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		 6.19% 0 -588 -7.2%
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William		 5.90% 0 -549 -7.1%
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James		 4.19% 0 -93 -1.8%
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George		 3.34% 0 -208 -4.9%
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Charles		 2.74% 0 -298 -8.2%
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Joseph		 2.32% 0 -224 -7.3%
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Frank		 2.24% 0 -119 -4.2%
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Robert		 2.22% 0 -18 -0.7%
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Edward		 1.74% 0 -175 -7.6%
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Henry		 1.64% 0 -189 -8.7%
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Thomas		 1.62% +1 -108 -5.2%
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Walter		 1.55% +1 -122 -6.0%
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Harry		 1.54% -2 -212 -10.1%
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Arthur		 1.35% 0 -174 -9.6%
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Albert		 1.13% 0 -57 -4.0%
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Fred		 1.07% 0 -92 -6.6%
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Clarence		 0.99% 0 -53 -4.2%
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Willie		 0.94% 0 +59 +5.4%
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Roy		 0.82% 0 -28 -2.7%
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Paul		 0.76% 0 -41 -4.3%
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Harold		 0.71% +2 -2 -0.2%
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Raymond		 0.69% +2 -22 -2.6%
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Louis		 0.68% -1 -40 -4.6%
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Earl		 0.68% -3 -63 -7.1%
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Carl		 0.68% 0 -24 -2.8%
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Joe		 0.65% +1 +31 +4.0%
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Ernest		 0.64% +2 +21 +2.7%
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Samuel		 0.62% +3 +25 +3.4%
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David		 0.60% -1 -35 -4.6%
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Charlie		 0.59% +2 0 0.0%
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Richard		 0.58% -5 -132 -15.8%
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Ralph		 0.57% -2 -49 -6.6%
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Howard		 0.52% 0 -43 -6.4%
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Elmer		 0.48% +2 +11 +1.9%
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Herbert		 0.46% -1 -70 -11.0%
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Andrew		 0.46% +1 -11 -1.9%
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Oscar		 0.45% +3 +4 +0.7%
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Jesse		 0.43% -3 -57 -9.7%
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Daniel		 0.43% -1 -41 -7.3%
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Alfred		 0.42% +2 -14 -2.7%
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Lawrence		 0.41% +5 +6 +1.2%
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Jack		 0.41% -2 -42 -7.8%
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Francis		 0.41% -4 -55 -10.0%
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Will		 0.40% 0 -17 -3.3%
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Sam		 0.39% -2 -40 -7.7%
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Leo		 0.38% +1 -35 -7.0%
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Lee		 0.37% +1 -2 -0.4%
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Floyd		 0.37% +7 +55 +13.9%
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Eugene		 0.37% -4 -60 -11.8%
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Herman		 0.34% -1 -15 -3.5%
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Peter		 0.33% +1 -5 -1.2%
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Ray		 0.33% -1 -29 -6.8%
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Edwin		 0.31% +6 +29 +8.3%
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Benjamin		 0.31% -3 -38 -9.1%
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Lewis		 0.31% +2 -8 -2.1%
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Frederick		 0.30% +1 -12 -3.1%
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Michael		 0.30% -4 -31 -7.8%
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Clyde		 0.29% 0 -13 -3.5%
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Claude		 0.28% -5 -53 -13.3%
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Martin		 0.26% +1 -31 -9.0%
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Leonard		 0.25% -1 -40 -11.4%
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Lester		 0.25% +4 -8 -2.5%
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Tom		 0.24% -1 -41 -12.1%
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Russell		 0.24% 0 -32 -9.8%
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Ben		 0.24% +4 -8 -2.7%
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Leroy		 0.24% +7 +13 +4.7%
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Chester		 0.24% -4 -39 -11.9%
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Clifford		 0.23% -2 -26 -8.4%
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Edgar		 0.23% -1 -28 -9.2%
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Homer		 0.23% +10 +20 +7.8%
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Luther		 0.22% +3 +6 +2.3%
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Harvey		 0.22% -2 -24 -8.2%
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Eddie		 0.22% +3 +1 +0.4%
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Lloyd		 0.21% -7 -50 -16.2%
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Jim		 0.21% -4 -29 -10.3%
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Anthony		 0.20% -3 -27 -9.8%
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Stanley		 0.20% +1 -19 -7.3%
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Bernard		 0.19% +4 -7 -2.9%
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Jessie		 0.19% +11 +5 +2.2%
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Otto		 0.19% +2 -16 -6.4%
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Leon		 0.19% +5 -6 -2.6%
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Allen		 0.19% +9 +7 +3.2%
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Leslie		 0.18% +2 -15 -6.3%
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Cecil		 0.18% +13 +16 +8.0%
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Theodore		 0.18% -3 -26 -10.8%
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Hugh		 0.18% -11 -50 -19.0%
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Patrick		 0.17% +6 -4 -1.9%
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Jacob		 0.17% -6 -37 -15.4%
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Philip		 0.16% +3 -18 -8.3%
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Ed		 0.16% -9 -48 -19.5%
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Norman		 0.16% +13 +19 +10.7%
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Donald		 0.16% +2 -16 -7.6%
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Guy		 0.16% -16 -67 -25.6%
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Stephen		 0.16% +19 +30 +18.3%
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Archie		 0.16% -7 -40 -17.4%
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Victor		 0.16% +1 -11 -5.5%
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Alvin		 0.15% +5 +3 +1.6%
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Percy		 0.15% +18 +26 +16.6%
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Ira		 0.15% +2 -10 -5.3%
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Everett		 0.15% -10 -45 -20.1%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.40% 0 -398 -2.9%
