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		 6.31% 0 -182 -2.2%
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William		 6.00% 0 +470 +6.5%
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James		 4.03% 0 -129 -2.4%
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George		 3.32% 0 -3 -0.1%
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Charles		 2.82% 0 +6 +0.2%
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Joseph		 2.36% +1 +59 +2.0%
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Frank		 2.20% -1 -167 -5.5%
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Robert		 2.11% 0 +84 +3.2%
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Edward		 1.78% +1 +93 +4.2%
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Henry		 1.69% -1 -38 -1.7%
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Harry		 1.62% +1 -37 -1.7%
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Thomas		 1.62% -1 -65 -3.0%
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Walter		 1.56% 0 +2 +0.1%
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Arthur		 1.41% 0 +155 +9.3%
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Albert		 1.11% +1 +43 +3.1%
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Fred		 1.08% -1 -90 -6.1%
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Clarence		 0.97% 0 -71 -5.4%
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Willie		 0.85% 0 +21 +2.0%
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Roy		 0.80% 0 -1 -0.1%
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Paul		 0.75% 0 +31 +3.3%
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Earl		 0.69% +1 +41 +4.8%
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Louis		 0.68% -1 -42 -4.6%
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Harold		 0.67% +6 +109 +14.5%
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Raymond		 0.67% +2 +53 +6.6%
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Carl		 0.66% -3 +1 +0.1%
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Richard		 0.65% +5 +107 +14.7%
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Joe		 0.59% +1 +4 +0.5%
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David		 0.59% +4 +58 +8.2%
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Ernest		 0.59% -5 -70 -8.4%
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Ralph		 0.58% 0 +10 +1.4%
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Samuel		 0.57% -6 -80 -9.8%
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Charlie		 0.55% -5 -53 -6.9%
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Howard		 0.53% 0 +36 +5.6%
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Herbert		 0.49% +2 +66 +11.6%
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Jesse		 0.45% 0 +9 +1.6%
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Elmer		 0.45% -2 -34 -5.6%
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Andrew		 0.44% 0 +4 +0.7%
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Daniel		 0.44% +2 +45 +8.7%
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Francis		 0.43% +6 +71 +14.8%
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Jack		 0.42% +6 +60 +12.5%
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Oscar		 0.42% -1 -10 -1.8%
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Alfred		 0.41% -4 -24 -4.4%
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Sam		 0.40% 0 +31 +6.4%
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Will		 0.39% 0 +23 +4.7%
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Eugene		 0.39% +5 +77 +17.9%
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Lawrence		 0.39% -5 -10 -2.0%
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Leo		 0.39% -6 -12 -2.4%
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Lee		 0.35% -1 -23 -4.8%
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Herman		 0.33% 0 -12 -2.7%
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Ray		 0.33% +6 +46 +12.1%
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Benjamin		 0.32% -3 -36 -8.0%
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Peter		 0.31% +1 -10 -2.4%
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Michael		 0.31% -1 -14 -3.4%
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Claude		 0.31% +1 +9 +2.3%
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Floyd		 0.31% -4 -31 -7.3%
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Lewis		 0.30% +1 +9 +2.4%
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Frederick		 0.30% -3 -25 -6.2%
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Clyde		 0.29% +1 +2 +0.5%
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Edwin		 0.27% +1 +5 +1.4%
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Leonard		 0.27% +1 +8 +2.3%
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Martin		 0.27% +4 +26 +8.2%
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Tom		 0.26% 0 +4 +1.2%
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Chester		 0.26% -6 -48 -12.7%
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Russell		 0.25% +2 +27 +9.0%
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Lester		 0.25% +3 +23 +7.8%
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Clifford		 0.24% +6 +39 +14.3%
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Lloyd		 0.24% +8 +45 +17.1%
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Edgar		 0.24% -4 -17 -5.3%
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Ben		 0.23% -6 -25 -7.7%
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Harvey		 0.23% 0 +10 +3.5%
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Jim		 0.22% 0 +2 +0.7%
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Leroy		 0.22% +6 +29 +11.6%
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Anthony		 0.21% +13 +55 +24.9%
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Luther		 0.21% -1 -4 -1.5%
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Hugh		 0.20% +5 +20 +8.2%
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Eddie		 0.20% +9 +34 +14.9%
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Guy		 0.20% 0 +1 +0.4%
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Stanley		 0.20% +4 +26 +11.2%
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Homer		 0.20% -12 -38 -12.8%
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Otto		 0.19% -11 -33 -11.7%
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Ed		 0.19% +3 +17 +7.4%
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Bernard		 0.19% -5 -18 -6.9%
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Jacob		 0.19% -8 -25 -9.4%
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Theodore		 0.19% +11 +33 +15.9%
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Leslie		 0.18% -4 +2 +0.9%
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Leon		 0.18% +1 +16 +7.3%
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Alexander		 0.18% +10 +33 +16.6%
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Archie		 0.18% +1 +18 +8.5%
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Jessie		 0.18% -10 -16 -6.5%
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Everett		 0.17% +4 +17 +8.2%
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Allen		 0.17% +7 +23 +11.7%
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Philip		 0.17% -2 +7 +3.3%
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Patrick		 0.17% -11 -19 -8.2%
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Donald		 0.16% +2 +8 +3.9%
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Horace		 0.16% -5 -7 -3.3%
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Victor		 0.16% +2 +5 +2.6%
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Cecil		 0.16% +3 +8 +4.2%
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Milton		 0.15% +4 +6 +3.2%
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Oliver		 0.15% -10 -22 -10.2%
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Isaac		 0.15% +7 +19 +11.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.48% 0 +364 +2.7%
