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		 7.55% 0 -632 -6.7%
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William		 6.94% 0 -853 -9.6%
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James		 4.46% 0 -518 -9.1%
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George		 4.03% 0 -287 -5.8%
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Charles		 3.97% 0 -203 -4.2%
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Frank		 2.65% 0 -151 -4.7%
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Joseph		 2.19% 0 -167 -6.2%
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Henry		 2.08% +1 -68 -2.7%
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Robert		 2.00% +1 -146 -5.9%
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Thomas		 1.95% -2 -306 -11.9%
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Edward		 1.92% 0 -219 -9.0%
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Harry		 1.90% 0 -125 -5.4%
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Walter		 1.56% 0 -94 -4.9%
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Fred		 1.35% +1 -76 -4.6%
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Arthur		 1.31% -1 -174 -10.3%
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Albert		 1.23% 0 -6 -0.4%
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Clarence		 0.78% +1 +17 +1.9%
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Samuel		 0.77% -1 -57 -6.0%
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Louis		 0.70% 0 -77 -8.7%
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Grover		 0.66% 0 -34 -4.2%
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Ernest		 0.62% +4 +28 +4.1%
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David		 0.61% -1 -49 -6.4%
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Charlie		 0.61% +1 -41 -5.5%
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Roy		 0.60% +2 +11 +1.6%
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Joe		 0.59% -3 -78 -10.3%
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Richard		 0.58% -3 -77 -10.3%
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Will		 0.54% +1 -25 -3.8%
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Oscar		 0.54% +2 +8 +1.3%
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Willie		 0.53% +2 +36 +6.2%
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Andrew		 0.52% -1 -17 -2.8%
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Jesse		 0.48% -4 -114 -17.0%
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Daniel		 0.46% 0 -38 -6.6%
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Peter		 0.45% +1 -8 -1.5%
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Carl		 0.43% +2 -27 -5.2%
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Sam		 0.42% -2 -41 -7.7%
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Earl		 0.42% +4 +17 +3.7%
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Frederick		 0.40% +5 +12 +2.6%
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Benjamin		 0.40% 0 -45 -8.8%
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Alfred		 0.39% -2 -74 -14.2%
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Elmer		 0.38% -5 -80 -15.3%
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Howard		 0.38% +3 +6 +1.4%
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Lewis		 0.38% -3 -39 -8.2%
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Paul		 0.37% +2 +6 +1.4%
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Ralph		 0.36% -4 -42 -9.1%
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Herbert		 0.34% +1 -33 -7.8%
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Jim		 0.32% +9 +24 +6.9%
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Michael		 0.32% +5 -3 -0.8%
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Tom		 0.31% -1 -33 -8.4%
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Martin		 0.31% -1 -28 -7.3%
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Lee		 0.30% -7 -87 -20.0%
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Eugene		 0.30% +8 +24 +7.5%
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Claude		 0.30% +2 -10 -2.8%
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Jacob		 0.30% -2 -38 -10.0%
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Ed		 0.28% +6 +14 +4.5%
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Herman		 0.28% -7 -59 -15.3%
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Francis		 0.28% +1 -21 -6.2%
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Clyde		 0.27% -1 -27 -7.8%
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Raymond		 0.27% +4 +9 +3.0%
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Harvey		 0.26% -6 -54 -15.1%
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Edgar		 0.26% +3 +13 +4.5%
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Jack		 0.25% +7 +21 +7.7%
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Ben		 0.25% -10 -75 -20.4%
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Edwin		 0.25% -2 -19 -6.2%
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Lawrence		 0.25% +7 +26 +9.9%
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Charley		 0.25% -2 -5 -1.7%
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Bert		 0.24% +1 -4 -1.4%
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Chester		 0.24% -9 -65 -19.2%
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Guy		 0.23% +4 +6 +2.3%
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Otto		 0.23% -4 -25 -8.7%
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Floyd		 0.22% 0 -4 -1.5%
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Luther		 0.22% -1 -14 -5.1%
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Oliver		 0.22% +2 +13 +5.3%
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Hugh		 0.22% 0 +11 +4.5%
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Ray		 0.20% +3 +5 +2.2%
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Ira		 0.20% -9 -49 -17.3%
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Homer		 0.20% +3 +12 +5.6%
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Patrick		 0.19% +1 -5 -2.3%
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Alexander		 0.18% -2 -31 -13.1%
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Isaac		 0.18% -4 -39 -16.0%
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Leonard		 0.18% +3 -2 -1.0%
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Jessie		 0.17% +9 +25 +14.1%
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Harold		 0.17% +3 +10 +5.2%
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Leo		 0.17% +1 +7 +3.6%
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Theodore		 0.17% -2 -12 -5.7%
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Archie		 0.17% -3 -10 -4.9%
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August		 0.17% -6 -20 -9.4%
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Allen		 0.16% 0 +2 +1.1%
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Sidney		 0.15% +19 +28 +19.7%
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Philip		 0.14% +7 +2 +1.2%
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Leroy		 0.14% +8 +8 +5.2%
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Bernard		 0.14% +17 +20 +14.3%
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Alex		 0.14% +13 +11 +7.4%
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Stephen		 0.14% 0 -7 -4.2%
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Horace		 0.13% +4 +1 +0.6%
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Anthony		 0.13% -7 -26 -14.5%
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Warren		 0.13% -2 -13 -7.9%
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Julius		 0.13% -2 -12 -7.4%
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Cleveland		 0.13% -6 -27 -15.5%
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Leon		 0.13% +3 -4 -2.7%
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Victor		 0.12% +16 +19 +15.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 6.43% 0 -89 -1.0%
