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		 5.49% 0 +1,859 +19.4%
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James		 4.41% +1 +1,599 +21.1%
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William		 4.24% -1 +931 +11.8%
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Robert		 2.69% +1 +1,046 +22.9%
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George		 2.61% -1 +753 +16.1%
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Joseph		 2.51% 0 +880 +20.2%
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Charles		 2.29% 0 +755 +18.7%
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Frank		 1.81% 0 +524 +16.2%
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Edward		 1.63% 0 +473 +16.1%
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Henry		 1.39% +1 +488 +20.2%
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Willie		 1.39% +2 +722 +33.2%
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Thomas		 1.37% -2 +383 +15.5%
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Walter		 1.25% -1 +309 +13.5%
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Albert		 1.05% +1 +367 +20.2%
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Paul		 0.96% +2 +329 +19.6%
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Harry		 0.95% -2 +54 +2.8%
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Arthur		 0.93% +1 +277 +16.6%
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Harold		 0.92% -2 +184 +10.7%
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Raymond		 0.83% +1 +296 +20.5%
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Clarence		 0.82% -1 +188 +12.4%
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Richard		 0.79% 0 +227 +15.9%
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Fred		 0.76% 0 +232 +17.1%
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Jack		 0.76% +4 +426 +37.0%
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Louis		 0.75% 0 +338 +27.5%
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Joe		 0.75% -2 +261 +20.2%
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Carl		 0.64% -1 +124 +10.2%
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Howard		 0.63% -1 +144 +12.3%
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Ralph		 0.61% +2 +187 +17.1%
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Roy		 0.61% -1 +132 +11.6%
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David		 0.60% -1 +164 +15.0%
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Ernest		 0.56% +3 +282 +31.9%
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Samuel		 0.54% 0 +146 +14.9%
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Earl		 0.53% -2 +102 +10.1%
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Charlie		 0.53% +2 +274 +32.9%
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Lawrence		 0.48% 0 +155 +18.1%
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Francis		 0.48% -3 +114 +12.9%
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Anthony		 0.47% +3 +222 +29.3%
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Alfred		 0.44% +1 +159 +20.8%
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Eugene		 0.43% +4 +164 +22.7%
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Sam		 0.43% +5 +188 +26.9%
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Herbert		 0.43% -4 +55 +6.6%
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Andrew		 0.42% -4 +118 +15.4%
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Kenneth		 0.42% -2 +134 +18.0%
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Donald		 0.41% -2 +135 +18.6%
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Michael		 0.41% +2 +209 +32.9%
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Leonard		 0.38% 0 +128 +19.2%
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Stanley		 0.37% +3 +154 +25.4%
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Elmer		 0.36% -3 +73 +10.6%
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Lee		 0.36% +3 +157 +26.9%
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Leroy		 0.35% +5 +165 +29.0%
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Leo		 0.34% -2 +98 +16.1%
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Herman		 0.33% -4 +78 +12.6%
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Daniel		 0.33% +1 +123 +21.6%
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Theodore		 0.33% -2 +97 +16.3%
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Floyd		 0.33% -2 +117 +20.5%
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Peter		 0.30% 0 +92 +17.1%
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Clyde		 0.30% +3 +101 +19.6%
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Russell		 0.30% 0 +87 +16.5%
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Eddie		 0.29% +10 +133 +28.8%
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Jesse		 0.28% -1 +73 +14.1%
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Chester		 0.27% +5 +86 +18.1%
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Bernard		 0.27% +6 +97 +21.0%
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Norman		 0.27% +12 +142 +34.2%
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Lester		 0.27% -3 +55 +11.0%
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Lewis		 0.27% -1 +78 +16.4%
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Clifford		 0.26% -9 +15 +2.8%
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Lloyd		 0.26% +9 +133 +32.3%
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Ray		 0.26% -1 +70 +14.7%
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Frederick		 0.26% -5 +66 +13.8%
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Benjamin		 0.26% -7 +47 +9.6%
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Edwin		 0.26% -8 +44 +8.9%
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Jessie		 0.25% 0 +84 +19.4%
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Oscar		 0.24% -3 +46 +10.0%
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Johnnie		 0.24% +3 +101 +25.2%
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Melvin		 0.23% -4 +34 +7.6%
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Milton		 0.23% +5 +107 +29.0%
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Cecil		 0.23% -5 +40 +9.3%
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Claude		 0.22% -4 +44 +10.5%
