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		 6.18% 0 +609 +8.1%
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William		 5.60% 0 +202 +2.8%
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James		 4.03% 0 +208 +4.1%
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George		 3.67% 0 +775 +19.0%
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Charles		 2.69% 0 +216 +6.5%
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Joseph		 2.40% 0 +344 +12.2%
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Robert		 2.22% +1 +231 +8.6%
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Frank		 2.21% -1 +199 +7.3%
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Edward		 1.77% 0 +216 +10.2%
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Thomas		 1.64% +1 +181 +9.1%
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Henry		 1.62% -1 +151 +7.6%
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Harry		 1.61% +1 +250 +13.3%
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Walter		 1.52% -1 +107 +5.6%
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Arthur		 1.23% 0 -28 -1.7%
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Fred		 1.10% +1 +146 +11.2%
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Albert		 1.07% -1 +40 +2.9%
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Clarence		 1.00% 0 +125 +10.4%
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Willie		 0.86% 0 -17 -1.5%
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Dewey		 0.84% +92 +957 +606%
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Roy		 0.79% -1 +50 +5.0%
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Paul		 0.75% -1 +68 +7.4%
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Harold		 0.73% -1 +103 +12.0%
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Raymond		 0.70% -1 +92 +11.0%
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Carl		 0.70% +1 +91 +11.0%
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Earl		 0.67% -1 +54 +6.5%
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Richard		 0.66% +5 +169 +24.1%
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Louis		 0.65% -4 +30 +3.6%
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Ernest		 0.64% -1 +54 +6.9%
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Joe		 0.63% -3 +29 +3.6%
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David		 0.62% -1 +85 +11.6%
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Ralph		 0.61% +1 +106 +15.2%
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Samuel		 0.57% -4 -10 -1.3%
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Charlie		 0.55% -3 +14 +2.0%
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Herbert		 0.54% +1 +151 +26.7%
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Howard		 0.53% -2 +72 +11.4%
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Alfred		 0.49% +4 +132 +25.7%
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Jack		 0.48% +5 +136 +27.4%
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Andrew		 0.46% -2 +56 +10.1%
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Leo		 0.45% +7 +126 +27.3%
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Elmer		 0.44% -6 -4 -0.7%
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Oscar		 0.41% -4 +3 +0.6%
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Sam		 0.41% +3 +65 +13.6%
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Francis		 0.41% 0 +45 +9.1%
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Lawrence		 0.40% -3 +28 +5.5%
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Daniel		 0.40% -6 +3 +0.6%
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Lee		 0.38% +1 +45 +9.9%
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Jesse		 0.36% -9 -53 -10.0%
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Will		 0.36% -4 -16 -3.3%
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Eugene		 0.36% 0 +26 +5.8%
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Herman		 0.35% 0 +55 +13.3%
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Floyd		 0.33% -3 -17 -3.8%
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Michael		 0.33% +6 +66 +17.9%
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Leonard		 0.32% +8 +111 +35.8%
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Peter		 0.31% -3 +12 +3.0%
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Benjamin		 0.31% -1 +27 +7.1%
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Ray		 0.30% -5 -3 -0.8%
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Edwin		 0.30% -4 +12 +3.2%
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Clyde		 0.29% 0 +24 +6.7%
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Claude		 0.28% 0 +26 +7.5%
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Frederick		 0.28% -4 -1 -0.3%
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Russell		 0.27% +3 +64 +21.7%
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Lewis		 0.27% -8 -26 -6.9%
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Martin		 0.26% -3 +27 +8.7%
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Tom		 0.26% -1 +39 +13.1%
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Anthony		 0.25% +11 +76 +30.5%
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Chester		 0.24% +1 +31 +10.7%
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Clifford		 0.24% +1 +32 +11.2%
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Leroy		 0.24% -3 +24 +8.2%
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Ben		 0.24% -4 +19 +6.5%
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Lester		 0.23% -9 -12 -3.9%
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Stanley		 0.22% +6 +55 +22.9%
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Edgar		 0.22% -3 +7 +2.5%
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Bernard		 0.22% +5 +50 +21.4%
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Harvey		 0.22% -1 +16 +6.0%
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Theodore		 0.21% +10 +66 +30.7%
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Luther		 0.21% -5 +4 +1.5%
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Jim		 0.20% -2 +17 +6.7%
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Jessie		 0.20% 0 +33 +14.1%
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Lloyd		 0.20% -5 +7 +2.7%
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Otto		 0.20% -2 +25 +10.7%
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Eddie		 0.19% -8 -7 -2.7%
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Jacob		 0.19% +7 +52 +25.5%
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Leon		 0.19% -2 +22 +9.6%
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Hugh		 0.19% +2 +37 +17.4%
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Homer		 0.19% -16 -32 -11.5%
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Philip		 0.19% +3 +44 +22.0%
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Cecil		 0.18% -3 +27 +12.5%
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Donald		 0.18% +4 +43 +22.1%
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Ed		 0.17% +1 +30 +15.2%
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Leslie		 0.17% -6 +6 +2.7%
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Milton		 0.17% +15 +64 +39.8%
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Archie		 0.17% +3 +32 +16.8%
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Patrick		 0.17% -6 +9 +4.3%
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Guy		 0.16% -2 +20 +10.3%
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Everett		 0.16% +5 +33 +18.4%
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Norman		 0.16% -5 +10 +5.1%
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Victor		 0.16% -2 +15 +7.9%
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Ira		 0.15% +1 +15 +8.3%
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Stephen		 0.15% -4 +1 +0.5%
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Kenneth		 0.15% +5 +27 +16.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.26% 0 +993 +7.4%
