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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Virgil		 0.15% +12 +38 +22.0%
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Glenn		 0.16% -2 +19 +9.6%
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Victor		 0.16% 0 +22 +11.2%
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Patrick		 0.16% -5 +16 +7.6%
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Allen		 0.17% -5 +9 +4.1%
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Everett		 0.17% 0 +25 +12.3%
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Milton		 0.17% -1 +20 +9.5%
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Roosevelt		 0.17% +5 +34 +17.3%
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Melvin		 0.17% -4 +4 +1.7%
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Leslie		 0.17% -2 +9 +4.0%
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Leon		 0.17% -14 -46 -16.0%
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Jacob		 0.18% +14 +54 +28.6%
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Alvin		 0.18% +2 +25 +11.3%
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Homer		 0.19% -4 -1 -0.4%
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Jim		 0.19% -2 +9 +3.5%
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Philip		 0.19% 0 +16 +6.4%
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Johnnie		 0.19% +3 +30 +12.7%
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Ben		 0.20% -2 +23 +8.9%
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Luther		 0.21% -2 +21 +7.9%
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Will		 0.21% -7 -6 -2.0%
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Edgar		 0.22% +1 +40 +15.4%
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Harvey		 0.22% -5 +7 +2.4%
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Alton		 0.22% +112 +218 +260%
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Norman		 0.22% +9 +67 +28.2%
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Jessie		 0.23% +2 +33 +11.8%
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Eddie		 0.23% -5 +1 +0.3%
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Tom		 0.23% -1 +23 +7.8%
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Lloyd		 0.23% -1 +25 +8.4%
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Bernard		 0.24% +7 +55 +20.3%
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Martin		 0.24% +6 +51 +18.0%
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Claude		 0.24% +1 +36 +12.0%
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Chester		 0.26% -1 +28 +8.6%
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Benjamin		 0.26% +1 +34 +10.5%
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Cecil		 0.26% -1 +27 +8.1%
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Clifford		 0.26% -5 +13 +3.7%
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Stanley		 0.27% -6 +10 +2.8%
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Edwin		 0.28% -2 +41 +11.8%
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Frederick		 0.28% 0 +49 +14.4%
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Peter		 0.29% -4 +23 +6.2%
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Lester		 0.29% -8 -2 -0.5%
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Leroy		 0.29% +4 +61 +17.9%
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Lewis		 0.29% +6 +67 +20.0%
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Donald		 0.30% +2 +54 +15.0%
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Kenneth		 0.30% +10 +84 +25.5%
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Anthony		 0.31% -2 +23 +5.8%
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Ray		 0.31% 0 +35 +8.8%
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Oscar		 0.32% -3 +15 +3.5%
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Jesse		 0.32% +4 +55 +14.2%
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Floyd		 0.32% -6 -26 -5.5%
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Clyde		 0.33% +1 +44 +10.7%
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Michael		 0.33% -3 -4 -0.9%
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Daniel		 0.34% +1 +40 +9.3%
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Russell		 0.34% +8 +83 +21.3%
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Herman		 0.36% +1 +48 +10.7%
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Leonard		 0.37% +3 +60 +13.4%
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Lee		 0.38% 0 +55 +11.5%
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Eugene		 0.39% 0 +63 +13.2%
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Andrew		 0.40% -1 -3 -0.5%
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Leo		 0.40% -5 -84 -13.2%
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Alfred		 0.43% -2 +43 +7.7%
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Sam		 0.44% +1 +51 +9.2%
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Elmer		 0.45% +1 +64 +11.5%
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Lawrence		 0.48% +5 +126 +23.5%
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Herbert		 0.49% -3 +12 +1.8%
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Francis		 0.50% -1 +21 +3.2%
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Howard		 0.52% +2 +90 +14.2%
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Samuel		 0.53% -3 -14 -1.9%
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Charlie		 0.53% -1 0 0.0%
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Ernest		 0.54% -2 -15 -2.0%
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David		 0.59% +2 +101 +14.1%
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Theodore		 0.60% +6 +171 +25.8%
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Earl		 0.62% -2 +17 +2.0%
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Ralph		 0.65% +1 +92 +11.4%
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Jack		 0.66% +1 +77 +9.3%
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Louis		 0.68% -1 +47 +5.3%
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Carl		 0.69% -2 +43 +4.7%
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Richard		 0.69% +2 +94 +10.9%
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Joe		 0.69% +1 +64 +7.2%
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Raymond		 0.79% -1 +42 +4.0%
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Roy		 0.81% +1 +148 +15.2%
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Harold		 0.86% 0 +121 +11.4%
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Paul		 0.86% 0 +113 +10.5%
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Fred		 0.88% 0 +19 +1.6%
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Clarence		 0.95% 0 +49 +3.9%
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Albert		 1.05% 0 +116 +8.7%
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Arthur		 1.08% 0 +60 +4.2%
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Willie		 1.21% 0 +221 +15.2%
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Harry		 1.24% 0 +75 +4.6%
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Walter		 1.35% 0 +33 +1.8%
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Thomas		 1.49% -1 +95 +4.8%
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Henry		 1.51% +1 +163 +8.5%
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Edward		 1.69% 0 +67 +3.0%
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Frank		 2.02% 0 +155 +5.9%
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Joseph		 2.38% -1 +170 +5.4%
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Charles		 2.46% -1 +193 +6.0%
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Robert		 2.47% +2 +370 +12.2%
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George		 3.05% 0 +258 +6.5%
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James		 4.23% 0 +376 +6.9%
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William		 4.63% 0 +105 +1.7%
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John		 5.85% 0 +500 +6.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Opal		 0.21% +6 +79 +14.6%
