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		 7.83% 0 +788 +9.0%
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William		 7.62% 0 +774 +9.1%
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James		 4.83% 0 +451 +8.3%
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George		 4.26% 0 +529 +11.3%
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Charles		 4.17% 0 +455 +9.8%
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Frank		 2.60% 0 +342 +12.1%
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Joseph		 2.19% 0 +214 +8.7%
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Thomas		 2.14% +1 +328 +14.4%
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Henry		 2.11% -1 +240 +10.3%
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Robert		 2.05% +1 +360 +16.8%
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Edward		 2.03% -1 +300 +13.8%
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Harry		 1.83% 0 +230 +11.5%
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Walter		 1.48% 0 +135 +8.1%
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Arthur		 1.38% 0 +111 +7.0%
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Fred		 1.35% 0 +223 +15.7%
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Albert		 1.23% 0 +180 +13.6%
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Samuel		 0.82% 0 +84 +9.1%
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Louis		 0.70% +1 +106 +14.2%
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David		 0.69% -1 +88 +11.7%
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Clarence		 0.69% 0 +169 +25.3%
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Charlie		 0.62% -1 +85 +12.7%
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Richard		 0.61% 0 +105 +16.4%
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Joe		 0.61% 0 +100 +15.6%
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Andrew		 0.55% 0 +85 +14.5%
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Will		 0.55% +1 +116 +21.1%
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Jesse		 0.54% +1 +124 +23.1%
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Ernest		 0.53% -2 +71 +12.4%
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Oscar		 0.51% 0 +95 +17.9%
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Daniel		 0.49% 0 +67 +12.7%
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Sam		 0.46% +1 +74 +15.4%
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Willie		 0.44% -1 +43 +8.6%
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Alfred		 0.43% +1 +57 +12.2%
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Roy		 0.43% +1 +81 +18.4%
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Benjamin		 0.39% -3 -3 -0.6%
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Carl		 0.39% +7 +119 +33.1%
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Peter		 0.38% +1 +33 +7.7%
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Frederick		 0.37% -1 +24 +5.5%
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Elmer		 0.36% 0 +53 +13.7%
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Lewis		 0.36% -3 +2 +0.5%
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Herbert		 0.35% 0 +62 +16.8%
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Lee		 0.35% +3 +85 +24.9%
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Howard		 0.35% -1 +63 +17.5%
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Ralph		 0.33% +2 +78 +23.7%
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Paul		 0.33% +11 +106 +36.4%
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Jim		 0.33% +2 +73 +22.6%
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Jacob		 0.32% -7 +9 +2.4%
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Tom		 0.32% -3 +41 +11.7%
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Martin		 0.32% -2 +60 +18.3%
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Earl		 0.31% -1 +63 +20.1%
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Claude		 0.29% +3 +54 +17.9%
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Herman		 0.29% +1 +44 +14.5%
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Bert		 0.28% -2 +29 +9.3%
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Eugene		 0.28% -4 +27 +8.6%
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Ed		 0.28% +7 +65 +23.9%
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Ben		 0.27% +1 +45 +15.6%
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Francis		 0.27% +7 +68 +26.3%
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Michael		 0.26% -3 +23 +7.7%
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Edgar		 0.25% -8 -4 -1.3%
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Edwin		 0.25% 0 +31 +11.3%
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Chester		 0.25% -1 +26 +9.5%
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Harvey		 0.25% -2 +18 +6.4%
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Clyde		 0.24% +6 +61 +26.3%
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Lawrence		 0.24% +3 +43 +17.6%
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Luther		 0.23% +1 +35 +14.1%
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Isaac		 0.23% -1 +20 +7.8%
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Jack		 0.22% +7 +74 +37.6%
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Charley		 0.22% -5 -4 -1.5%
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Guy		 0.21% +8 +67 +36.0%
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Otto		 0.21% 0 +31 +14.0%
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Patrick		 0.20% +5 +61 +32.4%
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Ira		 0.20% -14 -42 -14.7%
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Oliver		 0.20% -4 +6 +2.5%
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Hugh		 0.20% -3 +20 +9.1%
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August		 0.19% +6 +62 +36.0%
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Theodore		 0.19% +3 +54 +30.3%
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Floyd		 0.19% +2 +53 +29.8%
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Leonard		 0.19% -4 +25 +12.1%
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Raymond		 0.19% -4 +35 +17.9%
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Alexander		 0.18% -8 +16 +7.7%
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Allen		 0.17% 0 +34 +19.8%
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Stephen		 0.17% +7 +54 +36.7%
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Archie		 0.16% +19 +70 +56.0%
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Ray		 0.16% +4 +47 +31.8%
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Jessie		 0.16% +7 +49 +34.3%
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Homer		 0.16% -8 +9 +5.0%
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Warren		 0.15% -3 +27 +17.3%
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Philip		 0.15% -4 +26 +16.7%
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Horace		 0.14% -3 +24 +15.8%
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Alex		 0.14% +20 +58 +50.9%
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Eddie		 0.14% +24 +60 +55.0%
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Julius		 0.14% +6 +39 +30.2%
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Emil		 0.13% -2 +12 +8.3%
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Marion		 0.13% -10 -5 -3.1%
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Clifford		 0.13% +18 +45 +40.9%
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Milton		 0.13% -3 +12 +8.4%
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Leroy		 0.13% +1 +23 +17.8%
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Dan		 0.12% -11 +2 +1.4%
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Rufus		 0.12% +6 +26 +21.5%
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Leo		 0.12% +4 +24 +19.7%
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Sidney		 0.12% -2 +17 +13.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 7.04% 0 +1,229 +17.8%
