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		 5.88% 0 -299 -3.8%
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William		 4.88% 0 -305 -4.6%
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James		 4.24% 0 -113 -2.0%
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George		 3.06% 0 -262 -6.2%
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Charles		 2.48% 0 -148 -4.4%
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Joseph		 2.41% +1 +23 +0.7%
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Robert		 2.35% -1 -136 -4.3%
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Frank		 2.05% 0 -112 -4.1%
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Edward		 1.75% 0 -26 -1.1%
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Thomas		 1.52% +1 -172 -8.1%
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Henry		 1.49% -1 -232 -10.8%
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Walter		 1.42% 0 -18 -1.0%
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Harry		 1.27% 0 -103 -5.9%
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Willie		 1.12% 0 -111 -7.1%
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Arthur		 1.11% 0 -51 -3.4%
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Albert		 1.03% 0 -38 -2.8%
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Clarence		 0.98% 0 -31 -2.4%
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Fred		 0.93% 0 -82 -6.4%
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Paul		 0.84% +1 +14 +1.3%
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Harold		 0.82% -1 -12 -1.1%
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Raymond		 0.81% 0 -13 -1.2%
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Roy		 0.75% 0 -27 -2.7%
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Carl		 0.70% +1 -42 -4.4%
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Joe		 0.69% -1 -60 -6.3%
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Louis		 0.69% 0 -23 -2.5%
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Richard		 0.67% 0 -45 -5.0%
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Earl		 0.65% 0 -40 -4.6%
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Jack		 0.64% +4 +88 +11.8%
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Ralph		 0.62% -1 -59 -6.8%
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Ernest		 0.59% -1 -26 -3.3%
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Samuel		 0.57% +2 +39 +5.6%
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Charlie		 0.57% -2 -22 -2.9%
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David		 0.55% -3 -45 -5.9%
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Herbert		 0.52% +2 +53 +8.6%
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Francis		 0.51% +3 +68 +11.4%
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Theodore		 0.51% -2 +21 +3.3%
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Howard		 0.49% -2 +4 +0.6%
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Leo		 0.49% +6 +85 +15.4%
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Alfred		 0.43% 0 -33 -5.6%
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Elmer		 0.43% 0 -18 -3.1%
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Sam		 0.43% 0 -7 -1.3%
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Andrew		 0.43% 0 -8 -1.4%
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Lawrence		 0.41% -6 -62 -10.4%
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Eugene		 0.37% 0 -46 -8.8%
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Lee		 0.37% +1 +2 +0.4%
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Floyd		 0.37% +1 +1 +0.2%
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Michael		 0.36% +1 +6 +1.3%
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Herman		 0.35% +1 -8 -1.8%
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Leonard		 0.35% +3 +22 +5.2%
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Daniel		 0.33% -5 -69 -13.8%
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Oscar		 0.33% +4 +30 +7.6%
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Clyde		 0.32% +8 +31 +8.1%
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Lester		 0.31% +5 +15 +3.9%
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Anthony		 0.31% 0 -21 -5.0%
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Ray		 0.31% +2 +6 +1.5%
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Russell		 0.30% -3 -32 -7.6%
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Jesse		 0.30% -7 -49 -11.2%
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Peter		 0.29% -7 -61 -14.1%
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Stanley		 0.28% +10 +27 +8.1%
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Donald		 0.28% +3 -7 -1.9%
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Clifford		 0.27% +10 +22 +6.7%
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Edwin		 0.27% -6 -46 -11.7%
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Frederick		 0.26% +7 +11 +3.3%
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Leroy		 0.26% -2 -30 -8.1%
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Lewis		 0.26% -7 -50 -13.0%
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Cecil		 0.26% -1 -22 -6.2%
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Kenneth		 0.26% +11 +55 +20.0%
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Chester		 0.25% +6 +6 +1.9%
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Benjamin		 0.25% -8 -50 -13.4%
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Eddie		 0.24% -4 -39 -11.0%
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Claude		 0.23% -3 -35 -10.4%
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Lloyd		 0.23% -5 -45 -13.1%
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Tom		 0.23% +2 -17 -5.4%
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Harvey		 0.23% +8 +29 +11.0%
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Will		 0.23% -10 -66 -18.4%
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Leon		 0.22% +10 +39 +15.7%
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Martin		 0.22% -5 -42 -12.9%
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Jessie		 0.22% -5 -43 -13.3%
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Bernard		 0.21% +4 +12 +4.6%
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Luther		 0.21% +1 -1 -0.4%
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Ben		 0.20% -2 -14 -5.1%
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Edgar		 0.20% -5 -48 -15.6%
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Homer		 0.20% -3 -12 -4.5%
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Jim		 0.20% -6 -43 -14.3%
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Philip		 0.19% +5 +24 +10.6%
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Norman		 0.18% -2 -18 -7.0%
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Johnnie		 0.18% +4 +16 +7.2%
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Melvin		 0.18% -2 -18 -7.3%
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Leslie		 0.18% -4 -24 -9.6%
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Alvin		 0.17% +9 +21 +10.4%
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Allen		 0.17% -2 -8 -3.5%
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Milton		 0.16% +3 +3 +1.4%
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Oliver		 0.16% +15 +29 +16.0%
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Patrick		 0.16% +6 +7 +3.4%
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Everett		 0.16% -7 -34 -14.3%
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Stephen		 0.16% -2 -10 -4.8%
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Glenn		 0.15% +9 +13 +7.0%
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Roosevelt		 0.15% +17 +30 +18.1%
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Victor		 0.15% -1 -9 -4.4%
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Alexander		 0.15% -7 -21 -9.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.13% 0 -211 -1.5%
