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I've done this chart in a more informal way in more recent years (using whatever public birth announcements I could find, but that's getting harder to do) and I think if I could do it for 2020 or later, Grace or Rose would possibly outrank Michael, but I don't see Marie and Ann (possibly Lynn too) going anywhere-- a LOT of people are very into the "it's MY middle name and my MOM's middle name and my GRANDMA's middle name!" so even though it was probably filler when Grandma got the name, it's ~important~ now.

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I do think James could possibly overtake Marie on a combined gender chart like this-- people are using it for girls and I really think it's overlooked how much of a filler name it is. I have data from Vermont and Nebraska in 2019 and James is the #1 name for both of them. I have Ohio too (the biggest state here) but my computer hates to open it so I haven't counted that yet.

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Isadora Evander Larkin
Pax Symphorian Grey
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