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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Victor		 0.15% -3 -30 -14.6%
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Archie		 0.15% -7 -45 -20.3%
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Alexander		 0.16% +9 -2 -1.1%
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Stephen		 0.16% +1 -17 -8.7%
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Everett		 0.16% 0 -31 -14.6%
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Leslie		 0.16% -6 -47 -20.6%
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Otis		 0.16% +13 +6 +3.4%
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Leon		 0.16% -10 -63 -25.1%
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Jacob		 0.16% -11 -67 -26.2%
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Allen		 0.17% +12 +6 +3.2%
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Guy		 0.17% +4 -15 -7.0%
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Milton		 0.18% +2 -18 -8.0%
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Hugh		 0.18% -4 -41 -16.4%
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Kenneth		 0.19% +13 +23 +12.0%
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Patrick		 0.19% +7 +2 +0.9%
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Bernard		 0.19% -12 -62 -21.8%
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Norman		 0.19% +13 +16 +7.7%
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Philip		 0.19% +3 -21 -8.6%
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Homer		 0.21% +3 -7 -2.8%
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Luther		 0.22% -5 -27 -9.8%
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Edgar		 0.22% -8 -36 -12.6%
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Harvey		 0.22% -6 -33 -11.6%
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Theodore		 0.22% -3 -29 -10.3%
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Cecil		 0.22% +10 +13 +5.3%
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Donald		 0.22% +14 +20 +8.4%
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Eddie		 0.22% +7 +2 +0.8%
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Stanley		 0.22% -3 -37 -12.5%
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Ben		 0.23% -4 -51 -16.5%
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Martin		 0.23% -9 -79 -23.3%
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Jessie		 0.23% +8 -6 -2.2%
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Jim		 0.23% +7 -8 -3.0%
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Leroy		 0.23% -1 -46 -14.6%
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Lloyd		 0.25% +11 +22 +8.3%
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Chester		 0.25% 0 -33 -10.3%
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Tom		 0.25% -2 -49 -14.5%
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Lester		 0.25% +5 -8 -2.7%
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Anthony		 0.25% +1 -34 -10.5%
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Claude		 0.25% -4 -78 -21.0%
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Clifford		 0.26% +5 -20 -6.3%
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Ray		 0.27% -5 -79 -20.1%
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Leonard		 0.28% -7 -100 -23.8%
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Edwin		 0.29% -2 -63 -16.1%
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Clyde		 0.29% 0 -53 -13.8%
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Benjamin		 0.29% -2 -70 -17.3%
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Russell		 0.29% +5 -21 -5.8%
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Frederick		 0.30% +5 -18 -4.9%
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Lewis		 0.31% +8 0 0.0%
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Peter		 0.31% +1 -55 -13.4%
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Floyd		 0.31% -1 -78 -18.0%
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Michael		 0.33% 0 -59 -13.6%
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Lee		 0.34% -4 -110 -22.1%
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Herman		 0.36% +1 -54 -11.6%
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Will		 0.36% 0 -61 -12.8%
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Jesse		 0.37% 0 -53 -11.1%
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Oscar		 0.39% -5 -99 -18.1%
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Eugene		 0.39% +4 -24 -5.1%
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Sam		 0.41% -2 -74 -13.6%
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Leo		 0.42% -4 -106 -18.0%
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Daniel		 0.42% +3 -38 -7.3%
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Alfred		 0.43% -5 -149 -23.1%
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Lawrence		 0.43% +4 -36 -6.8%
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Dewey		 0.43% -20 -616 -55.2%
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Francis		 0.44% +5 -40 -7.4%
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Elmer		 0.45% +3 -69 -11.8%
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Andrew		 0.50% +2 -33 -5.4%
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Jack		 0.51% +2 -51 -8.1%
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Howard		 0.51% +1 -117 -16.6%
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Herbert		 0.51% +1 -126 -17.6%
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David		 0.56% -2 -169 -20.7%
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Charlie		 0.59% +2 -50 -6.9%
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Samuel		 0.61% +2 -45 -6.0%
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Ralph		 0.64% +2 -61 -7.6%
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Ernest		 0.65% +1 -95 -11.3%
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Richard		 0.65% -1 -127 -14.6%
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Louis		 0.67% +1 -91 -10.6%
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Carl		 0.67% -1 -145 -15.8%
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Joe		 0.68% +5 -47 -5.7%
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Earl		 0.71% +2 -62 -7.0%
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Raymond		 0.75% +1 -60 -6.5%
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Paul		 0.77% 0 -106 -10.7%
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Roy		 0.79% 0 -137 -13.1%
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Harold		 0.79% +3 -49 -5.1%
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Willie		 0.95% 0 -46 -4.1%
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Clarence		 0.99% 0 -187 -14.1%
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Fred		 1.03% -1 -265 -18.3%
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Albert		 1.05% +1 -207 -14.6%
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Arthur		 1.18% 0 -262 -16.2%
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Harry		 1.50% -1 -397 -18.6%
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Walter		 1.52% +1 -253 -12.6%
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Thomas		 1.57% -1 -350 -16.2%
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Henry		 1.59% +1 -314 -14.6%
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Edward		 1.65% 0 -436 -18.7%
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Frank		 2.21% 0 -375 -12.8%
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Robert		 2.27% 0 -323 -11.0%
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Joseph		 2.33% 0 -492 -15.5%
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Charles		 2.73% 0 -410 -11.5%
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George		 3.49% 0 -835 -17.2%
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James		 3.99% 0 -724 -13.6%
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William		 5.28% 0 -1,314 -17.8%
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John		 6.07% 0 -1,169 -14.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Sallie		 0.22% 0 -54 -9.0%
