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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Robert
5.07% +3
2.
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John
4.96% -1
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James
4.53% 0
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William
4.51% -2
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Charles
2.62% +2
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George
2.30% 0
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Joseph
2.14% -2
8.
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Richard
1.96% +7
9.
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Edward
1.74% -1
10.
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Donald
1.69% +10
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Thomas
1.42% -1
12.
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Frank
1.34% -3
13.
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Harold
1.18% -1
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Paul
1.16% 0
15.
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Raymond
1.09% +1
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Walter
1.05% -5
17.
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Jack
1.02% +6
18.
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Henry
0.92% -5
19.
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Kenneth
0.88% +11
20.
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Arthur
0.85% -2
21.
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Albert
0.83% -4
22.
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David
0.78% +7
23.
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Harry
0.76% -4
24.
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Eugene
0.75% +15
25.
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Ralph
0.74% -4
26.
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Howard
0.62% +1
27.
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Carl
0.61% -2
28.
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Willie
0.60% -2
29.
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Louis
0.60% -7
30.
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Clarence
0.59% -6
31.
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Earl
0.56% +2
32.
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Roy
0.56% 0
33.
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Fred
0.55% -5
34.
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Joe
0.55% 0
35.
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Francis
0.52% -4
36.
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Lawrence
0.50% 0
37.
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Herbert
0.50% +4
38.
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Leonard
0.47% +5
39.
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Ernest
0.47% -4
40.
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Alfred
0.44% +2
41.
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Anthony
0.44% -3
42.
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Stanley
0.44% -5
43.
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Norman
0.43% +6
44.
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Gerald
0.39% +33
45.
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Daniel
0.38% +7
46.
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Samuel
0.38% -6
47.
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Bernard
0.37% +1
48.
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Billy
0.37% +201
49.
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Melvin
0.36% +9
50.
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Marvin
0.35% +20
51.
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Warren
0.34% +46
52.
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Michael
0.33% -8
53.
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Leroy
0.33% +8
54.
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Russell
0.33% -3
55.
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Leo
0.33% -8
56.
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Andrew
0.32% -10
57.
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Edwin
0.31% -4
58.
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Elmer
0.31% -13
59.
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Peter
0.30% -9
60.
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Floyd
0.29% 0
61.
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Lloyd
0.29% -4
62.
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Ray
0.28% +9
63.
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Frederick
0.28% -9
64.
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Theodore
0.28% -2
65.
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Clifford
0.28% -2
66.
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Vernon
0.26% +10
67.
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Herman
0.26% -11
68.
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Clyde
0.26% -4
69.
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Chester
0.25% -14
70.
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Philip
0.24% -1
71.
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Alvin
0.24% +10
72.
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Lester
0.23% -13
73.
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Wayne
0.23% +25
74.
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Vincent
0.23% -6
75.
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Gordon
0.23% +13
76.
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Leon
0.23% +8
77.
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Lewis
0.22% -5
78.
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Charlie
0.22% -13
79.
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Glenn
0.22% +7
80.
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Calvin
0.22% +80
81.
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Martin
0.21% -2
82.
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Milton
0.21% -9
83.
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Lee
0.21% -1
84.
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Jesse
0.20% -6
85.
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Dale
0.20% +43
86.
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Cecil
0.20% -6
87.
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Bill
0.20% +61
88.
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Harvey
0.19% +2
89.
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Roger
0.19% +37
90.
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Victor
0.19% -15
91.
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Benjamin
0.19% -17
92.
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Wallace
0.18% +30
93.
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Ronald
0.18% +77
94.
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Sam
0.18% -28
95.
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Allen
0.18% +4
96.
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Arnold
0.17% -2
97.
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Willard
0.16% -14
98.
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Gilbert
0.16% +7
99.
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Edgar
0.16% -12
100.
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Oscar
0.16% -15
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary
5.66% 0
2.
