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		 5.66% 0 +719 +8.7%
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William		 4.35% 0 +338 +5.1%
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James		 4.23% 0 +799 +13.5%
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George		 2.80% 0 +244 +5.8%
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Robert		 2.54% 0 +385 +10.6%
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Charles		 2.45% 0 +277 +7.7%
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Joseph		 2.42% 0 +317 +9.0%
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Frank		 1.86% 0 +145 +5.2%
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Edward		 1.62% 0 +178 +7.4%
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Henry		 1.39% +1 +91 +4.3%
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Thomas		 1.37% -1 -1 -0.0%
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Walter		 1.32% 0 +161 +8.3%
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Willie		 1.24% 0 +212 +12.1%
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Harry		 1.14% 0 +182 +11.2%
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Albert		 1.03% +1 +167 +11.4%
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Arthur		 0.98% -1 +67 +4.5%
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Harold		 0.92% 0 +122 +9.2%
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Clarence		 0.88% 0 +70 +5.3%
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Fred		 0.87% +1 +178 +14.9%
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Paul		 0.86% -1 +49 +3.7%
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Raymond		 0.81% 0 +157 +13.9%
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Richard		 0.78% +1 +151 +13.9%
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Joe		 0.74% +2 +157 +15.4%
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Roy		 0.71% 0 +104 +10.2%
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Louis		 0.70% -3 +10 +0.9%
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Jack		 0.64% +4 +139 +15.8%
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Carl		 0.64% 0 +67 +7.0%
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Earl		 0.63% +1 +94 +10.3%
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Ralph		 0.63% -3 +13 +1.3%
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Ernest		 0.62% -2 +35 +3.7%
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David		 0.60% 0 +67 +7.6%
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Samuel		 0.56% +1 +109 +13.9%
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Howard		 0.55% -1 +72 +9.0%
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Lawrence		 0.51% +2 +84 +11.7%
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Charlie		 0.50% -1 +49 +6.6%
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Alfred		 0.47% +4 +106 +16.8%
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Francis		 0.45% -2 -20 -2.7%
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Theodore		 0.45% 0 +24 +3.5%
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Herbert		 0.45% -2 +21 +3.0%
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Andrew		 0.45% +1 +97 +15.9%
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Eugene		 0.44% -2 +54 +8.5%
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Leo		 0.41% +5 +143 +28.1%
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Sam		 0.40% 0 +79 +14.3%
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Donald		 0.39% +7 +130 +26.7%
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Elmer		 0.39% -2 +18 +3.0%
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Anthony		 0.37% -2 +51 +9.4%
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Kenneth		 0.37% -2 +55 +10.3%
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Michael		 0.37% -2 +55 +10.4%
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Herman		 0.35% 0 +59 +11.8%
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Leroy		 0.35% +11 +130 +31.0%
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Leonard		 0.35% -1 +55 +11.2%
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Daniel		 0.33% -4 +22 +4.3%
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Floyd		 0.33% +1 +63 +13.8%
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Lee		 0.33% +3 +80 +18.3%
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Stanley		 0.33% +2 +61 +13.4%
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Clyde		 0.32% -1 +50 +10.9%
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Russell		 0.32% -4 +44 +9.6%
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Lester		 0.31% -6 +9 +1.9%
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Oscar		 0.31% +5 +71 +17.2%
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Ray		 0.30% 0 +54 +12.8%
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Peter		 0.30% -2 +46 +10.8%
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Edwin		 0.30% +3 +78 +20.0%
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Jesse		 0.29% -6 +30 +6.9%
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Benjamin		 0.29% +7 +108 +30.7%
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Clifford		 0.28% -2 +32 +7.7%
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Lewis		 0.27% +3 +62 +17.0%
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Chester		 0.27% -6 +4 +1.0%
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Frederick		 0.26% -2 +33 +8.8%
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Cecil		 0.25% -1 +31 +8.4%
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Eddie		 0.25% -4 +17 +4.5%
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Jessie		 0.24% +6 +63 +19.5%
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Lloyd		 0.24% -1 +29 +8.1%
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Bernard		 0.24% +1 +35 +10.2%
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Claude		 0.23% -1 +18 +5.2%
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Norman		 0.23% +1 +38 +11.7%
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Philip		 0.22% +9 +76 +27.1%
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Harvey		 0.21% -5 -16 -4.6%
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Melvin		 0.21% +4 +46 +16.1%
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Martin		 0.21% -4 -5 -1.5%
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Leon		 0.20% +7 +61 +23.2%
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Edgar		 0.20% -2 +20 +6.6%
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Ben		 0.20% 0 +29 +10.2%
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Tom		 0.20% -3 +15 +5.0%
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Homer		 0.20% +2 +45 +16.9%
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Allen		 0.20% -1 +27 +9.6%
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Johnnie		 0.19% +5 +52 +20.4%
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Marvin		 0.19% +7 +59 +24.1%
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Everett		 0.19% -7 +11 +3.8%
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Milton		 0.18% -11 -11 -3.6%
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Jim		 0.18% 0 +20 +7.7%
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Luther		 0.18% -2 +18 +6.9%
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Alexander		 0.18% +13 +75 +36.8%
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Virgil		 0.17% +9 +69 +33.3%
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Leslie		 0.17% -7 +10 +3.8%
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Stephen		 0.17% +8 +66 +31.9%
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Morris		 0.16% 0 +34 +15.0%
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Will		 0.16% -4 +7 +2.8%
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Archie		 0.16% +1 +34 +15.7%
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Alvin		 0.15% -4 +6 +2.5%
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Victor		 0.15% -6 -4 -1.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.21% 0 +1,210 +7.4%
