Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 6.57% 0 +82 +1.0%
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William		 5.75% 0 +3 +0.0%
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James		 4.21% 0 +225 +4.4%
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George		 3.39% 0 -76 -1.7%
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Charles		 2.87% 0 -155 -4.1%
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Frank		 2.38% +1 +149 +5.2%
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Joseph		 2.36% -1 +15 +0.5%
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Robert		 2.08% 0 +138 +5.5%
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Henry		 1.75% 0 -57 -2.5%
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Edward		 1.74% +1 +24 +1.1%
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Thomas		 1.70% +1 -17 -0.8%
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Harry		 1.68% -2 -61 -2.8%
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Walter		 1.59% 0 +5 +0.2%
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Arthur		 1.32% 0 -46 -2.7%
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Fred		 1.17% 0 +8 +0.5%
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Albert		 1.10% 0 -56 -3.9%
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Clarence		 1.05% 0 +140 +11.8%
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Willie		 0.85% +1 +85 +8.6%
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Roy		 0.81% -1 +10 +1.0%
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Paul		 0.74% +3 +109 +13.2%
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Louis		 0.72% 0 +44 +5.1%
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Carl		 0.67% 0 -10 -1.2%
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Earl		 0.67% -2 -45 -5.0%
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Ernest		 0.66% 0 +13 +1.6%
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Samuel		 0.64% +1 +38 +4.9%
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Raymond		 0.64% +1 +39 +5.1%
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Charlie		 0.61% +3 +63 +8.9%
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Joe		 0.60% 0 +22 +3.0%
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Harold		 0.60% +3 +63 +9.1%
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Ralph		 0.58% +1 +44 +6.4%
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Richard		 0.57% -6 -81 -10.0%
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David		 0.56% -3 -22 -3.0%
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Howard		 0.51% 0 +29 +4.7%
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Elmer		 0.48% +3 +35 +6.1%
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Jesse		 0.46% +3 +10 +1.8%
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Herbert		 0.45% 0 -16 -2.7%
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Andrew		 0.44% -2 -32 -5.4%
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Alfred		 0.44% +2 +30 +5.8%
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Oscar		 0.43% -5 -52 -8.7%
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Daniel		 0.41% +1 +1 +0.2%
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Lawrence		 0.40% +8 +79 +18.4%
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Leo		 0.40% 0 -6 -1.2%
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Sam		 0.39% 0 -20 -3.9%
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Will		 0.38% -5 -74 -13.2%
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Francis		 0.38% +5 +57 +13.5%
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Jack		 0.38% +1 +38 +8.6%
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Lee		 0.38% -2 +23 +5.1%
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Benjamin		 0.36% -4 -17 -3.6%
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Herman		 0.35% -1 +6 +1.4%
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Eugene		 0.34% +2 +9 +2.1%
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Floyd		 0.34% -5 -18 -4.0%
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Michael		 0.33% -2 -10 -2.4%
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Peter		 0.33% +2 +21 +5.4%
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Frederick		 0.32% 0 -7 -1.7%
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Claude		 0.31% -2 -30 -7.2%
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Ray		 0.30% +1 +1 +0.3%
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Chester		 0.30% +6 +52 +16.0%
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Lewis		 0.30% +2 +18 +5.0%
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Clyde		 0.29% -3 -16 -4.1%
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Edwin		 0.27% -2 -20 -5.5%
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Leonard		 0.27% -1 -1 -0.3%
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Tom		 0.27% -2 -8 -2.3%
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Ben		 0.26% -1 -2 -0.6%
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Edgar		 0.26% 0 +10 +3.2%
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Martin		 0.25% +1 +18 +6.0%
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Russell		 0.24% +6 +22 +7.9%
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Homer		 0.23% +6 +23 +8.4%
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Lester		 0.23% +1 +4 +1.4%
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Otto		 0.22% +5 +13 +4.8%
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Harvey		 0.22% -3 -11 -3.8%
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Jim		 0.22% -1 -8 -2.8%
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Clifford		 0.22% -7 -35 -11.4%
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Luther		 0.21% -2 -16 -5.6%
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Jacob		 0.21% -6 -26 -8.9%
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Lloyd		 0.21% +5 +10 +4.0%
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Guy		 0.21% 0 0 0.0%
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Bernard		 0.21% +1 +3 +1.2%
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Leroy		 0.20% +5 +10 +4.2%
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Jessie		 0.19% 0 -10 -3.9%
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Hugh		 0.19% -5 -26 -9.7%
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Leslie		 0.19% +6 +12 +5.4%
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Patrick		 0.18% +3 +4 +1.7%
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Stanley		 0.18% +8 +15 +6.9%
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Ed		 0.18% -3 -12 -5.0%
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Eddie		 0.18% +9 +25 +12.3%
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Anthony		 0.18% -9 -36 -14.0%
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Leon		 0.17% -3 -17 -7.2%
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Oliver		 0.17% 0 -6 -2.7%
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Archie		 0.17% +3 +5 +2.4%
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Horace		 0.17% +7 +15 +7.7%
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Norman		 0.17% +5 +12 +6.0%
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Philip		 0.17% +1 -3 -1.4%
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Theodore		 0.16% -12 -33 -13.7%
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Everett		 0.16% -8 -19 -8.4%
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Ira		 0.16% -1 +1 +0.5%
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Donald		 0.16% +10 +34 +20.1%
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Alexander		 0.16% -2 0 0.0%
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Allen		 0.16% -9 -23 -10.5%
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Victor		 0.16% +2 +16 +8.9%
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Cecil		 0.15% +2 +17 +9.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.44% 0 +296 +2.3%