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Dorothy
2.97% +1
3.
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Helen
2.34% -1
4.
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Betty
2.28% +33
5.
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Margaret
1.98% -1
6.
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Ruth
1.76% -1
7.
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Virginia
1.37% +3
8.
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Doris
1.22% +24
9.
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Mildred
1.19% -3
10.
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Frances
1.13% -1
11.
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Elizabeth
1.13% -3
12.
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Evelyn
1.00% 0
13.
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Anna
1.00% -6
14.
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Marie
0.89% -3
15.
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Alice
0.89% -2
16.
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Jean
0.86% +29
17.
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Shirley
0.80% +112
18.
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Barbara
0.78% +58
19.
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Irene
0.75% -2
20.
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Marjorie
0.74% +19
21.
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Florence
0.71% -7
22.
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Lois
0.71% +27
23.
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Martha
0.70% +2
24.
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Rose
0.69% -8
25.
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Lillian
0.67% -10
26.
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Louise
0.67% -8
27.
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Catherine
0.64% -7
28.
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Ruby
0.62% -4
29.
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Eleanor
0.60% +2
30.
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Patricia
0.60% +130
31.
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Gladys
0.59% -10
32.
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Annie
0.56% +1
33.
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Josephine
0.56% -10
34.
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Thelma
0.55% -6
35.
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Edna
0.55% -16
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Norma
0.53% +77
37.
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Pauline
0.52% -3
38.
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Lucille
0.52% -9
39.
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Edith
0.51% -9
40.
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Gloria
0.51% +288
41.
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Ethel
0.51% -19
42.
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Phyllis
0.50% +57
43.
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Grace
0.48% -17
44.
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Hazel
0.48% -17
45.
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June
0.46% +48
46.
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Bernice
0.45% -4
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Marion
0.45% +4
48.
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Dolores
0.42% +100
49.
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Rita
0.41% +25
50.
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Lorraine
0.40% +60
51.
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Ann
0.40% -7
52.
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Esther
0.40% -16
53.
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Beatrice
0.40% -15
54.
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Juanita
0.39% +37
55.
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Clara
0.39% -15
56.
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Jane
0.39% +12
57.
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Geraldine
0.39% +37
58.
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Sarah
0.38% -8
59.
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Emma
0.38% -18
60.
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Joan
0.37% +139
61.
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Joyce
0.36% +157
62.
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Nancy
0.35% +39
63.
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Katherine
0.35% -11
64.
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Gertrude
0.34% -29
65.
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Elsie
0.34% -19
66.
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Julia
0.33% -19
67.
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Agnes
0.32% -19
68.
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Wilma
0.32% +22
69.
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Marian
0.31% +17
70.
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Bertha
0.31% -27
71.
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Eva
0.31% -18
72.
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Willie
0.31% -6
73.
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Audrey
0.30% +54
74.
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Theresa
0.30% +23
75.
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Vivian
0.30% +2
76.
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Wanda
0.29% +74
77.
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Laura
0.29% -15
78.
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Charlotte
0.29% +6
79.
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Ida
0.29% -25
80.
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Elaine
0.28% +94
81.
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Anne
0.28% -24
82.
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Marilyn
0.28% +421
83.
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Kathryn
0.27% -20
84.
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Maxine
0.27% +16
85.
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Kathleen
0.27% +20
86.
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Viola
0.27% -28
87.
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Pearl
0.26% -31
88.
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Vera
0.26% -23
89.
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Bessie
0.26% -34
90.
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Myrtle
0.25% -31
91.
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Alma
0.25% -22
92.
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Beverly
0.24% +205
93.
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Violet
0.24% -14
94.
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Nellie
0.24% -34
95.
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Ella
0.24% -23
96.
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Lillie
0.24% -23
97.
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Jessie
0.24% -30
98.
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Jeanne
0.24% +75
99.
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Eileen
0.23% +31
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Ellen
0.23% -11