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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Robert		 5.07% +3 +337,189 +141%
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John		 4.96% -1 +187,742 +49.9%
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James		 4.53% 0 +240,231 +87.3%
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William		 4.51% -2 +209,384 +69.1%
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Charles		 2.62% +2 +124,496 +71.7%
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George		 2.30% 0 +85,336 +48.3%
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Joseph		 2.14% -2 +64,510 +36.0%
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Richard		 1.96% +7 +147,995 +198%
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Edward		 1.74% -1 +71,628 +57.0%
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Donald		 1.69% +10 +134,815 +237%
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Thomas		 1.42% -1 +69,490 +75.8%
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Frank		 1.34% -3 +35,813 +30.9%
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Harold		 1.18% -1 +53,864 +67.6%
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Paul		 1.16% 0 +54,170 +69.3%
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Raymond		 1.09% +1 +52,393 +73.0%
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Walter		 1.05% -5 +30,665 +34.4%
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Jack		 1.02% +6 +66,457 +134%
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Henry		 0.92% -5 +24,885 +31.2%
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Kenneth		 0.88% +11 +56,241 +130%
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Arthur		 0.85% -2 +29,634 +43.9%
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Albert		 0.83% -4 +26,224 +38.4%
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David		 0.78% +7 +44,884 +102%
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Harry		 0.76% -4 +20,309 +30.8%
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Eugene		 0.75% +15 +49,595 +141%
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Ralph		 0.74% -4 +31,944 +60.8%
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Howard		 0.62% +1 +23,752 +51.0%
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Carl		 0.61% -2 +21,397 +44.2%
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Willie		 0.60% -2 +20,303 +42.6%
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Louis		 0.60% -7 +17,093 +33.8%
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Clarence		 0.59% -6 +17,378 +35.3%
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Earl		 0.56% +2 +23,329 +57.9%
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Roy		 0.56% 0 +22,919 +56.8%
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Fred		 0.55% -5 +18,398 +41.5%
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Joe		 0.55% 0 +24,426 +63.9%
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Francis		 0.52% -4 +18,043 +44.0%
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Lawrence		 0.50% 0 +20,513 +56.4%
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Herbert		 0.50% +4 +22,671 +67.0%
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Leonard		 0.47% +5 +21,915 +68.7%
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Ernest		 0.47% -4 +16,519 +44.5%
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Alfred		 0.44% +2 +17,521 +53.7%
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Anthony		 0.44% -3 +14,428 +40.5%
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Stanley		 0.44% -5 +13,548 +37.7%
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Norman		 0.43% +6 +24,331 +97.2%
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Gerald		 0.39% +33 +28,000 +169%
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Daniel		 0.38% +7 +19,429 +81.0%
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Samuel		 0.38% -6 +9,196 +26.9%
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Bernard		 0.37% +1 +16,782 +65.5%
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Billy		 0.37% +201 +39,080 +1,296%
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Melvin		 0.36% +9 +18,844 +86.7%
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Marvin		 0.35% +20 +21,767 +122%
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Warren		 0.34% +46 +26,763 +223%
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Michael		 0.33% -8 +7,034 +22.8%
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Leroy		 0.33% +8 +16,595 +78.0%
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Russell		 0.33% -3 +12,366 +49.8%
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Leo		 0.33% -8 +10,304 +38.7%
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Andrew		 0.32% -10 +7,800 +27.7%
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Edwin		 0.31% -4 +11,558 +48.8%
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Elmer		 0.31% -13 +6,319 +22.1%
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Peter		 0.30% -9 +9,133 +36.6%
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Floyd		 0.29% 0 +11,685 +54.4%
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Lloyd		 0.29% -4 +11,382 +52.3%
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Ray		 0.28% +9 +14,253 +80.1%
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Frederick		 0.28% -9 +7,970 +33.9%
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Theodore		 0.28% -2 +10,181 +48.2%
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Clifford		 0.28% -2 +10,356 +49.6%
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Vernon		 0.26% +10 +12,465 +73.5%
