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		 6.60% 0 +189 +2.3%
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William		 5.82% 0 +51 +0.7%
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James		 4.09% 0 +80 +1.6%
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George		 3.50% 0 +45 +1.0%
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Charles		 3.03% 0 +65 +1.7%
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Joseph		 2.38% 0 -20 -0.7%
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Frank		 2.29% 0 -54 -1.9%
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Robert		 2.00% 0 -66 -2.6%
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Henry		 1.82% +2 +116 +5.4%
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Harry		 1.75% 0 -56 -2.5%
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Edward		 1.75% -2 -130 -5.6%
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Thomas		 1.74% 0 +13 +0.6%
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Walter		 1.61% 0 +6 +0.3%
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Arthur		 1.37% 0 +77 +4.7%
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Fred		 1.18% 0 -18 -1.2%
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Albert		 1.16% 0 +94 +6.9%
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Clarence		 0.95% 0 +16 +1.4%
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Roy		 0.82% 0 +99 +10.8%
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Willie		 0.79% 0 +104 +11.8%
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Earl		 0.72% +1 +77 +9.4%
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Louis		 0.70% +1 +53 +6.5%
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Carl		 0.69% +2 +75 +9.5%
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Paul		 0.66% +2 +81 +10.9%
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Ernest		 0.66% -1 +25 +3.1%
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Richard		 0.65% +1 +76 +10.4%
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Samuel		 0.62% -6 -75 -8.8%
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Raymond		 0.61% +2 +64 +9.1%
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Joe		 0.59% 0 +20 +2.8%
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David		 0.58% -2 +5 +0.7%
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Charlie		 0.56% 0 +13 +1.9%
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Ralph		 0.55% 0 +56 +8.8%
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Harold		 0.55% +2 +124 +21.9%
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Howard		 0.49% +2 +56 +10.1%
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Oscar		 0.48% -2 +27 +4.7%
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Andrew		 0.48% +5 +74 +14.2%
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Herbert		 0.47% +5 +66 +12.7%
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Elmer		 0.46% -5 +1 +0.2%
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Jesse		 0.45% -2 +26 +4.8%
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Will		 0.45% -2 +21 +3.9%
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Alfred		 0.42% -2 -9 -1.7%
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Daniel		 0.41% -2 -7 -1.3%
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Leo		 0.41% +4 +67 +15.0%
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Sam		 0.41% 0 +26 +5.4%
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Benjamin		 0.38% -2 -13 -2.7%
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Lee		 0.36% +1 +10 +2.2%
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Floyd		 0.36% +13 +94 +26.8%
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Jack		 0.35% +3 +35 +8.6%
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Herman		 0.35% -4 -22 -4.8%
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Lawrence		 0.34% +2 +35 +8.9%
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Francis		 0.34% -2 +5 +1.2%
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Michael		 0.34% -1 +16 +3.9%
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Eugene		 0.34% +1 +29 +7.4%
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Claude		 0.34% -1 +25 +6.3%
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Frederick		 0.33% -7 -19 -4.4%
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Peter		 0.31% -2 -1 -0.3%
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Clyde		 0.31% -1 -5 -1.3%
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Ray		 0.30% -1 +1 +0.3%
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Edwin		 0.29% 0 +12 +3.4%
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Lewis		 0.29% -2 -5 -1.4%
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Leonard		 0.28% +9 +68 +24.7%
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Tom		 0.28% 0 -6 -1.7%
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Ben		 0.26% 0 +5 +1.6%
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Chester		 0.26% +3 +34 +11.7%
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Edgar		 0.25% -1 +3 +1.0%
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Clifford		 0.25% +6 +38 +14.1%
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Martin		 0.24% -5 -48 -13.8%
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Harvey		 0.24% +1 +9 +3.2%
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Jacob		 0.23% -3 0 0.0%
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Lester		 0.23% +8 +48 +19.8%
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Jim		 0.23% +4 +32 +12.5%
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Luther		 0.23% -1 +14 +5.2%
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Russell		 0.22% +3 +32 +13.0%
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Homer		 0.22% -9 -20 -6.8%
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Otto		 0.22% -1 +13 +5.1%
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Hugh		 0.22% +3 +28 +11.6%
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Guy		 0.21% -4 -6 -2.2%
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Anthony		 0.21% +4 +37 +16.8%
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Bernard		 0.21% +6 +39 +18.0%
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Jessie		 0.20% +6 +41 +19.2%
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Lloyd		 0.20% +8 +42 +19.9%
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Ed		 0.19% -1 +16 +7.1%
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Theodore		 0.19% +9 +32 +15.3%
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Leroy		 0.19% -7 -5 -2.0%
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Leon		 0.19% +4 +25 +11.8%
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Patrick		 0.18% -6 -5 -2.1%
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Everett		 0.18% +23 +66 +41.3%
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Leslie		 0.18% +8 +38 +20.5%
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Oliver		 0.18% -3 +8 +3.7%
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Allen		 0.18% +10 +39 +21.7%
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Stanley		 0.18% -3 +6 +2.8%
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Philip		 0.17% 0 +6 +2.9%
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Archie		 0.17% +1 +13 +6.7%
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Ira		 0.17% +5 +25 +13.8%
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Eddie		 0.16% -13 -17 -7.7%
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Alexander		 0.16% -12 -19 -8.7%
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Norman		 0.16% +10 +33 +19.9%
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Horace		 0.16% +7 +25 +14.6%
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Bert		 0.15% -2 +3 +1.6%
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Charley		 0.15% -5 -5 -2.6%
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Victor		 0.14% +3 +8 +4.7%
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Girls
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Mary		 5.57% 0 +367 +2.9%