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Georgia		 0.22% -7 -101 -15.4%
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Olive		 0.23% -5 -79 -12.3%
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Lydia		 0.23% -9 -111 -16.4%
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Emily		 0.23% -2 -59 -9.4%
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May		 0.23% -9 -125 -18.0%
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Eleanor		 0.23% +1 -45 -7.3%
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Lottie		 0.24% +9 -2 -0.3%
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Ann		 0.24% +9 -7 -1.2%
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Della		 0.24% 0 -61 -9.3%
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Effie		 0.24% -7 -117 -16.4%
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Nettie		 0.25% -2 -67 -9.9%
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Hilda		 0.25% +10 +11 +1.8%
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Kathryn		 0.25% +2 -50 -7.5%
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Susie		 0.25% -1 -80 -11.4%
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Daisy		 0.27% -1 -52 -7.3%
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Leona		 0.27% +6 0 0.0%
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Marguerite		 0.28% -4 -107 -13.4%
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Sadie		 0.29% -5 -103 -12.7%
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Ellen		 0.29% 0 -78 -9.9%
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Nora		 0.29% -6 -159 -18.3%
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Dora		 0.29% -11 -212 -22.8%
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Thelma		 0.30% +21 +131 +21.7%
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Rosa		 0.31% -2 -76 -9.0%
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Beulah		 0.31% +6 -13 -1.7%
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Virginia		 0.31% +3 -25 -3.1%
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Evelyn		 0.32% +2 -34 -4.1%
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Willie		 0.33% -2 -72 -8.2%
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Pauline		 0.33% -2 -89 -9.9%
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Lucille		 0.33% +9 +17 +2.1%
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Maggie		 0.33% +2 -62 -7.1%
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Vera		 0.35% +3 -12 -1.4%
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Fannie		 0.36% -7 -199 -18.3%
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Lula		 0.36% -3 -175 -16.4%
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Maude		 0.37% +1 -101 -10.0%
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Katherine		 0.38% +4 +28 +3.1%
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Mamie		 0.39% -1 -118 -10.9%
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Marion		 0.39% -2 -112 -10.3%
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Stella		 0.39% +3 -87 -8.2%
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Ada		 0.40% +5 -38 -3.7%
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Lucy		 0.41% -1 -126 -11.0%
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Mae		 0.42% -3 -204 -16.5%
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Cora		 0.43% -7 -248 -19.0%
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Beatrice		 0.43% +4 -61 -5.4%
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Jennie		 0.43% +1 -133 -11.1%
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Blanche		 0.43% -1 -206 -16.2%
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Jessie		 0.44% +1 -163 -13.1%
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Hattie		 0.44% -5 -241 -18.1%
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Ruby		 0.45% +6 -88 -7.4%
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Alma		 0.46% +1 -153 -11.8%
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Viola		 0.47% +3 -116 -9.1%
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Lena		 0.47% 0 -161 -12.2%
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Mattie		 0.47% +2 -143 -10.9%
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Julia		 0.52% -2 -165 -11.3%
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Carrie		 0.54% +1 -25 -1.8%
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Lillie		 0.55% -1 -172 -11.3%
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Josephine		 0.56% +2 -37 -2.6%
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Laura		 0.60% -5 -296 -16.7%
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Ella		 0.61% -3 -213 -12.4%
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Nellie		 0.61% -5 -300 -16.6%
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Louise		 0.62% +2 -157 -9.3%
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Eva		 0.64% -4 -241 -13.2%
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Sarah		 0.64% -1 -213 -11.8%
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Agnes		 0.65% +3 -97 -5.7%
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Catherine		 0.66% +5 -77 -4.5%
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Dorothy		 0.68% +8 +16 +1.0%
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Irene		 0.69% 0 -199 -10.5%
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Elsie		 0.69% 0 -213 -11.1%
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Edith		 0.72% 0 -188 -9.5%
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Ida		 0.73% -2 -286 -13.7%
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Myrtle		 0.74% -1 -269 -12.9%
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Esther		 0.74% +2 -224 -10.9%
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Martha		 0.77% -3 -277 -12.7%
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Pearl		 0.81% -1 -159 -7.4%
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Hazel		 0.82% -7 -406 -16.6%
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Minnie		 0.82% -4 -373 -15.5%
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Frances		 0.83% -2 -321 -13.5%
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Gertrude		 0.85% +1 -192 -8.3%
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Mabel		 0.86% +1 -204 -8.8%
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Rose		 0.89% -1 -239 -9.8%
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Gladys		 0.90% +7 +92 +4.3%
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Bessie		 0.92% -3 -367 -13.9%
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Annie		 0.93% 0 -181 -7.3%
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Mildred		 0.93% +11 +190 +9.0%
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Bertha		 0.93% +1 -348 -13.2%
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Grace		 0.95% 0 -373 -13.7%
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Clara		 0.99% 0 -290 -10.6%
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Emma		 0.99% 0 -343 -12.3%
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Alice		 1.02% -1 -323 -11.3%
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Edna		 1.02% +1 -279 -9.9%
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Lillian		 1.09% 0 -358 -11.7%
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Ethel		 1.21% -1 -532 -15.1%
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Marie		 1.28% +1 -279 -8.1%
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Elizabeth		 1.33% 0 -372 -10.2%
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Florence		 1.34% 0 -476 -12.6%
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Ruth		 1.58% 0 -337 -7.9%
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Margaret		 1.72% 0 -447 -9.5%
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Helen		 2.04% 0 -182 -3.5%
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Anna		 2.07% 0 -658 -11.4%
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Mary		 5.32% 0 -1,234 -8.6%
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Popularity extremes for the United States