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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Leroy		 0.13% -10 -7 -4.3%
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Sidney		 0.13% -12 -15 -8.8%
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Horace		 0.13% -5 +1 +0.6%
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Lester		 0.13% +3 +19 +13.5%
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Alex		 0.14% -4 +2 +1.3%
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Norman		 0.14% +20 +43 +36.4%
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Clifford		 0.14% +9 +33 +23.7%
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Julius		 0.15% +3 +23 +15.3%
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Anthony		 0.15% +2 +21 +13.7%
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Archie		 0.15% -7 -21 -10.7%
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Bernard		 0.15% 0 +20 +12.5%
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Jessie		 0.15% -8 -21 -10.4%
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Stephen		 0.15% +4 +23 +14.6%
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Marion		 0.15% +13 +41 +29.1%
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Philip		 0.16% +2 +24 +14.7%
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Eddie		 0.17% +15 +56 +39.7%
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Ira		 0.17% -10 -37 -15.7%
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August		 0.17% +2 +10 +5.2%
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Alexander		 0.17% -5 +1 +0.5%
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Allen		 0.18% +5 +27 +14.7%
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Charley		 0.18% -16 -71 -24.9%
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Harold		 0.19% +4 +23 +11.4%
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Homer		 0.19% -2 -4 -1.8%
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Isaac		 0.19% +1 +20 +9.8%
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Hugh		 0.19% -4 -30 -11.7%
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Bert		 0.19% -10 -48 -17.4%
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Oliver		 0.19% -3 -28 -10.9%
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Leonard		 0.20% +5 +32 +15.7%
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Leo		 0.20% +10 +41 +20.6%
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Patrick		 0.21% +5 +32 +14.7%
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Luther		 0.21% -1 -6 -2.3%
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Guy		 0.21% -2 -11 -4.1%
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Theodore		 0.22% +14 +59 +29.6%
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Otto		 0.23% +1 +7 +2.7%
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Ray		 0.23% +7 +34 +14.3%
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Floyd		 0.23% +4 +16 +6.2%
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Chester		 0.24% +2 +14 +5.1%
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Jack		 0.25% -3 +4 +1.4%
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Ed		 0.26% -9 -25 -7.6%
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Clyde		 0.26% -5 -11 -3.5%
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Edgar		 0.26% -1 +6 +2.0%
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Harvey		 0.26% -1 +6 +2.0%
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Edwin		 0.26% +4 +24 +8.3%
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Martin		 0.28% -9 -28 -7.8%
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Lawrence		 0.28% +7 +43 +14.9%
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Ben		 0.28% +6 +43 +14.7%
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Francis		 0.29% +1 +25 +7.8%
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Jacob		 0.29% -2 +3 +0.9%
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Michael		 0.29% -7 -22 -5.9%
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Raymond		 0.30% +6 +45 +14.6%
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Eugene		 0.30% 0 +17 +4.9%
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Tom		 0.32% -2 +22 +6.1%
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Jim		 0.33% -3 +19 +5.1%
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Claude		 0.33% +4 +48 +14.0%
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Lee		 0.34% +3 +51 +14.7%
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Herbert		 0.34% -1 +12 +3.1%
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Grover		 0.34% -25 -361 -47.0%
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Herman		 0.35% +11 +92 +28.2%
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Lewis		 0.36% -1 -6 -1.4%
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Peter		 0.37% -9 -79 -15.3%
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Ralph		 0.37% +3 +18 +4.3%
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Frederick		 0.39% -3 -5 -1.1%
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Benjamin		 0.39% -1 -1 -0.2%
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Paul		 0.39% +5 +38 +8.9%
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Howard		 0.39% +4 +29 +6.6%
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Alfred		 0.40% +3 +34 +7.6%
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Elmer		 0.41% +5 +42 +9.5%
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Sam		 0.44% +1 +27 +5.5%
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Daniel		 0.47% -1 +20 +3.7%
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Carl		 0.47% +2 +62 +12.6%
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Earl		 0.48% +5 +89 +18.5%
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Andrew		 0.52% +1 +15 +2.5%
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Jesse		 0.52% +2 +58 +10.4%
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Willie		 0.54% +1 +27 +4.4%
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Will		 0.54% 0 +17 +2.7%
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Oscar		 0.54% +2 +22 +3.5%
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Ernest		 0.56% -4 -50 -7.0%
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David		 0.57% -2 -38 -5.3%
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Richard		 0.61% +3 +48 +7.1%
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Charlie		 0.61% +1 +18 +2.6%
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Joe		 0.64% +4 +78 +11.5%
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Roy		 0.64% +4 +76 +11.0%
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Louis		 0.71% 0 +37 +4.6%
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Samuel		 0.73% 0 -18 -2.0%
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Clarence		 0.84% 0 +89 +9.8%
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Albert		 1.25% 0 +59 +4.1%
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Fred		 1.34% -1 +37 +2.4%
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Arthur		 1.39% +1 +140 +9.2%
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Walter		 1.58% 0 +72 +4.0%
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Harry		 1.90% 0 +59 +2.7%
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Edward		 1.94% 0 +92 +4.1%
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Thomas		 1.96% 0 +71 +3.1%
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Henry		 2.02% -1 -2 -0.1%
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Robert		 2.05% +1 +121 +5.2%
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Joseph		 2.18% 0 +54 +2.1%
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Frank		 2.63% 0 +60 +2.0%
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Charles		 3.81% 0 -66 -1.4%
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George		 3.92% 0 -3 -0.1%
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James		 4.50% 0 +180 +3.5%
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William		 6.93% 0 +208 +2.6%
