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		 6.88% 0 +1,359 +17.7%
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William		 5.92% 0 +1,019 +15.1%
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James		 4.11% 0 +882 +19.5%
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George		 3.62% 0 +829 +21.1%
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Charles		 3.29% 0 +679 +18.7%
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Frank		 2.40% 0 +498 +18.8%
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Joseph		 2.33% 0 +492 +19.1%
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Robert		 2.06% 0 +470 +21.0%
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Harry		 1.87% 0 +328 +15.4%
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Henry		 1.87% 0 +403 +19.7%
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Edward		 1.84% 0 +427 +21.5%
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Thomas		 1.84% 0 +431 +21.7%
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Walter		 1.70% 0 +561 +33.6%
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Arthur		 1.35% 0 +254 +16.8%
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Fred		 1.24% 0 +266 +19.5%
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Albert		 1.14% 0 +293 +24.3%
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Clarence		 0.97% 0 +269 +26.7%
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Roy		 0.80% 0 +210 +25.1%
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Willie		 0.72% +2 +209 +28.3%
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Samuel		 0.69% 0 +149 +19.8%
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Earl		 0.68% +4 +214 +31.8%
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Louis		 0.66% -3 +79 +10.1%
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Joe		 0.62% +6 +235 +40.2%
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David		 0.62% +2 +140 +20.8%
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Carl		 0.62% -1 +133 +19.7%
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Ernest		 0.61% -4 +90 +12.6%
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Richard		 0.61% 0 +193 +31.7%
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Charlie		 0.58% -5 +54 +7.6%
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Paul		 0.57% +2 +183 +32.4%
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Ralph		 0.55% -2 +138 +23.5%
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Raymond		 0.52% -1 +106 +18.4%
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Andrew		 0.49% +1 +116 +22.3%
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Oscar		 0.48% -1 +83 +15.1%
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Will		 0.46% 0 +87 +16.7%
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Jesse		 0.46% 0 +83 +16.0%
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Elmer		 0.45% 0 +84 +16.5%
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Harold		 0.44% +5 +164 +39.1%
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Sam		 0.42% +5 +133 +31.8%
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Howard		 0.42% +1 +63 +13.0%
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Alfred		 0.41% -1 +43 +8.6%
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Daniel		 0.41% -4 +28 +5.5%
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Benjamin		 0.40% -1 +64 +13.9%
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Herbert		 0.39% -5 +12 +2.4%
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Lawrence		 0.36% +2 +79 +20.3%
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Peter		 0.35% 0 +69 +17.4%
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Lee		 0.35% +6 +118 +34.5%
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Grover		 0.35% +52 +291 +179%
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Frederick		 0.35% -4 +41 +10.0%
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Leo		 0.34% +2 +91 +25.8%
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Francis		 0.33% +4 +96 +28.8%
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Herman		 0.32% -4 +38 +9.9%
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Floyd		 0.32% +1 +84 +25.0%
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Eugene		 0.32% -5 +52 +14.4%
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Jack		 0.31% +8 +111 +38.3%
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Lewis		 0.30% -5 +42 +11.8%
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Clyde		 0.30% +1 +63 +19.3%
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Ray		 0.29% -8 +25 +6.9%
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Tom		 0.29% +2 +63 +19.8%
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Michael		 0.29% -5 +47 +14.1%
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Ben		 0.28% +1 +59 +19.5%
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Martin		 0.27% -5 +28 +8.5%
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Claude		 0.27% -5 +26 +8.0%
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Edwin		 0.26% -6 +11 +3.4%
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Jim		 0.25% -1 +46 +16.0%
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Guy		 0.24% +2 +53 +20.2%
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Ed		 0.23% +4 +69 +29.1%
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Edgar		 0.23% -3 +26 +9.4%
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Homer		 0.23% +6 +71 +30.9%
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Harvey		 0.23% -4 +24 +8.8%
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Luther		 0.22% +1 +59 +25.0%
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Leonard		 0.22% +1 +59 +25.1%
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Chester		 0.22% -4 +33 +13.1%
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Jacob		 0.22% -4 +45 +18.9%
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Otto		 0.21% -9 +1 +0.4%
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Russell		 0.21% +11 +83 +44.6%
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Lloyd		 0.20% +12 +83 +44.9%
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Hugh		 0.20% -4 +32 +13.7%
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Anthony		 0.19% +18 +85 +50.0%
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Jessie		 0.19% -4 +24 +10.6%
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Clifford		 0.18% +1 +44 +22.4%
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Lester		 0.18% +3 +49 +25.7%
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Philip		 0.18% -2 +41 +20.7%
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Theodore		 0.18% -6 +15 +6.7%
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Oliver		 0.18% -7 +26 +12.3%
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Bernard		 0.18% 0 +50 +26.7%
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Patrick		 0.18% -9 +22 +10.4%
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Leroy		 0.18% -3 +43 +22.6%
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Ira		 0.18% +2 +52 +29.1%
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Allen		 0.17% +5 +51 +29.5%
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Eddie		 0.17% 0 +39 +21.8%
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Archie		 0.16% -12 +13 +6.5%
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Charley		 0.16% -10 +17 +8.8%
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Leslie		 0.16% +5 +43 +26.2%
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Isaac		 0.15% +7 +43 +26.9%
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Alexander		 0.15% 0 +30 +17.4%
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Bert		 0.15% -7 +19 +10.5%
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Victor		 0.15% +7 +46 +29.9%
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Norman		 0.15% +1 +28 +17.2%
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Julius		 0.15% +3 +35 +22.6%
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Horace		 0.14% -3 +22 +13.3%
