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		 5.62% 0 +359 +4.0%
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William		 4.53% 0 +625 +9.1%
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James		 4.22% 0 +305 +4.5%
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George		 2.76% 0 +139 +3.1%
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Robert		 2.54% 0 +199 +5.0%
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Joseph		 2.50% +1 +318 +8.3%
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Charles		 2.36% -1 +45 +1.2%
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Frank		 1.89% 0 +203 +6.9%
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Edward		 1.63% 0 +131 +5.1%
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Thomas		 1.38% +1 +126 +5.8%
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Henry		 1.37% -1 +80 +3.6%
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Walter		 1.32% 0 +97 +4.6%
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Willie		 1.18% 0 -4 -0.2%
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Harry		 1.16% 0 +121 +6.7%
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Albert		 0.99% 0 +6 +0.4%
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Arthur		 0.96% 0 +48 +3.1%
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Harold		 0.93% 0 +90 +6.2%
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Paul		 0.89% +2 +120 +8.8%
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Clarence		 0.86% -1 +39 +2.8%
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Fred		 0.83% -1 +10 +0.7%
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Raymond		 0.83% +1 +91 +7.1%
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Louis		 0.79% +3 +206 +18.5%
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Richard		 0.75% -1 +9 +0.7%
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Joe		 0.73% -1 +32 +2.7%
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Ralph		 0.68% +4 +141 +14.1%
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Roy		 0.66% -2 -31 -2.7%
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Jack		 0.65% -1 +67 +6.6%
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Howard		 0.65% +5 +203 +23.2%
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Carl		 0.65% -2 +56 +5.5%
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David		 0.61% +1 +71 +7.5%
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Ernest		 0.60% -1 +22 +2.2%
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Earl		 0.60% -4 -7 -0.7%
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Samuel		 0.58% -1 +68 +7.6%
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Francis		 0.51% +3 +136 +19.0%
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Lawrence		 0.49% -1 +14 +1.7%
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Herbert		 0.46% +3 +49 +6.9%
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Charlie		 0.45% -2 -53 -6.7%
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Alfred		 0.44% -2 +1 +0.1%
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Andrew		 0.43% +1 +14 +2.0%
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Kenneth		 0.42% +7 +103 +17.5%
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Anthony		 0.42% +5 +97 +16.4%
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Elmer		 0.41% +2 +73 +11.9%
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Eugene		 0.41% -1 -2 -0.3%
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Michael		 0.41% +4 +102 +17.4%
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Donald		 0.40% -1 +48 +7.8%
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Sam		 0.39% -3 +13 +2.1%
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Theodore		 0.39% -9 -69 -9.7%
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Leonard		 0.37% +3 +67 +12.2%
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Leo		 0.35% -7 -67 -10.3%
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Herman		 0.34% -1 +1 +0.2%
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Lee		 0.33% +3 +37 +7.2%
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Stanley		 0.33% +2 +31 +6.0%
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Peter		 0.33% +8 +69 +14.6%
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Daniel		 0.32% -2 +2 +0.4%
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Floyd		 0.32% -2 +8 +1.5%
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Leroy		 0.31% -6 -27 -4.9%
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Russell		 0.31% +1 +20 +4.0%
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Clifford		 0.31% +7 +70 +15.7%
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Clyde		 0.31% -3 +4 +0.8%
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Lester		 0.31% -2 +18 +3.7%
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Lewis		 0.29% +5 +62 +14.5%
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Jesse		 0.29% +1 +16 +3.4%
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Benjamin		 0.29% +1 +20 +4.3%
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Edwin		 0.29% -2 +9 +1.9%
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Oscar		 0.29% -6 -7 -1.4%
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Chester		 0.28% +1 +37 +8.7%
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Ray		 0.27% -7 -29 -6.1%
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Frederick		 0.26% 0 +28 +6.8%
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Claude		 0.26% +5 +64 +17.6%
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Bernard		 0.25% +3 +36 +9.5%
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Eddie		 0.25% -1 +19 +4.8%
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Cecil		 0.24% -3 -2 -0.5%
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Lloyd		 0.24% -2 +8 +2.1%
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Norman		 0.23% +1 +12 +3.3%
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Melvin		 0.22% +3 +35 +10.6%
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Edgar		 0.22% +5 +39 +12.1%
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Jessie		 0.21% -6 -31 -8.0%
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Ben		 0.21% +4 +39 +12.4%
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Milton		 0.21% +10 +54 +18.5%
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Homer		 0.20% +4 +28 +9.0%
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Tom		 0.20% +3 +27 +8.6%
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Harvey		 0.20% -5 +4 +1.2%
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Martin		 0.20% -4 +2 +0.6%
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Leon		 0.20% -4 +3 +0.9%
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Johnnie		 0.19% +1 +14 +4.6%
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Philip		 0.19% -10 -37 -10.4%
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Marvin		 0.19% 0 +7 +2.3%
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Victor		 0.19% +11 +63 +25.7%
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Alvin		 0.19% +10 +62 +25.3%
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Everett		 0.18% -2 -8 -2.6%
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Luther		 0.18% 0 +12 +4.3%
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Allen		 0.17% -7 -22 -7.1%
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Vernon		 0.17% +16 +63 +28.4%
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Stephen		 0.17% 0 +7 +2.6%
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Leslie		 0.17% -1 +6 +2.2%
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Will		 0.17% 0 +14 +5.4%
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Gerald		 0.16% +5 +31 +13.0%
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Morris		 0.16% -2 +9 +3.5%
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Julius		 0.16% +6 +32 +13.9%
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Virgil		 0.16% -7 -18 -6.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.27% 0 +1,085 +6.2%
