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		 7.91% 0 -663 -6.9%
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William		 7.46% 0 -911 -9.8%
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James		 4.64% 0 -669 -11.4%
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Charles		 4.29% +1 -265 -5.2%
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George		 4.21% -1 -457 -8.8%
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Frank		 2.66% 0 -190 -6.0%
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Joseph		 2.24% 0 -155 -5.8%
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Henry		 2.12% +1 -196 -7.6%
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Robert		 2.08% +1 -166 -6.6%
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Thomas		 2.06% -2 -294 -11.3%
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Edward		 2.00% 0 -227 -9.2%
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Harry		 1.88% 0 -122 -5.5%
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Walter		 1.52% 0 -100 -5.5%
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Arthur		 1.42% 0 -95 -5.6%
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Fred		 1.34% 0 -139 -8.5%
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Albert		 1.33% 0 -3 -0.2%
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Samuel		 0.83% 0 -66 -6.6%
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Clarence		 0.74% +2 0 0.0%
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Louis		 0.71% -1 -56 -6.6%
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David		 0.65% -1 -104 -12.4%
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Richard		 0.58% +1 -97 -13.0%
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Charlie		 0.57% -1 -110 -14.6%
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Ernest		 0.57% +4 -1 -0.2%
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Andrew		 0.55% 0 -50 -7.4%
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Daniel		 0.55% +4 +21 +3.5%
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Joe		 0.54% -3 -132 -17.9%
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Oscar		 0.54% +2 -18 -2.9%
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Jesse		 0.52% -2 -76 -11.5%
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Will		 0.51% -4 -90 -13.5%
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Roy		 0.49% +3 +35 +6.7%
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Benjamin		 0.45% +3 +30 +6.3%
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Carl		 0.43% +2 +2 +0.4%
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Sam		 0.42% -3 -79 -14.2%
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Willie		 0.42% -3 -67 -12.4%
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Alfred		 0.41% -3 -66 -12.6%
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Peter		 0.40% 0 -11 -2.4%
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Frederick		 0.39% 0 -19 -4.2%
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Lewis		 0.38% 0 -10 -2.3%
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Howard		 0.38% +3 +7 +1.7%
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Elmer		 0.38% -2 -18 -4.1%
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Herbert		 0.38% -1 -9 -2.1%
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Earl		 0.35% +7 +12 +3.2%
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Lee		 0.35% -2 -39 -9.1%
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Tom		 0.34% +2 -4 -1.0%
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Ralph		 0.34% -2 -22 -5.4%
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Martin		 0.34% +2 -10 -2.6%
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Herman		 0.32% +4 +11 +3.2%
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Paul		 0.32% -4 -39 -9.8%
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Jacob		 0.32% -3 -34 -8.7%
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Clyde		 0.30% +12 +43 +14.7%
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Eugene		 0.29% +1 -16 -4.7%
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Jim		 0.29% -7 -74 -18.7%
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Harvey		 0.28% +7 +18 +6.0%
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Claude		 0.28% -4 -41 -11.5%
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Michael		 0.27% +2 -14 -4.4%
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Ben		 0.27% -1 -28 -8.4%
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Edwin		 0.27% +2 -6 -2.0%
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Edgar		 0.26% 0 -16 -5.2%
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Chester		 0.26% +1 -10 -3.3%
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Francis		 0.25% -4 -42 -12.8%
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Lawrence		 0.25% +2 -5 -1.7%
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Bert		 0.24% -10 -68 -19.9%
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Charley		 0.23% +4 -8 -3.1%
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Ed		 0.22% -10 -90 -26.7%
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Jack		 0.22% +1 -29 -10.7%
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Otto		 0.21% +3 -12 -4.8%
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Ira		 0.21% +4 -5 -2.0%
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Raymond		 0.21% +10 +3 +1.3%
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Luther		 0.20% -5 -55 -19.4%
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Isaac		 0.20% -5 -51 -18.3%
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Guy		 0.20% -3 -29 -11.5%
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Oliver		 0.20% -1 -25 -10.2%
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Floyd		 0.19% +3 -14 -6.1%
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Hugh		 0.19% -1 -24 -10.0%
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Patrick		 0.19% -5 -36 -14.5%
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Homer		 0.19% +9 +20 +10.5%
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August		 0.19% -3 -25 -10.7%
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Ray		 0.18% +4 +7 +3.6%
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Leonard		 0.18% -3 -31 -13.4%
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Alexander		 0.17% -1 -38 -16.9%
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Theodore		 0.16% -6 -47 -20.3%
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Allen		 0.16% -2 -31 -15.0%
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Horace		 0.15% +5 -9 -5.1%
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Archie		 0.15% -2 -29 -14.9%
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Philip		 0.15% +3 -16 -8.8%
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Sidney		 0.15% +13 +19 +13.0%
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Marion		 0.15% +5 +6 +3.8%
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Julius		 0.14% +3 -8 -4.8%
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Jessie		 0.13% -5 -41 -21.4%
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Milton		 0.13% +4 -6 -3.9%
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Warren		 0.13% -5 -37 -20.2%
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Anthony		 0.13% +13 +4 +2.9%
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Everett		 0.13% +13 +4 +2.9%
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Leroy		 0.13% +4 -9 -5.9%
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Leo		 0.13% +4 -4 -2.7%
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Bernard		 0.13% +7 -3 -2.1%
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Leon		 0.12% +17 +9 +6.9%
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Stephen		 0.12% -16 -61 -30.3%
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Emil		 0.12% -7 -18 -11.5%
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Clifford		 0.12% -6 -17 -11.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 6.67% 0 -136 -1.7%
