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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Dan		 0.12% +8 +31 +25.8%
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Willis		 0.12% +3 +20 +15.3%
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Horace		 0.13% -15 -13 -7.8%
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Leroy		 0.13% -6 +11 +7.7%
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Dave		 0.13% +4 +24 +17.8%
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Philip		 0.13% -12 -5 -3.0%
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Julius		 0.13% -7 +2 +1.3%
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Warren		 0.13% -3 +18 +12.3%
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Stephen		 0.13% +4 +25 +17.9%
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Cleveland		 0.14% +187 +139 +397%
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Emil		 0.14% +8 +36 +25.9%
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Jessie		 0.14% -1 +26 +17.2%
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Anthony		 0.15% +4 +36 +25.2%
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Eddie		 0.15% +17 +54 +43.2%
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Allen		 0.15% -5 +7 +4.0%
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Marion		 0.15% +1 +21 +12.9%
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Harold		 0.16% +32 +83 +76.9%
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Leo		 0.16% +11 +50 +35.2%
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Archie		 0.17% +2 +40 +24.1%
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Leonard		 0.17% -3 +6 +3.0%
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Theodore		 0.17% 0 +26 +14.1%
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August		 0.17% -3 +4 +1.9%
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Homer		 0.18% -3 +6 +2.9%
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Patrick		 0.18% -3 +9 +4.2%
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Ray		 0.19% +1 +30 +14.9%
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Alexander		 0.19% +4 +49 +26.2%
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Isaac		 0.20% -5 +16 +7.0%
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Oliver		 0.20% -2 +26 +11.9%
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Hugh		 0.20% +1 +31 +14.4%
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Guy		 0.21% -1 +36 +16.1%
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Lawrence		 0.21% -10 -20 -7.1%
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Floyd		 0.21% +3 +46 +21.2%
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Luther		 0.22% 0 +44 +19.2%
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Jack		 0.22% -3 +32 +13.2%
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Bert		 0.23% -5 +7 +2.6%
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Ira		 0.23% +1 +45 +18.8%
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Otto		 0.24% +1 +48 +20.0%
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Charley		 0.24% 0 +36 +14.2%
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Edgar		 0.24% -5 -2 -0.7%
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Raymond		 0.24% +6 +66 +28.3%
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Edwin		 0.25% -4 +9 +3.0%
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Ed		 0.26% +4 +67 +27.1%
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Eugene		 0.26% -8 -4 -1.2%
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Chester		 0.28% +1 +48 +16.6%
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Francis		 0.28% +3 +55 +19.3%
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Clyde		 0.28% -6 +9 +2.7%
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Jim		 0.28% -3 +24 +7.5%
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Claude		 0.29% 0 +38 +12.1%
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Harvey		 0.29% 0 +40 +12.6%
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Ben		 0.30% +4 +61 +19.9%
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Michael		 0.30% +4 +66 +21.5%
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Jacob		 0.31% -1 +25 +7.0%
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Herman		 0.31% -1 +26 +7.2%
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Martin		 0.31% -2 +8 +2.1%
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Tom		 0.32% -3 +8 +2.1%
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Herbert		 0.34% -5 -1 -0.2%
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Paul		 0.34% +3 +64 +17.9%
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Howard		 0.35% -5 +3 +0.7%
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Lee		 0.35% 0 +47 +12.1%
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Frederick		 0.37% -5 +16 +3.7%
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Earl		 0.38% +2 +75 +19.3%
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Ralph		 0.38% +5 +79 +20.5%
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Lewis		 0.39% -1 +45 +10.4%
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Benjamin		 0.42% -7 +1 +0.2%
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Alfred		 0.42% -2 +63 +13.8%
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Carl		 0.42% -4 +41 +8.5%
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Elmer		 0.43% +5 +100 +23.6%
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Peter		 0.43% +2 +74 +16.4%
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Sam		 0.43% 0 +57 +12.0%
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Daniel		 0.47% -7 -42 -6.8%
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Willie		 0.47% +3 +104 +21.9%
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Oscar		 0.50% -4 +8 +1.3%
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Andrew		 0.50% -5 -7 -1.1%
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Will		 0.53% +1 +74 +12.8%
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Jesse		 0.55% +1 +86 +14.7%
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Roy		 0.55% +4 +124 +22.3%
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Ernest		 0.56% -2 +49 +7.6%
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Charlie		 0.61% -2 +103 +16.0%
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Richard		 0.61% -2 +100 +15.4%
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Joe		 0.62% +4 +152 +25.0%
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David		 0.62% -1 +27 +3.7%
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Grover		 0.65% +84 +675 +531%
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Louis		 0.72% 0 +90 +11.3%
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Clarence		 0.72% 0 +52 +6.2%
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Samuel		 0.77% 0 +8 +0.9%
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Albert		 1.17% 0 -61 -4.1%
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Fred		 1.34% 0 +136 +9.1%
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Arthur		 1.38% 0 +99 +6.2%
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Walter		 1.55% 0 +197 +11.6%
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Harry		 1.89% 0 +213 +10.1%
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Edward		 1.99% 0 +189 +8.4%
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Robert		 2.01% -1 +134 +5.7%
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Henry		 2.02% -1 +91 +3.8%
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Thomas		 2.10% +2 +256 +11.1%
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Joseph		 2.21% 0 +192 +7.6%
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Frank		 2.62% 0 +232 +7.8%
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Charles		 3.91% -1 -24 -0.5%
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George		 4.04% +1 +225 +4.8%
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James		 4.64% 0 +470 +9.0%
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William		 7.25% 0 +510 +6.1%
