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
3.37% 0
2.
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Christopher
3.10% 0
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Matthew
2.45% 0
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Joshua
2.19% 0
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Daniel
2.00% +1
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David
2.00% -1
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James
1.86% 0
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Robert
1.67% +1
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John
1.64% -1
10.
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Joseph
1.57% 0
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Andrew
1.57% +3
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Ryan
1.55% 0
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Brandon
1.52% +2
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Jason
1.35% -3
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Justin
1.33% -2
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William
1.28% 0
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Jonathan
1.25% +2
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Brian
1.20% -1
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Nicholas
1.16% +1
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Anthony
1.15% +1
21.
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Eric
1.08% +1
22.
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Adam
1.05% -4
23.
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Kevin
0.98% +1
24.
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Steven
0.97% -1
25.
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Thomas
0.92% 0
26.
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Timothy
0.89% 0
27.
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Kyle
0.86% +7
28.
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Richard
0.80% -1
29.
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Jeffrey
0.75% -1
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Jeremy
0.70% +1
31.
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Benjamin
0.70% -1
32.
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Mark
0.69% 0
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Aaron
0.68% -4
34.
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Charles
0.67% -1
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Jacob
0.64% +2
36.
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Stephen
0.64% -1
37.
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Patrick
0.61% -1
38.
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Sean
0.60% +5
39.
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Zachary
0.59% +6
40.
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Nathan
0.55% -2
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Dustin
0.54% 0
42.
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Paul
0.54% -2
43.
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Tyler
0.53% +4
44.
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Scott
0.53% -5
45.
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Gregory
0.51% -1
46.
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Travis
0.47% -4
47.
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Kenneth
0.47% -1
48.
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Bryan
0.45% 0
49.
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Jose
0.44% 0
50.
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Alexander
0.43% +4
51.
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Jesse
0.43% -1
52.
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Cody
0.37% +10
53.
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Bradley
0.36% 0
54.
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Samuel
0.36% +1
55.
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Shawn
0.36% +1
56.
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Derek
0.35% -4
57.
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Chad
0.34% -6
58.
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Jared
0.31% +1
59.
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Edward
0.31% -1
60.
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Peter
0.30% 0
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Marcus
0.29% -4
62.
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Jordan
0.28% +3
63.
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Corey
0.27% +6
64.
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Keith
0.27% -3
65.
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Juan
0.25% -1
66.
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Donald
0.25% -3
67.
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Joel
0.24% -1
68.
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Shane
0.24% +17
69.
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Phillip
0.23% +1
70.
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Brett
0.23% +2
71.
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Ronald
0.22% -4
72.
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George
0.22% -4
73.
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Antonio
0.22% +4
74.
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Carlos
0.21% 0
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Raymond
0.21% -1
76.
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Douglas
0.21% -5
77.
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Nathaniel
0.21% +3
78.
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Ian
0.21% 0
79.
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Craig
0.21% -4
80.
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Alex
0.20% +13
81.
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Cory
0.20% +2
82.
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Gary
0.20% -6
83.
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Derrick
0.20% -4
84.
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Philip
0.19% -3
85.
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Luis
0.19% +3
86.
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Casey
0.18% -4
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Erik
0.18% -3
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Victor
0.17% +2
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Brent
0.17% 0
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Frank
0.17% -4
91.
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Evan
0.17% +7
92.
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Gabriel
0.17% -5
93.
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Adrian
0.16% +14
94.
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Wesley
0.16% +7
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Vincent
0.16% 0
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Larry
0.15% -5
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Jeffery
0.15% -3
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Curtis
0.15% -2
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Todd
0.15% -8
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Blake
0.15% +3
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Jessica
2.62% +1
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Ashley
2.55% +1
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Jennifer
2.31% -2
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Amanda
2.12% 0
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Sarah
1.35% 0
6.
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Stephanie
1.26% 0
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Nicole
1.24% 0
8.
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Heather
1.15% +1
9.
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Elizabeth
1.11% +1
10.
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Megan
1.08% +1
11.
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Melissa
1.08% -3
12.
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Christina
0.90% +8
13.
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Rachel
0.89% +2
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Laura
0.87% +5
15.
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Lauren
0.85% +6
16.
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Amber
0.84% +2
17.
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Brittany
0.84% +24
18.
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Danielle
0.84% -2
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Kimberly
0.81% +3
20.
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Amy
0.78% -7
21.
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Crystal
0.78% -9
22.
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Michelle
0.76% -5
23.
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Tiffany
0.74% -9
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Emily
0.71% 0
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Rebecca
0.69% -2
26.
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Erin
0.62% -1
27.
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Jamie
0.60% +4
28.
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Kelly
0.60% -1
29.
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Samantha
0.58% +10
30.
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Sara
0.57% +2
31.
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Angela
0.55% -5
32.
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Katherine
0.55% -2
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Andrea
0.54% -5
34.
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Erica
0.52% 0
35.
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Mary
0.50% -2
36.
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Lisa
0.49% -7
37.
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Lindsey
0.46% -2
38.
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Kristen
0.46% 0
39.
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Katie
0.43% +5
40.
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Lindsay
0.43% -4
41.
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Shannon
0.42% -4
42.
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Vanessa
0.41% +3
43.
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Courtney
0.41% +3
44.
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Christine
0.40% -1
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Alicia
0.39% -5
46.
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Allison
0.38% +5
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April
0.36% -5
48.
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Kathryn
0.36% 0
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Kristin
0.36% -2
50.
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Jenna
0.35% +4
51.
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Tara
0.33% -2
52.
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Maria
0.33% -2
53.
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Krystal
0.32% +21
54.
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Anna
0.32% +3
55.
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Julie
0.31% -3
56.
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Holly
0.30% -3
57.
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Kristina
0.30% +11
58.
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Natalie
0.30% -3
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Victoria
0.29% 0
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Jacqueline
0.28% -4
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Monica
0.27% -3
62.
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Cassandra
0.26% +1
63.
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Meghan
0.25% +2
64.
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Patricia
0.24% +2
65.
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Catherine
0.23% +4
66.
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Cynthia
0.22% -4
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Stacy
0.22% 0
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Kathleen
0.22% +3
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Brandi
0.22% -8
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Brandy
0.21% -6
71.
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Valerie
0.21% +5
72.
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Veronica
0.21% -2
73.
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Whitney
0.21% +52
74.
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Diana
0.20% -2
75.
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Chelsea
0.20% +9
76.
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Leslie
0.20% -1
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Caitlin
0.20% +41
78.
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Leah
0.19% +5
79.
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Natasha
0.19% -2
80.
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Erika
0.19% +1
81.
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Latoya
0.18% -21
82.
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Dana
0.18% -9
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Dominique
0.18% +126
84.
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Brittney
0.18% +92
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Julia
0.17% +2
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Candice
0.17% 0
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Karen
0.17% -5
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Melanie
0.17% -3
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Stacey
0.17% -10
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Margaret
0.17% +2
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Sheena
0.17% -11
92.
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Alexandra
0.16% +4
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Katrina
0.16% +12
94.
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Bethany
0.16% -1
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Nichole
0.16% +2
96.
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Carrie
0.16% -18
97.
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Alison
0.15% +13
98.
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Kara
0.15% -3
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Joanna
0.15% -11
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Rachael
0.15% +3