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		 6.65% 0 -990 -11.0%
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William		 5.97% 0 -559 -7.2%
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James		 4.16% 0 -368 -6.8%
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George		 3.57% 0 -440 -9.2%
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Charles		 3.08% 0 -596 -13.8%
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Joseph		 2.48% +1 -67 -2.2%
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Frank		 2.41% -1 -233 -7.4%
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Robert		 2.12% 0 -147 -5.4%
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Edward		 1.91% +2 -107 -4.4%
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Harry		 1.86% -1 -215 -8.7%
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Henry		 1.79% -1 -290 -11.8%
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Thomas		 1.78% 0 -256 -10.6%
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Walter		 1.66% 0 -225 -10.1%
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Arthur		 1.35% 0 -133 -7.5%
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Fred		 1.23% 0 -135 -8.3%
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Albert		 1.12% 0 -147 -9.8%
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Clarence		 0.97% 0 -107 -8.4%
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Roy		 0.76% 0 -129 -12.3%
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Willie		 0.73% 0 -66 -7.0%
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Samuel		 0.70% 0 -51 -5.7%
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Earl		 0.68% 0 -69 -7.8%
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Louis		 0.67% 0 -49 -5.7%
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Ernest		 0.66% +3 -9 -1.1%
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Carl		 0.65% +1 -22 -2.7%
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Paul		 0.61% +4 -4 -0.5%
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Richard		 0.61% +1 -70 -8.7%
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David		 0.60% -3 -89 -10.9%
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Joe		 0.60% -5 -98 -12.0%
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Raymond		 0.58% +2 +22 +3.2%
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Charlie		 0.57% -2 -70 -9.2%
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Ralph		 0.53% -1 -89 -12.3%
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Elmer		 0.47% +4 -18 -3.0%
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Oscar		 0.47% +1 -60 -9.5%
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Harold		 0.47% +3 -17 -2.9%
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Howard		 0.46% +4 +8 +1.5%
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Jesse		 0.45% -1 -61 -10.1%
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Will		 0.44% -3 -69 -11.4%
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Alfred		 0.44% +2 -12 -2.2%
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Daniel		 0.43% +2 -11 -2.1%
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Andrew		 0.43% -8 -117 -18.4%
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Herbert		 0.43% +2 +6 +1.2%
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Benjamin		 0.40% 0 -43 -8.2%
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Sam		 0.40% -5 -70 -12.7%
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Herman		 0.38% +7 +34 +8.1%
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Leo		 0.37% +4 +4 +0.9%
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Lee		 0.37% 0 -15 -3.3%
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Frederick		 0.36% +1 -21 -4.6%
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Francis		 0.35% +2 -11 -2.6%
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Michael		 0.34% +10 +27 +7.1%
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Jack		 0.34% +4 +5 +1.2%
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Lawrence		 0.33% -7 -73 -15.6%
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Claude		 0.33% +10 +41 +11.6%
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Eugene		 0.32% 0 -22 -5.3%
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Peter		 0.32% -8 -73 -15.7%
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Clyde		 0.32% +1 +1 +0.3%
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Ray		 0.31% +1 -7 -1.8%
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Lewis		 0.30% -2 -35 -8.8%
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Edwin		 0.29% +5 +16 +4.7%
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Floyd		 0.29% -7 -69 -16.4%
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Tom		 0.29% -2 -32 -8.4%
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Martin		 0.29% 0 -12 -3.3%
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Ben		 0.27% -2 -40 -11.1%
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Edgar		 0.26% +4 +7 +2.3%
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Homer		 0.24% +4 -8 -2.7%
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Jacob		 0.24% +8 +9 +3.2%
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Chester		 0.24% +6 +6 +2.1%
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Grover		 0.24% -20 -165 -36.3%
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Harvey		 0.24% +1 -14 -4.7%
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Leonard		 0.23% +2 -19 -6.5%
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Luther		 0.22% 0 -24 -8.1%
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Clifford		 0.22% +9 +29 +12.1%
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Guy		 0.22% -7 -48 -15.2%
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Otto		 0.21% +1 -18 -6.5%
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Jim		 0.21% -10 -79 -23.7%
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Russell		 0.20% 0 -23 -8.6%
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Leroy		 0.20% +11 +11 +4.7%
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Lester		 0.20% +3 +3 +1.3%
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Hugh		 0.20% -1 -24 -9.1%
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Patrick		 0.19% +7 0 0.0%
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Ed		 0.19% -14 -81 -26.5%
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Anthony		 0.18% -3 -35 -13.7%
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Eddie		 0.18% +9 +2 +0.9%
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Alexander		 0.18% +12 +16 +7.9%
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Bernard		 0.18% +1 -20 -8.4%
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Jessie		 0.18% -6 -37 -14.7%
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Oliver		 0.18% -1 -24 -10.1%
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Stanley		 0.18% +15 +31 +17.1%
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Leon		 0.17% +12 +24 +12.8%
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Lloyd		 0.17% -12 -57 -21.3%
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Theodore		 0.17% -8 -30 -12.6%
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Philip		 0.17% -9 -31 -13.0%
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Julius		 0.16% +7 +5 +2.6%
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Archie		 0.16% -2 -20 -9.3%
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Charley		 0.16% -2 -19 -9.0%
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Leslie		 0.15% -2 -22 -10.6%
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Bert		 0.15% 0 -16 -8.0%
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Isaac		 0.15% -3 -21 -10.3%
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Ira		 0.15% -10 -50 -21.6%
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Allen		 0.15% -10 -44 -19.6%
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Percy		 0.15% +16 +28 +18.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.68% 0 -388 -2.9%
