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		 6.06% 0 +2,839 +40.6%
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William		 5.29% 0 +2,493 +41.0%
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James		 4.47% 0 +2,648 +57.6%
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George		 3.33% 0 +1,385 +34.5%
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Charles		 2.53% 0 +951 +30.2%
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Robert		 2.36% +1 +1,212 +46.5%
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Joseph		 2.29% -1 +1,035 +38.6%
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Frank		 2.15% 0 +927 +36.4%
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Edward		 1.68% 0 +819 +43.1%
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Henry		 1.61% 0 +775 +42.3%
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Thomas		 1.58% 0 +746 +41.2%
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Walter		 1.42% 0 +549 +31.4%
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Harry		 1.40% 0 +540 +31.2%
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Willie		 1.30% +4 +1,025 +94.2%
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Arthur		 1.14% -1 +496 +36.6%
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Albert		 1.07% -1 +531 +43.9%
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Fred		 1.02% -1 +464 +39.3%
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Clarence		 0.92% -1 +344 +30.2%
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Paul		 0.79% +2 +403 +45.5%
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Harold		 0.77% -1 +331 +36.2%
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Roy		 0.75% -1 +303 +33.2%
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Joe		 0.73% +2 +399 +51.2%
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Raymond		 0.71% -1 +281 +32.3%
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Richard		 0.70% +3 +397 +53.4%
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Charlie		 0.69% +6 +446 +65.8%
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Louis		 0.68% 0 +327 +42.5%
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Jack		 0.65% +8 +471 +80.9%
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Earl		 0.64% -5 +216 +26.3%
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Carl		 0.63% -4 +242 +31.3%
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Ernest		 0.62% -3 +268 +36.0%
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Ralph		 0.55% -2 +154 +20.8%
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David		 0.55% 0 +238 +36.8%
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Samuel		 0.54% -3 +173 +24.6%
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Sam		 0.51% +10 +352 +75.1%
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Howard		 0.48% -1 +190 +32.3%
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Herbert		 0.46% -3 +161 +27.3%
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Andrew		 0.44% -1 +140 +24.2%
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Elmer		 0.43% -1 +185 +36.0%
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Lee		 0.42% +11 +287 +74.0%
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Lawrence		 0.41% 0 +162 +32.6%
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Francis		 0.40% -3 +151 +30.1%
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Alfred		 0.40% -1 +144 +29.0%
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Will		 0.37% +5 +189 +45.7%
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Daniel		 0.37% -2 +113 +23.3%
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Eugene		 0.36% 0 +138 +30.7%
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Leo		 0.35% -3 +88 +18.3%
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Oscar		 0.35% -1 +116 +26.0%
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Floyd		 0.34% +4 +199 +55.9%
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Herman		 0.34% 0 +137 +33.2%
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Jesse		 0.33% -3 +113 +26.7%
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Michael		 0.31% 0 +120 +32.0%
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Lewis		 0.29% +2 +117 +33.2%
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Tom		 0.29% +14 +181 +62.8%
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Leonard		 0.29% +6 +144 +44.9%
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Ray		 0.28% +6 +142 +45.1%
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Clyde		 0.28% +2 +121 +36.7%
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Benjamin		 0.28% 0 +115 +34.3%
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Peter		 0.27% -5 +89 +25.1%
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Claude		 0.27% +4 +140 +47.8%
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Lester		 0.27% +5 +141 +48.6%
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Theodore		 0.27% +17 +177 +70.2%
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Russell		 0.26% -6 +89 +26.3%
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Eddie		 0.26% +11 +167 +64.7%
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Frederick		 0.26% -9 +70 +20.0%
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Leroy		 0.26% +4 +150 +55.8%
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Clifford		 0.25% -4 +112 +37.7%
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Anthony		 0.25% -3 +115 +39.5%
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Jim		 0.25% +2 +138 +52.9%
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Jessie		 0.25% +1 +137 +52.5%
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Martin		 0.24% +2 +123 +47.3%
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Edgar		 0.23% +9 +125 +50.2%
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Chester		 0.23% -6 +76 +26.4%
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Ben		 0.22% 0 +96 +37.1%
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Edwin		 0.22% -15 +21 +6.4%
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Dewey		 0.21% -36 -154 -30.9%
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Cecil		 0.21% +1 +88 +34.4%
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Stanley		 0.21% -3 +84 +32.6%
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Lloyd		 0.21% -10 +50 +17.4%
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Donald		 0.20% -5 +70 +27.1%
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Homer		 0.20% +2 +87 +36.4%
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Harvey		 0.20% -2 +71 +28.3%
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Luther		 0.20% -1 +68 +27.4%
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Norman		 0.20% +1 +93 +41.7%
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Johnnie		 0.19% +29 +162 +107%
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Leon		 0.19% +8 +122 +64.9%
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Bernard		 0.19% -1 +86 +38.7%
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Ed		 0.18% +14 +123 +70.7%
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Hugh		 0.18% 0 +81 +38.8%
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Patrick		 0.18% -3 +64 +29.0%
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Kenneth		 0.17% -3 +65 +30.4%
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Leslie		 0.17% +4 +94 +51.9%
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Victor		 0.17% +8 +94 +53.7%
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Alexander		 0.16% +4 +82 +46.1%
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Philip		 0.16% -11 +36 +16.1%
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Oliver		 0.16% +12 +95 +59.0%
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Mack		 0.15% +14 +90 +56.3%
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Horace		 0.15% +8 +75 +44.4%
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Milton		 0.15% -9 +35 +16.9%
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Guy		 0.15% -9 +40 +20.0%
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Everett		 0.15% -5 +56 +30.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.26% 0 +3,533 +26.8%