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Leon		 0.14% +4 +37 +24.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.86% 0 +1,469 +12.6%
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Anna		 2.46% 0 +443 +8.7%
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Elizabeth		 1.54% +1 +402 +13.1%
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Margaret		 1.53% -1 +370 +12.1%
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Ruth		 1.46% +14 +1,433 +77.2%
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Florence		 1.40% 0 +439 +16.2%
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Emma		 1.39% -2 +244 +8.5%
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Ethel		 1.35% -1 +346 +12.9%
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Helen		 1.31% 0 +519 +21.5%
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Clara		 1.18% +1 +301 +12.8%
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Bertha		 1.16% -1 +245 +10.3%
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Minnie		 1.16% -4 +181 +7.5%
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Bessie		 1.13% -1 +218 +9.4%
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Alice		 1.06% +2 +358 +17.8%
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Annie		 1.04% -2 +252 +12.0%
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Grace		 1.02% -2 +211 +10.1%
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Ida		 1.00% 0 +257 +12.8%
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Edna		 0.99% 0 +255 +13.0%
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Mabel		 0.97% -4 +141 +6.9%
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Lillian		 0.96% 0 +342 +18.9%
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Marie		 0.92% +7 +470 +29.4%
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Rose		 0.90% 0 +327 +19.3%
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Gertrude		 0.86% +3 +279 +17.0%
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Martha		 0.85% -3 +171 +9.8%
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Hazel		 0.84% +7 +450 +31.1%
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Pearl		 0.81% +1 +226 +14.1%
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Ella		 0.80% -4 +123 +7.3%
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Sarah		 0.80% -4 +129 +7.7%
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Laura		 0.78% 0 +235 +15.6%
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Nellie		 0.77% -5 +91 +5.5%
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Frances		 0.74% +3 +273 +19.5%
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Myrtle		 0.74% -1 +208 +14.3%
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Edith		 0.72% -4 +116 +7.7%
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Eva		 0.72% -1 +199 +14.1%
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Carrie		 0.71% +1 +246 +18.3%
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Lillie		 0.67% +3 +256 +20.5%
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Elsie		 0.66% +1 +186 +14.3%
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Louise		 0.64% -1 +113 +8.5%
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Cora		 0.63% -4 +76 +5.7%
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Hattie		 0.61% +1 +144 +11.8%
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Julia		 0.61% +2 +160 +13.3%
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Catherine		 0.59% -1 +114 +9.4%
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Agnes		 0.59% +4 +203 +18.0%
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Mattie		 0.58% +2 +138 +11.8%
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Maude		 0.57% -1 +82 +6.9%
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Jessie		 0.55% +2 +127 +11.3%
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Lena		 0.55% -2 +60 +5.1%
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Jennie		 0.54% -8 -26 -2.1%
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Josephine		 0.54% 0 +179 +17.4%
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Ada		 0.50% +1 +159 +16.3%
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Irene		 0.49% +1 +157 +16.5%
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Mae		 0.49% +2 +168 +18.0%
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Lula		 0.49% -3 +88 +8.7%
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Blanche		 0.49% +2 +177 +19.3%
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Lucy		 0.47% -2 +113 +12.0%
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Alma		 0.47% -1 +127 +13.7%
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Fannie		 0.46% 0 +115 +12.6%
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Mamie		 0.44% +3 +148 +17.8%
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Stella		 0.43% 0 +105 +12.1%
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Katherine		 0.43% +2 +158 +19.7%
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Dora		 0.43% -3 +90 +10.3%
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Mildred		 0.43% +2 +198 +26.0%
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Nora		 0.40% 0 +98 +12.2%
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Maggie		 0.39% -4 +42 +5.0%
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Gladys		 0.39% +5 +234 +37.0%
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Viola		 0.37% +7 +224 +36.8%
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Esther		 0.37% -1 +114 +16.1%
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Rosa		 0.35% -3 +67 +9.2%
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Ellen		 0.34% 0 +85 +12.6%
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May		 0.34% -2 +57 +8.2%
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Sadie		 0.32% +1 +107 +17.3%
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Effie		 0.32% -5 +17 +2.4%
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Nettie		 0.31% -2 +85 +13.7%
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Ruby		 0.31% +6 +141 +25.5%
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Susie		 0.30% +1 +103 +18.2%
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Della		 0.30% -2 +59 +9.7%
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Beulah		 0.28% +4 +112 +21.3%
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Willie		 0.28% 0 +69 +12.3%
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Dorothy		 0.28% -3 +60 +10.6%
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Lizzie		 0.27% +2 +72 +13.7%
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Nancy		 0.26% +2 +68 +13.0%
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Flora		 0.26% +7 +88 +17.7%
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Olive		 0.26% +2 +74 +14.5%
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Sallie		 0.26% -9 +13 +2.3%
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Daisy		 0.25% -6 +7 +1.3%
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Katie		 0.25% +4 +69 +14.0%
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Georgia		 0.25% +8 +108 +24.3%
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Kathryn		 0.24% -1 +45 +8.9%
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Lottie		 0.24% -1 +46 +9.2%
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Beatrice		 0.24% +1 +56 +11.5%
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Marguerite		 0.24% -7 +24 +4.7%
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Pauline		 0.23% +1 +71 +15.6%
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Lydia		 0.23% -7 +15 +3.0%
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Emily		 0.23% +1 +74 +16.7%
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Marion		 0.22% +4 +84 +20.3%
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Addie		 0.22% -4 +26 +5.6%
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Etta		 0.22% -3 +40 +8.8%
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Charlotte		 0.22% +3 +99 +25.6%
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Vera		 0.22% 0 +60 +14.1%
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Caroline		 0.21% 0 +74 +18.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States