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Anna		 2.33% 0 -90 -1.5%
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Helen		 1.74% 0 +369 +9.2%
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Margaret		 1.61% 0 +119 +3.0%
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Ruth		 1.55% +1 +354 +10.0%
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Ethel		 1.39% +2 +111 +3.3%
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Elizabeth		 1.38% -2 -132 -3.7%
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Florence		 1.32% -1 -148 -4.3%
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Marie		 1.23% 0 +76 +2.5%
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Emma		 1.14% 0 -80 -2.7%
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Lillian		 1.07% +5 +207 +8.3%
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Alice		 1.05% +5 +194 +7.9%
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Edna		 1.03% +1 +44 +1.7%
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Clara		 1.03% -2 -31 -1.2%
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Bertha		 1.02% -4 -61 -2.3%
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Minnie		 1.00% -3 -37 -1.4%
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Grace		 0.99% +1 +37 +1.5%
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Bessie		 0.97% -3 -107 -4.2%
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Annie		 0.94% 0 -32 -1.3%
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Rose		 0.93% +1 +79 +3.5%
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Mabel		 0.91% -1 -76 -3.2%
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Hazel		 0.88% 0 -26 -1.2%
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Gertrude		 0.88% +1 +92 +4.3%
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Ida		 0.86% -1 -11 -0.5%
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Pearl		 0.83% +1 +143 +7.3%
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Martha		 0.80% -1 -74 -3.5%
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Esther		 0.78% +4 +161 +8.9%
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Frances		 0.78% +2 +131 +7.1%
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Edith		 0.77% -2 -8 -0.4%
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Myrtle		 0.77% -2 -10 -0.5%
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Elsie		 0.75% +1 +83 +4.6%
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Eva		 0.71% +2 +12 +0.7%
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Gladys		 0.70% +8 +293 +20.0%
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Nellie		 0.67% -5 -137 -7.5%
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Sarah		 0.67% -2 -86 -4.8%
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Ella		 0.67% -1 -9 -0.5%
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Laura		 0.66% -1 +22 +1.3%
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Agnes		 0.66% +2 +188 +12.8%
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Mildred		 0.64% 0 +146 +9.9%
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Catherine		 0.63% -2 +80 +5.3%
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Irene		 0.63% +2 +165 +11.6%
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Louise		 0.61% -5 -51 -3.2%
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Lillie		 0.59% +1 +69 +4.9%
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Julia		 0.56% +1 +27 +2.0%
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Carrie		 0.55% -3 -75 -5.1%
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Dorothy		 0.54% +11 +239 +21.2%
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Hattie		 0.52% -1 -18 -1.3%
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Lena		 0.52% +2 +29 +2.2%
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Mattie		 0.51% +2 +12 +0.9%
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Josephine		 0.50% -3 -78 -5.8%
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Alma		 0.49% +4 +99 +8.7%
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Cora		 0.48% -3 -91 -7.0%
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Jennie		 0.47% 0 +1 +0.1%
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Blanche		 0.46% 0 -6 -0.5%
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Mae		 0.46% -3 -45 -3.8%
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Maude		 0.44% 0 -32 -2.8%
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Jessie		 0.44% -9 -197 -15.2%
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Mamie		 0.43% +1 -38 -3.4%
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Lucy		 0.43% +2 +58 +5.7%
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Stella		 0.42% 0 +28 +2.7%
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Katherine		 0.42% +4 +79 +8.2%
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Viola		 0.42% +2 +37 +3.7%
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Ada		 0.41% -5 -83 -7.4%
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Lula		 0.40% 0 +25 +2.5%
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Fannie		 0.40% -3 -11 -1.1%
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Ruby		 0.39% 0 +40 +4.2%
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Marion		 0.39% +2 +131 +15.3%
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Dora		 0.35% 0 -10 -1.1%
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Maggie		 0.35% -2 -19 -2.1%
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Beatrice		 0.35% +3 +56 +6.9%
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Nora		 0.34% -1 -2 -0.2%
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Sadie		 0.33% 0 -2 -0.2%
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Ellen		 0.32% +2 +65 +8.7%
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Rosa		 0.32% -3 -24 -2.9%
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Pauline		 0.30% +1 +22 +3.0%
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Willie		 0.30% +2 +31 +4.3%
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Beulah		 0.30% -3 -10 -1.3%
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Marguerite		 0.29% +3 +45 +6.6%
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Susie		 0.29% +4 +44 +6.5%
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Effie		 0.28% -1 +8 +1.1%
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Vera		 0.27% -4 -54 -7.4%
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May		 0.27% -2 -20 -2.9%
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Daisy		 0.26% +1 -4 -0.6%
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Evelyn		 0.26% +3 +16 +2.5%
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Della		 0.26% +1 -6 -0.9%
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Lucille		 0.25% +15 +105 +19.7%
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Nettie		 0.25% -5 -49 -7.2%
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Kathryn		 0.25% +2 +40 +6.8%
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Virginia		 0.25% -1 -7 -1.1%
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Olive		 0.23% +1 +6 +1.0%
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Lydia		 0.23% -6 -76 -11.6%
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Lottie		 0.23% +3 +21 +3.8%
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Georgia		 0.22% +1 0 0.0%
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Leona		 0.22% +8 +36 +6.9%
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Hilda		 0.22% +9 +36 +7.0%
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Emily		 0.21% -7 -78 -12.9%
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Flora		 0.21% 0 -25 -4.5%
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Nancy		 0.21% -3 -39 -6.9%
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Katie		 0.21% +1 -20 -3.7%
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Lizzie		 0.20% -1 -35 -6.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States