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		 5.63% 0 -49 -0.6%
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William		 4.54% 0 +79 +1.2%
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James		 4.22% 0 +187 +3.2%
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George		 2.97% 0 +37 +0.9%
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Charles		 2.52% +1 +202 +5.9%
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Robert		 2.38% -1 -4 -0.1%
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Joseph		 2.31% 0 +11 +0.3%
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Frank		 1.98% 0 +38 +1.4%
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Edward		 1.65% 0 +31 +1.3%
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Thomas		 1.49% +1 +78 +3.8%
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Henry		 1.48% -1 +41 +2.0%
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Walter		 1.33% 0 +29 +1.5%
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Willie		 1.24% +1 +107 +6.4%
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Harry		 1.13% -1 -103 -6.0%
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Albert		 1.07% +1 +79 +5.4%
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Arthur		 1.05% -1 +10 +0.7%
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Clarence		 0.96% 0 +67 +5.1%
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Fred		 0.90% 0 +61 +5.0%
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Paul		 0.88% 0 +68 +5.7%
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Harold		 0.88% 0 +72 +6.1%
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Raymond		 0.81% +1 +66 +6.0%
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Richard		 0.72% +2 +76 +7.9%
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Joe		 0.72% 0 +65 +6.8%
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Roy		 0.71% -3 -107 -9.5%
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Louis		 0.69% +1 +45 +4.8%
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Carl		 0.67% -1 +6 +0.6%
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Ralph		 0.66% +1 +39 +4.3%
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Jack		 0.63% -1 -1 -0.1%
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Earl		 0.63% 0 +50 +5.9%
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Samuel		 0.60% +4 +129 +17.7%
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Ernest		 0.59% +1 +96 +12.8%
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David		 0.59% -1 +21 +2.6%
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Theodore		 0.58% -3 0 0.0%
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Charlie		 0.56% -1 +62 +8.4%
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Howard		 0.51% 0 +9 +1.2%
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Francis		 0.48% 0 -1 -0.1%
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Herbert		 0.48% 0 +1 +0.1%
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Lawrence		 0.47% 0 +7 +1.1%
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Andrew		 0.43% +4 +73 +13.3%
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Sam		 0.43% +1 +17 +2.8%
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Elmer		 0.42% -2 -18 -2.9%
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Eugene		 0.41% +2 +52 +9.6%
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Alfred		 0.41% -2 -9 -1.5%
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Floyd		 0.37% +8 +77 +17.3%
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Michael		 0.36% +5 +51 +11.0%
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Leo		 0.36% -4 -40 -7.2%
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Leonard		 0.35% -1 -13 -2.6%
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Anthony		 0.34% +8 +68 +16.1%
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Lee		 0.34% -4 -46 -8.6%
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Daniel		 0.34% -1 +12 +2.5%
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Herman		 0.33% -4 -22 -4.4%
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Clyde		 0.33% -1 +17 +3.7%
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Kenneth		 0.33% +5 +60 +14.5%
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Jesse		 0.31% -1 0 0.0%
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Leroy		 0.31% +5 +40 +10.0%
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Oscar		 0.30% -2 -6 -1.4%
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Lester		 0.30% +4 +34 +8.5%
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Russell		 0.30% -9 -41 -8.7%
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Donald		 0.30% -1 +13 +3.1%
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Ray		 0.30% -5 -8 -1.9%
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Clifford		 0.29% +5 +59 +16.3%
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Peter		 0.29% 0 +14 +3.5%
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Claude		 0.28% +7 +62 +18.4%
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Chester		 0.27% +5 +33 +9.3%
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Lewis		 0.27% -6 -18 -4.5%
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Stanley		 0.27% 0 +13 +3.5%
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Frederick		 0.27% -4 -9 -2.3%
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Benjamin		 0.27% 0 +21 +5.9%
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Lloyd		 0.26% +4 +45 +13.9%
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Edwin		 0.25% -6 -31 -8.0%
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Norman		 0.24% +6 +45 +14.8%
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Cecil		 0.24% -5 -12 -3.3%
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Eddie		 0.24% +2 +31 +9.8%
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Jessie		 0.24% +2 +25 +8.0%
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Martin		 0.23% -4 -2 -0.6%
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Homer		 0.22% +11 +62 +24.2%
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Tom		 0.22% -3 -1 -0.3%
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Edgar		 0.22% +2 +16 +5.4%
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Luther		 0.22% +3 +22 +7.7%
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Milton		 0.21% +13 +69 +30.0%
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Johnnie		 0.21% +3 +30 +11.2%
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Bernard		 0.20% -10 -34 -10.4%
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Melvin		 0.20% +9 +57 +24.4%
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Ben		 0.20% -1 +8 +2.8%
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Harvey		 0.20% -6 -14 -4.7%
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Will		 0.20% -4 -1 -0.3%
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Leon		 0.19% +3 +33 +13.7%
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Allen		 0.19% +8 +44 +19.3%
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Everett		 0.19% +6 +41 +17.9%
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Victor		 0.19% +8 +50 +22.9%
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Roosevelt		 0.18% +2 +34 +14.8%
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Alvin		 0.18% -4 +11 +4.5%
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Stephen		 0.17% +24 +68 +38.2%
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Leslie		 0.17% -3 +1 +0.4%
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Jim		 0.17% -10 -30 -11.3%
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Philip		 0.16% -11 -32 -12.0%
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Virgil		 0.16% +3 +15 +7.1%
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Jacob		 0.15% -9 -23 -9.5%
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Otis		 0.15% +16 +35 +19.3%
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Marvin		 0.15% +3 +12 +5.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.19% 0 +1,106 +7.4%