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Anna		 2.75% 0 +163 +5.2%
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Emma		 1.97% 0 +64 +2.8%
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Elizabeth		 1.88% 0 +69 +3.2%
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Minnie		 1.70% 0 +31 +1.5%
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Margaret		 1.57% 0 +60 +3.3%
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Bertha		 1.40% +2 +173 +11.5%
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Ida		 1.36% -1 -39 -2.3%
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Annie		 1.32% +1 +97 +6.5%
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Clara		 1.29% +1 +58 +3.9%
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Alice		 1.24% -3 -54 -3.5%
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Sarah		 1.13% 0 -51 -3.6%
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Grace		 1.09% +3 +112 +9.4%
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Florence		 1.08% -1 -24 -1.8%
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Martha		 1.05% -1 +26 +2.1%
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Ella		 1.04% -1 +45 +3.7%
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Nellie		 1.04% +2 +108 +9.5%
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Bessie		 1.03% 0 +97 +8.5%
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Laura		 0.99% -2 +32 +2.8%
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Ethel		 0.94% +4 +143 +14.5%
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Carrie		 0.92% +1 +71 +6.8%
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Maude		 0.91% -2 +7 +0.6%
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Mabel		 0.91% 0 +89 +8.9%
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Cora		 0.90% -3 +5 +0.5%
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Gertrude		 0.77% +1 -16 -1.7%
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Lillian		 0.76% +6 +77 +9.3%
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Jennie		 0.75% 0 -30 -3.2%
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Hattie		 0.75% +2 +36 +4.2%
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Pearl		 0.74% +4 +62 +7.5%
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Mattie		 0.74% -5 -83 -8.6%
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Edith		 0.73% -2 +5 +0.6%
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Eva		 0.73% +9 +114 +14.9%
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Rose		 0.73% -5 -9 -1.0%
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Julia		 0.73% +1 +64 +7.9%
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Helen		 0.72% -4 +24 +2.9%
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Catherine		 0.71% +6 +127 +17.5%
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Myrtle		 0.71% +1 +48 +6.0%
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Louise		 0.71% -4 +34 +4.2%
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Lillie		 0.70% -3 +27 +3.3%
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Jessie		 0.69% -3 +27 +3.3%
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Edna		 0.69% -2 +40 +5.1%
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Lena		 0.67% +1 +103 +14.8%
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Lula		 0.66% -3 +10 +1.3%
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Ada		 0.65% 0 +89 +12.9%
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Frances		 0.59% 0 +29 +4.3%
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Josephine		 0.58% +3 +59 +9.2%
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Fannie		 0.58% 0 +46 +7.1%
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Lucy		 0.55% -2 -10 -1.5%
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Maggie		 0.55% +2 +36 +5.7%
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Daisy		 0.55% -2 +11 +1.7%
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Dora		 0.53% 0 +46 +7.7%
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Agnes		 0.52% +2 +58 +10.3%
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Marie		 0.52% -1 +31 +5.2%
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Blanche		 0.51% +2 +63 +11.5%
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Nora		 0.49% +3 +50 +9.3%
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Katherine		 0.49% -4 -8 -1.4%
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May		 0.44% +2 +22 +4.3%
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Mamie		 0.44% +2 +23 +4.5%
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Stella		 0.44% +2 +23 +4.5%
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Effie		 0.42% -5 -54 -9.6%
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Rosa		 0.42% -3 -35 -6.5%
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Ellen		 0.42% +2 +48 +10.6%
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Lizzie		 0.41% -1 +1 +0.2%
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Nettie		 0.41% +3 +55 +12.5%
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Elsie		 0.40% 0 +31 +6.9%
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Della		 0.38% 0 +6 +1.3%
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Susie		 0.36% +3 +24 +5.8%
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Maud		 0.35% +1 -7 -1.6%
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Sadie		 0.35% +4 +34 +8.7%
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Mae		 0.35% +1 +17 +4.2%
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Nancy		 0.34% -4 -27 -6.2%
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Sallie		 0.34% -9 -78 -16.0%
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Flora		 0.32% 0 +7 +1.8%
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Ruth		 0.32% +7 +64 +19.8%
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Lydia		 0.32% +1 +36 +10.5%
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Lottie		 0.31% +6 +53 +16.6%
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Addie		 0.30% 0 +21 +6.2%
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Katie		 0.30% 0 +34 +10.4%
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Alma		 0.30% -5 -9 -2.4%
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Etta		 0.29% -5 0 0.0%
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Emily		 0.29% +14 +70 +25.7%
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Harriet		 0.28% +8 +52 +18.0%
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Viola		 0.28% 0 +21 +6.8%
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Georgia		 0.27% -3 +5 +1.6%
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Susan		 0.27% -6 -4 -1.2%
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Caroline		 0.27% -1 +17 +5.6%
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Nannie		 0.25% -1 +6 +2.0%
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Lulu		 0.25% +5 +23 +8.2%
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Mollie		 0.25% -5 -4 -1.3%
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Kate		 0.25% -3 +1 +0.3%
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Olive		 0.25% -2 +3 +1.0%
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Charlotte		 0.24% +8 +34 +13.2%
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Kathryn		 0.24% +2 +18 +6.6%
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Amanda		 0.24% -3 -1 -0.3%
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Eliza		 0.23% -3 -6 -2.1%
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Willie		 0.22% -8 -27 -9.3%
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Amelia		 0.22% +5 +10 +4.0%
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Belle		 0.22% +1 -2 -0.8%
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Esther		 0.22% -2 -6 -2.3%
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Irene		 0.22% +5 +28 +12.1%
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Popularity extremes for the United States