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		 5.74% 0 +205 +2.5%
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William		 4.56% 0 +71 +1.1%
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James		 4.10% 0 -134 -2.2%
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George		 2.92% 0 -55 -1.3%
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Robert		 2.52% +1 +225 +6.6%
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Charles		 2.50% -1 -1 -0.0%
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Joseph		 2.45% 0 +225 +6.8%
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Frank		 1.94% 0 -39 -1.4%
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Edward		 1.67% 0 +32 +1.4%
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Thomas		 1.51% 0 +41 +1.9%
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Henry		 1.47% 0 -14 -0.7%
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Walter		 1.34% 0 +32 +1.7%
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Willie		 1.22% 0 -26 -1.5%
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Harry		 1.13% 0 +12 +0.7%
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Arthur		 1.03% +1 -19 -1.3%
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Albert		 1.02% -1 -63 -4.1%
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Harold		 0.92% +3 +72 +5.7%
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Clarence		 0.92% -1 -58 -4.2%
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Paul		 0.91% 0 +47 +3.7%
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Fred		 0.83% -2 -91 -7.1%
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Raymond		 0.79% 0 -26 -2.2%
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Louis		 0.76% +3 +120 +12.2%
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Richard		 0.75% -1 +51 +4.9%
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Roy		 0.71% 0 +8 +0.8%
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Joe		 0.71% -2 -4 -0.4%
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Ralph		 0.68% +1 +46 +4.9%
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Carl		 0.66% -1 -8 -0.8%
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Ernest		 0.66% +3 +98 +11.6%
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Earl		 0.63% 0 +8 +0.9%
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Jack		 0.61% -2 -27 -3.0%
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David		 0.61% +1 +40 +4.8%
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Howard		 0.56% +3 +68 +9.3%
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Samuel		 0.54% -3 -73 -8.5%
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Charlie		 0.52% 0 -57 -7.1%
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Francis		 0.51% +1 +52 +7.6%
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Lawrence		 0.50% +2 +48 +7.2%
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Herbert		 0.48% 0 +8 +1.2%
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Theodore		 0.48% -5 -146 -17.5%
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Eugene		 0.44% +3 +44 +7.4%
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Alfred		 0.44% +3 +41 +6.9%
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Andrew		 0.42% -2 -9 -1.5%
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Elmer		 0.42% -1 -4 -0.7%
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Sam		 0.38% -4 -68 -11.0%
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Anthony		 0.38% +4 +52 +10.6%
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Kenneth		 0.37% +7 +60 +12.7%
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Michael		 0.37% -1 +18 +3.5%
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Leo		 0.35% -1 -4 -0.8%
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Daniel		 0.35% +2 +22 +4.5%
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Herman		 0.35% +2 +27 +5.7%
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Leonard		 0.34% -3 -3 -0.6%
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Donald		 0.34% +8 +60 +14.1%
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Lester		 0.34% +5 +50 +11.6%
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Russell		 0.32% +4 +27 +6.3%
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Floyd		 0.32% -10 -65 -12.4%
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Clyde		 0.32% -3 -17 -3.6%
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Stanley		 0.32% +9 +71 +18.5%
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Jesse		 0.30% -3 -7 -1.6%
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Lee		 0.30% -8 -50 -10.3%
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Peter		 0.30% +3 +18 +4.4%
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Ray		 0.29% 0 -3 -0.7%
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Chester		 0.29% +3 +32 +8.2%
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Leroy		 0.29% -6 -21 -4.8%
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Clifford		 0.29% -2 -7 -1.7%
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Oscar		 0.29% -8 -24 -5.5%
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Edwin		 0.27% +5 +33 +9.2%
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Eddie		 0.26% +7 +31 +9.0%
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Frederick		 0.26% +1 -4 -1.0%
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Cecil		 0.26% +4 +21 +6.1%
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Lewis		 0.25% -4 -19 -4.9%
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Lloyd		 0.25% -1 -12 -3.3%
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Benjamin		 0.24% -3 -27 -7.1%
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Harvey		 0.24% +13 +65 +22.7%
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Claude		 0.24% -10 -53 -13.3%
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Bernard		 0.24% +8 +51 +17.5%
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Martin		 0.23% 0 +2 +0.6%
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Norman		 0.23% -5 -26 -7.4%
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Jessie		 0.22% -3 -15 -4.4%
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Milton		 0.21% +2 +4 +1.3%
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Edgar		 0.21% -1 -14 -4.4%
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Tom		 0.21% -3 -19 -6.0%
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Everett		 0.20% +8 +21 +7.8%
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Ben		 0.20% +2 -5 -1.7%
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Melvin		 0.20% +1 -6 -2.1%
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Allen		 0.20% +4 +10 +3.7%
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Philip		 0.19% +11 +46 +19.7%
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Homer		 0.19% -10 -51 -16.0%
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Leon		 0.18% 0 -11 -4.0%
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Leslie		 0.18% +7 +26 +11.0%
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Luther		 0.18% -10 -46 -14.9%
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Jim		 0.18% +5 +25 +10.6%
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Johnnie		 0.18% -10 -42 -14.1%
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Will		 0.18% -7 -33 -11.5%
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Victor		 0.17% -3 -19 -7.1%
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Marvin		 0.17% +6 +30 +14.0%
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Alvin		 0.17% -3 -19 -7.4%
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Morris		 0.16% +19 +38 +20.2%
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Vernon		 0.16% +7 +15 +7.2%
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Glenn		 0.15% +15 +28 +14.8%
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Archie		 0.15% +17 +32 +17.4%
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Patrick		 0.15% +10 +20 +10.4%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.22% 0 +303 +1.9%