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Helen		 2.25% 0 +403 +5.6%
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Margaret		 1.99% 0 +617 +10.1%
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Anna		 1.65% 0 +73 +1.3%
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Ruth		 1.65% 0 +433 +8.4%
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Dorothy		 1.47% 0 +641 +14.8%
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Elizabeth		 1.37% 0 +304 +7.0%
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Mildred		 1.27% +1 +404 +10.4%
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Alice		 1.22% -1 -85 -2.0%
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Marie		 1.15% +1 +190 +5.1%
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Florence		 1.11% -1 +59 +1.6%
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Ethel		 1.10% 0 +187 +5.3%
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Lillian		 1.05% 0 +249 +7.6%
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Gladys		 0.98% +2 +303 +10.1%
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Edna		 0.98% 0 +290 +9.6%
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Frances		 0.98% -2 +273 +9.0%
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Rose		 0.92% 0 +215 +7.4%
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Evelyn		 0.90% +14 +958 +46.1%
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Annie		 0.86% -1 +117 +4.2%
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Grace		 0.81% -1 +121 +4.6%
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Louise		 0.78% +3 +312 +13.5%
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Irene		 0.78% -2 +194 +8.0%
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Hazel		 0.75% 0 +215 +9.3%
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Gertrude		 0.74% -2 +124 +5.2%
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Catherine		 0.73% +1 +227 +10.2%
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Bertha		 0.70% -1 +61 +2.6%
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Emma		 0.70% +1 +132 +5.9%
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Thelma		 0.69% +3 +225 +10.6%
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Clara		 0.69% -2 +91 +4.1%
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Bessie		 0.69% -9 -85 -3.5%
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Martha		 0.67% -2 +75 +3.4%
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Edith		 0.65% -2 +17 +0.8%
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Josephine		 0.64% +5 +256 +13.5%
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Ruby		 0.63% +2 +151 +7.7%
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Pearl		 0.63% 0 +73 +3.6%
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Mabel		 0.61% -2 +15 +0.7%
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Esther		 0.61% -4 -3 -0.1%
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Ida		 0.59% +5 +227 +12.9%
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Myrtle		 0.57% -2 +8 +0.4%
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Minnie		 0.57% -1 +130 +7.3%
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Virginia		 0.56% +10 +402 +27.0%
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Eva		 0.56% 0 +126 +7.2%
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Elsie		 0.56% -3 +101 +5.7%
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Beatrice		 0.55% +1 +179 +10.7%
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Lucille		 0.55% +1 +177 +10.6%
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Agnes		 0.54% -5 +70 +4.0%
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Viola		 0.54% 0 +130 +7.8%
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Sarah		 0.53% -4 +102 +6.0%
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Julia		 0.50% -1 +77 +4.8%
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Nellie		 0.50% -1 +75 +4.7%
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Laura		 0.48% +1 +154 +10.5%
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Pauline		 0.47% +1 +163 +11.4%
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Lillie		 0.46% -3 +36 +2.4%
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Ella		 0.43% 0 +108 +8.0%
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Katherine		 0.42% +1 +136 +10.6%
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Willie		 0.41% +3 +161 +13.1%
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Mae		 0.41% +3 +150 +12.2%
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Alma		 0.40% -1 +81 +6.4%
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Mattie		 0.39% -4 -6 -0.5%
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Jessie		 0.39% -2 +67 +5.4%
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Carrie		 0.38% +1 +95 +8.0%
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Ann		 0.38% +8 +200 +18.8%
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Marion		 0.37% 0 +68 +5.7%
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Lena		 0.37% -3 +32 +2.7%
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Bernice		 0.35% +1 +78 +7.0%
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Blanche		 0.34% -2 -17 -1.4%
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Eleanor		 0.34% 0 +67 +6.2%
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Lucy		 0.34% +1 +75 +7.0%
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Vera		 0.34% 0 +69 +6.4%
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Stella		 0.34% -5 +9 +0.8%
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Hattie		 0.34% 0 +86 +8.1%
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Leona		 0.33% 0 +89 +8.8%
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Beulah		 0.32% +2 +112 +11.4%
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Fannie		 0.32% +2 +134 +14.0%
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Mamie		 0.31% -2 +57 +5.7%
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Doris		 0.30% +7 +167 +19.5%
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Betty		 0.30% +4 +153 +17.7%
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Jennie		 0.30% -4 +12 +1.2%
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Anne		 0.29% +6 +145 +17.4%
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Cora		 0.29% -3 +17 +1.8%
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Violet		 0.28% +5 +126 +15.2%
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Rosa		 0.27% -1 +59 +6.8%
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Ada		 0.27% +4 +87 +10.6%
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Lula		 0.27% -6 -6 -0.7%
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Lois		 0.27% +3 +100 +12.5%
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Opal		 0.26% +9 +171 +23.8%
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Marguerite		 0.26% +2 +97 +12.3%
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Kathryn		 0.26% -10 -47 -5.2%
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Ellen		 0.25% -9 -43 -4.8%
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Velma		 0.25% +4 +133 +18.4%
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Maggie		 0.25% -7 +7 +0.8%
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Georgia		 0.23% +4 +81 +11.5%
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Marjorie		 0.23% +1 +59 +8.1%
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Dora		 0.23% -3 +25 +3.3%
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Sadie		 0.23% -3 +23 +3.1%
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Jean		 0.23% +4 +104 +15.6%
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Susie		 0.22% +1 +63 +9.1%
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Daisy		 0.22% -8 -34 -4.4%
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Theresa		 0.22% 0 +65 +9.7%
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Emily		 0.21% +3 +95 +15.3%
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Popularity extremes for the United States