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Helen		 2.00% +1 +1,294 +25.6%
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Anna		 1.92% -1 +999 +19.5%
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Margaret		 1.67% 0 +1,055 +24.8%
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Ruth		 1.50% 0 +853 +21.8%
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Elizabeth		 1.29% +1 +809 +24.6%
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Florence		 1.23% -1 +606 +18.3%
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Ethel		 1.23% +1 +897 +29.9%
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Marie		 1.21% -1 +700 +22.2%
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Lillian		 1.07% 0 +711 +26.3%
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Annie		 1.05% +7 +1,035 +45.2%
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Edna		 0.98% -1 +568 +22.4%
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Emma		 0.97% 0 +650 +26.6%
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Alice		 0.96% -2 +536 +21.2%
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Bessie		 0.96% +4 +764 +33.5%
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Bertha		 0.95% 0 +725 +31.6%
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Grace		 0.93% -2 +589 +25.0%
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Rose		 0.90% +3 +647 +29.4%
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Clara		 0.89% -5 +385 +15.8%
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Mildred		 0.88% -3 +509 +22.2%
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Gladys		 0.86% -1 +505 +22.7%
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Minnie		 0.84% +3 +637 +31.3%
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Gertrude		 0.81% 0 +470 +22.3%
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Pearl		 0.79% +3 +513 +25.7%
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Mabel		 0.79% -3 +382 +18.0%
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Frances		 0.79% -2 +437 +21.2%
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Dorothy		 0.78% +8 +804 +47.7%
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Martha		 0.77% 0 +530 +27.8%
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Hazel		 0.76% -3 +392 +19.3%
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Ida		 0.72% +1 +481 +26.7%
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Irene		 0.71% +3 +561 +32.9%
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Myrtle		 0.71% -2 +431 +23.7%
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Eva		 0.66% +6 +507 +32.0%
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Catherine		 0.66% +2 +453 +27.8%
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Louise		 0.65% +5 +534 +34.8%
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Edith		 0.65% -4 +275 +15.3%
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Sarah		 0.65% +1 +467 +29.4%
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Elsie		 0.64% -5 +339 +19.9%
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Esther		 0.64% -10 +194 +10.6%
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Lillie		 0.63% +5 +654 +48.4%
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Agnes		 0.60% -4 +303 +18.8%
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Ella		 0.60% 0 +409 +27.2%
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Nellie		 0.58% -2 +340 +22.5%
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Mattie		 0.58% +4 +663 +56.6%
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Laura		 0.57% -2 +352 +23.9%
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Julia		 0.56% +1 +469 +36.2%
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Josephine		 0.55% -3 +355 +25.6%
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Carrie		 0.54% -2 +365 +27.1%
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Viola		 0.53% +1 +518 +44.8%
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Hattie		 0.49% +3 +466 +42.9%
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Ruby		 0.49% +1 +438 +39.7%
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Lena		 0.47% -3 +347 +29.9%
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Jessie		 0.45% +1 +341 +31.5%
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Mae		 0.44% +5 +371 +35.8%
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Cora		 0.44% +3 +333 +31.5%
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Beatrice		 0.44% 0 +321 +30.3%
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Alma		 0.43% -6 +226 +19.7%
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Willie		 0.43% +15 +545 +67.6%
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Mamie		 0.42% +5 +371 +38.4%
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Blanche		 0.42% -5 +269 +25.3%
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Lucy		 0.39% -1 +228 +22.4%
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Fannie		 0.39% +6 +351 +39.6%
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Lula		 0.39% +5 +343 +38.4%
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Jennie		 0.38% -8 +143 +13.5%
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Katherine		 0.38% 0 +259 +27.5%
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Marion		 0.38% -3 +224 +23.0%
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Lucille		 0.37% +4 +370 +45.6%
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Stella		 0.37% -6 +202 +20.7%
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Rosa		 0.35% +8 +353 +46.1%
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Evelyn		 0.35% +4 +314 +39.2%
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Pauline		 0.35% +1 +293 +36.1%
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Ada		 0.35% -11 +117 +11.9%
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Thelma		 0.34% +5 +358 +48.6%
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Virginia		 0.34% +1 +292 +37.6%
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Maggie		 0.33% -5 +231 +28.4%
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Vera		 0.32% -7 +160 +18.5%
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Maude		 0.32% -11 +105 +11.6%
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Beulah		 0.31% -2 +204 +26.5%
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Dora		 0.30% 0 +241 +33.6%
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Susie		 0.30% +6 +324 +52.1%
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Daisy		 0.29% +4 +271 +41.1%
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Ellen		 0.29% -1 +214 +30.2%
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Nora		 0.29% -3 +210 +29.6%
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Sadie		 0.28% -2 +190 +27.0%
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Leona		 0.26% -1 +160 +24.1%
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Marguerite		 0.25% -3 +93 +13.4%
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Georgia		 0.24% +12 +212 +38.3%
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Eleanor		 0.24% +6 +178 +31.0%
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Effie		 0.24% +1 +155 +26.0%
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Della		 0.24% +1 +153 +25.7%
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May		 0.23% +4 +173 +30.3%
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Ann		 0.23% 0 +150 +25.6%
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Kathryn		 0.23% -6 +100 +16.1%
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Nettie		 0.22% -5 +100 +16.4%
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Olive		 0.22% +3 +140 +24.8%
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Bernice		 0.22% +7 +187 +36.3%
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Lottie		 0.22% -4 +106 +18.2%
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Sallie		 0.21% +2 +132 +24.3%
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Nancy		 0.21% +8 +198 +41.7%
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Betty		 0.21% +19 +254 +62.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States