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		 5.97% 0 -2,929 -29.8%
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William		 5.18% 0 -2,589 -30.2%
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James		 4.10% 0 -2,510 -34.6%
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George		 3.12% 0 -1,794 -33.2%
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Charles		 2.64% 0 -1,049 -25.6%
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Joseph		 2.39% +1 -948 -25.5%
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Robert		 2.20% -1 -1,278 -33.4%
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Frank		 2.08% 0 -1,075 -30.9%
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Edward		 1.66% 0 -803 -29.5%
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Henry		 1.62% 0 -736 -28.2%
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Thomas		 1.57% 0 -737 -28.8%
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Walter		 1.49% 0 -580 -25.2%
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Harry		 1.38% 0 -678 -29.8%
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Arthur		 1.15% +1 -524 -28.3%
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Albert		 1.14% +1 -424 -24.4%
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Willie		 1.12% -2 -819 -38.8%
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Clarence		 1.04% +1 -287 -19.4%
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Fred		 0.98% -1 -513 -31.2%
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Paul		 0.80% 0 -364 -28.3%
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Roy		 0.79% +1 -298 -24.5%
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Harold		 0.79% -1 -330 -26.5%
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Raymond		 0.77% +1 -262 -22.8%
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Earl		 0.71% +5 -219 -21.1%
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Carl		 0.71% +5 -199 -19.6%
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Louis		 0.69% +1 -300 -27.3%
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Richard		 0.68% -2 -357 -31.3%
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Joe		 0.65% -5 -423 -35.9%
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Ernest		 0.60% +2 -321 -31.7%
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Ralph		 0.59% +2 -214 -23.9%
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David		 0.58% +2 -212 -24.0%
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Charlie		 0.57% -6 -470 -41.8%
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Jack		 0.56% -5 -408 -38.7%
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Samuel		 0.54% 0 -249 -28.4%
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Howard		 0.51% +1 -195 -25.0%
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Herbert		 0.50% +1 -178 -23.7%
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Francis		 0.47% +5 -109 -16.7%
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Lawrence		 0.46% +3 -124 -18.8%
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Elmer		 0.45% 0 -179 -25.6%
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Alfred		 0.44% +3 -134 -20.9%
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Andrew		 0.41% -3 -239 -33.3%
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Sam		 0.41% -6 -342 -41.7%
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Leo		 0.39% +4 -114 -20.0%
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Theodore		 0.39% +18 +21 +4.9%
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Eugene		 0.39% +1 -142 -24.2%
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Lee		 0.37% -6 -251 -37.2%
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Floyd		 0.37% +2 -132 -23.8%
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Oscar		 0.37% 0 -141 -25.0%
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Daniel		 0.36% -4 -182 -30.4%
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Jesse		 0.36% +1 -125 -23.3%
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Russell		 0.34% +12 -32 -7.5%
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Herman		 0.34% -2 -157 -28.5%
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Michael		 0.33% -1 -111 -22.4%
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Will		 0.32% -10 -239 -39.6%
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Leonard		 0.31% 0 -103 -22.2%
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Clyde		 0.31% +1 -95 -21.1%
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Benjamin		 0.30% +1 -107 -23.8%
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Peter		 0.30% +2 -100 -22.6%
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Claude		 0.30% +1 -92 -21.2%
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Ray		 0.29% -4 -119 -26.0%
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Frederick		 0.29% +4 -84 -20.0%
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Lester		 0.29% -1 -99 -23.0%
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Anthony		 0.28% +5 -83 -20.4%
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Lewis		 0.27% -11 -160 -34.1%
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Martin		 0.26% +6 -79 -20.6%
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Edwin		 0.26% +9 -51 -14.6%
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Eddie		 0.26% -3 -129 -30.4%
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Tom		 0.25% -15 -178 -38.0%
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Lloyd		 0.25% +10 -52 -15.4%
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Clifford		 0.24% -3 -127 -31.1%
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Cecil		 0.24% +6 -66 -19.2%
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Edgar		 0.23% 0 -103 -27.5%
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Leroy		 0.23% -7 -151 -36.0%
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Ben		 0.22% 0 -96 -27.0%
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Homer		 0.22% +6 -69 -21.2%
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Chester		 0.22% -3 -111 -30.5%
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Harvey		 0.22% +6 -69 -21.4%
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Donald		 0.22% +2 -78 -23.8%
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Kenneth		 0.21% +12 -33 -11.8%
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Luther		 0.21% +3 -72 -22.8%
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Bernard		 0.21% +6 -66 -21.4%
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Jim		 0.21% -13 -160 -40.1%
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Stanley		 0.21% -4 -103 -30.1%
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Norman		 0.21% -1 -78 -24.7%
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Philip		 0.20% +10 -27 -10.4%
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Jessie		 0.20% -16 -167 -42.0%
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Everett		 0.19% +14 -19 -8.0%
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Leon		 0.18% -2 -102 -32.9%
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Allen		 0.17% +16 -24 -10.8%
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Leslie		 0.17% +2 -77 -28.0%
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Milton		 0.17% +8 -45 -18.6%
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Hugh		 0.17% -3 -98 -33.8%
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Oliver		 0.16% +3 -69 -27.0%
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Patrick		 0.16% -4 -104 -36.5%
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Glenn		 0.16% +24 -14 -7.2%
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Alvin		 0.16% +9 -44 -19.7%
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Horace		 0.15% +1 -66 -27.0%
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Melvin		 0.15% +5 -55 -23.8%
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Jacob		 0.15% +3 -61 -26.2%
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Guy		 0.15% 0 -70 -29.2%
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Victor		 0.15% -8 -100 -37.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.17% 0 -3,569 -21.4%