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Lola		 0.21% +5 +77 +14.1%
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Hilda		 0.22% -10 -69 -9.9%
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Anne		 0.22% +3 +50 +8.6%
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Marjorie		 0.22% +16 +128 +25.0%
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Susie		 0.23% -5 -18 -2.6%
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Marguerite		 0.23% -3 +17 +2.5%
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Nora		 0.24% -6 -26 -3.6%
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Sadie		 0.24% -3 +20 +2.9%
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Betty		 0.24% +7 +111 +18.6%
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Lois		 0.25% +2 +63 +9.5%
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Doris		 0.25% +7 +107 +17.0%
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Georgia		 0.25% +6 +104 +16.5%
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Violet		 0.26% +6 +119 +18.7%
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Maude		 0.26% -4 -19 -2.4%
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Daisy		 0.26% -3 -4 -0.5%
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Ellen		 0.27% +1 +1 +0.1%
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Kathryn		 0.27% +3 +58 +8.0%
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Dora		 0.27% -1 +10 +1.3%
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Maggie		 0.28% -1 +25 +3.2%
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Eleanor		 0.30% -1 +28 +3.3%
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Ada		 0.30% -1 +35 +4.2%
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Ann		 0.30% +6 +106 +13.7%
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Lula		 0.31% -4 -19 -2.1%
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Rosa		 0.31% -2 -8 -0.9%
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Bernice		 0.33% +2 +94 +10.8%
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Fannie		 0.33% -9 -52 -5.1%
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Jennie		 0.33% -2 +28 +3.0%
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Beulah		 0.34% 0 +63 +6.8%
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Cora		 0.34% 0 +7 +0.7%
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Vera		 0.34% +5 +94 +10.5%
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Leona		 0.34% +7 +117 +13.3%
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Stella		 0.35% -4 +10 +1.0%
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Mamie		 0.36% +1 +51 +5.2%
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Lucy		 0.37% +2 +96 +9.7%
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Marion		 0.38% -4 +67 +6.4%
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Hattie		 0.38% -4 +17 +1.5%
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Katherine		 0.39% +3 +113 +11.1%
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Blanche		 0.39% -3 -32 -2.7%
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Willie		 0.41% +6 +174 +17.2%
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Jessie		 0.41% -5 -5 -0.4%
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Virginia		 0.42% +4 +181 +17.5%
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Mae		 0.42% 0 +22 +1.8%
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Lena		 0.42% -1 +28 +2.3%
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Pauline		 0.43% +5 +201 +19.3%
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Alma		 0.43% -2 +13 +1.0%
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Carrie		 0.44% -2 +28 +2.2%
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Lucille		 0.46% +4 +158 +13.2%
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Mattie		 0.47% -1 +84 +6.6%
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Lillie		 0.47% -5 -121 -8.1%
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Evelyn		 0.47% +4 +160 +13.2%
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Julia		 0.49% -1 -21 -1.5%
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Ella		 0.49% +2 +13 +0.9%
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Laura		 0.52% -4 +5 +0.3%
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Viola		 0.53% -2 +50 +3.3%
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Beatrice		 0.53% +4 +110 +7.6%
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Nellie		 0.53% +1 +69 +4.6%
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Sarah		 0.55% -2 +41 +2.6%
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Agnes		 0.57% -3 +56 +3.5%
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Josephine		 0.58% 0 +114 +7.2%
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Ruby		 0.58% +2 +163 +10.6%
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Elsie		 0.59% -1 -1 -0.1%
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Ida		 0.60% -1 -23 -1.3%
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Thelma		 0.60% +10 +278 +18.8%
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Eva		 0.64% 0 +75 +4.2%
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Minnie		 0.65% 0 +39 +2.1%
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Myrtle		 0.65% -5 -75 -3.8%
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Edith		 0.67% 0 +43 +2.3%
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Esther		 0.67% +2 +74 +3.9%
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Catherine		 0.68% +1 +67 +3.5%
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Pearl		 0.69% -3 -31 -1.5%
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Martha		 0.69% 0 +39 +2.0%
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Louise		 0.73% +3 +201 +10.4%
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Mabel		 0.74% -2 +9 +0.4%
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Irene		 0.76% +2 +211 +10.5%
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Gertrude		 0.78% -1 +16 +0.7%
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Clara		 0.78% -4 -61 -2.6%
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Hazel		 0.79% +3 +162 +7.6%
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Emma		 0.79% +1 +4 +0.2%
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Bessie		 0.80% 0 +1 +0.0%
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Bertha		 0.81% +2 +54 +2.3%
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Grace		 0.86% -3 -102 -3.9%
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Annie		 0.90% 0 +80 +3.1%
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Rose		 0.90% +1 +153 +6.2%
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Frances		 0.91% +3 +292 +12.3%
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Edna		 0.94% 0 +95 +3.6%
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Gladys		 1.02% 0 +302 +11.3%
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Alice		 1.07% -1 +135 +4.5%
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Lillian		 1.07% +1 +167 +5.6%
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Ethel		 1.13% -2 +39 +1.2%
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Dorothy		 1.19% +1 +399 +13.0%
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Mildred		 1.21% +1 +437 +14.2%
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Florence		 1.22% 0 +104 +3.0%
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Marie		 1.23% 0 +126 +3.6%
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Elizabeth		 1.31% 0 +110 +3.0%
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Ruth		 1.68% 0 +382 +8.5%
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Margaret		 1.81% 0 +256 +5.1%
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Anna		 1.82% 0 +232 +4.6%
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Helen		 2.22% 0 +359 +5.9%
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Mary		 5.12% 0 +686 +4.8%
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Popularity extremes for the United States