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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Emil		 0.13% +16 +19 +15.0%
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Leon		 0.13% +10 +5 +3.5%
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Anthony		 0.14% -5 -21 -12.1%
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Bernard		 0.15% -6 -21 -11.7%
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Horace		 0.15% +3 +4 +2.6%
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Philip		 0.15% -8 -26 -13.9%
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Warren		 0.15% +13 +19 +13.2%
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Julius		 0.15% +1 -9 -5.2%
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Clifford		 0.15% +4 -7 -4.1%
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Stephen		 0.15% -2 -16 -8.8%
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Leslie		 0.15% +24 +30 +22.1%
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Lester		 0.15% +9 +8 +5.0%
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Leroy		 0.16% +12 +22 +14.2%
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Alexander		 0.17% -4 -26 -12.6%
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Jessie		 0.17% +3 +1 +0.6%
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Archie		 0.17% +7 +9 +5.1%
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August		 0.18% +1 -9 -4.4%
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Isaac		 0.18% -5 -30 -13.4%
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Theodore		 0.18% -13 -57 -22.1%
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Allen		 0.19% +1 -9 -4.3%
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Oliver		 0.19% -5 -27 -11.7%
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Chester		 0.19% -13 -80 -27.9%
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Leonard		 0.19% -4 -29 -12.3%
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Ira		 0.20% +8 +17 +8.6%
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Patrick		 0.20% -4 -31 -12.4%
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Charley		 0.20% +6 +7 +3.3%
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Floyd		 0.21% -7 -43 -15.6%
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Leo		 0.21% 0 -8 -3.3%
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Bert		 0.22% +4 +9 +3.9%
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Guy		 0.22% -1 -17 -6.7%
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Homer		 0.23% +8 +24 +10.7%
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Hugh		 0.23% +8 +23 +10.1%
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Jack		 0.23% -4 -48 -16.1%
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Otto		 0.23% +1 -17 -6.3%
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Ray		 0.24% +1 -13 -4.8%
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Harvey		 0.24% -5 -48 -15.5%
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Edgar		 0.24% -3 -43 -13.9%
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Luther		 0.24% +8 +14 +5.5%
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Ed		 0.25% +1 -28 -9.2%
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Harold		 0.26% +17 +55 +24.6%
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Lawrence		 0.26% -3 -48 -14.5%
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Grover		 0.27% -14 -117 -28.7%
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Ben		 0.28% -2 -30 -9.0%
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Edwin		 0.28% +2 -3 -1.0%
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Jacob		 0.29% -2 -29 -8.4%
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Clyde		 0.29% +7 +13 +4.2%
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Eugene		 0.30% -2 -35 -9.7%
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Francis		 0.30% +2 -17 -4.9%
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Tom		 0.30% -2 -54 -14.1%
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Martin		 0.30% +7 +2 +0.6%
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Jim		 0.31% -1 -50 -12.9%
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Lewis		 0.31% -6 -88 -20.4%
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Michael		 0.32% +5 -4 -1.1%
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Raymond		 0.34% +5 +19 +5.4%
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Claude		 0.34% +2 -16 -4.1%
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Herman		 0.36% -1 -24 -5.7%
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Lee		 0.37% +3 +1 +0.3%
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Peter		 0.39% -1 -16 -3.7%
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Howard		 0.39% -5 -38 -8.1%
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Herbert		 0.41% +5 +45 +11.3%
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Paul		 0.41% -2 -17 -3.6%
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Ralph		 0.42% +3 +23 +5.2%
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Sam		 0.42% -4 -56 -10.8%
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Frederick		 0.42% +3 +3 +0.7%
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Elmer		 0.43% -1 -18 -3.7%
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Alfred		 0.43% +1 -12 -2.5%
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Benjamin		 0.43% +5 +10 +2.2%
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Andrew		 0.48% -4 -94 -15.3%
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Earl		 0.49% -1 -33 -5.8%
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Daniel		 0.51% +2 +1 +0.2%
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Will		 0.51% -3 -81 -12.6%
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Oscar		 0.53% -3 -71 -11.0%
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Carl		 0.54% +4 +32 +5.8%
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Willie		 0.54% +1 -51 -8.0%
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Jesse		 0.55% +3 -13 -2.1%
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Richard		 0.57% -2 -98 -13.6%
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Charlie		 0.59% -2 -81 -11.2%
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Ernest		 0.60% +2 -15 -2.2%
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David		 0.62% +2 -1 -0.1%
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Joe		 0.63% 0 -74 -9.7%
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Roy		 0.66% 0 -41 -5.3%
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Louis		 0.72% 0 -55 -6.5%
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Samuel		 0.73% 0 -68 -7.8%
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Clarence		 0.82% 0 -103 -10.4%
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Albert		 1.18% 0 -194 -13.0%
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Fred		 1.33% 0 -145 -9.1%
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Arthur		 1.36% 0 -167 -10.1%
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Walter		 1.56% 0 -176 -9.4%
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Harry		 1.88% 0 -200 -8.9%
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Edward		 1.94% +1 -187 -8.1%
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Robert		 1.94% -2 -318 -13.0%
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Thomas		 1.97% +1 -186 -8.0%
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Henry		 2.04% +1 -176 -7.3%
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Joseph		 2.25% 0 -138 -5.3%
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Frank		 2.64% 0 -244 -7.8%
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Charles		 3.69% 0 -502 -11.1%
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George		 3.92% 0 -387 -8.3%
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James		 4.36% 0 -587 -11.0%
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William		 6.83% 0 -782 -9.5%