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John		 7.65% 0 +494 +5.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Belle		 0.21% -3 +24 +9.2%
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Esther		 0.21% 0 +31 +11.9%
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Jane		 0.21% +4 +48 +19.4%
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Nannie		 0.23% -10 +9 +3.0%
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Amelia		 0.23% +1 +53 +20.2%
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Irene		 0.24% +4 +64 +24.6%
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Susan		 0.24% -9 +4 +1.2%
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Willie		 0.24% +3 +68 +25.8%
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Amanda		 0.25% +2 +50 +17.4%
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Harriet		 0.25% -9 -2 -0.6%
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Georgia		 0.25% -6 +16 +4.9%
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Charlotte		 0.25% +6 +53 +18.2%
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Kate		 0.25% +4 +50 +17.0%
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Kathryn		 0.25% +7 +54 +18.6%
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Lulu		 0.25% +2 +42 +13.9%
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Addie		 0.26% -8 -6 -1.7%
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Katie		 0.26% -5 -1 -0.3%
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Olive		 0.26% +7 +66 +22.4%
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Viola		 0.26% +1 +31 +9.4%
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Emily		 0.27% 0 +22 +6.4%
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Lydia		 0.27% -5 -9 -2.4%
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Mollie		 0.27% +10 +73 +24.3%
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Caroline		 0.28% +8 +59 +18.4%
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Flora		 0.29% -4 +6 +1.6%
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Lottie		 0.29% 0 +25 +6.7%
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Etta		 0.31% +5 +71 +20.2%
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Ruth		 0.32% -1 +55 +14.2%
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Susie		 0.33% -6 +19 +4.4%
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Maud		 0.34% -4 +36 +8.5%
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Sadie		 0.34% -3 +41 +9.6%
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Alma		 0.35% +9 +121 +33.7%
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Sallie		 0.36% +3 +85 +20.8%
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Nancy		 0.38% +3 +108 +26.2%
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Nettie		 0.38% -3 +28 +5.7%
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Lizzie		 0.38% -3 +27 +5.4%
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Della		 0.39% +1 +88 +19.4%
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Mae		 0.39% +6 +119 +28.1%
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Elsie		 0.40% +2 +70 +14.6%
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Effie		 0.41% -2 +51 +10.1%
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May		 0.41% -4 +32 +6.0%
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Stella		 0.42% -1 +55 +10.4%
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Ellen		 0.43% +3 +97 +19.4%
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Rosa		 0.44% +2 +100 +19.7%
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Mamie		 0.44% +1 +78 +14.7%
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Nora		 0.47% -1 +59 +10.0%
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Katherine		 0.49% +1 +88 +15.1%
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Daisy		 0.50% -4 +26 +3.9%
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Agnes		 0.51% -1 +80 +12.8%
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Blanche		 0.52% +2 +101 +16.6%
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Dora		 0.52% 0 +80 +12.5%
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Fannie		 0.54% -3 +42 +6.0%
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Marie		 0.54% +4 +124 +19.9%
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Maggie		 0.54% 0 +86 +13.0%
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Lucy		 0.57% +1 +124 +18.7%
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Frances		 0.57% -1 +79 +11.1%
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Josephine		 0.58% +1 +103 +14.8%
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Ada		 0.62% 0 +76 +9.8%
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Catherine		 0.64% -7 +21 +2.5%
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Jessie		 0.65% -2 +55 +6.6%
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Lena		 0.66% +1 +106 +13.3%
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Lillie		 0.66% -1 +74 +8.8%
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Lula		 0.67% +4 +126 +15.9%
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Eva		 0.68% -6 +50 +5.7%
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Julia		 0.68% -3 +60 +6.9%
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Edna		 0.70% +5 +134 +16.3%
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Louise		 0.70% +3 +115 +13.6%
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Myrtle		 0.71% +3 +128 +15.0%
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Helen		 0.72% +2 +124 +14.4%
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Hattie		 0.72% -4 +98 +10.9%
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Mattie		 0.73% -1 +124 +14.0%
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Rose		 0.77% +3 +183 +20.9%
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Gertrude		 0.77% -3 +140 +15.2%
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Jennie		 0.77% -1 +159 +17.6%
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Edith		 0.80% +4 +223 +25.3%
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Lillian		 0.81% 0 +202 +22.3%
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Pearl		 0.83% +4 +252 +28.4%
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Maude		 0.89% -2 +129 +11.8%
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Cora		 0.90% +1 +163 +15.1%
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Carrie		 0.91% -1 +137 +12.4%
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Laura		 0.91% -2 +63 +5.3%
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Mabel		 0.92% +3 +184 +16.9%
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Ella		 1.00% -3 +123 +9.8%
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Ethel		 1.01% +2 +254 +22.4%
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Nellie		 1.03% 0 +171 +13.7%
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Martha		 1.05% -1 +188 +15.0%
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Bessie		 1.06% +3 +210 +16.9%
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Sarah		 1.10% -2 +159 +11.7%
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Grace		 1.11% 0 +218 +16.7%
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Florence		 1.14% +2 +272 +21.0%
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Alice		 1.26% 0 +244 +16.4%
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Annie		 1.26% -1 +150 +9.4%
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Bertha		 1.30% -2 +108 +6.4%
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Clara		 1.35% +2 +304 +19.6%
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Ida		 1.37% +1 +248 +15.2%
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Margaret		 1.56% 0 +261 +13.9%
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Minnie		 1.63% 0 +208 +10.2%
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Elizabeth		 1.85% 0 +294 +13.0%
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Emma		 1.88% 0 +220 +9.3%
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Anna		 2.81% 0 +554 +16.8%
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Mary		 6.70% 0 +1,205 +15.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States