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Anna		 2.81% 0 +134 +3.5%
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Emma		 1.92% 0 +141 +5.5%
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Elizabeth		 1.82% 0 +33 +1.3%
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Margaret		 1.55% +1 +62 +2.9%
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Minnie		 1.53% -1 -65 -2.9%
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Clara		 1.35% +1 +58 +3.1%
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Bertha		 1.31% +1 +71 +4.0%
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Ida		 1.31% -2 -28 -1.5%
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Annie		 1.20% 0 -36 -2.1%
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Alice		 1.18% 0 -51 -2.9%
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Florence		 1.17% 0 +97 +6.2%
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Bessie		 1.12% +2 +137 +9.4%
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Grace		 1.11% -1 +50 +3.3%
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Ethel		 1.05% +3 +109 +7.9%
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Nellie		 1.01% +1 +15 +1.1%
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Martha		 1.00% -1 -18 -1.2%
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Sarah		 1.00% -4 -94 -6.2%
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Ella		 0.98% 0 +21 +1.5%
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Mabel		 0.95% 0 +79 +6.2%
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Laura		 0.93% 0 +79 +6.3%
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Carrie		 0.90% 0 +38 +3.1%
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Cora		 0.88% 0 +9 +0.7%
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Maude		 0.86% 0 -3 -0.2%
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Rose		 0.82% +5 +104 +9.8%
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Pearl		 0.81% -1 +8 +0.7%
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Lillian		 0.81% -1 +34 +3.1%
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Helen		 0.80% +5 +148 +15.0%
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Gertrude		 0.77% -1 +23 +2.2%
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Edna		 0.76% +6 +120 +12.5%
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Edith		 0.76% -4 -33 -3.0%
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Julia		 0.75% +5 +127 +13.6%
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Jennie		 0.74% -5 -18 -1.7%
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Myrtle		 0.72% 0 +47 +4.8%
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Mattie		 0.71% -4 +7 +0.7%
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Hattie		 0.71% -4 +15 +1.5%
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Lillie		 0.69% +3 +68 +7.5%
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Eva		 0.68% 0 +42 +4.5%
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Louise		 0.67% -4 -6 -0.6%
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Jessie		 0.67% +2 +64 +7.2%
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Lula		 0.67% -2 +33 +3.6%
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Marie		 0.62% +7 +139 +18.6%
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Ada		 0.62% +1 +22 +2.6%
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Lena		 0.62% -2 -30 -3.3%
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Catherine		 0.60% -2 -28 -3.2%
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Frances		 0.60% 0 +55 +7.0%
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Fannie		 0.55% +3 +45 +6.1%
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Josephine		 0.55% -2 -17 -2.1%
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Dora		 0.55% +2 +56 +7.8%
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Katherine		 0.53% +5 +80 +11.9%
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Maggie		 0.50% -3 -33 -4.4%
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Lucy		 0.50% -5 -76 -9.7%
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Blanche		 0.50% -1 -1 -0.1%
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Agnes		 0.49% -1 -8 -1.1%
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Elsie		 0.48% +8 +136 +24.8%
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Nora		 0.47% 0 +22 +3.4%
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Stella		 0.46% +3 +65 +11.1%
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Rosa		 0.44% 0 +16 +2.6%
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Effie		 0.43% +3 +55 +9.9%
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Daisy		 0.43% -6 -78 -11.4%
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May		 0.43% +1 +43 +7.6%
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Mamie		 0.43% -5 -3 -0.5%
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Mae		 0.41% +1 +36 +6.6%
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Ellen		 0.39% -5 -42 -7.0%
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Lizzie		 0.38% +1 +14 +2.7%
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Nettie		 0.38% +1 +14 +2.7%
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Nancy		 0.37% +1 +7 +1.3%
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Alma		 0.36% +2 +35 +7.3%
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Sadie		 0.36% +2 +48 +10.3%
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Ruth		 0.36% +4 +64 +14.5%
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Della		 0.35% -6 -41 -7.6%
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Susie		 0.34% +1 +22 +4.8%
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Sallie		 0.32% -4 -37 -7.5%
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Flora		 0.31% +3 +52 +13.2%
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Maud		 0.30% -3 -32 -6.9%
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Addie		 0.29% +9 +50 +14.0%
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Lydia		 0.29% +3 +35 +9.5%
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Caroline		 0.28% 0 +19 +5.0%
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Mollie		 0.28% 0 +22 +5.9%
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Lottie		 0.28% -4 -4 -1.0%
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Katie		 0.27% +2 +28 +7.8%
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Irene		 0.27% +13 +52 +16.0%
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Etta		 0.26% -8 -51 -12.1%
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Georgia		 0.26% +6 +30 +8.8%
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Lulu		 0.25% +1 +16 +4.7%
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Olive		 0.25% -3 -11 -3.1%
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Emily		 0.24% -6 -18 -4.9%
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Viola		 0.24% -6 -17 -4.7%
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Harriet		 0.24% +2 +3 +0.9%
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Amanda		 0.24% +2 +2 +0.6%
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Jane		 0.23% +7 +35 +11.9%
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Esther		 0.23% +7 +29 +10.0%
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Kathryn		 0.23% -6 -24 -7.0%
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Charlotte		 0.22% -8 -27 -7.8%
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Willie		 0.22% -2 -20 -6.0%
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Beulah		 0.22% +17 +76 +32.6%
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Kate		 0.22% -10 -35 -10.2%
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Ollie		 0.22% +5 +30 +10.9%
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Rebecca		 0.21% +3 +24 +8.6%
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Susan		 0.21% -5 -24 -7.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States