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John		 7.42% 0 -916 -10.1%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mollie		 0.21% -18 -88 -20.9%
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Emily		 0.22% -5 -34 -9.2%
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Susan		 0.22% +4 +12 +3.7%
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Amanda		 0.22% -5 -32 -8.6%
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Ollie		 0.22% +7 +20 +6.3%
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Nannie		 0.22% +2 -7 -2.0%
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Harriet		 0.22% +5 +1 +0.3%
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Amelia		 0.22% +8 +18 +5.5%
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Charlotte		 0.23% +3 -17 -4.6%
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Georgia		 0.23% -5 -44 -11.1%
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Beulah		 0.23% +8 +10 +2.9%
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Mildred		 0.24% +18 +84 +29.1%
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Willie		 0.24% 0 -9 -2.3%
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Kathryn		 0.25% +2 +1 +0.3%
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Addie		 0.25% -3 -24 -5.8%
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Olive		 0.25% -1 -10 -2.5%
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Caroline		 0.26% +7 +28 +7.6%
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Maud		 0.26% -9 -76 -15.9%
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Flora		 0.26% -6 -35 -7.9%
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Lottie		 0.27% -6 -36 -8.0%
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Viola		 0.27% -3 -20 -4.5%
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Esther		 0.28% +6 +35 +8.8%
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Etta		 0.28% +1 +4 +0.9%
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Katie		 0.28% +3 +9 +2.1%
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Lydia		 0.29% +11 +56 +14.3%
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Susie		 0.31% -6 -74 -13.2%
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Della		 0.32% -7 -69 -12.2%
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Hazel		 0.32% +9 +75 +17.5%
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Irene		 0.32% +6 +67 +15.3%
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Nancy		 0.33% +1 +19 +3.9%
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Sadie		 0.33% -2 -43 -7.7%
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Lizzie		 0.34% +3 +13 +2.5%
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Sallie		 0.34% +5 +35 +7.1%
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Daisy		 0.34% -4 -70 -11.6%
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Ellen		 0.37% +4 +28 +5.1%
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Nettie		 0.38% 0 +4 +0.7%
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Effie		 0.40% -4 -57 -8.5%
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Alma		 0.40% -1 +20 +3.3%
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Ruth		 0.40% +4 +46 +7.9%
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May		 0.42% +2 +46 +7.6%
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Rosa		 0.42% -1 -14 -2.1%
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Stella		 0.43% -2 -38 -5.4%
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Mae		 0.44% +3 +39 +6.1%
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Mamie		 0.46% -2 +4 +0.6%
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Nora		 0.47% 0 +27 +3.8%
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Maggie		 0.48% -2 -16 -2.1%
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Blanche		 0.49% -3 -24 -3.0%
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Katherine		 0.51% +1 +50 +6.7%
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Fannie		 0.51% -4 -39 -4.7%
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Lucy		 0.52% -1 -6 -0.7%
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Josephine		 0.52% -3 -29 -3.4%
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Elsie		 0.54% +9 +135 +19.3%
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Dora		 0.54% +1 +15 +1.8%
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Lula		 0.57% -7 -149 -14.3%
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Agnes		 0.58% +6 +117 +15.0%
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Ada		 0.59% +1 -5 -0.5%
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Catherine		 0.62% +1 +51 +5.6%
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Marie		 0.64% +1 +6 +0.6%
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Lena		 0.65% +1 +12 +1.2%
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Jessie		 0.65% 0 +9 +0.9%
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Mattie		 0.66% -1 -13 -1.2%
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Julia		 0.67% -3 -18 -1.7%
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Jennie		 0.67% -4 -53 -4.8%
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Lillie		 0.69% +5 +77 +7.7%
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Myrtle		 0.70% -1 -7 -0.6%
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Louise		 0.70% +1 +27 +2.5%
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Frances		 0.71% +4 +46 +4.3%
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Eva		 0.72% -1 -30 -2.6%
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Hattie		 0.73% +1 -4 -0.4%
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Maude		 0.75% -1 -27 -2.3%
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Rose		 0.80% -4 -19 -1.5%
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Edith		 0.80% +2 +59 +5.0%
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Gertrude		 0.81% -1 +2 +0.2%
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Cora		 0.81% +1 +26 +2.1%
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Lillian		 0.84% -2 +26 +2.0%
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Pearl		 0.85% +4 +112 +9.3%
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Edna		 0.86% -1 +25 +1.9%
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Carrie		 0.87% -2 -52 -3.7%
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Laura		 0.88% 0 -8 -0.6%
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Helen		 0.90% +4 +138 +10.9%
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Sarah		 0.92% -4 -133 -8.5%
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Nellie		 0.94% -2 -35 -2.3%
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Mabel		 0.96% +2 +72 +5.1%
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Martha		 0.97% +1 +13 +0.9%
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Ella		 0.98% +3 +57 +3.9%
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Grace		 1.09% -1 -31 -1.8%
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Alice		 1.17% -3 +8 +0.4%
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Bessie		 1.18% -1 +47 +2.6%
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Annie		 1.19% +1 +79 +4.5%
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Ethel		 1.23% +4 +208 +12.2%
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Ida		 1.24% -3 -120 -5.9%
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Florence		 1.26% +1 +104 +5.6%
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Clara		 1.28% +1 +68 +3.5%
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Bertha		 1.31% +1 +36 +1.8%
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Minnie		 1.43% -1 -157 -6.6%
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Margaret		 1.56% +1 +144 +6.3%
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Emma		 1.70% -1 -117 -4.2%
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Elizabeth		 1.73% +1 +1 +0.0%
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Anna		 2.72% 0 -56 -1.3%
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Mary		 6.36% 0 -1 -0.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States