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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James		 5.27% +1
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Robert		 5.16% -1
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John		 4.62% 0
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William		 3.78% 0
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Richard		 3.16% 0
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Charles		 2.67% 0
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David		 2.33% 0
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Thomas		 2.02% +1
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Donald		 1.95% -1
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Ronald		 1.75% 0
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George		 1.54% 0
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Joseph		 1.54% 0
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Larry		 1.45% +1
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Jerry		 1.28% +2
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Kenneth		 1.28% -2
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Edward		 1.21% -1
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Paul		 1.19% 0
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Michael		 1.12% 0
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Gary		 1.06% +2
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Frank		 0.89% 0
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Gerald		 0.86% -2
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Raymond		 0.81% 0
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Harold		 0.68% 0
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Dennis		 0.66% +10
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Walter		 0.65% 0
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Roger		 0.64% +2
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Billy		 0.64% -3
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Joe		 0.61% -1
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Jack		 0.59% -3
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Bobby		 0.58% -1
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Henry		 0.58% 0
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Carl		 0.57% -2
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Arthur		 0.55% -1
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Daniel		 0.53% +4
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Willie		 0.52% -2
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Lawrence		 0.52% 0
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Ralph		 0.49% -2
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Eugene		 0.49% -1
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Wayne		 0.48% 0
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Fred		 0.47% 0
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Albert		 0.47% 0
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Roy		 0.47% 0
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Peter		 0.43% +3
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Jimmy		 0.42% -1
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Howard		 0.41% +2
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Anthony		 0.40% +2
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Harry		 0.40% -2
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Norman		 0.39% -4
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Stephen		 0.37% +16
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Louis		 0.37% -1
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Johnny		 0.34% +11
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Earl		 0.33% -2
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Melvin		 0.33% -2
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Leonard		 0.32% 0
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Bruce		 0.32% +9
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Douglas		 0.32% +2
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Dale		 0.31% +2
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Ernest		 0.31% -3
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Stanley		 0.31% -2
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Philip		 0.31% +6
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Francis		 0.30% -8
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Don		 0.30% -6
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Marvin		 0.30% -11
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Clarence		 0.29% -4
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Samuel		 0.28% -2
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Leroy		 0.28% -5
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Bill		 0.28% 0
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Frederick		 0.26% +3
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Alfred		 0.26% +1
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Gene		 0.26% -1
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Allen		 0.26% +1
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Russell		 0.25% +1
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Terry		 0.25% +10
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Patrick		 0.24% +5
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Herbert		 0.24% -7
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Tommy		 0.24% +1
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Ray		 0.24% -3
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Jim		 0.23% -3
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Phillip		 0.22% +13
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Lee		 0.22% -2
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Eddie		 0.22% 0
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Bernard		 0.21% -6
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Glenn		 0.21% +4
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Andrew		 0.21% 0
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Martin		 0.20% +6
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Jimmie		 0.20% -6
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Franklin		 0.20% +20
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Alan		 0.20% -3
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Leon		 0.20% -3
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Theodore		 0.19% 0
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Gordon		 0.19% -9
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Tom		 0.19% +5
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Jesse		 0.19% +6
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Clifford		 0.18% -6
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Jerome		 0.18% -2
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Edwin		 0.18% 0
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Curtis		 0.18% +1
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Harvey		 0.18% +4
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Bob		 0.18% -10
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Lloyd		 0.17% -5
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.76% 0
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Barbara		 3.11% 0
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Patricia		 2.77% 0
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Judith		 1.90% +4
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Betty		 1.87% -1
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Carol		 1.84% 0
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Nancy		 1.67% 0
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Linda		 1.56% +7
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Shirley		 1.51% -4
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Sandra		 1.37% +3
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Margaret		 1.28% -1
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Dorothy		 1.26% -3
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Joyce		 1.25% -1
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Joan		 1.13% -3
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Carolyn		 1.07% -1
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Judy		 0.96% +12
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Sharon		 0.94% +6
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Helen		 0.86% -2
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Janet		 0.86% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.84% -2
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Virginia		 0.81% 0
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Janice		 0.79% +2
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Donna		 0.78% -3
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Ruth		 0.75% -2
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Marilyn		 0.74% -6
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Martha		 0.74% +1
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Beverly		 0.73% -2
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Frances		 0.73% -2
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Jean		 0.68% +3
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Gloria		 0.68% +6
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Doris		 0.66% -2
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Alice		 0.64% -1
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Phyllis		 0.63% -3
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Karen		 0.62% +5
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Ann		 0.61% -2
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Susan		 0.57% +8
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Peggy		 0.52% -3
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Lois		 0.52% -3
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Bonnie		 0.50% +22
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Kathleen		 0.48% +8
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Marie		 0.47% -4
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Brenda		 0.46% +44
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Norma		 0.45% -5
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Rose		 0.44% -2
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Diane		 0.44% +6
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Geraldine		 0.44% -5
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Jane		 0.43% -1
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Evelyn		 0.42% -8
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Carole		 0.41% -2
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Elaine		 0.41% -5
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Anna		 0.40% -8
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Wanda		 0.40% -2
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Catherine		 0.39% -4
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Joanne		 0.37% -1
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Charlotte		 0.36% +11
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Annie		 0.36% -2
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Patsy		 0.35% -1
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Mildred		 0.33% -3
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Louise		 0.33% 0
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Sarah		 0.33% +8
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Sally		 0.32% -9
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Sylvia		 0.32% 0
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Joann		 0.32% -6
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Marjorie		 0.31% -4
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Gail		 0.31% +8
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Ruby		 0.31% +1
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Dolores		 0.31% -9
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Eleanor		 0.30% -5
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Loretta		 0.30% -4
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Rita		 0.29% +8
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Roberta		 0.29% 0
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Jo		 0.29% -2
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Irene		 0.29% +1
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Ellen		 0.28% +6
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Arlene		 0.28% -6
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Jacqueline		 0.27% -4
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Kay		 0.27% -1
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Juanita		 0.27% -1
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Darlene		 0.26% -4
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Marlene		 0.26% -16
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Sue		 0.26% +11
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June		 0.25% +1
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Delores		 0.25% -4
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Anne		 0.25% +1
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Rosemary		 0.24% +9
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Edna		 0.24% -5
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Anita		 0.24% +10
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Connie		 0.24% +23
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Josephine		 0.23% -5
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Jeanette		 0.23% -8
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Katherine		 0.23% +10
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Julia		 0.23% -1
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Wilma		 0.22% -6
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Emma		 0.22% -5
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Lorraine		 0.22% +1
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Rebecca		 0.22% +38
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Lillian		 0.21% +2
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Edith		 0.21% +4
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Audrey		 0.21% -1
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Florence		 0.21% -5
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Popularity extremes for the United States