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		 5.96% 0 +1,007 +14.6%
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William		 4.98% 0 +626 +10.5%
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James		 4.21% 0 +857 +18.1%
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George		 3.18% 0 +614 +17.0%
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Charles		 2.53% 0 +312 +10.2%
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Robert		 2.40% +1 +637 +25.0%
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Joseph		 2.33% -1 +332 +12.0%
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Frank		 2.08% 0 +354 +14.7%
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Edward		 1.73% 0 +377 +19.7%
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Henry		 1.62% 0 +284 +15.2%
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Thomas		 1.61% 0 +314 +17.3%
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Walter		 1.40% 0 +140 +8.1%
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Harry		 1.32% 0 +156 +9.8%
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Willie		 1.18% +2 +271 +20.9%
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Arthur		 1.12% -1 +157 +11.8%
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Albert		 1.04% -1 +58 +4.4%
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Clarence		 0.97% 0 +96 +8.0%
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Fred		 0.97% 0 +153 +13.5%
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Harold		 0.81% +2 +162 +17.7%
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Paul		 0.80% -1 +143 +15.5%
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Raymond		 0.80% +1 +176 +19.8%
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Roy		 0.76% -2 +85 +9.3%
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Joe		 0.72% +4 +199 +26.3%
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Carl		 0.72% 0 +135 +16.5%
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Louis		 0.69% 0 +115 +14.4%
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Richard		 0.68% 0 +124 +15.8%
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Earl		 0.66% -4 +59 +7.2%
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Ralph		 0.65% +1 +184 +27.0%
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Ernest		 0.60% -1 +99 +14.3%
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Charlie		 0.57% +1 +107 +16.4%
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David		 0.57% 0 +89 +13.2%
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Jack		 0.56% 0 +98 +15.2%
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Samuel		 0.53% 0 +74 +11.8%
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Theodore		 0.48% +9 +192 +42.7%
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Howard		 0.48% -1 +48 +8.2%
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Herbert		 0.46% -1 +42 +7.3%
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Lawrence		 0.45% 0 +63 +11.8%
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Francis		 0.45% -2 +54 +9.9%
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Alfred		 0.44% 0 +84 +16.6%
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Elmer		 0.43% -2 +54 +10.4%
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Sam		 0.42% -1 +80 +16.7%
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Andrew		 0.42% -2 +79 +16.5%
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Leo		 0.42% -1 +95 +20.8%
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Eugene		 0.40% 0 +79 +17.8%
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Daniel		 0.38% +3 +85 +20.4%
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Lee		 0.36% -1 +51 +12.0%
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Floyd		 0.36% -1 +48 +11.3%
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Michael		 0.35% +4 +76 +19.8%
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Herman		 0.34% +2 +64 +16.3%
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Jesse		 0.33% -1 +26 +6.3%
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Peter		 0.33% +5 +90 +26.2%
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Leonard		 0.32% +2 +64 +17.7%
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Russell		 0.32% -3 +27 +6.8%
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Anthony		 0.32% +8 +97 +30.0%
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Oscar		 0.30% -8 -25 -5.9%
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Edwin		 0.30% +9 +94 +31.4%
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Ray		 0.30% +2 +53 +15.7%
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Lester		 0.29% +3 +53 +16.0%
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Lewis		 0.29% +5 +76 +24.6%
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Clyde		 0.29% -5 +26 +7.3%
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Benjamin		 0.28% -5 +31 +9.0%
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Leroy		 0.28% +10 +102 +38.1%
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Donald		 0.28% +14 +116 +46.4%
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Will		 0.27% -11 -5 -1.4%
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Cecil		 0.27% +5 +76 +27.3%
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Eddie		 0.27% 0 +57 +19.3%
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Lloyd		 0.26% +1 +59 +20.7%
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Claude		 0.25% -10 -5 -1.5%
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Stanley		 0.25% +12 +95 +39.7%
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Frederick		 0.25% -10 -6 -1.8%
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Clifford		 0.25% -2 +44 +15.6%
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Martin		 0.25% -8 +21 +6.9%
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Jessie		 0.24% +12 +92 +39.8%
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Chester		 0.24% +1 +68 +26.9%
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Tom		 0.24% -8 +21 +7.2%
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Edgar		 0.23% -5 +36 +13.3%
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Jim		 0.23% +4 +61 +25.5%
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Kenneth		 0.21% 0 +29 +11.8%
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Ben		 0.21% -6 +14 +5.4%
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Homer		 0.20% -6 +12 +4.7%
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Luther		 0.20% -2 +22 +9.0%
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Harvey		 0.20% -7 +11 +4.3%
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Bernard		 0.20% -3 +17 +7.0%
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Norman		 0.19% -1 +18 +7.6%
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Leslie		 0.19% +4 +53 +26.8%
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Leon		 0.19% +1 +40 +19.2%
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Melvin		 0.19% +11 +72 +40.9%
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Everett		 0.18% -2 +20 +9.2%
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Allen		 0.17% -1 +28 +14.1%
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Philip		 0.17% -6 -6 -2.6%
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Johnnie		 0.17% +11 +59 +36.4%
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Hugh		 0.16% -1 +25 +13.0%
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Alexander		 0.16% +9 +54 +33.3%
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Stephen		 0.16% +14 +52 +32.9%
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Jacob		 0.16% +3 +35 +20.3%
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Milton		 0.16% -5 +10 +5.1%
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Victor		 0.15% +3 +36 +21.3%
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Patrick		 0.15% -5 +22 +12.2%
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Alvin		 0.15% -4 +22 +12.3%
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Horace		 0.15% -4 +21 +11.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.17% 0 +1,350 +10.3%