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Helen		 2.20% 0 +323 +5.0%
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Margaret		 1.84% +1 +388 +7.3%
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Anna		 1.75% -1 +94 +1.8%
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Ruth		 1.64% 0 +168 +3.4%
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Elizabeth		 1.33% 0 +288 +7.5%
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Dorothy		 1.27% +3 +460 +13.2%
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Mildred		 1.21% +1 +233 +6.6%
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Marie		 1.18% -2 +48 +1.3%
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Alice		 1.17% +3 +479 +15.3%
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Florence		 1.12% -3 -94 -2.6%
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Ethel		 1.10% -1 +105 +3.2%
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Lillian		 1.03% -1 +46 +1.5%
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Gladys		 0.97% 0 +20 +0.7%
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Edna		 0.95% 0 +191 +6.9%
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Frances		 0.93% 0 +230 +8.7%
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Annie		 0.90% 0 +162 +6.2%
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Rose		 0.88% -1 +93 +3.5%
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Grace		 0.85% 0 +117 +4.7%
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Bessie		 0.79% +1 +106 +4.5%
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Bertha		 0.79% -1 +71 +3.0%
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Clara		 0.77% +2 +116 +5.1%
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Louise		 0.76% +5 +231 +10.8%
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Irene		 0.76% +2 +145 +6.6%
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Hazel		 0.76% -2 +50 +2.2%
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Emma		 0.74% -4 -14 -0.6%
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Gertrude		 0.74% -2 +7 +0.3%
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Catherine		 0.71% +3 +215 +10.8%
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Mabel		 0.70% -2 +6 +0.3%
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Edith		 0.69% +3 +193 +9.9%
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Pearl		 0.68% -1 +93 +4.6%
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Martha		 0.68% -3 +72 +3.6%
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Myrtle		 0.65% +1 +121 +6.4%
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Esther		 0.64% -2 +36 +1.8%
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Minnie		 0.63% 0 +65 +3.4%
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Thelma		 0.63% +1 +188 +10.7%
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Josephine		 0.61% +3 +193 +11.3%
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Ruby		 0.61% +2 +184 +10.8%
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Eva		 0.59% -3 -43 -2.3%
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Elsie		 0.58% -1 +92 +5.4%
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Sarah		 0.57% +2 +168 +10.5%
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Ida		 0.57% -4 +6 +0.3%
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Agnes		 0.55% -1 +46 +2.8%
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Viola		 0.55% +2 +152 +9.8%
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Beatrice		 0.54% 0 +112 +7.2%
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Evelyn		 0.54% +5 +290 +21.2%
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Julia		 0.53% +2 +216 +15.1%
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Nellie		 0.53% -4 +66 +4.2%
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Laura		 0.51% -2 +58 +3.8%
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Lucille		 0.50% +3 +182 +13.5%
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Lillie		 0.48% 0 +117 +8.6%
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Ella		 0.46% -4 +6 +0.4%
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Virginia		 0.45% +6 +181 +14.9%
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Pauline		 0.45% +2 +138 +11.1%
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Mattie		 0.44% -3 +9 +0.7%
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Alma		 0.43% -1 +76 +6.0%
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Jessie		 0.42% +3 +118 +9.9%
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Carrie		 0.42% -4 +8 +0.6%
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Willie		 0.42% +2 +97 +8.2%
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Mae		 0.41% -2 +70 +5.8%
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Lena		 0.41% -4 +30 +2.4%
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Hattie		 0.39% +2 +74 +6.6%
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Blanche		 0.38% -1 +48 +4.2%
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Katherine		 0.38% 0 +62 +5.5%
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Marion		 0.37% 0 +32 +2.9%
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Lucy		 0.37% 0 +46 +4.2%
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Stella		 0.35% +1 +71 +6.9%
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Fannie		 0.35% +5 +121 +12.6%
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Leona		 0.35% 0 +85 +8.5%
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Mamie		 0.35% -3 +27 +2.6%
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Vera		 0.34% -1 +60 +6.0%
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Cora		 0.34% -2 +51 +5.1%
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Eleanor		 0.34% +7 +173 +19.9%
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Bernice		 0.33% +1 +70 +7.3%
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Ann		 0.32% +3 +116 +13.2%
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Jennie		 0.32% -3 +17 +1.8%
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Beulah		 0.31% -5 -15 -1.5%
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Lula		 0.31% -1 +69 +7.7%
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Rosa		 0.30% -3 +19 +2.1%
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Ada		 0.28% -1 -5 -0.6%
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Ellen		 0.27% +3 +71 +9.2%
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Violet		 0.27% +5 +76 +10.1%
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Doris		 0.26% +5 +76 +10.3%
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Maggie		 0.26% -3 +4 +0.5%
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Betty		 0.26% +6 +100 +14.1%
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Kathryn		 0.25% -3 +1 +0.1%
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Daisy		 0.25% -2 +4 +0.5%
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Lois		 0.25% +2 +36 +5.0%
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Dora		 0.24% -7 -31 -3.9%
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Marguerite		 0.24% +4 +69 +10.1%
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Sadie		 0.24% +1 +47 +6.7%
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Nora		 0.24% +1 +44 +6.3%
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Susie		 0.24% +2 +77 +11.6%
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Georgia		 0.23% -6 -14 -1.9%
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Velma		 0.23% +7 +107 +17.4%
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Marjorie		 0.23% 0 +73 +11.4%
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Maude		 0.23% -11 -48 -6.3%
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Anne		 0.23% -1 +77 +12.2%
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Opal		 0.23% +1 +81 +13.0%
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Emily		 0.22% +3 +84 +14.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States