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		 7.10% 0 -46 -0.5%
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William		 6.26% 0 -278 -3.6%
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James		 4.26% 0 +77 +1.5%
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George		 3.72% 0 +28 +0.6%
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Charles		 3.39% 0 -138 -3.3%
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Frank		 2.57% 0 +103 +3.5%
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Joseph		 2.23% 0 -59 -2.2%
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Robert		 2.12% +1 +28 +1.1%
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Henry		 1.96% +2 +63 +2.8%
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Harry		 1.96% -2 -214 -8.4%
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Edward		 1.91% -1 -17 -0.7%
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Thomas		 1.84% 0 -33 -1.5%
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Walter		 1.59% 0 -11 -0.6%
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Arthur		 1.35% 0 -58 -3.5%
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Fred		 1.26% 0 -48 -3.1%
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Albert		 1.18% 0 +64 +4.7%
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Clarence		 0.85% 0 +34 +3.5%
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Roy		 0.79% 0 +53 +6.0%
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Louis		 0.72% 0 +23 +2.7%
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Samuel		 0.68% 0 +5 +0.6%
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Charlie		 0.67% +8 +112 +16.4%
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Ernest		 0.65% +1 +38 +5.2%
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Willie		 0.63% +2 +50 +7.1%
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Earl		 0.62% +4 +56 +8.1%
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Richard		 0.62% -1 +32 +4.5%
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David		 0.61% -4 -26 -3.4%
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Carl		 0.58% 0 -11 -1.6%
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Joe		 0.57% -3 -26 -3.7%
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Oscar		 0.53% +3 +56 +9.8%
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Will		 0.51% 0 -18 -2.9%
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Paul		 0.51% +4 +51 +9.2%
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Ralph		 0.49% +7 +92 +18.6%
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Jesse		 0.48% -2 0 0.0%
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Andrew		 0.48% -1 +14 +2.5%
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Alfred		 0.46% +6 +77 +16.3%
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Raymond		 0.46% +1 +35 +6.8%
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Benjamin		 0.45% -16 -223 -29.3%
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Elmer		 0.44% -4 -29 -5.2%
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Daniel		 0.42% -3 -10 -1.9%
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Howard		 0.42% -2 -2 -0.4%
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Sam		 0.41% -1 +3 +0.6%
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Herbert		 0.39% -1 -5 -1.1%
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Frederick		 0.34% +1 -41 -9.1%
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Lee		 0.34% +3 -5 -1.2%
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Peter		 0.34% +2 -15 -3.5%
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Eugene		 0.34% +6 +39 +10.6%
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Harold		 0.34% +11 +68 +20.0%
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Michael		 0.33% +3 +17 +4.5%
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Leo		 0.33% +10 +68 +20.9%
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Herman		 0.32% -2 -23 -5.7%
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Lewis		 0.31% -4 -39 -9.4%
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Lawrence		 0.31% +4 +30 +8.8%
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Jack		 0.31% +7 +46 +14.3%
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Ben		 0.30% -11 -90 -19.9%
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Francis		 0.30% +1 +17 +4.9%
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Ray		 0.29% -2 -6 -1.7%
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Claude		 0.29% -8 -39 -10.1%
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Martin		 0.29% -4 -20 -5.4%
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Tom		 0.29% -7 -32 -8.4%
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Floyd		 0.29% +3 +28 +8.9%
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Edgar		 0.28% -1 +16 +5.0%
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Jim		 0.28% -4 +8 +2.4%
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Edwin		 0.27% +3 +17 +5.6%
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Clyde		 0.27% -2 -1 -0.3%
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Harvey		 0.25% -1 -15 -4.8%
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Jacob		 0.24% +1 -5 -1.7%
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Leonard		 0.23% +10 +46 +20.1%
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Otto		 0.22% -3 -42 -13.6%
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Chester		 0.22% 0 -11 -4.0%
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Ed		 0.22% +1 -8 -3.0%
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Luther		 0.21% 0 -17 -6.3%
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Guy		 0.21% -2 -22 -8.1%
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Jessie		 0.20% +12 +34 +16.4%
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Leroy		 0.20% +18 +50 +26.9%
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Patrick		 0.19% -1 -9 -3.8%
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Lester		 0.19% +6 +13 +6.1%
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Homer		 0.19% -4 -32 -12.5%
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Stanley		 0.19% +31 +72 +47.7%
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Archie		 0.19% +11 +26 +13.3%
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Hugh		 0.18% -2 -6 -2.7%
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Oliver		 0.18% +2 +8 +3.8%
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Ira		 0.18% +3 +2 +1.0%
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Clifford		 0.17% +4 +5 +2.5%
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August		 0.17% +12 +35 +20.5%
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Alexander		 0.17% +8 +17 +9.2%
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Eddie		 0.17% +19 +42 +27.1%
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Leon		 0.17% +8 +13 +7.1%
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Philip		 0.16% +7 +9 +4.9%
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Theodore		 0.16% -14 -41 -17.7%
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Allen		 0.16% -11 -33 -14.9%
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Anthony		 0.16% -10 -30 -13.7%
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Isaac		 0.16% -1 -1 -0.5%
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Charley		 0.15% -5 -16 -8.0%
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Lloyd		 0.15% +4 +15 +9.0%
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Russell		 0.15% -5 -16 -8.1%
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Leslie		 0.15% +9 +26 +16.8%
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Bert		 0.15% -22 -51 -22.1%
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Bernard		 0.15% -17 -37 -17.2%
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Grover		 0.15% -16 -33 -15.7%
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Sidney		 0.15% +10 +32 +22.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.99% 0 +430 +3.7%