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Anna		 2.53% 0 +153 +2.8%
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Ruth		 1.62% +2 +368 +11.2%
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Margaret		 1.58% 0 +130 +3.8%
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Elizabeth		 1.49% -2 -101 -2.9%
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Helen		 1.44% +3 +313 +10.7%
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Florence		 1.44% -1 +77 +2.4%
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Ethel		 1.39% 0 +84 +2.8%
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Emma		 1.32% -2 -160 -5.1%
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Bertha		 1.17% +1 +6 +0.2%
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Clara		 1.12% -1 -129 -4.8%
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Minnie		 1.11% 0 -99 -3.8%
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Alice		 1.08% +1 +61 +2.6%
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Edna		 1.06% +4 +160 +7.2%
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Bessie		 1.04% -2 -189 -7.4%
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Grace		 1.03% 0 +9 +0.4%
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Annie		 1.00% -2 -97 -4.1%
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Ida		 1.00% -1 -12 -0.5%
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Marie		 0.98% +2 +146 +7.1%
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Lillian		 0.97% 0 +39 +1.8%
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Mabel		 0.97% -2 +21 +1.0%
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Hazel		 0.91% +3 +155 +8.2%
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Rose		 0.89% -1 -11 -0.5%
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Gertrude		 0.80% -1 -113 -5.9%
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Martha		 0.80% -1 -110 -5.7%
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Pearl		 0.80% 0 -35 -1.9%
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Nellie		 0.79% +3 +32 +1.8%
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Ella		 0.78% -1 -48 -2.7%
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Myrtle		 0.78% +3 +93 +5.6%
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Edith		 0.77% +3 +108 +6.6%
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Laura		 0.75% -2 -61 -3.5%
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Eva		 0.74% +2 +57 +3.5%
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Sarah		 0.73% -5 -166 -9.2%
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Frances		 0.72% -3 -48 -2.9%
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Elsie		 0.70% +2 +97 +6.5%
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Carrie		 0.64% -1 -137 -8.6%
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Louise		 0.64% +1 +1 +0.1%
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Agnes		 0.62% +5 +65 +4.9%
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Esther		 0.61% +28 +558 +67.7%
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Julia		 0.61% +1 +7 +0.5%
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Lillie		 0.60% -5 -152 -10.1%
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Catherine		 0.59% 0 +3 +0.2%
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Hattie		 0.58% -3 -48 -3.5%
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Cora		 0.58% -5 -111 -7.8%
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Jennie		 0.57% +3 +61 +5.0%
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Lena		 0.56% +1 +27 +2.2%
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Mattie		 0.56% -3 -46 -3.5%
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Jessie		 0.54% -2 -30 -2.4%
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Maude		 0.53% -4 -68 -5.4%
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Josephine		 0.52% -1 -32 -2.6%
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Irene		 0.49% 0 +4 +0.4%
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Blanche		 0.48% +2 -19 -1.7%
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Mae		 0.48% -1 -30 -2.7%
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Alma		 0.47% +2 -1 -0.1%
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Ada		 0.47% -5 -83 -7.3%
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Lucy		 0.46% -1 -21 -2.0%
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Lula		 0.46% -4 -64 -5.8%
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Gladys		 0.45% +7 +150 +17.3%
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Mamie		 0.45% -1 +33 +3.4%
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Mildred		 0.45% +2 +49 +5.1%
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Fannie		 0.45% -4 -28 -2.7%
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Katherine		 0.43% -2 +2 +0.2%
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Stella		 0.41% -4 -46 -4.7%
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Maggie		 0.39% 0 +3 +0.3%
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Dora		 0.39% -4 -83 -8.6%
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Viola		 0.37% 0 +6 +0.7%
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Nora		 0.37% -4 -74 -8.2%
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Dorothy		 0.37% +11 +195 +31.2%
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Ellen		 0.35% 0 +38 +5.0%
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Rosa		 0.35% -2 -6 -0.8%
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Ruby		 0.34% +3 +74 +10.6%
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Sadie		 0.31% -1 -18 -2.5%
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May		 0.31% -3 -60 -8.0%
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Effie		 0.30% -2 -47 -6.5%
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Nettie		 0.30% -2 -37 -5.2%
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Della		 0.29% 0 -6 -0.9%
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Willie		 0.29% +1 +17 +2.7%
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Susie		 0.29% -3 -25 -3.7%
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Marguerite		 0.28% +12 +103 +19.3%
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Beulah		 0.28% -3 -16 -2.5%
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Lydia		 0.27% +12 +76 +14.6%
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Olive		 0.26% +1 +6 +1.0%
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Lizzie		 0.26% -3 -13 -2.2%
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Daisy		 0.25% +1 +9 +1.6%
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Beatrice		 0.25% +5 +23 +4.3%
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Pauline		 0.24% +6 +19 +3.6%
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Georgia		 0.24% 0 -11 -2.0%
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Nancy		 0.24% -7 -53 -9.0%
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Flora		 0.24% -7 -48 -8.2%
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Kathryn		 0.24% -2 -15 -2.7%
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Vera		 0.24% +8 +48 +9.9%
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Lottie		 0.24% -3 -15 -2.7%
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Marion		 0.24% +3 +35 +7.0%
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Sallie		 0.23% -10 -66 -11.3%
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Emily		 0.23% -1 -12 -2.3%
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Katie		 0.22% -10 -59 -10.5%
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Virginia		 0.22% +4 +23 +4.8%
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Etta		 0.22% -1 -6 -1.2%
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Caroline		 0.21% +1 +7 +1.5%
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Charlotte		 0.21% -2 -10 -2.1%
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Popularity extremes for the United States