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		 7.12% 0 +1,137 +14.0%
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William		 6.70% 0 +1,235 +16.5%
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James		 4.28% 0 +794 +16.7%
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George		 3.78% 0 +628 +14.7%
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Charles		 3.53% 0 +560 +13.9%
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Frank		 2.66% 0 +576 +20.0%
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Joseph		 2.30% 0 +537 +21.9%
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Robert		 2.17% +2 +689 +32.4%
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Harry		 2.12% +3 +702 +34.1%
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Henry		 2.00% -2 +368 +16.5%
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Edward		 1.90% -1 +345 +16.2%
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Thomas		 1.89% -3 +298 +13.9%
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Walter		 1.57% 0 +336 +19.7%
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Arthur		 1.32% 0 +221 +14.8%
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Fred		 1.28% 0 +211 +14.5%
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Albert		 1.21% 0 +275 +21.3%
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Clarence		 0.79% 0 +130 +14.6%
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Samuel		 0.72% 0 +129 +16.1%
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Louis		 0.68% 0 +93 +11.8%
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Roy		 0.66% 0 +130 +17.9%
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David		 0.62% +1 +128 +19.0%
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Charlie		 0.61% +2 +154 +24.0%
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Joe		 0.61% -2 +104 +15.2%
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Willie		 0.61% +3 +196 +33.2%
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Benjamin		 0.60% +9 +308 +65.1%
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Richard		 0.59% -1 +150 +24.1%
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Ernest		 0.59% -4 +113 +17.3%
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Will		 0.54% +2 +146 +26.0%
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Carl		 0.52% -1 +87 +14.8%
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Earl		 0.52% +3 +138 +25.7%
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Oscar		 0.50% -2 +73 +12.7%
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Jesse		 0.49% -6 +36 +6.0%
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Andrew		 0.47% 0 +95 +18.3%
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Sam		 0.47% +4 +144 +31.1%
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Daniel		 0.44% -4 +10 +1.8%
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Ralph		 0.42% +2 +84 +18.1%
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Alfred		 0.41% -2 +68 +14.5%
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Paul		 0.41% +2 +80 +17.8%
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Elmer		 0.41% -3 +60 +12.8%
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Howard		 0.40% +2 +84 +19.6%
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Peter		 0.38% +2 +77 +18.3%
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Frederick		 0.38% -5 +32 +6.9%
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Herbert		 0.37% -2 +40 +9.0%
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Grover		 0.37% +15 +184 +63.4%
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Raymond		 0.36% +2 +97 +26.1%
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Michael		 0.36% +2 +122 +35.5%
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Ben		 0.36% +11 +158 +51.8%
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Lee		 0.33% -4 +30 +7.5%
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Tom		 0.32% +3 +87 +26.4%
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Lewis		 0.32% -1 +69 +20.1%
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Herman		 0.31% -6 +9 +2.3%
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Harrison		 0.31% +77 +301 +304%
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Eugene		 0.31% 0 +71 +21.7%
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Martin		 0.29% -3 +47 +14.2%
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Claude		 0.29% -9 -1 -0.3%
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Jim		 0.28% -6 +23 +6.8%
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Francis		 0.27% -4 +26 +8.0%
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Jacob		 0.27% -1 +36 +11.4%
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Leo		 0.27% +16 +121 +52.2%
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Clyde		 0.27% -5 +24 +7.5%
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Lawrence		 0.26% -1 +60 +21.2%
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Harvey		 0.26% +3 +72 +27.5%
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Ray		 0.26% +3 +73 +28.3%
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Jack		 0.25% +4 +78 +31.1%
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Edgar		 0.25% -1 +55 +20.7%
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Otto		 0.24% +1 +59 +23.3%
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Floyd		 0.23% +6 +70 +30.2%
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Ed		 0.23% -6 +26 +9.5%
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Edwin		 0.23% -12 -12 -3.9%
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Harold		 0.23% -8 +19 +6.8%
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Guy		 0.23% 0 +59 +24.8%
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Chester		 0.22% +6 +81 +39.1%
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Bert		 0.22% -1 +45 +19.0%
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Luther		 0.21% -11 +8 +3.0%
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Allen		 0.20% +6 +58 +28.7%
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Homer		 0.20% -6 +8 +3.2%
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Charley		 0.20% -2 +33 +14.9%
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Jessie		 0.20% +9 +72 +39.6%
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Hugh		 0.20% -10 +3 +1.2%
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Theodore		 0.19% +2 +48 +23.9%
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Patrick		 0.19% -5 +27 +12.4%
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Alexander		 0.18% +5 +57 +31.7%
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Leonard		 0.17% -5 +18 +8.7%
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Ira		 0.17% -7 +7 +3.3%
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Isaac		 0.17% -2 +27 +13.9%
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August		 0.16% -3 +19 +9.8%
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Bernard		 0.16% +10 +48 +30.2%
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Oliver		 0.16% -8 +3 +1.5%
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Julius		 0.15% +4 +33 +20.1%
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Leon		 0.15% +9 +49 +33.3%
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Philip		 0.15% +5 +35 +21.7%
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Clifford		 0.15% -1 +29 +17.6%
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Anthony		 0.15% +5 +40 +26.1%
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Eddie		 0.15% +13 +64 +49.6%
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Leroy		 0.15% -7 +15 +8.5%
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Archie		 0.15% -11 +7 +3.8%
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Lester		 0.15% -8 +21 +12.5%
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Stephen		 0.14% -7 +22 +13.3%
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Leslie		 0.14% -9 +9 +5.4%
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Lloyd		 0.14% +9 +48 +37.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 6.20% 0 +1,866 +18.9%