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Anna		 2.60% 0 +171 +3.4%
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Elizabeth		 1.54% 0 +54 +1.8%
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Margaret		 1.54% 0 +183 +6.3%
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Emma		 1.48% 0 +96 +3.3%
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Florence		 1.36% +1 +279 +11.3%
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Ethel		 1.35% +1 +255 +10.4%
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Minnie		 1.31% -2 +26 +1.0%
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Clara		 1.24% +1 +177 +7.6%
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Bertha		 1.18% +1 +95 +4.1%
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Bessie		 1.18% -2 +27 +1.2%
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Helen		 1.15% +5 +403 +21.1%
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Grace		 1.13% +2 +229 +11.2%
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Alice		 1.13% -2 +126 +5.9%
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Annie		 1.10% -2 +97 +4.6%
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Ida		 1.08% -2 +56 +2.6%
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Mabel		 1.02% -1 +111 +5.7%
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Edna		 0.98% 0 +158 +8.7%
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Lillian		 0.92% +4 +222 +13.5%
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Nellie		 0.90% -1 +69 +3.9%
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Sarah		 0.89% -1 +56 +3.2%
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Martha		 0.89% -1 +73 +4.3%
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Ella		 0.87% -1 +111 +6.7%
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Pearl		 0.86% 0 +153 +9.6%
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Rose		 0.86% +1 +175 +11.3%
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Gertrude		 0.85% +2 +170 +11.0%
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Laura		 0.81% -2 +67 +4.3%
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Marie		 0.78% +2 +127 +8.8%
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Carrie		 0.75% -2 -37 -2.4%
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Edith		 0.74% -1 -30 -2.0%
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Louise		 0.73% +7 +189 +14.7%
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Eva		 0.71% -1 +64 +4.7%
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Frances		 0.70% +1 +65 +4.8%
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Myrtle		 0.70% -1 +45 +3.3%
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Lillie		 0.69% +2 +101 +7.8%
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Cora		 0.69% -4 +21 +1.5%
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Hazel		 0.68% +11 +310 +29.4%
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Hattie		 0.68% -3 +35 +2.6%
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Maude		 0.67% -3 +66 +5.1%
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Julia		 0.63% 0 +74 +6.2%
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Jennie		 0.62% -2 +7 +0.6%
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Mattie		 0.62% +2 +83 +7.1%
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Jessie		 0.62% 0 +54 +4.5%
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Catherine		 0.61% -2 +34 +2.8%
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Elsie		 0.61% -4 +21 +1.8%
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Ruth		 0.59% 0 +122 +11.4%
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Lena		 0.56% -2 +41 +3.7%
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Lula		 0.56% -1 +54 +5.1%
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Josephine		 0.55% 0 +71 +6.8%
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Agnes		 0.54% 0 +62 +6.0%
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Ada		 0.53% 0 +69 +6.9%
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Fannie		 0.50% +1 +96 +10.6%
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Lucy		 0.48% +1 +80 +9.0%
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Mamie		 0.48% +3 +84 +9.5%
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Blanche		 0.47% -3 -19 -2.0%
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Stella		 0.46% -1 +33 +3.7%
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Alma		 0.46% +5 +103 +12.6%
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Mae		 0.46% -1 +37 +4.2%
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Katherine		 0.45% -3 +11 +1.2%
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Irene		 0.44% +3 +156 +21.2%
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Maggie		 0.44% 0 +66 +8.0%
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Dora		 0.44% -3 +1 +0.1%
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Nora		 0.41% -3 +4 +0.5%
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Rosa		 0.38% +2 +63 +8.9%
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May		 0.37% -1 +28 +3.9%
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Effie		 0.36% -1 +6 +0.8%
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Nettie		 0.35% +3 +85 +13.7%
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Viola		 0.35% +8 +161 +30.0%
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Sadie		 0.34% -2 +16 +2.4%
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Ellen		 0.33% -2 +6 +0.9%
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Mildred		 0.32% -2 +10 +1.6%
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Della		 0.31% 0 +25 +4.1%
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Susie		 0.31% -2 +23 +3.8%
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Lizzie		 0.31% 0 +50 +8.8%
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Esther		 0.31% 0 +66 +11.9%
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Daisy		 0.29% -3 +5 +0.9%
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Willie		 0.29% +8 +90 +18.4%
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Lydia		 0.29% +5 +80 +16.1%
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Beulah		 0.28% +2 +75 +15.1%
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Sallie		 0.28% -3 +46 +8.8%
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Ruby		 0.27% -3 +18 +3.4%
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Gladys		 0.26% +14 +111 +26.8%
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Georgia		 0.25% +8 +68 +15.3%
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Nancy		 0.25% +2 +42 +8.9%
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Flora		 0.25% -6 -6 -1.2%
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Emily		 0.25% +7 +80 +18.6%
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Katie		 0.25% -6 +7 +1.4%
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Lottie		 0.25% -7 +4 +0.8%
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Olive		 0.24% -1 +27 +5.8%
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Pauline		 0.24% +4 +60 +14.5%
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Kathryn		 0.24% +3 +59 +14.2%
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Addie		 0.23% -2 +20 +4.5%
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Dorothy		 0.23% +9 +81 +21.5%
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Caroline		 0.23% -10 -36 -7.3%
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Etta		 0.22% -8 -13 -2.8%
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Marguerite		 0.22% +24 +127 +40.3%
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Maud		 0.22% -5 +7 +1.6%
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Beatrice		 0.21% +10 +65 +18.5%
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Charlotte		 0.21% -9 -38 -8.4%
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Virginia		 0.20% +1 +10 +2.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States