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Anna		 2.11% 0 +344 +6.3%
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Helen		 1.91% 0 +711 +15.7%
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Margaret		 1.71% 0 +550 +13.3%
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Ruth		 1.55% 0 +371 +9.6%
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Florence		 1.38% +1 +421 +12.5%
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Elizabeth		 1.34% -1 +217 +6.3%
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Ethel		 1.29% 0 +349 +11.0%
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Marie		 1.25% 0 +357 +11.6%
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Lillian		 1.12% +1 +378 +14.1%
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Alice		 1.04% +5 +415 +17.1%
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Edna		 1.03% 0 +246 +9.6%
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Emma		 1.02% -3 +90 +3.3%
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Clara		 1.00% +1 +277 +11.3%
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Grace		 0.99% -1 +268 +10.9%
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Bessie		 0.97% +1 +240 +10.0%
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Bertha		 0.96% -4 +140 +5.6%
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Annie		 0.90% +2 +163 +7.1%
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Hazel		 0.89% -1 +100 +4.3%
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Rose		 0.89% -1 +120 +5.2%
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Minnie		 0.88% 0 +125 +5.5%
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Frances		 0.87% +5 +404 +20.5%
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Mabel		 0.85% -1 +109 +4.9%
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Gertrude		 0.84% -1 +167 +7.8%
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Martha		 0.80% +1 +194 +9.7%
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Pearl		 0.79% -1 +82 +3.9%
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Gladys		 0.78% +5 +399 +23.0%
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Mildred		 0.77% +5 +378 +21.9%
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Ida		 0.76% -5 -18 -0.9%
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Myrtle		 0.76% 0 +257 +14.0%
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Esther		 0.75% -3 +136 +7.1%
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Edith		 0.72% -2 +158 +8.7%
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Elsie		 0.70% -2 +156 +8.8%
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Irene		 0.69% +4 +315 +19.8%
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Eva		 0.67% 0 +114 +6.7%
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Nellie		 0.66% +1 +117 +6.9%
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Sarah		 0.66% -3 +87 +5.1%
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Laura		 0.65% +1 +183 +11.5%
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Ella		 0.63% -3 +7 +0.4%
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Agnes		 0.62% 0 +129 +8.2%
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Catherine		 0.62% +1 +194 +12.8%
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Louise		 0.62% -1 +130 +8.3%
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Dorothy		 0.61% 0 +199 +13.5%
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Lillie		 0.56% 0 +121 +8.6%
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Julia		 0.53% 0 +82 +5.9%
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Josephine		 0.52% +1 +158 +12.5%
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Carrie		 0.50% -1 +6 +0.4%
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Hattie		 0.48% 0 +77 +6.2%
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Lena		 0.48% +1 +81 +6.5%
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Mattie		 0.48% +3 +133 +11.3%
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Cora		 0.48% -2 +58 +4.7%
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Alma		 0.47% -1 +86 +7.1%
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Viola		 0.46% +5 +255 +25.1%
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Blanche		 0.46% +1 +177 +16.2%
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Jessie		 0.45% -3 +53 +4.5%
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Mae		 0.45% -2 +95 +8.3%
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Jennie		 0.44% -1 +120 +11.2%
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Ruby		 0.43% -1 +166 +16.2%
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Lucy		 0.42% +2 +160 +16.3%
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Beatrice		 0.41% +8 +180 +19.1%
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Fannie		 0.40% +5 +129 +13.5%
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Marion		 0.40% -1 +91 +9.2%
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Mamie		 0.40% -4 +78 +7.8%
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Lula		 0.39% -1 +98 +10.1%
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Stella		 0.39% -1 +96 +9.9%
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Ada		 0.37% 0 +66 +6.9%
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Maude		 0.37% -6 +25 +2.5%
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Dora		 0.34% +1 +67 +7.8%
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Katherine		 0.33% -4 -48 -5.0%
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Pauline		 0.33% +2 +123 +15.8%
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Willie		 0.32% -1 +60 +7.3%
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Maggie		 0.32% +3 +116 +15.3%
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Vera		 0.32% +1 +100 +12.9%
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Nora		 0.32% -3 +56 +6.9%
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Rosa		 0.31% -1 +71 +9.2%
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Evelyn		 0.31% +4 +146 +21.2%
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Sadie		 0.30% -1 +51 +6.7%
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Virginia		 0.29% +6 +163 +25.5%
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Marguerite		 0.29% -1 +72 +9.9%
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Lucille		 0.29% +2 +147 +22.7%
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Ellen		 0.29% -4 +53 +7.2%
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Beulah		 0.29% -1 +95 +13.8%
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Effie		 0.26% -4 +16 +2.3%
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Daisy		 0.26% +2 +88 +14.1%
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Susie		 0.26% 0 +76 +12.1%
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May		 0.25% +5 +101 +17.0%
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Nettie		 0.25% +3 +64 +10.4%
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Lydia		 0.25% -5 +35 +5.5%
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Kathryn		 0.25% +4 +101 +17.7%
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Leona		 0.24% -2 +46 +7.4%
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Della		 0.24% -5 +32 +5.1%
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Georgia		 0.24% +9 +125 +23.6%
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Olive		 0.24% -1 +61 +10.5%
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Emily		 0.23% -6 +9 +1.5%
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Eleanor		 0.23% 0 +61 +10.9%
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Bernice		 0.23% +7 +100 +19.3%
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Hilda		 0.22% -3 +49 +8.7%
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Flora		 0.22% +8 +119 +24.4%
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Thelma		 0.22% +18 +186 +44.4%
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Sallie		 0.22% -3 +53 +9.7%
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Popularity extremes for the United States