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Helen		 2.29% 0 +365 +5.4%
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Margaret		 1.95% 0 +406 +7.1%
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Anna		 1.76% 0 +78 +1.4%
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Ruth		 1.64% 0 +72 +1.4%
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Dorothy		 1.38% +1 +389 +9.9%
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Elizabeth		 1.38% -1 +199 +4.8%
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Alice		 1.34% +2 +582 +16.1%
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Mildred		 1.24% -1 +115 +3.1%
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Florence		 1.18% +1 +213 +6.1%
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Marie		 1.18% -2 +47 +1.3%
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Ethel		 1.12% 0 +110 +3.2%
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Lillian		 1.05% 0 +108 +3.4%
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Frances		 0.97% +2 +139 +4.8%
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Edna		 0.96% 0 +58 +2.0%
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Gladys		 0.96% -2 +4 +0.1%
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Rose		 0.93% +1 +177 +6.5%
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Annie		 0.89% -1 -19 -0.7%
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Grace		 0.84% 0 -4 -0.2%
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Irene		 0.77% +4 +66 +2.8%
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Bessie		 0.76% -1 -50 -2.0%
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Gertrude		 0.76% +5 +99 +4.3%
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Hazel		 0.74% +2 -36 -1.5%
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Louise		 0.74% -1 -60 -2.5%
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Bertha		 0.73% -4 -132 -5.4%
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Catherine		 0.71% +2 +32 +1.5%
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Clara		 0.71% -5 -169 -7.1%
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Emma		 0.71% -2 -74 -3.2%
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Martha		 0.70% +3 +108 +5.2%
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Edith		 0.69% 0 +23 +1.1%
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Thelma		 0.67% +5 +169 +8.7%
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Evelyn		 0.66% +13 +416 +25.0%
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Esther		 0.66% +1 +72 +3.6%
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Mabel		 0.66% -5 -124 -5.7%
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Pearl		 0.65% -4 -73 -3.5%
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Ruby		 0.63% +2 +77 +4.1%
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Myrtle		 0.61% -4 -105 -5.2%
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Josephine		 0.61% -1 +6 +0.3%
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Minnie		 0.57% -4 -173 -8.9%
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Elsie		 0.57% 0 -40 -2.2%
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Agnes		 0.56% +2 +41 +2.4%
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Eva		 0.56% -3 -57 -3.1%
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Ida		 0.56% -1 -4 -0.2%
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Sarah		 0.54% -3 -65 -3.7%
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Beatrice		 0.54% 0 +18 +1.1%
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Lucille		 0.54% +4 +143 +9.3%
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Viola		 0.53% -3 -22 -1.3%
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Julia		 0.51% -1 -39 -2.4%
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Nellie		 0.51% -1 -30 -1.8%
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Lillie		 0.48% +1 +19 +1.3%
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Virginia		 0.48% +2 +97 +7.0%
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Laura		 0.47% -3 -99 -6.3%
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Pauline		 0.46% +1 +47 +3.4%
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Ella		 0.43% -2 -95 -6.6%
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Mattie		 0.42% 0 -46 -3.4%
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Katherine		 0.41% +7 +87 +7.3%
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Alma		 0.40% -1 -67 -5.0%
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Jessie		 0.40% -1 -68 -5.2%
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Willie		 0.39% 0 -52 -4.0%
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Mae		 0.39% 0 -59 -4.6%
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Lena		 0.39% 0 -52 -4.1%
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Carrie		 0.38% -4 -100 -7.8%
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Marion		 0.38% +2 +42 +3.7%
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Blanche		 0.37% -1 -17 -1.4%
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Stella		 0.36% +2 +44 +4.0%
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Bernice		 0.35% +8 +75 +7.3%
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Eleanor		 0.35% +6 +47 +4.5%
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Vera		 0.35% +3 +30 +2.8%
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Lucy		 0.34% -3 -55 -4.9%
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Ann		 0.34% +5 +68 +6.8%
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Hattie		 0.34% -9 -141 -11.8%
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Leona		 0.32% -3 -66 -6.1%
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Mamie		 0.32% -3 -66 -6.2%
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Jennie		 0.32% +2 +5 +0.5%
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Beulah		 0.31% +2 +12 +1.2%
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Fannie		 0.31% -8 -130 -12.0%
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Cora		 0.30% -5 -92 -8.8%
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Kathryn		 0.29% +8 +123 +15.6%
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Lula		 0.29% 0 -52 -5.4%
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Ellen		 0.29% +1 +53 +6.3%
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Betty		 0.28% +4 +58 +7.2%
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Rosa		 0.28% -2 -57 -6.2%
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Doris		 0.27% 0 +44 +5.4%
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Maggie		 0.27% 0 +30 +3.7%
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Anne		 0.27% +13 +127 +17.9%
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Violet		 0.27% -4 -1 -0.1%
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Ada		 0.26% -7 -54 -6.2%
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Lois		 0.26% 0 +36 +4.7%
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Marguerite		 0.25% +1 +38 +5.0%
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Daisy		 0.25% -3 -3 -0.4%
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Dora		 0.24% -2 +4 +0.5%
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Sadie		 0.24% -1 -2 -0.3%
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Marjorie		 0.23% +3 +16 +2.2%
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Velma		 0.23% 0 -1 -0.1%
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Opal		 0.23% +4 +16 +2.3%
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Georgia		 0.23% -2 -16 -2.2%
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Hilda		 0.23% +4 +50 +7.6%
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Susie		 0.22% -5 -46 -6.2%
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Theresa		 0.21% +8 +71 +11.9%
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Jean		 0.21% +14 +118 +21.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States