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Helen		 2.06% 0 -1,095 -17.3%
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Anna		 1.94% 0 -1,191 -19.5%
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Margaret		 1.74% 0 -880 -16.6%
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Ruth		 1.56% 0 -791 -16.6%
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Elizabeth		 1.27% 0 -880 -21.5%
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Marie		 1.24% +2 -699 -18.1%
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Florence		 1.23% -1 -789 -20.1%
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Ethel		 1.21% -1 -829 -21.3%
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Lillian		 1.06% 0 -733 -21.5%
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Gladys		 1.05% +10 -57 -2.1%
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Alice		 1.01% +2 -497 -16.2%
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Edna		 0.98% -1 -614 -19.8%
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Mildred		 0.95% +6 -376 -13.4%
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Grace		 0.94% +2 -544 -18.5%
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Annie		 0.94% -5 -928 -27.9%
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Emma		 0.93% -4 -721 -23.3%
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Clara		 0.91% +1 -507 -17.9%
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Bertha		 0.89% -3 -762 -25.2%
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Rose		 0.87% -2 -632 -22.2%
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Bessie		 0.86% -6 -861 -28.3%
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Dorothy		 0.86% +5 -318 -12.8%
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Hazel		 0.83% +6 -328 -13.5%
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Mabel		 0.83% +2 -412 -16.4%
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Frances		 0.82% +1 -424 -17.0%
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Minnie		 0.80% -4 -647 -24.2%
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Gertrude		 0.77% -4 -616 -23.9%
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Myrtle		 0.74% +4 -360 -16.0%
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Martha		 0.74% -1 -551 -22.6%
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Irene		 0.74% +1 -385 -17.0%
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Pearl		 0.73% -7 -646 -25.7%
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Edith		 0.73% +4 -205 -9.9%
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Esther		 0.73% +6 -173 -8.6%
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Ida		 0.72% -4 -450 -19.7%
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Elsie		 0.69% +3 -298 -14.6%
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Louise		 0.65% -1 -430 -20.8%
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Eva		 0.64% -4 -472 -22.6%
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Catherine		 0.63% -4 -482 -23.2%
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Agnes		 0.60% +2 -389 -20.3%
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Sarah		 0.60% -3 -540 -26.3%
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Nellie		 0.57% +2 -396 -21.4%
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Ella		 0.56% 0 -476 -24.9%
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Josephine		 0.56% +4 -309 -17.7%
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Laura		 0.55% +1 -422 -23.1%
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Lillie		 0.54% -5 -622 -31.0%
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Julia		 0.54% 0 -404 -22.9%
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Viola		 0.52% +2 -343 -20.5%
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Carrie		 0.49% 0 -464 -27.1%
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Ruby		 0.48% +2 -316 -20.5%
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Mattie		 0.48% -6 -610 -33.3%
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Lena		 0.48% +1 -290 -19.3%
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Alma		 0.47% +5 -177 -12.9%
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Beatrice		 0.47% +3 -199 -14.4%
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Mae		 0.45% 0 -266 -18.9%
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Jessie		 0.44% -2 -306 -21.5%
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Hattie		 0.44% -6 -447 -28.8%
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Thelma		 0.43% +16 -4 -0.4%
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Cora		 0.40% -3 -362 -26.1%
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Blanche		 0.40% +1 -307 -23.0%
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Mamie		 0.39% -1 -345 -25.8%
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Lucy		 0.39% 0 -267 -21.4%
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Evelyn		 0.38% +8 -150 -13.4%
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Marion		 0.38% +3 -234 -19.5%
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Pauline		 0.37% +7 -166 -15.0%
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Stella		 0.37% +3 -249 -21.2%
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Ada		 0.36% +6 -188 -17.1%
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Lula		 0.36% -5 -332 -26.8%
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Willie		 0.35% -10 -450 -33.3%
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Jennie		 0.35% -5 -306 -25.4%
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Lucille		 0.35% -3 -288 -24.4%
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Katherine		 0.35% -6 -311 -25.9%
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Fannie		 0.34% -10 -364 -29.4%
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Vera		 0.34% +3 -164 -16.0%
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Beulah		 0.34% +4 -115 -11.8%
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Rosa		 0.33% -6 -273 -24.4%
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Virginia		 0.33% -2 -243 -22.8%
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Maude		 0.32% 0 -194 -19.2%
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Leona		 0.31% +7 -46 -5.6%
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Dora		 0.30% 0 -190 -19.8%
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Maggie		 0.29% -5 -299 -28.6%
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Nora		 0.29% +2 -192 -20.9%
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Ellen		 0.28% 0 -211 -22.9%
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Marguerite		 0.28% +3 -87 -11.1%
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Eleanor		 0.27% +4 -67 -8.9%
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Sadie		 0.27% -1 -219 -24.5%
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Bernice		 0.26% +10 -42 -6.0%
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Daisy		 0.26% -6 -278 -29.9%
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Susie		 0.26% -8 -296 -31.3%
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Ann		 0.25% +3 -102 -13.9%
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Kathryn		 0.24% +3 -101 -14.0%
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Violet		 0.24% +17 -3 -0.5%
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Hilda		 0.23% +9 -89 -13.4%
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Nettie		 0.22% +1 -149 -21.0%
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Theresa		 0.22% +8 -105 -15.9%
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May		 0.22% -4 -194 -26.1%
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Georgia		 0.22% -9 -216 -28.2%
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Effie		 0.21% -8 -207 -27.5%
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Olive		 0.21% -3 -166 -23.5%
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Emily		 0.21% +6 -89 -14.2%
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Della		 0.21% -10 -214 -28.6%
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Popularity extremes for the United States