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Helen		 2.38% 0 +860 +11.3%
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Margaret		 1.97% 0 +263 +3.9%
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Ruth		 1.74% +1 +607 +10.9%
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Anna		 1.65% -1 +285 +5.1%
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Dorothy		 1.61% 0 +736 +14.8%
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Elizabeth		 1.38% 0 +280 +6.1%
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Mildred		 1.30% 0 +347 +8.1%
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Alice		 1.20% 0 +163 +4.0%
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Marie		 1.15% 0 +196 +5.1%
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Florence		 1.10% 0 +133 +3.5%
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Ethel		 1.07% 0 +88 +2.4%
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Lillian		 1.03% 0 +92 +2.6%
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Frances		 1.01% +2 +294 +8.9%
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Gladys		 1.01% -1 +277 +8.4%
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Rose		 0.95% +1 +266 +8.5%
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Edna		 0.95% -2 +64 +1.9%
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Louise		 0.83% +3 +318 +12.1%
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Grace		 0.82% +1 +154 +5.6%
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Evelyn		 0.81% -2 -178 -5.9%
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Annie		 0.80% -2 -71 -2.5%
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Catherine		 0.78% +3 +293 +11.9%
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Irene		 0.77% -1 +115 +4.4%
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Hazel		 0.76% -1 +168 +6.6%
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Gertrude		 0.72% -1 +63 +2.5%
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Thelma		 0.71% +2 +187 +8.0%
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Edith		 0.68% +5 +233 +10.7%
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Josephine		 0.67% +5 +233 +10.8%
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Bertha		 0.67% -3 +21 +0.9%
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Emma		 0.67% -3 +1 +0.0%
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Clara		 0.66% -2 +33 +1.4%
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Martha		 0.66% -1 +50 +2.2%
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Ruby		 0.63% +1 +116 +5.5%
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Bessie		 0.62% -4 -110 -4.8%
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Virginia		 0.62% +6 +302 +16.0%
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Esther		 0.62% +1 +125 +6.1%
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Mabel		 0.59% -1 +27 +1.3%
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Lucille		 0.59% +7 +227 +12.3%
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Pearl		 0.59% -4 -33 -1.6%
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Beatrice		 0.56% +4 +139 +7.5%
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Elsie		 0.56% +2 +111 +5.9%
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Viola		 0.55% +5 +159 +8.8%
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Ida		 0.55% -5 -28 -1.4%
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Myrtle		 0.55% -4 +23 +1.2%
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Agnes		 0.55% +1 +105 +5.7%
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Eva		 0.54% -4 +46 +2.4%
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Minnie		 0.51% -7 -90 -4.7%
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Sarah		 0.51% 0 +15 +0.8%
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Nellie		 0.50% +1 +86 +5.1%
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Julia		 0.49% -1 +69 +4.1%
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Pauline		 0.48% +1 +111 +7.0%
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Laura		 0.44% -1 -63 -3.9%
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Alma		 0.42% +5 +127 +9.4%
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Lillie		 0.42% -1 -65 -4.2%
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Katherine		 0.40% 0 +17 +1.2%
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Ella		 0.40% -2 -23 -1.6%
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Mae		 0.39% 0 +9 +0.7%
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Jessie		 0.39% +2 +68 +5.2%
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Willie		 0.39% -3 -23 -1.6%
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Mattie		 0.39% -1 +45 +3.4%
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Bernice		 0.38% +4 +178 +15.0%
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Ann		 0.38% 0 +90 +7.1%
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Marion		 0.38% 0 +98 +7.8%
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Lena		 0.38% 0 +93 +7.5%
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Eleanor		 0.37% +2 +147 +12.7%
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Carrie		 0.35% -5 -44 -3.4%
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Stella		 0.34% +3 +66 +5.7%
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Vera		 0.34% 0 +52 +4.5%
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Blanche		 0.33% -3 +6 +0.5%
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Doris		 0.33% +6 +132 +12.9%
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Hattie		 0.32% 0 -5 -0.4%
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Betty		 0.32% +5 +110 +10.8%
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Leona		 0.32% -1 +12 +1.1%
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Lucy		 0.32% -5 -34 -3.0%
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Anne		 0.31% +4 +108 +11.0%
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Fannie		 0.31% -2 -4 -0.4%
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Kathryn		 0.30% +11 +194 +22.5%
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Jennie		 0.29% 0 +40 +4.0%
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Mamie		 0.29% -4 -31 -2.9%
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Lois		 0.29% +5 +124 +13.8%
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Violet		 0.29% 0 +61 +6.4%
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Beulah		 0.29% -9 -77 -7.1%
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Cora		 0.27% -3 -7 -0.7%
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Opal		 0.27% +2 +66 +7.4%
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Marjorie		 0.27% +7 +155 +19.7%
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Rosa		 0.27% -4 +17 +1.8%
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Ada		 0.26% -4 +16 +1.8%
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Marguerite		 0.26% -1 +25 +2.8%
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Lula		 0.25% -5 -13 -1.4%
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Velma		 0.24% 0 +6 +0.7%
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Jean		 0.24% +5 +82 +10.6%
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Ellen		 0.24% -3 -7 -0.8%
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Dora		 0.23% +1 +20 +2.5%
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Theresa		 0.22% +5 +61 +8.3%
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Maggie		 0.22% -4 -74 -8.7%
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Sadie		 0.22% -1 -1 -0.1%
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Georgia		 0.22% -5 -19 -2.4%
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Charlotte		 0.22% +7 +99 +14.8%
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Daisy		 0.22% -1 +26 +3.5%
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Inez		 0.21% +2 +77 +11.3%
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Popularity extremes for the United States