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Anna		 2.36% 0 -130 -2.3%
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Margaret		 1.57% +1 +135 +3.8%
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Helen		 1.56% +2 +427 +13.1%
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Elizabeth		 1.45% 0 +65 +1.9%
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Ruth		 1.43% -3 -286 -7.8%
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Ethel		 1.39% +1 +168 +5.4%
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Florence		 1.37% -1 +2 +0.1%
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Emma		 1.25% 0 -31 -1.0%
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Marie		 1.12% +9 +437 +19.8%
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Clara		 1.10% 0 +71 +2.8%
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Minnie		 1.10% 0 +82 +3.3%
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Bessie		 1.07% +2 +168 +7.1%
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Bertha		 1.06% -4 -127 -4.8%
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Edna		 1.04% -1 +80 +3.4%
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Lillian		 1.03% +4 +248 +11.3%
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Alice		 1.02% -4 -20 -0.8%
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Annie		 1.01% -1 +142 +6.3%
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Grace		 1.00% -3 +53 +2.3%
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Mabel		 0.94% +1 +30 +1.4%
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Ida		 0.93% -3 -52 -2.3%
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Rose		 0.90% +1 +114 +5.7%
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Hazel		 0.89% -1 +51 +2.5%
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Martha		 0.83% +1 +163 +9.0%
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Gertrude		 0.81% -1 +97 +5.4%
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Edith		 0.77% +4 +87 +5.0%
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Myrtle		 0.77% +2 +59 +3.4%
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Pearl		 0.76% -2 -7 -0.4%
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Frances		 0.75% +5 +154 +9.5%
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Nellie		 0.75% -3 -3 -0.2%
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Ella		 0.75% -3 +1 +0.1%
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Laura		 0.73% -1 +47 +2.8%
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Elsie		 0.73% +2 +130 +8.2%
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Sarah		 0.72% -1 +69 +4.2%
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Eva		 0.71% -3 +5 +0.3%
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Esther		 0.70% +3 +272 +19.7%
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Louise		 0.67% 0 +124 +8.6%
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Agnes		 0.62% 0 +77 +5.5%
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Carrie		 0.62% -3 +1 +0.1%
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Lillie		 0.61% +1 +81 +6.0%
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Catherine		 0.61% +1 +94 +7.0%
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Lena		 0.58% +4 +99 +7.9%
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Irene		 0.57% +8 +236 +21.2%
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Hattie		 0.56% -1 +10 +0.8%
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Julia		 0.56% -5 -47 -3.4%
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Cora		 0.56% -2 +11 +0.8%
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Gladys		 0.53% +11 +241 +23.7%
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Josephine		 0.53% +2 +78 +6.6%
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Mattie		 0.53% -2 -19 -1.5%
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Mildred		 0.52% +10 +212 +21.0%
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Jennie		 0.51% -6 -63 -4.9%
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Alma		 0.50% +2 +122 +11.6%
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Maude		 0.49% -4 -58 -4.8%
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Mae		 0.48% -1 +63 +5.9%
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Jessie		 0.48% -7 -96 -7.9%
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Blanche		 0.46% -4 +16 +1.5%
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Lucy		 0.46% -1 +41 +4.0%
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Dorothy		 0.45% +10 +231 +28.1%
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Mamie		 0.44% 0 +32 +3.2%
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Lula		 0.44% -3 +8 +0.8%
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Stella		 0.44% +2 +109 +11.8%
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Ada		 0.43% -7 -33 -3.1%
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Fannie		 0.43% -2 0 0.0%
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Katherine		 0.40% -2 -15 -1.6%
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Viola		 0.38% +1 +67 +8.0%
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Maggie		 0.38% -2 +9 +1.0%
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Ruby		 0.37% +4 +105 +13.7%
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Nora		 0.36% -1 +29 +3.5%
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Dora		 0.35% -4 -50 -5.7%
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Rosa		 0.33% 0 -10 -1.3%
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May		 0.32% +2 +70 +10.1%
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Ellen		 0.32% -3 -39 -4.9%
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Sadie		 0.32% -1 +39 +5.5%
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Effie		 0.30% 0 +38 +5.6%
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Willie		 0.30% +2 +61 +9.4%
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Beatrice		 0.29% +9 +120 +21.3%
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Della		 0.29% -1 +21 +3.2%
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Susie		 0.29% 0 +35 +5.4%
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Beulah		 0.29% +1 +53 +8.5%
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Pauline		 0.28% +6 +111 +20.4%
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Daisy		 0.27% +3 +72 +12.6%
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Nettie		 0.27% -7 -38 -5.7%
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Marguerite		 0.26% -4 -14 -2.2%
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Flora		 0.26% +5 +82 +15.3%
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Lydia		 0.26% -4 +20 +3.3%
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Vera		 0.26% +5 +84 +15.7%
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Lottie		 0.25% +5 +65 +12.2%
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Olive		 0.25% -6 0 0.0%
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Marion		 0.25% +3 +55 +10.3%
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Sallie		 0.25% +4 +68 +13.2%
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Virginia		 0.25% +6 +85 +17.1%
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Lizzie		 0.24% -9 -22 -3.8%
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Emily		 0.23% +2 +45 +8.9%
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Georgia		 0.23% -7 -6 -1.1%
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Katie		 0.22% +1 +21 +4.2%
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Kathryn		 0.22% -6 -14 -2.6%
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Etta		 0.22% +1 +33 +6.8%
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Nancy		 0.22% -10 -23 -4.3%
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Evelyn		 0.21% +5 +34 +7.4%
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Charlotte		 0.21% 0 +8 +1.7%
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Theresa		 0.21% +1 +15 +3.2%
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Popularity extremes for the United States