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Helen		 2.20% 0 +162 +2.7%
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Anna		 1.83% 0 -190 -3.6%
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Margaret		 1.81% 0 +35 +0.7%
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Ruth		 1.62% 0 +134 +3.1%
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Elizabeth		 1.34% 0 +29 +0.8%
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Marie		 1.25% +1 +45 +1.3%
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Florence		 1.25% -1 -41 -1.2%
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Ethel		 1.17% 0 -38 -1.2%
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Mildred		 1.11% +4 +338 +12.3%
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Dorothy		 1.11% +4 +371 +13.7%
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Alice		 1.08% -2 -139 -4.4%
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Lillian		 1.07% -2 -91 -3.0%
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Gladys		 0.96% -2 -135 -4.8%
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Edna		 0.96% -2 -87 -3.2%
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Grace		 0.94% +1 -27 -1.0%
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Annie		 0.92% -1 -113 -4.2%
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Rose		 0.89% +2 +34 +1.4%
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Frances		 0.85% +4 +39 +1.7%
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Clara		 0.84% +1 -90 -3.7%
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Bessie		 0.84% -2 -109 -4.5%
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Bertha		 0.83% 0 -63 -2.7%
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Emma		 0.83% -5 -206 -8.2%
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Gertrude		 0.81% +3 +46 +2.1%
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Mabel		 0.78% -1 -117 -5.1%
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Hazel		 0.77% -1 -99 -4.4%
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Pearl		 0.74% +1 -54 -2.6%
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Irene		 0.72% -2 -209 -9.5%
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Martha		 0.71% +1 -50 -2.5%
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Myrtle		 0.71% +3 +96 +5.1%
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Louise		 0.70% +5 +103 +5.6%
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Catherine		 0.69% -1 +20 +1.1%
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Edith		 0.68% 0 +48 +2.6%
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Esther		 0.68% +1 +50 +2.7%
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Minnie		 0.66% -6 -209 -10.2%
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Eva		 0.64% +1 +56 +3.2%
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Ida		 0.64% -3 -62 -3.4%
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Elsie		 0.62% 0 0 0.0%
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Agnes		 0.58% +1 -60 -3.6%
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Josephine		 0.57% +2 +22 +1.4%
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Sarah		 0.56% -2 -157 -9.2%
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Ruby		 0.55% +5 +80 +5.5%
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Laura		 0.54% 0 -56 -3.6%
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Viola		 0.54% +4 +48 +3.3%
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Nellie		 0.54% -4 -75 -4.8%
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Lillie		 0.53% -2 -48 -3.1%
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Thelma		 0.53% +5 +170 +13.0%
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Julia		 0.52% -2 -54 -3.6%
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Beatrice		 0.52% 0 +10 +0.7%
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Ella		 0.51% -5 -106 -7.0%
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Mattie		 0.46% 0 -75 -5.5%
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Carrie		 0.45% -2 -124 -9.0%
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Alma		 0.45% +2 +15 +1.2%
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Evelyn		 0.44% +5 +60 +5.2%
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Jessie		 0.43% -1 -38 -3.1%
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Lena		 0.43% 0 -25 -2.0%
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Lucille		 0.43% +4 +106 +9.8%
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Mae		 0.43% -5 -69 -5.5%
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Blanche		 0.42% -1 +15 +1.3%
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Hattie		 0.40% -3 -57 -4.9%
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Marion		 0.38% +5 +9 +0.9%
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Pauline		 0.38% +8 +57 +5.8%
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Virginia		 0.37% +4 +24 +2.4%
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Fannie		 0.37% +8 +45 +4.6%
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Stella		 0.37% -1 -59 -5.5%
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Katherine		 0.37% +2 +11 +1.1%
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Willie		 0.36% -3 -57 -5.3%
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Lucy		 0.36% -3 -75 -7.0%
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Mamie		 0.36% -8 -137 -12.2%
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Cora		 0.35% -8 -95 -8.8%
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Jennie		 0.34% -2 -49 -5.0%
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Beulah		 0.33% +5 +47 +5.4%
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Lula		 0.33% -2 -63 -6.5%
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Rosa		 0.33% +1 +2 +0.2%
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Vera		 0.32% -2 -48 -5.1%
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Leona		 0.32% 0 +6 +0.7%
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Bernice		 0.31% +4 +74 +9.3%
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Ada		 0.30% -4 -78 -8.5%
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Eleanor		 0.30% 0 +3 +0.4%
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Maggie		 0.28% -2 -73 -8.6%
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Dora		 0.28% +1 -2 -0.3%
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Daisy		 0.28% +3 +28 +3.7%
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Maude		 0.28% -2 -58 -7.0%
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Ann		 0.28% -1 +21 +2.8%
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Ellen		 0.28% -2 +20 +2.7%
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Kathryn		 0.26% +1 +12 +1.7%
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Nora		 0.26% -1 0 0.0%
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Hilda		 0.25% +6 +49 +7.6%
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Sadie		 0.25% 0 -33 -4.6%
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Susie		 0.24% -3 -37 -5.2%
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Marguerite		 0.24% -1 -28 -4.0%
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Lois		 0.24% +6 +70 +11.8%
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Violet		 0.23% +1 -13 -2.0%
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Georgia		 0.23% -3 -32 -4.8%
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Doris		 0.23% -2 -27 -4.1%
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Della		 0.22% 0 +2 +0.3%
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Olive		 0.22% +2 +4 +0.7%
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Betty		 0.21% +3 +16 +2.8%
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Velma		 0.21% +14 +63 +12.0%
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Anne		 0.21% +6 +17 +3.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States