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John		 7.58% 0 +270 +3.1%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Kate		 0.22% -4 +26 +8.4%
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Harriet		 0.22% -10 -1 -0.3%
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Beulah		 0.22% -2 +36 +11.7%
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Nannie		 0.23% +7 +62 +21.8%
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Virginia		 0.23% +7 +64 +22.1%
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Rebecca		 0.23% +4 +53 +17.5%
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Charlotte		 0.24% 0 +51 +16.1%
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Emily		 0.24% -6 +23 +6.6%
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Amanda		 0.24% -1 +31 +9.1%
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Caroline		 0.24% -13 -29 -7.3%
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Lulu		 0.25% -5 +16 +4.4%
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Kathryn		 0.25% +3 +63 +19.7%
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Willie		 0.25% +7 +76 +24.4%
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Lydia		 0.26% -10 -12 -3.0%
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Georgia		 0.26% -2 +24 +6.5%
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Esther		 0.26% +7 +76 +23.8%
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Olive		 0.26% +2 +55 +15.8%
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Addie		 0.27% -7 +11 +2.7%
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Mollie		 0.27% -3 +25 +6.3%
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Hazel		 0.28% +24 +148 +52.7%
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Katie		 0.28% +1 +43 +11.1%
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Etta		 0.28% +4 +61 +16.4%
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Irene		 0.28% +4 +61 +16.2%
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Viola		 0.29% +11 +95 +27.5%
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Flora		 0.29% -2 -2 -0.4%
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Lottie		 0.29% +5 +57 +14.5%
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Maud		 0.31% +1 +49 +11.4%
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Sallie		 0.32% 0 +33 +7.2%
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Nancy		 0.32% -5 -35 -6.6%
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Lizzie		 0.33% -6 -25 -4.7%
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Ellen		 0.36% -6 -4 -0.7%
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Susie		 0.36% +3 +82 +17.2%
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Sadie		 0.37% +1 +48 +9.3%
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Della		 0.37% +4 +65 +13.0%
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Ruth		 0.38% +4 +75 +14.8%
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Nettie		 0.38% +1 +55 +10.3%
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Daisy		 0.39% -3 -5 -0.8%
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May		 0.39% -3 -5 -0.8%
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Alma		 0.39% +6 +88 +17.1%
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Mae		 0.42% +2 +63 +10.9%
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Effie		 0.44% -1 +59 +9.6%
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Rosa		 0.44% -1 +50 +8.0%
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Elsie		 0.45% -3 +13 +1.9%
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Stella		 0.46% 0 +53 +8.2%
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Nora		 0.46% 0 +38 +5.7%
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Mamie		 0.46% +7 +106 +17.5%
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Katherine		 0.48% -4 -7 -0.9%
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Maggie		 0.49% -2 +40 +5.6%
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Agnes		 0.51% +2 +84 +12.1%
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Blanche		 0.51% +2 +77 +10.8%
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Lucy		 0.53% +2 +106 +14.9%
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Dora		 0.54% 0 +51 +6.6%
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Fannie		 0.54% -1 +54 +6.9%
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Josephine		 0.55% 0 +61 +7.8%
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Ada		 0.60% -3 +39 +4.5%
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Catherine		 0.60% 0 +70 +8.3%
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Marie		 0.64% -2 +103 +11.6%
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Lena		 0.65% 0 +116 +13.2%
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Lillie		 0.65% -5 +16 +1.6%
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Jessie		 0.65% -1 +51 +5.4%
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Lula		 0.68% +1 +91 +9.6%
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Mattie		 0.68% -4 +30 +3.0%
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Frances		 0.69% +8 +215 +25.5%
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Julia		 0.69% -4 -1 -0.1%
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Louise		 0.69% +3 +105 +11.0%
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Myrtle		 0.71% -1 +68 +6.6%
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Jennie		 0.72% -1 +55 +5.3%
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Hattie		 0.74% +3 +131 +13.0%
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Eva		 0.75% +6 +184 +18.9%
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Edith		 0.77% 0 +113 +10.6%
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Maude		 0.77% -6 -33 -2.7%
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Pearl		 0.78% -3 +58 +5.1%
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Cora		 0.80% -5 -22 -1.8%
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Gertrude		 0.81% +2 +163 +15.0%
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Rose		 0.82% -1 +97 +8.3%
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Helen		 0.82% +3 +133 +11.7%
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Lillian		 0.83% +3 +139 +12.2%
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Edna		 0.86% +7 +237 +22.0%
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Laura		 0.89% -1 +47 +3.5%
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Carrie		 0.91% +1 +113 +8.8%
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Mabel		 0.93% 0 +73 +5.4%
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Ella		 0.95% 0 +69 +4.9%
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Martha		 0.97% -1 +66 +4.6%
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Nellie		 0.97% -1 +60 +4.2%
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Sarah		 1.02% +2 +145 +10.2%
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Ethel		 1.11% 0 +204 +13.6%
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Grace		 1.12% 0 +148 +9.4%
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Annie		 1.15% -3 +62 +3.6%
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Bessie		 1.17% +1 +203 +12.8%
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Alice		 1.18% 0 +130 +7.7%
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Florence		 1.21% +2 +193 +11.6%
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Clara		 1.25% -2 +6 +0.3%
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Bertha		 1.30% 0 +141 +7.6%
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Ida		 1.33% +2 +195 +10.5%
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Margaret		 1.48% -1 +71 +3.2%
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Minnie		 1.54% +1 +194 +8.9%
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Elizabeth		 1.74% 0 +98 +3.8%
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Emma		 1.80% 0 +36 +1.3%
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Anna		 2.79% 0 +289 +7.2%
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Mary		 6.43% 0 +761 +8.3%
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Popularity extremes for the United States