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Helen		 2.13% 0 +720 +13.7%
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Anna		 1.89% 0 +365 +7.4%
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Margaret		 1.79% 0 +587 +13.3%
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Ruth		 1.56% 0 +410 +10.3%
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Elizabeth		 1.32% 0 +478 +14.9%
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Florence		 1.25% +1 +378 +12.1%
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Marie		 1.22% -1 +267 +8.5%
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Ethel		 1.18% 0 +228 +7.4%
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Alice		 1.12% +2 +573 +22.4%
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Lillian		 1.09% -1 +382 +14.2%
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Gladys		 1.00% -1 +133 +5.0%
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Edna		 0.98% 0 +266 +10.7%
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Mildred		 0.98% 0 +326 +13.4%
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Dorothy		 0.97% +7 +534 +24.6%
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Annie		 0.95% 0 +268 +11.2%
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Grace		 0.94% -2 +244 +10.2%
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Emma		 0.90% -1 +140 +5.9%
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Bessie		 0.87% +2 +265 +12.1%
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Rose		 0.87% 0 +232 +10.5%
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Clara		 0.87% -3 +113 +4.9%
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Bertha		 0.85% -3 +115 +5.1%
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Frances		 0.83% +2 +255 +12.3%
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Mabel		 0.81% -1 +183 +8.7%
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Hazel		 0.80% -2 +141 +6.7%
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Irene		 0.79% +4 +331 +17.6%
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Gertrude		 0.79% 0 +243 +12.4%
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Pearl		 0.75% +3 +234 +12.5%
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Minnie		 0.73% -3 +29 +1.4%
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Martha		 0.72% -1 +144 +7.6%
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Catherine		 0.68% +7 +297 +18.6%
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Myrtle		 0.67% -4 -8 -0.4%
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Edith		 0.66% -1 -10 -0.5%
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Ida		 0.66% 0 +1 +0.1%
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Esther		 0.65% -2 -11 -0.6%
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Louise		 0.65% 0 +192 +11.7%
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Eva		 0.62% 0 +110 +6.8%
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Elsie		 0.61% -3 -27 -1.5%
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Sarah		 0.61% +1 +196 +12.9%
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Agnes		 0.60% -1 +151 +9.9%
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Nellie		 0.56% 0 +112 +7.7%
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Josephine		 0.56% +1 +131 +9.1%
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Laura		 0.56% +1 +157 +11.2%
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Lillie		 0.55% +1 +151 +10.9%
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Ella		 0.54% -3 +90 +6.3%
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Julia		 0.54% 0 +139 +10.2%
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Ruby		 0.52% +2 +233 +19.0%
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Viola		 0.52% -1 +116 +8.7%
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Beatrice		 0.51% +4 +246 +20.8%
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Carrie		 0.49% -2 +129 +10.3%
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Mattie		 0.48% -1 +129 +10.5%
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Thelma		 0.47% +5 +219 +20.1%
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Mae		 0.45% +1 +121 +10.6%
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Jessie		 0.44% +1 +124 +11.1%
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Alma		 0.44% -3 +34 +2.8%
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Lena		 0.44% -5 +9 +0.7%
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Hattie		 0.42% -1 +57 +5.2%
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Blanche		 0.41% +1 +134 +13.1%
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Evelyn		 0.41% +3 +185 +19.2%
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Mamie		 0.40% 0 +135 +13.6%
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Lucille		 0.39% +9 +193 +21.6%
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Cora		 0.39% -4 +54 +5.3%
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Stella		 0.38% +2 +147 +15.8%
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Willie		 0.38% +4 +170 +18.9%
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Lucy		 0.38% -4 +86 +8.8%
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Marion		 0.37% -3 +70 +7.3%
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Virginia		 0.36% +9 +183 +22.2%
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Katherine		 0.36% +3 +114 +12.8%
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Jennie		 0.35% 0 +87 +9.7%
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Pauline		 0.35% -5 +47 +5.0%
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Lula		 0.35% -4 +71 +7.8%
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Fannie		 0.35% 0 +98 +11.2%
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Vera		 0.34% 0 +87 +10.1%
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Ada		 0.33% -8 +8 +0.9%
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Rosa		 0.32% 0 +64 +7.6%
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Leona		 0.31% +2 +96 +12.3%
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Beulah		 0.31% -3 +14 +1.6%
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Maggie		 0.30% +2 +107 +14.3%
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Eleanor		 0.30% +5 +151 +22.0%
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Maude		 0.30% -3 +15 +1.8%
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Bernice		 0.28% +5 +134 +20.3%
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Dora		 0.28% -3 +12 +1.6%
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Ann		 0.27% +6 +119 +18.8%
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Ellen		 0.27% -1 +42 +5.9%
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Daisy		 0.27% +2 +95 +14.5%
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Nora		 0.26% -5 -3 -0.4%
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Kathryn		 0.26% +3 +97 +15.6%
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Susie		 0.26% +1 +67 +10.3%
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Sadie		 0.26% -4 +40 +5.9%
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Marguerite		 0.25% -7 -4 -0.6%
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Georgia		 0.24% +5 +115 +20.9%
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Effie		 0.24% +5 +113 +20.7%
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Doris		 0.23% +8 +126 +23.8%
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Hilda		 0.23% -2 +75 +13.1%
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Violet		 0.23% -3 +38 +6.2%
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Della		 0.22% +4 +75 +14.0%
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Emily		 0.22% +2 +69 +12.8%
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Lois		 0.21% +11 +106 +21.7%
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Olive		 0.21% -1 +54 +10.0%
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Flora		 0.21% +7 +94 +19.1%
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Popularity extremes for the United States