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		 7.03% 0 -822 -9.7%
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William		 6.19% 0 -731 -9.8%
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James		 4.13% 0 -581 -11.4%
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George		 3.60% 0 -527 -11.8%
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Charles		 3.33% 0 -421 -10.4%
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Frank		 2.43% 0 -426 -13.8%
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Joseph		 2.35% 0 -98 -3.7%
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Robert		 2.05% 0 -301 -11.8%
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Harry		 1.95% +1 -213 -9.1%
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Henry		 1.88% -1 -300 -12.8%
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Edward		 1.82% 0 -293 -12.8%
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Thomas		 1.81% 0 -218 -9.9%
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Walter		 1.53% 0 -237 -12.4%
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Arthur		 1.39% 0 -96 -6.0%
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Fred		 1.25% 0 -144 -9.6%
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Albert		 1.11% 0 -210 -14.8%
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Clarence		 0.92% 0 -11 -1.1%
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Roy		 0.77% 0 -103 -10.9%
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Louis		 0.72% 0 -74 -8.6%
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Samuel		 0.69% 0 -62 -7.6%
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Willie		 0.68% +2 -19 -2.5%
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Ernest		 0.65% 0 -59 -7.6%
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Charlie		 0.65% -2 -90 -11.3%
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Carl		 0.62% +3 -18 -2.6%
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Earl		 0.62% -1 -70 -9.4%
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David		 0.62% 0 -58 -7.9%
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Richard		 0.56% -2 -134 -18.0%
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Ralph		 0.54% +4 0 0.0%
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Joe		 0.53% -1 -98 -14.4%
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Raymond		 0.53% +6 +29 +5.3%
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Paul		 0.52% 0 -43 -7.1%
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Oscar		 0.50% -3 -77 -12.3%
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Andrew		 0.48% +1 -54 -9.4%
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Will		 0.48% -4 -93 -15.2%
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Jesse		 0.48% -2 -57 -9.9%
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Elmer		 0.47% +2 -20 -3.8%
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Daniel		 0.46% +2 0 0.0%
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Herbert		 0.46% +4 +34 +7.3%
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Alfred		 0.46% -4 -50 -9.1%
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Howard		 0.44% 0 -16 -3.2%
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Benjamin		 0.42% -4 -76 -14.2%
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Harold		 0.38% +4 +11 +2.7%
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Sam		 0.38% -2 -71 -14.5%
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Frederick		 0.38% -1 +2 +0.5%
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Peter		 0.36% -2 -14 -3.4%
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Lawrence		 0.36% +6 +17 +4.6%
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Herman		 0.35% +3 +1 +0.3%
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Eugene		 0.33% -2 -46 -11.3%
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Ray		 0.33% +7 +11 +3.2%
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Lewis		 0.33% +1 -18 -4.8%
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Leo		 0.32% -2 -40 -10.2%
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Lee		 0.31% -9 -68 -16.6%
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Floyd		 0.31% +7 -5 -1.5%
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Francis		 0.31% 0 -30 -8.3%
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Michael		 0.31% -6 -61 -15.5%
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Martin		 0.30% +1 -16 -4.6%
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Claude		 0.30% 0 -20 -5.8%
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Clyde		 0.30% +7 +10 +3.2%
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Edwin		 0.30% +6 +4 +1.2%
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Tom		 0.29% -3 -29 -8.4%
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Ben		 0.28% -7 -61 -16.8%
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Jack		 0.27% -9 -78 -21.2%
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Jim		 0.26% -1 -48 -14.3%
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Edgar		 0.25% -3 -61 -18.0%
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Harvey		 0.25% 0 -22 -7.4%
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Otto		 0.25% +3 +7 +2.6%
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Guy		 0.24% +5 +13 +5.2%
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Chester		 0.23% +1 -11 -4.2%
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Jacob		 0.22% -3 -52 -17.9%
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Ed		 0.22% 0 -25 -9.5%
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Luther		 0.22% 0 -17 -6.7%
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Leonard		 0.22% -5 -40 -14.5%
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Hugh		 0.21% +7 +14 +6.4%
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Homer		 0.21% +3 +7 +3.1%
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Jessie		 0.21% -2 -14 -5.8%
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Theodore		 0.21% +13 +34 +17.9%
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Oliver		 0.19% +4 -6 -2.8%
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Patrick		 0.19% -2 -15 -6.6%
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Archie		 0.18% 0 -20 -9.0%
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Philip		 0.18% +8 +6 +3.1%
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Clifford		 0.18% +2 -11 -5.3%
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Charley		 0.18% +11 +10 +5.5%
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Lester		 0.18% -7 -35 -15.5%
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Leroy		 0.17% -10 -46 -19.5%
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Bernard		 0.17% +13 +9 +5.1%
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August		 0.17% -2 -20 -9.7%
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Russell		 0.17% +8 +4 +2.2%
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Lloyd		 0.17% +6 +3 +1.6%
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Bert		 0.17% +8 +1 +0.6%
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Eddie		 0.16% -4 -18 -9.1%
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Ira		 0.16% -8 -30 -14.4%
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Stanley		 0.16% -15 -45 -20.2%
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Everett		 0.16% +9 +11 +6.7%
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Allen		 0.16% -4 -16 -8.5%
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Alexander		 0.16% -10 -30 -14.9%
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Anthony		 0.16% -6 -19 -10.1%
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Horace		 0.15% +6 +3 +1.9%
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Leslie		 0.15% -2 -17 -9.4%
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Grover		 0.15% 0 -14 -7.9%
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Norman		 0.15% +8 +7 +4.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.95% 0 -375 -3.1%