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Anna		 2.19% 0 -431 -7.4%
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Helen		 1.82% 0 +127 +2.9%
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Margaret		 1.67% 0 +96 +2.4%
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Ruth		 1.56% 0 -27 -0.7%
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Elizabeth		 1.39% +1 -29 -0.8%
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Florence		 1.36% +1 +46 +1.4%
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Ethel		 1.28% -2 -320 -9.1%
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Marie		 1.24% 0 -9 -0.3%
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Emma		 1.09% 0 -174 -6.1%
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Lillian		 1.08% 0 -19 -0.7%
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Edna		 1.03% +1 -37 -1.4%
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Bertha		 1.01% +2 -63 -2.5%
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Grace		 0.99% +3 -27 -1.1%
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Clara		 0.99% -1 -128 -5.0%
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Alice		 0.98% -4 -220 -8.3%
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Bessie		 0.97% +1 -28 -1.1%
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Hazel		 0.94% +4 +113 +5.1%
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Rose		 0.93% +1 -25 -1.1%
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Annie		 0.93% -1 -51 -2.2%
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Minnie		 0.92% -5 -246 -9.7%
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Mabel		 0.90% -1 -61 -2.7%
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Gertrude		 0.86% 0 -86 -3.9%
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Ida		 0.85% 0 -51 -2.4%
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Pearl		 0.84% 0 -25 -1.2%
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Martha		 0.80% 0 -32 -1.6%
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Frances		 0.80% 0 +11 +0.6%
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Esther		 0.77% -1 -53 -2.7%
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Myrtle		 0.74% +1 -95 -4.9%
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Edith		 0.73% -1 -109 -5.6%
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Elsie		 0.71% 0 -115 -6.1%
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Gladys		 0.70% +1 -20 -1.1%
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Mildred		 0.69% +6 +103 +6.4%
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Sarah		 0.69% +1 +22 +1.3%
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Eva		 0.69% -3 -70 -3.9%
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Ella		 0.69% 0 +25 +1.5%
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Nellie		 0.68% -3 -3 -0.2%
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Irene		 0.64% +3 -6 -0.4%
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Laura		 0.64% -2 -80 -4.8%
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Agnes		 0.64% -2 -75 -4.5%
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Louise		 0.63% +1 +32 +2.1%
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Catherine		 0.61% -2 -83 -5.2%
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Dorothy		 0.59% +3 +106 +7.8%
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Lillie		 0.56% -1 -82 -5.5%
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Julia		 0.56% -1 -27 -1.9%
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Carrie		 0.55% -1 -23 -1.7%
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Josephine		 0.51% +3 +11 +0.9%
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Hattie		 0.50% -1 -69 -5.2%
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Cora		 0.50% +3 +42 +3.5%
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Lena		 0.50% -2 -79 -6.0%
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Alma		 0.49% 0 -30 -2.4%
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Jessie		 0.48% +5 +88 +8.0%
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Mattie		 0.48% -4 -107 -8.3%
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Mae		 0.46% +1 -4 -0.3%
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Blanche		 0.44% -1 -58 -5.0%
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Jennie		 0.43% -3 -104 -8.8%
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Ruby		 0.41% +9 +31 +3.1%
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Viola		 0.41% +3 -30 -2.9%
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Mamie		 0.41% -1 -75 -6.9%
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Marion		 0.40% +7 +7 +0.7%
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Lucy		 0.40% -2 -90 -8.4%
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Maude		 0.40% -5 -120 -10.9%
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Lula		 0.39% +1 -41 -4.1%
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Stella		 0.39% -4 -88 -8.3%
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Katherine		 0.39% -4 -85 -8.1%
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Ada		 0.39% -3 -85 -8.2%
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Fannie		 0.39% -1 -45 -4.5%
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Beatrice		 0.38% +2 +72 +8.3%
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Dora		 0.35% -1 -12 -1.4%
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Willie		 0.33% +6 +63 +8.3%
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Nora		 0.33% 0 -32 -3.8%
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Pauline		 0.31% +3 +21 +2.8%
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Vera		 0.31% +8 +101 +15.0%
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Rosa		 0.31% 0 -38 -4.7%
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Maggie		 0.31% -6 -111 -12.7%
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Sadie		 0.31% -4 -70 -8.5%
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Ellen		 0.30% -4 -78 -9.6%
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Marguerite		 0.29% 0 +3 +0.4%
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Effie		 0.28% +1 -18 -2.5%
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Evelyn		 0.28% +4 +44 +6.8%
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Beulah		 0.28% -4 -62 -8.3%
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Lucille		 0.26% +4 +11 +1.7%
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Lydia		 0.26% +8 +62 +10.7%
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Virginia		 0.26% +5 +17 +2.7%
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Susie		 0.25% -6 -92 -12.8%
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Daisy		 0.25% -3 -37 -5.6%
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Della		 0.25% -1 -18 -2.8%
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Emily		 0.25% +8 +92 +17.5%
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Leona		 0.25% +6 +63 +11.3%
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Nettie		 0.25% -3 -14 -2.2%
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May		 0.24% -9 -76 -11.3%
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Olive		 0.24% -2 0 0.0%
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Kathryn		 0.23% -5 -55 -8.8%
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Hilda		 0.23% +1 +12 +2.2%
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Eleanor		 0.23% +7 +66 +13.4%
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Nancy		 0.22% 0 +26 +4.9%
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Ann		 0.22% +8 +57 +11.7%
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Sallie		 0.22% +4 +47 +9.4%
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Lizzie		 0.22% +1 +35 +6.9%
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Theresa		 0.22% +8 +64 +13.6%
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Popularity extremes for the United States