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Anna		 2.41% 0 +385 +6.9%
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Helen		 1.63% +1 +347 +9.4%
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Margaret		 1.59% -1 +231 +6.2%
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Elizabeth		 1.46% 0 +178 +5.2%
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Ruth		 1.44% 0 +179 +5.3%
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Florence		 1.41% +1 +238 +7.4%
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Ethel		 1.37% -1 +104 +3.2%
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Marie		 1.22% +1 +362 +13.7%
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Emma		 1.20% -1 +15 +0.5%
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Bertha		 1.06% +3 +130 +5.2%
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Clara		 1.06% -1 +10 +0.4%
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Minnie		 1.04% -1 -25 -1.0%
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Edna		 1.04% +1 +102 +4.1%
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Bessie		 1.03% -2 +22 +0.9%
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Lillian		 1.01% 0 +54 +2.2%
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Alice		 0.99% 0 +43 +1.8%
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Grace		 0.99% +1 +87 +3.7%
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Annie		 0.97% -1 -3 -0.1%
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Mabel		 0.96% 0 +138 +6.2%
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Rose		 0.92% +1 +136 +6.4%
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Hazel		 0.91% +1 +149 +7.1%
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Ida		 0.88% -2 -25 -1.1%
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Gertrude		 0.86% +1 +221 +11.6%
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Martha		 0.85% -1 +128 +6.5%
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Pearl		 0.79% +2 +169 +9.4%
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Edith		 0.79% -1 +120 +6.6%
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Myrtle		 0.78% -1 +120 +6.6%
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Frances		 0.74% 0 +57 +3.2%
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Nellie		 0.74% +1 +66 +3.7%
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Esther		 0.73% +5 +149 +9.0%
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Elsie		 0.73% +1 +79 +4.6%
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Sarah		 0.72% +1 +76 +4.5%
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Eva		 0.72% +1 +94 +5.6%
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Ella		 0.69% -4 -69 -3.9%
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Laura		 0.67% -4 -87 -5.0%
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Louise		 0.64% 0 +11 +0.7%
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Catherine		 0.61% +3 +84 +5.9%
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Mildred		 0.60% +11 +254 +20.8%
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Agnes		 0.59% -2 -4 -0.3%
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Gladys		 0.59% +6 +206 +16.4%
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Carrie		 0.59% -3 +11 +0.8%
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Irene		 0.58% 0 +81 +6.0%
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Lillie		 0.57% -4 -18 -1.3%
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Julia		 0.56% 0 +60 +4.5%
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Hattie		 0.54% -2 +13 +1.0%
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Josephine		 0.54% +1 +78 +6.2%
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Jessie		 0.53% +7 +180 +16.1%
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Cora		 0.52% -3 -24 -1.8%
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Lena		 0.52% -8 -71 -5.2%
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Mattie		 0.52% -2 +38 +3.1%
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Mae		 0.48% +2 +59 +5.2%
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Jennie		 0.48% -2 -33 -2.7%
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Blanche		 0.47% +2 +65 +6.0%
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Alma		 0.46% -3 -33 -2.8%
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Maude		 0.46% -3 -8 -0.7%
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Dorothy		 0.46% +1 +75 +7.1%
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Ada		 0.46% +4 +106 +10.4%
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Mamie		 0.45% 0 +76 +7.3%
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Stella		 0.42% +1 -9 -0.9%
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Lucy		 0.41% -4 -61 -5.7%
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Fannie		 0.41% +1 +9 +0.9%
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Viola		 0.41% +2 +104 +11.5%
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Lula		 0.40% -4 -55 -5.3%
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Katherine		 0.39% -1 +20 +2.1%
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Ruby		 0.39% +1 +80 +9.2%
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Maggie		 0.36% -1 -5 -0.6%
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Dora		 0.36% +1 +57 +6.9%
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Marion		 0.35% +20 +269 +45.8%
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Nora		 0.34% -2 -8 -0.9%
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Rosa		 0.34% -1 +52 +6.7%
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Sadie		 0.34% +1 +84 +11.3%
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Beatrice		 0.33% +3 +130 +19.0%
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Beulah		 0.31% +5 +85 +12.6%
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Ellen		 0.30% -3 -13 -1.7%
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Pauline		 0.30% +4 +78 +11.9%
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Vera		 0.30% +8 +111 +18.0%
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Willie		 0.29% -3 +15 +2.1%
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Effie		 0.29% -5 -4 -0.6%
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May		 0.28% -9 -72 -9.4%
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Marguerite		 0.28% +2 +56 +9.0%
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Nettie		 0.27% 0 +47 +7.5%
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Susie		 0.27% -5 -5 -0.7%
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Daisy		 0.27% -3 +20 +3.1%
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Lydia		 0.27% 0 +38 +6.1%
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Della		 0.26% -9 -33 -4.8%
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Evelyn		 0.26% +12 +139 +28.3%
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Virginia		 0.25% +3 +45 +7.7%
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Emily		 0.25% +4 +54 +9.8%
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Kathryn		 0.24% +6 +65 +12.5%
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Olive		 0.23% -3 -12 -2.0%
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Sallie		 0.23% -2 -11 -1.9%
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Nancy		 0.23% +5 +51 +9.9%
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Georgia		 0.23% 0 +27 +5.0%
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Lottie		 0.22% -8 -44 -7.4%
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Flora		 0.22% -12 -67 -10.8%
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Ann		 0.22% +8 +81 +17.2%
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Eleanor		 0.22% +10 +94 +20.9%
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Lizzie		 0.22% -7 -19 -3.4%
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Katie		 0.22% -5 +11 +2.1%
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Popularity extremes for the United States