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Anna		 2.59% 0 -134 -2.6%
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Margaret		 1.56% +1 -35 -1.1%
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Elizabeth		 1.56% -1 -53 -1.7%
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Emma		 1.47% 0 -96 -3.2%
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Florence		 1.38% 0 -29 -1.1%
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Ethel		 1.37% 0 -29 -1.1%
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Minnie		 1.24% 0 -222 -8.4%
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Helen		 1.23% +3 +105 +4.5%
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Bertha		 1.21% 0 -16 -0.7%
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Clara		 1.20% -2 -136 -5.4%
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Bessie		 1.18% -1 -47 -2.0%
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Annie		 1.07% +2 -124 -5.6%
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Grace		 1.06% -1 -190 -8.3%
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Mabel		 1.03% +2 -29 -1.4%
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Alice		 1.03% -2 -256 -11.3%
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Ida		 1.02% -1 -176 -8.1%
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Edna		 1.00% 0 -10 -0.5%
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Ruth		 0.95% +27 +662 +55.4%
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Lillian		 0.92% -1 -50 -2.7%
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Martha		 0.89% +1 -40 -2.2%
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Rose		 0.86% +3 -29 -1.7%
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Ella		 0.86% 0 -73 -4.2%
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Sarah		 0.85% -3 -117 -6.6%
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Nellie		 0.84% -5 -174 -9.6%
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Gertrude		 0.84% 0 -68 -4.0%
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Pearl		 0.82% -3 -136 -7.8%
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Marie		 0.81% 0 +33 +2.1%
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Edith		 0.77% +1 +16 +1.1%
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Laura		 0.77% -2 -125 -7.6%
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Myrtle		 0.74% +3 +52 +3.7%
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Hazel		 0.74% +5 +81 +5.9%
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Eva		 0.72% -1 -24 -1.7%
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Frances		 0.71% -1 -19 -1.3%
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Cora		 0.68% +1 -43 -3.1%
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Carrie		 0.68% -7 -168 -11.1%
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Louise		 0.68% -6 -139 -9.4%
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Elsie		 0.66% +7 +83 +6.8%
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Lillie		 0.63% -4 -143 -10.3%
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Jennie		 0.63% +1 -21 -1.7%
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Catherine		 0.62% +3 -13 -1.1%
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Hattie		 0.62% -3 -144 -10.6%
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Julia		 0.61% -3 -75 -5.9%
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Maude		 0.60% -5 -171 -12.6%
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Lena		 0.60% +2 +37 +3.3%
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Mattie		 0.59% -4 -91 -7.2%
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Agnes		 0.57% +3 +30 +2.7%
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Jessie		 0.57% -5 -131 -10.5%
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Josephine		 0.53% 0 -87 -7.8%
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Lula		 0.51% -2 -111 -9.9%
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Ada		 0.50% 0 -99 -9.2%
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Irene		 0.48% +8 +57 +6.4%
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Lucy		 0.48% 0 -29 -3.0%
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Mae		 0.48% +4 +13 +1.4%
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Alma		 0.47% +2 +7 +0.8%
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Blanche		 0.47% -1 -36 -3.8%
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Fannie		 0.47% -5 -89 -8.9%
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Dora		 0.44% +4 -13 -1.5%
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Stella		 0.44% -3 -57 -6.2%
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Maggie		 0.43% +1 -50 -5.6%
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Mamie		 0.42% -7 -137 -14.2%
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Katherine		 0.41% -3 -97 -10.8%
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Nora		 0.41% 0 -34 -4.1%
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Mildred		 0.39% +7 +126 +19.8%
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Rosa		 0.37% -1 -41 -5.3%
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Esther		 0.36% +9 +91 +14.7%
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Effie		 0.36% -1 -13 -1.8%
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May		 0.35% -3 -55 -7.3%
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Ellen		 0.34% +1 +16 +2.4%
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Gladys		 0.32% +12 +108 +20.6%
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Nettie		 0.32% -4 -87 -12.3%
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Sadie		 0.31% -3 -63 -9.3%
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Viola		 0.31% -5 -88 -12.6%
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Della		 0.31% -2 -24 -3.8%
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Sallie		 0.29% +5 -2 -0.4%
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Dorothy		 0.29% +17 +108 +23.6%
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Susie		 0.29% -3 -64 -10.2%
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Willie		 0.29% -1 -16 -2.8%
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Daisy		 0.28% -3 -31 -5.3%
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Ruby		 0.28% +1 +14 +2.6%
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Beulah		 0.27% -2 -47 -8.2%
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Lizzie		 0.27% -8 -95 -15.3%
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Nancy		 0.27% +1 +11 +2.1%
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Marguerite		 0.26% +12 +69 +15.6%
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Olive		 0.26% +4 +18 +3.7%
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Lydia		 0.26% -8 -69 -12.0%
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Kathryn		 0.26% +4 +30 +6.3%
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Lottie		 0.26% 0 -1 -0.2%
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Flora		 0.25% -4 -13 -2.5%
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Katie		 0.25% -4 -15 -2.9%
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Beatrice		 0.25% +7 +68 +16.3%
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Addie		 0.24% 0 -1 -0.2%
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Pauline		 0.23% -3 -20 -4.2%
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Etta		 0.23% +1 0 0.0%
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Emily		 0.23% -9 -65 -12.8%
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Georgia		 0.23% -12 -69 -13.5%
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Virginia		 0.22% +3 +34 +8.4%
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Vera		 0.22% +5 +33 +8.4%
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Marion		 0.21% +7 +27 +7.0%
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Caroline		 0.21% -6 -53 -11.6%
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Popularity extremes for the United States