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
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 5.42% 0 +291,720 +345%
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William		 4.36% 0 +233,698 +337%
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James		 3.96% 0 +212,901 +342%
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Robert		 3.44% +2 +203,336 +567%
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Joseph		 2.58% +2 +144,127 +410%
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George		 2.54% -2 +133,020 +305%
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Charles		 2.50% -2 +137,350 +380%
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Edward		 1.81% +1 +101,204 +413%
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Frank		 1.67% -1 +86,971 +299%
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Thomas		 1.32% 0 +69,836 +321%
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Walter		 1.28% +1 +69,148 +346%
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Harold		 1.15% +7 +66,926 +523%
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Henry		 1.15% -2 +57,895 +266%
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Paul		 1.13% +6 +65,580 +519%
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Richard		 1.07% +7 +63,927 +599%
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Raymond		 1.03% +5 +60,170 +516%
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Albert		 0.98% -1 +52,889 +345%
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Arthur		 0.97% -3 +52,069 +338%
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Harry		 0.95% -6 +47,968 +268%
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Donald		 0.82% +32 +52,370 +1,131%
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Ralph		 0.76% +6 +43,224 +465%
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Louis		 0.73% +3 +40,228 +388%
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Jack		 0.71% +6 +40,304 +437%
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Clarence		 0.71% -7 +35,623 +262%
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Carl		 0.70% +1 +38,589 +391%
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Willie		 0.69% -12 +29,944 +169%
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Howard		 0.67% +6 +38,582 +481%
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Fred		 0.64% -10 +31,269 +239%
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David		 0.63% +2 +35,233 +409%
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Kenneth		 0.62% +23 +38,669 +844%
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Francis		 0.59% +4 +34,032 +485%
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Roy		 0.58% -9 +29,708 +279%
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Earl		 0.58% -5 +31,022 +335%
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Joe		 0.55% -10 +27,784 +265%
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Ernest		 0.53% -5 +28,477 +329%
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Lawrence		 0.52% +1 +29,508 +431%
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Stanley		 0.52% +25 +31,752 +764%
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Anthony		 0.51% +10 +30,584 +606%
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Eugene		 0.51% +4 +29,251 +495%
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Samuel		 0.49% -8 +26,017 +319%
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Herbert		 0.49% -5 +26,903 +387%
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Alfred		 0.47% -3 +26,279 +413%
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Leonard		 0.46% +7 +26,856 +535%
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Michael		 0.44% +1 +25,640 +491%
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Elmer		 0.41% -4 +22,439 +364%
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Andrew		 0.41% -6 +21,874 +348%
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Leo		 0.38% -3 +21,027 +374%
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Bernard		 0.37% +27 +22,332 +678%
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Norman		 0.36% +29 +21,855 +688%
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Peter		 0.36% +8 +20,559 +470%
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Russell		 0.36% +4 +20,290 +446%
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Daniel		 0.35% -3 +18,942 +376%
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Edwin		 0.34% +13 +19,736 +498%
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Frederick		 0.34% +13 +19,642 +504%
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Chester		 0.34% +13 +19,712 +520%
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Herman		 0.33% -9 +17,534 +346%
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Lloyd		 0.31% +15 +18,236 +520%
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Melvin		 0.31% +27 +18,899 +665%
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Lester		 0.31% 0 +17,148 +393%
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Floyd		 0.31% -9 +16,504 +332%
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Leroy		 0.31% -1 +16,975 +395%
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Theodore		 0.30% -24 +14,616 +225%
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Clifford		 0.30% 0 +16,831 +415%
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Clyde		 0.29% -8 +15,341 +339%
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Charlie		 0.29% -31 +11,906 +150%
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Sam		 0.27% -25 +12,383 +201%
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Woodrow		 0.26% +887 +18,283 +25,393%
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Vincent		 0.26% +46 +16,331 +836%
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Philip		 0.26% +17 +15,349 +545%
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Marvin		 0.26% +25 +15,497 +667%
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Ray		 0.26% -10 +13,536 +318%
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Lewis		 0.26% -8 +13,745 +340%
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Milton		 0.25% +16 +14,827 +550%
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Benjamin		 0.25% -9 +13,301 +332%
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Victor		 0.25% +19 +14,710 +601%
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Vernon		 0.24% +30 +14,914 +726%
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Gerald		 0.24% +32 +14,508 +720%
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Jesse		 0.23% -24 +11,734 +257%
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Martin		 0.23% -5 +12,751 +381%
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Cecil		 0.23% -9 +12,377 +343%
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Alvin		 0.22% +12 +13,015 +524%
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Lee		 0.22% -36 +10,222 +198%
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Willard		 0.22% +36 +13,543 +744%
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Leon		 0.22% 0 +12,421 +434%
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Oscar		 0.21% -28 +10,352 +229%
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Glenn		 0.21% +17 +12,182 +574%
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Edgar		 0.20% -8 +10,926 +346%
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Gordon		 0.20% +44 +11,999 +731%
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Stephen		 0.19% +7 +11,256 +501%
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Harvey		 0.19% -10 +10,200 +329%
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Sidney		 0.18% +19 +10,812 +546%
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Claude		 0.18% -23 +9,088 +245%
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Everett		 0.18% -3 +10,151 +391%
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Arnold		 0.18% +47 +11,040 +714%
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Morris		 0.18% +10 +10,425 +506%
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Wilbur		 0.18% +21 +10,572 +575%
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Warren		 0.17% +27 +10,264 +587%
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Wayne		 0.17% +70 +10,414 +899%
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Allen		 0.17% -8 +8,935 +349%
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Homer		 0.17% -18 +8,556 +294%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.62% 0 +317,132 +196%
