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		 5.42% 0 +249 +2.7%
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William		 4.47% 0 +384 +5.1%
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James		 4.29% 0 +583 +8.3%
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George		 2.65% 0 +104 +2.3%
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Robert		 2.58% 0 +344 +8.2%
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Joseph		 2.46% 0 +186 +4.5%
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Charles		 2.28% 0 +100 +2.5%
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Frank		 1.83% 0 +98 +3.1%
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Edward		 1.66% 0 +228 +8.4%
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Thomas		 1.40% 0 +167 +7.3%
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Henry		 1.36% 0 +128 +5.6%
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Walter		 1.29% 0 +95 +4.3%
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Willie		 1.23% 0 +211 +10.7%
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Harry		 1.09% 0 -10 -0.5%
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Albert		 1.03% 0 +174 +10.6%
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Harold		 0.98% +1 +183 +11.9%
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Paul		 0.95% +1 +198 +13.4%
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Arthur		 0.94% -2 +64 +4.0%
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Clarence		 0.86% 0 +90 +6.3%
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Raymond		 0.82% 0 +60 +4.3%
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Richard		 0.81% +2 +183 +14.7%
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Fred		 0.77% -2 -26 -1.9%
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Joe		 0.73% +1 +83 +6.9%
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Louis		 0.70% -2 -86 -6.5%
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Carl		 0.69% +4 +141 +13.1%
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Howard		 0.66% +2 +88 +8.2%
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Jack		 0.65% 0 +64 +5.9%
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Roy		 0.64% -2 +38 +3.5%
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David		 0.62% +1 +78 +7.7%
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Ralph		 0.62% -5 -47 -4.1%
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Earl		 0.57% +1 +8 +0.8%
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Samuel		 0.56% +1 +23 +2.4%
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Francis		 0.50% +1 +33 +3.9%
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Ernest		 0.50% -3 -115 -11.5%
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Lawrence		 0.48% 0 +39 +4.8%
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Charlie		 0.47% +1 +93 +12.6%
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Herbert		 0.47% -1 +72 +9.5%
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Andrew		 0.43% +1 +44 +6.1%
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Alfred		 0.43% -1 +24 +3.2%
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Anthony		 0.43% +1 +68 +9.9%
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Kenneth		 0.42% -1 +54 +7.8%
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Donald		 0.41% +3 +61 +9.2%
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Eugene		 0.41% -1 +35 +5.1%
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Sam		 0.40% +2 +56 +8.7%
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Elmer		 0.39% -3 -2 -0.3%
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Leonard		 0.38% +2 +51 +8.3%
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Michael		 0.36% -3 -53 -7.7%
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Herman		 0.35% +2 +56 +10.0%
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Leo		 0.34% 0 +25 +4.3%
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Stanley		 0.34% +2 +60 +11.0%
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Theodore		 0.34% -4 -48 -7.5%
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Lee		 0.33% -1 +31 +5.6%
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Floyd		 0.32% +2 +41 +7.8%
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Daniel		 0.32% 0 +39 +7.4%
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Leroy		 0.32% +1 +45 +8.6%
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Peter		 0.31% -3 -3 -0.6%
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Clifford		 0.30% +1 +21 +4.1%
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Russell		 0.30% -2 +5 +1.0%
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Jesse		 0.29% +3 +35 +7.3%
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Clyde		 0.29% -1 +5 +1.0%
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Lester		 0.28% -1 -8 -1.6%
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Edwin		 0.28% +2 +15 +3.1%
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Benjamin		 0.28% 0 +9 +1.9%
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Frederick		 0.27% +4 +39 +8.9%
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Lewis		 0.27% -3 -12 -2.5%
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Chester		 0.27% 0 +14 +3.0%
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Ray		 0.27% +1 +29 +6.5%
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Bernard		 0.26% +2 +49 +11.8%
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Eddie		 0.26% +2 +49 +11.9%
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Oscar		 0.26% -5 -17 -3.6%
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Melvin		 0.25% +4 +82 +22.4%
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Cecil		 0.24% 0 +35 +8.8%
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Jessie		 0.24% +5 +77 +21.7%
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Claude		 0.24% -5 -9 -2.1%
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Norman		 0.24% -1 +41 +11.0%
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Lloyd		 0.23% -3 +18 +4.6%
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Johnnie		 0.23% +8 +80 +24.9%
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Philip		 0.22% +8 +76 +23.8%
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Martin		 0.22% +4 +60 +18.1%
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Leon		 0.21% +4 +50 +15.3%
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Milton		 0.21% -2 +23 +6.6%
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Alvin		 0.21% +7 +56 +18.2%
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Harvey		 0.20% -1 +22 +6.5%
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Ben		 0.20% -6 +5 +1.4%
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Marvin		 0.20% +2 +43 +13.8%
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Edgar		 0.20% -10 -13 -3.6%
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Luther		 0.20% +5 +55 +18.8%
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Tom		 0.19% -8 0 0.0%
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Victor		 0.18% -1 +12 +3.9%
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Everett		 0.18% 0 +20 +6.8%
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Stephen		 0.18% +4 +34 +12.1%
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Homer		 0.18% -12 -27 -7.9%
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Allen		 0.18% -1 +25 +8.7%
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Morris		 0.17% +4 +36 +13.4%
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Gerald		 0.17% +2 +31 +11.5%
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Leslie		 0.17% -1 +13 +4.7%
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Vernon		 0.16% -4 -1 -0.4%
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Julius		 0.15% +1 +6 +2.3%
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Otis		 0.15% +6 +24 +9.9%
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Will		 0.15% -3 -7 -2.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.23% 0 +594 +3.2%