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Herman		 0.26% -11 +6,413 +28.4%
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Clyde		 0.26% -4 +9,090 +45.8%
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Chester		 0.25% -14 +4,935 +21.0%
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Philip		 0.24% -1 +9,102 +50.1%
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Alvin		 0.24% +10 +11,373 +73.4%
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Lester		 0.23% -13 +5,004 +23.3%
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Wayne		 0.23% +25 +14,830 +128%
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Vincent		 0.23% -6 +7,952 +43.5%
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Gordon		 0.23% +13 +11,981 +87.8%
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Leon		 0.23% +8 +10,297 +67.4%
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Lewis		 0.22% -5 +7,541 +42.4%
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Charlie		 0.22% -13 +5,342 +26.9%
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Glenn		 0.22% +7 +10,853 +75.9%
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Calvin		 0.22% +80 +19,072 +334%
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Martin		 0.21% -2 +8,145 +50.6%
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Milton		 0.21% -9 +6,676 +38.1%
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Lee		 0.21% -1 +8,176 +53.2%
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Jesse		 0.20% -6 +6,877 +42.2%
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Dale		 0.20% +43 +14,535 +177%
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Cecil		 0.20% -6 +6,541 +40.9%
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Bill		 0.20% +61 +15,690 +238%
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Harvey		 0.19% +2 +8,482 +63.8%
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Roger		 0.19% +37 +13,345 +159%
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Victor		 0.19% -15 +4,341 +25.3%
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Benjamin		 0.19% -17 +3,718 +21.5%
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Wallace		 0.18% +30 +12,235 +141%
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Ronald		 0.18% +77 +15,594 +294%
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Sam		 0.18% -28 +2,300 +12.4%
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Allen		 0.18% +4 +8,599 +74.8%
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Arnold		 0.17% -2 +6,945 +55.2%
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Willard		 0.16% -14 +3,077 +20.0%
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Gilbert		 0.16% +7 +7,442 +69.0%
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Edgar		 0.16% -12 +3,957 +28.1%
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Oscar		 0.16% -15 +2,871 +19.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.66% 0 +223,118 +46.6%
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Dorothy		 2.97% +1 +161,398 +77.8%
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Helen		 2.34% -1 +42,249 +17.0%
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Betty		 2.28% +33 +238,202 +531%
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Margaret		 1.98% -1 +55,775 +29.5%
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Ruth		 1.76% -1 +44,846 +25.8%
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Virginia		 1.37% +3 +75,233 +79.8%
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Doris		 1.22% +24 +97,942 +184%
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Mildred		 1.19% -3 +23,158 +18.7%
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Frances		 1.13% -1 +34,792 +32.9%
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Elizabeth		 1.13% -3 +22,861 +19.6%
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Evelyn		 1.00% 0 +32,674 +35.7%
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Anna		 1.00% -6 +4,897 +4.1%
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Marie		 0.89% -3 +18,478 +20.1%
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Alice		 0.89% -2 +24,660 +28.7%
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Jean		 0.86% +29 +66,715 +170%
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Shirley		 0.80% +112 +85,859 +674%
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Barbara		 0.78% +58 +73,506 +310%
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Irene		 0.75% -2 +23,868 +34.6%
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Marjorie		 0.74% +19 +46,769 +105%
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Florence		 0.71% -7 +6,830 +8.4%
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Lois		 0.71% +27 +49,953 +131%
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Martha		 0.70% +2 +27,279 +45.8%
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Rose		 0.69% -8 +10,616 +14.2%
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Lillian		 0.67% -10 +7,244 +9.5%
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Louise		 0.67% -8 +14,922 +22.0%
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Catherine		 0.64% -7 +13,058 +19.8%
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Ruby		 0.62% -4 +16,429 +27.2%
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Eleanor		 0.60% +2 +20,597 +38.0%
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Patricia		 0.60% +130 +65,025 +670%
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Gladys		 0.59% -10 +6,749 +10.3%
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Annie		 0.56% +1 +17,166 +32.8%
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Josephine		 0.56% -10 +7,868 +12.8%