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Anna		 2.72% 0 +445 +16.5%
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Emma		 1.99% 0 +269 +13.2%
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Elizabeth		 1.89% 0 +334 +18.0%
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Minnie		 1.73% +1 +351 +21.2%
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Margaret		 1.57% -1 +163 +9.8%
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Ida		 1.45% 0 +234 +16.3%
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Alice		 1.33% +2 +234 +17.9%
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Bertha		 1.30% 0 +184 +13.9%
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Annie		 1.29% -2 +166 +12.5%
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Clara		 1.29% 0 +248 +20.0%
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Sarah		 1.22% 0 +184 +15.0%
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Florence		 1.14% +3 +276 +26.4%
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Martha		 1.06% +3 +185 +17.7%
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Ella		 1.04% -2 +58 +5.1%
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Grace		 1.03% -1 +106 +9.7%
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Laura		 1.00% +2 +189 +19.6%
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Bessie		 0.99% +4 +241 +26.7%
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Nellie		 0.98% -5 +42 +3.8%
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Maude		 0.94% +1 +166 +18.0%
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Cora		 0.93% -3 +107 +11.0%
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Carrie		 0.90% -2 +79 +8.2%
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Mabel		 0.86% 0 +104 +11.6%
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Ethel		 0.86% +1 +201 +25.5%
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Mattie		 0.84% +4 +212 +28.1%
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Gertrude		 0.81% -2 +148 +18.7%
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Jennie		 0.81% -1 +150 +19.1%
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Rose		 0.77% +3 +152 +20.7%
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Edith		 0.76% -2 +98 +12.6%
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Hattie		 0.74% -2 +84 +10.8%
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Helen		 0.72% +12 +226 +36.9%
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Lillian		 0.72% 0 +107 +14.8%
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Pearl		 0.71% +5 +183 +28.5%
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Louise		 0.70% +8 +196 +31.8%
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Julia		 0.70% -5 +74 +10.0%
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Lillie		 0.70% -3 +132 +19.5%
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Jessie		 0.70% -3 +145 +21.9%
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Myrtle		 0.69% -1 +160 +24.9%
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Edna		 0.68% 0 +146 +22.9%
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Lula		 0.67% -4 +125 +19.1%
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Eva		 0.66% -7 +104 +15.7%
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Catherine		 0.63% -2 +91 +14.3%
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Lena		 0.60% +7 +142 +25.6%
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Ada		 0.60% -3 +61 +9.7%
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Frances		 0.59% 0 +95 +16.2%
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Lucy		 0.58% -2 +62 +10.1%
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Fannie		 0.56% 0 +85 +15.0%
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Daisy		 0.56% +1 +86 +15.3%
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Josephine		 0.55% -1 +75 +13.3%
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Maggie		 0.54% +1 +95 +17.9%
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Dora		 0.51% -5 +9 +1.5%
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Katherine		 0.51% 0 +87 +17.3%
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Marie		 0.51% +2 +92 +18.4%
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Agnes		 0.49% +7 +141 +33.3%
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Effie		 0.49% +1 +98 +21.2%
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Blanche		 0.47% +1 +91 +20.0%
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Rosa		 0.47% -4 +42 +8.4%
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Nora		 0.47% -3 +41 +8.2%
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May		 0.44% -1 +59 +13.1%
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Mamie		 0.44% +6 +96 +23.3%
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Stella		 0.44% +2 +90 +21.6%
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Lizzie		 0.43% +5 +99 +25.0%
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Sallie		 0.42% 0 +71 +17.1%
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Ellen		 0.39% +1 +39 +9.4%
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Elsie		 0.39% +5 +104 +30.2%
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Della		 0.39% -6 +19 +4.4%
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Nancy		 0.38% -8 +10 +2.3%
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Nettie		 0.38% -5 +20 +4.8%
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Maud		 0.37% +2 +104 +31.7%
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Susie		 0.36% -2 +45 +12.3%
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Mae		 0.35% +4 +92 +29.3%
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Sadie		 0.34% -3 +25 +6.8%
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Flora		 0.33% -1 +63 +19.9%
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Alma		 0.32% +4 +75 +25.6%
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Etta		 0.30% -2 +36 +11.4%
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Lydia		 0.30% +1 +43 +14.4%
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Addie		 0.30% +4 +54 +18.8%
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Katie		 0.28% +5 +48 +17.2%
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Susan		 0.28% 0 +34 +11.6%
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Ruth		 0.28% +4 +48 +17.5%
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Georgia		 0.28% +8 +64 +25.0%
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Lottie		 0.28% -2 +30 +10.4%
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Viola		 0.27% +9 +73 +30.8%
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Mollie		 0.26% -2 +24 +8.5%
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Caroline		 0.26% -12 -12 -3.8%
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Nannie		 0.26% +2 +41 +15.9%
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Kate		 0.25% -1 +26 +9.7%
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Olive		 0.25% +12 +80 +37.9%
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Willie		 0.25% +6 +62 +27.1%
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Harriet		 0.25% -5 +19 +7.0%
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Amanda		 0.25% -4 +25 +9.5%
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Eliza		 0.24% -1 +42 +17.6%
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Lulu		 0.24% -17 -34 -10.9%
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Virginia		 0.24% +7 +64 +30.5%
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Emily		 0.24% -5 +28 +11.5%
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Kathryn		 0.24% +3 +54 +24.8%
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Esther		 0.23% +8 +77 +40.7%
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Belle		 0.23% -1 +45 +20.5%
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Rebecca		 0.22% -3 +33 +14.6%
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Charlotte		 0.22% -5 +30 +13.2%
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Popularity extremes for the United States