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Helen		 2.51% 0 +811 +9.6%
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Margaret		 2.00% 0 +383 +5.5%
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Ruth		 1.77% 0 +329 +5.3%
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Dorothy		 1.70% +1 +550 +9.6%
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Anna		 1.58% -1 -56 -1.0%
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Elizabeth		 1.41% 0 +272 +5.5%
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Mildred		 1.37% 0 +430 +9.3%
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Marie		 1.17% +1 +225 +5.5%
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Alice		 1.13% -1 -100 -2.3%
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Florence		 1.03% 0 -94 -2.4%
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Frances		 1.03% +2 +187 +5.2%
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Ethel		 1.00% -1 -125 -3.3%
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Lillian		 0.98% -1 -38 -1.0%
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Gladys		 0.96% 0 -42 -1.2%
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Edna		 0.93% +1 +64 +1.9%
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Rose		 0.92% -1 -8 -0.2%
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Evelyn		 0.86% +2 +300 +10.5%
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Louise		 0.82% -1 +82 +2.8%
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Irene		 0.80% +3 +229 +8.4%
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Grace		 0.79% -2 +11 +0.4%
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Annie		 0.79% -1 +84 +3.0%
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Catherine		 0.79% -1 +147 +5.3%
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Hazel		 0.74% 0 +10 +0.4%
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Gertrude		 0.71% 0 +60 +2.3%
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Thelma		 0.71% 0 +86 +3.4%
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Ruby		 0.69% +6 +295 +13.2%
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Martha		 0.68% +4 +186 +8.0%
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Bertha		 0.66% 0 +60 +2.5%
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Virginia		 0.66% +5 +225 +10.3%
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Josephine		 0.66% -3 +27 +1.1%
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Clara		 0.65% -1 +51 +2.2%
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Edith		 0.64% -6 -39 -1.6%
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Emma		 0.64% -4 -19 -0.8%
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Bessie		 0.62% -1 +75 +3.4%
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Lucille		 0.60% +2 +112 +5.4%
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Esther		 0.59% -1 -2 -0.1%
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Beatrice		 0.57% +2 +108 +5.4%
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Elsie		 0.56% +2 +81 +4.1%
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Pearl		 0.56% -1 -27 -1.3%
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Mabel		 0.55% -4 -89 -4.2%
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Agnes		 0.54% +3 +40 +2.1%
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Myrtle		 0.53% 0 -2 -0.1%
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Ida		 0.53% -1 -9 -0.5%
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Julia		 0.53% +5 +182 +10.4%
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Viola		 0.52% -4 -38 -1.9%
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Eva		 0.52% -1 -34 -1.8%
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Pauline		 0.52% +4 +194 +11.4%
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Sarah		 0.50% -1 +31 +1.7%
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Minnie		 0.48% -3 -38 -2.1%
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Nellie		 0.48% -2 +11 +0.6%
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Lillie		 0.44% +2 +164 +11.1%
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Katherine		 0.42% +2 +127 +8.9%
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Willie		 0.42% +5 +178 +13.0%
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Laura		 0.41% -3 -34 -2.2%
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Ann		 0.40% +6 +123 +9.1%
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Eleanor		 0.40% +8 +158 +12.1%
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Marion		 0.39% +5 +96 +7.1%
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Mattie		 0.38% +1 +43 +3.2%
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Ella		 0.38% -4 -46 -3.2%
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Alma		 0.37% -8 -99 -6.7%
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Bernice		 0.36% -1 -26 -1.9%
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Jessie		 0.36% -5 -61 -4.4%
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Doris		 0.35% +6 +143 +12.4%
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Lena		 0.35% -1 -36 -2.7%
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Carrie		 0.35% 0 +37 +3.0%
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Vera		 0.34% +1 +38 +3.2%
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Mae		 0.33% -11 -154 -11.1%
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Blanche		 0.33% 0 +55 +4.7%
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Stella		 0.32% -3 -28 -2.3%
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Lucy		 0.32% +2 +57 +5.1%
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Leona		 0.32% +1 +49 +4.4%
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Lois		 0.31% +7 +134 +13.1%
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Kathryn		 0.31% +3 +80 +7.6%
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Hattie		 0.31% -4 -3 -0.3%
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Anne		 0.30% -1 +22 +2.0%
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Betty		 0.29% -5 -46 -4.1%
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Marjorie		 0.29% +8 +140 +14.9%
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Fannie		 0.29% -3 -14 -1.3%
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Beulah		 0.29% +2 +37 +3.6%
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Marguerite		 0.28% +7 +123 +13.5%
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Opal		 0.28% +2 +73 +7.6%
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Jennie		 0.27% -5 -40 -3.9%
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Mamie		 0.27% -5 -54 -5.3%
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Cora		 0.26% -2 +7 +0.7%
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Ellen		 0.26% +6 +112 +13.2%
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Rosa		 0.26% -1 +18 +1.9%
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Ada		 0.26% -1 +23 +2.5%
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Violet		 0.26% -7 -72 -7.1%
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Jean		 0.26% +1 +88 +10.3%
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Lula		 0.25% -2 +30 +3.4%
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Velma		 0.23% -2 -3 -0.3%
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Sylvia		 0.23% +8 +99 +13.2%
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Charlotte		 0.23% +4 +75 +9.8%
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Dora		 0.23% -2 +23 +2.9%
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Inez		 0.22% +4 +69 +9.1%
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Georgia		 0.22% 0 +45 +5.9%
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Maggie		 0.22% -3 +22 +2.8%
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Genevieve		 0.21% +9 +131 +20.0%
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Hilda		 0.21% +2 +38 +5.2%
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Popularity extremes for the United States