4
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Christopher		 0.29% -1
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Billy		 0.29% 0
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Rodney		 0.29% -8
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Joe		 0.28% -1
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Barry		 0.28% +5
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Russell		 0.28% +2
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Andrew		 0.27% -2
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Samuel		 0.27% -1
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Bobby		 0.27% +1
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Albert		 0.26% -4
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Jimmy		 0.26% -2
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Phillip		 0.25% +1
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Steve		 0.25% +8
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Eugene		 0.24% -2
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Ronnie		 0.24% +1
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Martin		 0.24% +3
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Howard		 0.24% -3
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Louis		 0.23% -3
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Allen		 0.23% -1
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Frederick		 0.23% -3
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Curtis		 0.22% +2
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Leonard		 0.22% 0
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Harry		 0.21% -3
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Ernest		 0.20% 0
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Micheal		 0.20% 0
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Eric		 0.20% 0
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Jeffery		 0.19% +19
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Eddie		 0.18% +6
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Melvin		 0.18% -1
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Fred		 0.18% -1
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Francis		 0.18% -4
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Darrell		 0.18% +8
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Lee		 0.17% -3
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Marvin		 0.17% -3
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Earl		 0.17% -2
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Norman		 0.17% -1
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Tommy		 0.17% -5
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 3.42% 0
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Linda		 2.78% 0
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Deborah		 2.75% 0
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Patricia		 2.47% 0
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Susan		 2.37% 0
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Debra		 2.31% +1
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Barbara		 1.83% -1
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Karen		 1.63% +1
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Nancy		 1.52% -1
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Cynthia		 1.39% +2
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Donna		 1.38% +2
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Pamela		 1.38% -2
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Sandra		 1.31% -2
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Kathleen		 1.13% 0
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Carol		 1.12% +1
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Sharon		 1.12% -1
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Diane		 1.11% 0
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Brenda		 0.99% 0
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Janet		 0.93% 0
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Elizabeth		 0.83% +1
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Margaret		 0.77% -1
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Cheryl		 0.75% +6
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Kathy		 0.71% 0
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Denise		 0.69% +7
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Janice		 0.68% -3
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Rebecca		 0.66% -2
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Carolyn		 0.61% -2
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Joyce		 0.61% -2
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Judy		 0.58% -2
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Judith		 0.56% 0
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Beverly		 0.56% +3
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Catherine		 0.56% +3
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Shirley		 0.55% -4
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Teresa		 0.55% +8
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Marilyn		 0.54% +1
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Betty		 0.53% -3
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Gail		 0.49% +2
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Paula		 0.49% +2
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Connie		 0.48% +7
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Joan		 0.48% -3
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Robin		 0.45% +25
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Gloria		 0.45% -4
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Christine		 0.44% -11
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Ann		 0.44% +2
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Laura		 0.44% +6
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Martha		 0.43% -5
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Theresa		 0.43% +3
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Peggy		 0.43% -4
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Jane		 0.42% -6
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Vicki		 0.41% +11
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Kathryn		 0.41% -3
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Bonnie		 0.41% -7
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Jo		 0.40% +1
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Rose		 0.40% +5
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Dorothy		 0.39% -6
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Jean		 0.39% -4
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Diana		 0.38% -2
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Wanda		 0.37% -1
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Cathy		 0.36% -3
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Sheila		 0.36% 0
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Virginia		 0.36% -8
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Sherry		 0.36% +8
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Lynn		 0.34% +4
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Katherine		 0.34% -1
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Maria		 0.33% +3
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Ruth		 0.33% -4
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Rita		 0.33% -3
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Jacqueline		 0.33% -10
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Vickie		 0.32% +10
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Julie		 0.32% +4
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Rhonda		 0.31% +14
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Helen		 0.30% -7
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Lisa		 0.30% +38
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Elaine		 0.29% +3
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Phyllis		 0.29% -6
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Darlene		 0.28% -1
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Ellen		 0.27% -1
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Joanne		 0.27% -7
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Marie		 0.27% +7
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Anne		 0.27% 0
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Alice		 0.27% -8
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Suzanne		 0.26% -4
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Frances		 0.26% -11
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Sally		 0.26% -3
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Victoria		 0.25% -3
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Marsha		 0.25% -3
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Valerie		 0.25% +1
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Terry		 0.24% +28
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Michele		 0.24% +13
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Marcia		 0.24% -6
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Cindy		 0.24% +8
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Debbie		 0.23% +27
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Doris		 0.22% -6
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Michelle		 0.22% +13
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Wendy		 0.22% +14
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Anita		 0.22% -7
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Maureen		 0.22% -5
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Laurie		 0.22% +5
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Leslie		 0.21% -3
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Terri		 0.21% +30
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Popularity extremes for the United States