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Anna		 2.63% 0 +755 +17.9%
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Elizabeth		 1.70% 0 +543 +20.3%
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Emma		 1.63% 0 +440 +16.6%
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Margaret		 1.53% 0 +485 +20.0%
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Minnie		 1.40% 0 +439 +19.8%
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Bertha		 1.29% 0 +413 +20.3%
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Florence		 1.29% +1 +480 +24.4%
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Ethel		 1.25% +2 +467 +24.5%
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Bessie		 1.20% +3 +440 +23.9%
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Clara		 1.18% -3 +246 +12.4%
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Ida		 1.18% -2 +300 +15.6%
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Alice		 1.16% +1 +383 +21.1%
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Annie		 1.16% -2 +344 +18.7%
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Grace		 1.10% 0 +398 +23.5%
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Helen		 0.98% +5 +442 +31.5%
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Mabel		 0.97% +1 +336 +22.5%
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Ella		 0.94% -2 +253 +16.6%
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Martha		 0.93% -2 +265 +17.6%
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Sarah		 0.93% 0 +319 +22.2%
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Nellie		 0.92% -2 +279 +19.1%
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Edna		 0.89% +2 +348 +26.0%
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Lillian		 0.87% +3 +348 +26.6%
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Carrie		 0.87% -1 +303 +22.5%
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Laura		 0.86% -3 +260 +19.1%
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Pearl		 0.84% -1 +275 +20.9%
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Rose		 0.84% +3 +348 +28.0%
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Gertrude		 0.78% 0 +217 +17.3%
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Edith		 0.77% 0 +210 +16.9%
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Frances		 0.77% +4 +347 +31.4%
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Cora		 0.76% -4 +176 +14.0%
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Maude		 0.74% -1 +234 +20.1%
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Louise		 0.70% +2 +246 +22.6%
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Eva		 0.70% -1 +204 +18.1%
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Myrtle		 0.69% +1 +223 +20.5%
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Hattie		 0.69% -4 +163 +14.4%
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Jennie		 0.69% +2 +251 +24.0%
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Julia		 0.68% +1 +249 +23.9%
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Mattie		 0.67% +1 +237 +23.0%
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Marie		 0.66% +3 +264 +26.6%
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Lillie		 0.66% -4 +177 +16.5%
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Catherine		 0.64% +2 +245 +25.3%
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Jessie		 0.63% -2 +188 +18.6%
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Lula		 0.62% +3 +282 +31.6%
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Lena		 0.61% -3 +158 +15.7%
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Ada		 0.59% -1 +206 +22.6%
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Elsie		 0.59% +2 +279 +33.5%
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Agnes		 0.55% -2 +150 +16.7%
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Josephine		 0.53% +1 +186 +22.8%
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Fannie		 0.52% +2 +193 +24.2%
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Lucy		 0.51% 0 +153 +18.9%
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Blanche		 0.50% +2 +179 +23.5%
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Mamie		 0.48% +4 +201 +28.1%
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Dora		 0.47% -6 +56 +6.7%
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Hazel		 0.47% +18 +394 +78.2%
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Katherine		 0.47% -3 +99 +12.5%
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Maggie		 0.47% -2 +142 +19.2%
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Alma		 0.45% +5 +230 +36.9%
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Ruth		 0.45% +3 +223 +35.6%
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Mae		 0.44% -2 +156 +22.9%
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Nora		 0.44% -5 +97 +13.2%
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Rosa		 0.44% -1 +173 +26.3%
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May		 0.41% -2 +134 +20.7%
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Stella		 0.41% -5 +111 +16.7%
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Effie		 0.39% -1 +129 +21.0%
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Irene		 0.38% +6 +218 +43.3%
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Nettie		 0.37% -2 +97 +16.3%
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Ellen		 0.37% -2 +112 +19.3%
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Sadie		 0.37% +2 +172 +33.1%
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Sallie		 0.33% -2 +108 +20.6%
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Della		 0.33% +3 +125 +25.2%
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Susie		 0.33% +4 +136 +28.0%
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Daisy		 0.32% -6 +80 +15.0%
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Viola		 0.32% +6 +176 +41.9%
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Lizzie		 0.31% -7 +68 +13.0%
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Nancy		 0.31% -5 +71 +13.9%
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Esther		 0.30% +2 +141 +32.7%
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Flora		 0.29% +4 +133 +32.6%
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Willie		 0.28% +9 +143 +37.7%
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Katie		 0.27% -3 +76 +17.3%
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Lottie		 0.27% 0 +97 +23.4%
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Etta		 0.26% -4 +63 +14.4%
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Mildred		 0.26% +6 +126 +33.8%
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Georgia		 0.25% +7 +126 +35.9%
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Lydia		 0.25% -9 +24 +5.4%
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Maud		 0.25% -3 +67 +16.7%
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Olive		 0.25% -2 +71 +18.0%
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Charlotte		 0.25% +3 +113 +32.2%
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Caroline		 0.24% -5 +60 +15.1%
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Emily		 0.24% +8 +122 +36.4%
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Addie		 0.24% -5 +62 +15.8%
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Jane		 0.24% +15 +158 +54.9%
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Kathryn		 0.24% -5 +62 +16.1%
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Ruby		 0.24% +11 +136 +44.0%
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Beulah		 0.23% -5 +71 +20.0%
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Ollie		 0.22% 0 +73 +21.6%
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Amanda		 0.21% -1 +66 +19.5%
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Pauline		 0.21% +6 +79 +25.2%
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Harriet		 0.21% -5 +47 +13.7%
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Virginia		 0.20% +1 +53 +16.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States