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Helen		 2.92% 0 +178,726 +257%
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Dorothy		 2.44% +4 +168,364 +430%
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Margaret		 2.22% -1 +131,314 +227%
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Ruth		 2.04% 0 +122,665 +240%
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Mildred		 1.46% +4 +87,825 +243%
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Anna		 1.40% -3 +64,080 +117%
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Elizabeth		 1.37% -2 +75,103 +180%
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Frances		 1.24% +7 +77,100 +271%
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Virginia		 1.11% +43 +79,783 +549%
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Marie		 1.08% -3 +54,995 +148%
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Evelyn		 1.08% +26 +72,889 +392%
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Alice		 1.01% -2 +50,634 +144%
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Florence		 0.96% -5 +45,274 +125%
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Lillian		 0.89% -2 +43,395 +133%
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Rose		 0.88% +1 +46,584 +166%
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Irene		 0.81% +8 +45,312 +192%
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Louise		 0.80% +9 +45,111 +197%
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Edna		 0.79% -4 +37,065 +124%
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Catherine		 0.77% +8 +43,816 +199%
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Gladys		 0.77% -7 +35,527 +117%
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Ethel		 0.75% -10 +28,794 +82.6%
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Josephine		 0.72% +14 +42,570 +227%
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Ruby		 0.71% +18 +42,133 +232%
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Martha		 0.70% +4 +37,759 +174%
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Grace		 0.68% -7 +31,046 +115%
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Hazel		 0.67% -3 +33,266 +140%
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Thelma		 0.67% +13 +38,746 +212%
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Lucille		 0.66% +22 +41,106 +273%
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Edith		 0.66% +2 +35,175 +168%
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Eleanor		 0.64% +41 +44,133 +440%
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Doris		 0.63% +52 +44,997 +545%
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Annie		 0.62% -15 +24,553 +88.5%
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Pauline		 0.59% +21 +36,765 +276%
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Gertrude		 0.58% -9 +25,958 +110%
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Esther		 0.58% -3 +29,186 +146%
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Betty		 0.53% +49 +36,973 +467%
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Beatrice		 0.52% +9 +28,233 +173%
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Marjorie		 0.52% +58 +37,427 +533%
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Clara		 0.52% -17 +20,447 +85.6%
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Emma		 0.49% -20 +17,643 +73.0%
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Bernice		 0.47% +31 +30,336 +303%
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Bertha		 0.47% -23 +15,873 +65.5%
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Ann		 0.46% +31 +29,574 +298%
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Jean		 0.46% +64 +33,353 +562%
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Elsie		 0.46% -7 +20,822 +113%
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Julia		 0.46% +1 +23,152 +144%
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Agnes		 0.46% -5 +21,639 +123%
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Lois		 0.45% +40 +30,488 +396%
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Sarah		 0.45% -6 +20,778 +120%
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Marion		 0.45% +14 +26,261 +224%
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Katherine		 0.43% +10 +24,779 +205%
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Eva		 0.41% -13 +16,552 +90.2%
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Ida		 0.41% -18 +15,926 +84.4%
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Bessie		 0.40% -33 +9,875 +41.2%
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Pearl		 0.40% -25 +12,921 +61.8%
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Anne		 0.39% +34 +25,863 +340%
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Viola		 0.39% -13 +16,518 +99.8%
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Myrtle		 0.38% -24 +12,741 +64.7%
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Nellie		 0.36% -14 +14,540 +89.0%
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Mabel		 0.36% -31 +9,158 +42.3%
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Laura		 0.36% -13 +15,017 +96.7%
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Kathryn		 0.34% +19 +20,902 +251%
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Stella		 0.34% +3 +17,512 +159%
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Vera		 0.33% +4 +17,832 +171%
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Willie		 0.33% -5 +15,822 +128%
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Jessie		 0.33% -9 +15,079 +118%
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Jane		 0.33% +69 +23,242 +517%
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Alma		 0.32% -12 +14,423 +110%
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Minnie		 0.32% -36 +7,771 +39.4%
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Sylvia		 0.30% +42 +20,096 +362%
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Ella		 0.29% -20 +10,150 +68.8%
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Lillie		 0.29% -23 +9,260 +60.2%
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Rita		 0.28% +150 +21,858 +1,097%
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Leona		 0.28% +1 +13,977 +142%
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Barbara		 0.28% +73 +19,705 +493%
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Vivian		 0.28% +52 +18,816 +391%
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Lena		 0.28% -18 +10,921 +86.0%
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Violet		 0.27% +9 +15,313 +195%
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Lucy		 0.27% -14 +12,097 +110%
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Jennie		 0.27% -7 +13,080 +131%
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Genevieve		 0.27% +38 +17,538 +331%
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Marguerite		 0.27% +4 +14,746 +186%
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Charlotte		 0.27% +19 +16,354 +264%
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Mattie		 0.26% -31 +8,406 +60.8%
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Marian		 0.26% +49 +17,627 +389%
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Blanche		 0.26% -24 +10,247 +87.4%
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Mae		 0.25% -29 +8,819 +69.4%
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Ellen		 0.25% -8 +13,161 +158%
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Wilma		 0.25% +57 +17,372 +433%
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Juanita		 0.25% +65 +17,041 +444%
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Opal		 0.24% +6 +13,595 +200%
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June		 0.23% +171 +17,688 +1,137%
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Geraldine		 0.22% +95 +16,401 +633%
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Beulah		 0.22% -18 +9,158 +94.3%
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Velma		 0.22% +4 +12,073 +184%
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Theresa		 0.22% +5 +11,952 +187%
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Carrie		 0.21% -42 +4,927 +37.5%
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Phyllis		 0.21% +122 +15,862 +784%
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Maxine		 0.21% +179 +16,391 +1,163%
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