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Thelma		 0.55% -6 +11,756 +20.6%
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Edna		 0.55% -16 +1,732 +2.6%
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Norma		 0.53% +77 +49,742 +321%
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Pauline		 0.52% -3 +14,000 +28.0%
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Lucille		 0.52% -9 +7,736 +13.8%
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Edith		 0.51% -9 +6,929 +12.4%
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Gloria		 0.51% +288 +60,041 +2,131%
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Ethel		 0.51% -19 -856 -1.3%
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Phyllis		 0.50% +57 +43,986 +246%
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Grace		 0.48% -17 +2,087 +3.6%
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Hazel		 0.48% -17 +1,916 +3.4%
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June		 0.46% +48 +37,239 +194%
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Bernice		 0.45% -4 +15,496 +38.4%
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Marion		 0.45% +4 +17,204 +45.3%
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Dolores		 0.42% +100 +41,207 +382%
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Rita		 0.41% +25 +26,737 +112%
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Lorraine		 0.40% +60 +34,210 +217%
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Ann		 0.40% -7 +10,303 +26.1%
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Esther		 0.40% -16 +18 +0.0%
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Beatrice		 0.40% -15 +4,714 +10.6%
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Juanita		 0.39% +37 +27,669 +133%
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Clara		 0.39% -15 +3,837 +8.7%
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Jane		 0.39% +12 +20,309 +73.2%
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Geraldine		 0.39% +37 +29,054 +153%
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Sarah		 0.38% -8 +8,648 +22.7%
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Emma		 0.38% -18 +4,719 +11.3%
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Joan		 0.37% +139 +38,329 +546%
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Joyce		 0.36% +157 +38,033 +619%
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Nancy		 0.35% +39 +26,524 +153%
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Katherine		 0.35% -11 +5,861 +15.9%
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Gertrude		 0.34% -29 -7,106 -14.3%
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Elsie		 0.34% -19 +2,824 +7.2%
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Julia		 0.33% -19 +1,072 +2.7%
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Agnes		 0.32% -19 -33 -0.1%
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Wilma		 0.32% +22 +17,743 +83.0%
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Marian		 0.31% +17 +16,820 +75.9%
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Bertha		 0.31% -27 -1,549 -3.9%
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Eva		 0.31% -18 +3,139 +9.0%
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Willie		 0.31% -6 +9,635 +34.2%
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Audrey		 0.30% +54 +24,411 +186%
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Theresa		 0.30% +23 +18,319 +99.8%
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Vivian		 0.30% +2 +12,938 +54.7%
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Wanda		 0.29% +74 +25,272 +235%
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Laura		 0.29% -15 +5,442 +17.8%
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Charlotte		 0.29% +6 +13,204 +58.6%
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Ida		 0.29% -25 +827 +2.4%
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Elaine		 0.28% +94 +26,331 +307%
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Anne		 0.28% -24 +1,034 +3.1%
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Marilyn		 0.28% +421 +32,896 +2,519%
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Kathryn		 0.27% -20 +4,556 +15.6%
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Maxine		 0.27% +16 +15,943 +89.6%
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Kathleen		 0.27% +20 +17,005 +102%
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Viola		 0.27% -28 +174 +0.5%
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Pearl		 0.26% -31 -1,060 -3.1%
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Vera		 0.26% -23 +4,253 +15.0%
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Bessie		 0.26% -34 -1,701 -5.0%
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Myrtle		 0.25% -31 -1,863 -5.7%
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Alma		 0.25% -22 +2,919 +10.6%
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Beverly		 0.24% +205 +26,930 +822%
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Violet		 0.24% -14 +6,865 +29.6%
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Nellie		 0.24% -34 -1,190 -3.9%
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Ella		 0.24% -23 +4,607 +18.5%
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Lillie		 0.24% -23 +4,731 +19.2%
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Jessie		 0.24% -30 +1,454 +5.2%
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Jeanne		 0.24% +75 +20,473 +237%
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Eileen		 0.23% +31 +15,882 +125%
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Ellen		 0.23% -11 +6,891 +32.1%
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