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Ben		 0.22% +5 +96 +26.8%
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Edgar		 0.21% +6 +94 +27.1%
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Leon		 0.21% -1 +58 +15.4%
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Tom		 0.21% +6 +88 +25.9%
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Philip		 0.20% -5 +23 +5.8%
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Marvin		 0.20% +1 +59 +16.7%
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Alvin		 0.19% -3 +38 +10.5%
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Martin		 0.19% -7 +5 +1.3%
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Luther		 0.18% -1 +36 +10.4%
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Everett		 0.18% +2 +68 +21.7%
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Harvey		 0.18% -5 +21 +5.8%
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Victor		 0.18% -1 +52 +16.3%
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Morris		 0.18% +3 +62 +20.3%
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Allen		 0.17% +1 +43 +13.8%
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Sidney		 0.17% +26 +120 +51.5%
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Vernon		 0.17% +3 +67 +23.6%
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Julius		 0.17% +3 +81 +30.1%
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Stephen		 0.17% -5 +36 +11.5%
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Glenn		 0.17% +6 +88 +33.7%
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Homer		 0.17% -6 +34 +10.9%
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Vincent		 0.16% +2 +79 +29.9%
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Jim		 0.16% +5 +72 +27.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.45% 0 +3,589 +18.6%
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Helen		 2.50% 0 +1,229 +13.3%
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Margaret		 1.96% 0 +867 +11.8%
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Dorothy		 1.74% +1 +1,065 +17.0%
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Ruth		 1.72% -1 +703 +10.8%
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Anna		 1.53% 0 +632 +10.9%
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Elizabeth		 1.38% 0 +624 +12.1%
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Mildred		 1.36% 0 +638 +12.6%
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Marie		 1.14% 0 +489 +11.4%
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Alice		 1.11% 0 +501 +12.0%
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Frances		 1.06% +1 +668 +17.7%
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Florence		 1.02% -1 +493 +13.0%
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Ethel		 0.99% 0 +485 +13.2%
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Lillian		 0.98% 0 +531 +14.8%
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Gladys		 0.92% 0 +304 +8.6%
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Rose		 0.92% +1 +463 +13.7%
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Evelyn		 0.90% +1 +620 +19.6%
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Edna		 0.87% -2 +235 +6.9%
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Annie		 0.84% +3 +615 +21.2%
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Louise		 0.82% -1 +438 +14.5%
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Irene		 0.78% -1 +320 +10.8%
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Catherine		 0.75% +1 +264 +9.1%
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Grace		 0.75% -2 +233 +8.0%
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Hazel		 0.72% 0 +324 +12.0%
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Thelma		 0.71% +1 +364 +13.9%
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Gertrude		 0.70% -1 +310 +11.8%
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Ruby		 0.69% 0 +369 +14.6%
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Martha		 0.68% 0 +348 +13.9%
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Virginia		 0.68% +1 +435 +18.0%
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Josephine		 0.67% +1 +385 +15.9%
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Lucille		 0.64% +5 +500 +22.8%
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Clara		 0.64% 0 +262 +10.9%
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Bertha		 0.63% -4 +207 +8.5%
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Emma		 0.62% 0 +269 +11.5%
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Edith		 0.62% -2 +221 +9.3%
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Beatrice		 0.59% +2 +354 +16.8%
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Bessie		 0.57% -2 +116 +5.1%
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Esther		 0.57% -1 +193 +8.8%
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Pearl		 0.52% +1 +129 +6.3%
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Sarah		 0.52% +9 +328 +17.8%
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Agnes		 0.52% +1 +189 +9.6%
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Pauline		 0.51% +5 +257 +13.6%
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Myrtle		 0.51% 0 +195 +10.0%
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Elsie		 0.51% -5 +77 +3.7%
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Eva		 0.51% +2 +227 +12.0%
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Mabel		 0.51% -4 +116 +5.8%
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Ida		 0.50% -3 +164 +8.4%
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Viola		 0.50% -2 +164 +8.5%
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Julia		 0.49% -4 +143 +7.4%
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Minnie		 0.47% 0 +204 +11.5%
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Nellie		 0.46% 0 +160 +9.0%
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Ann		 0.44% +4 +365 +24.7%
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Laura		 0.44% +2 +310 +20.3%
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Lillie		 0.44% -2 +189 +11.6%
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Eleanor		 0.43% +2 +338 +23.2%
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Willie		 0.43% -2 +247 +15.9%
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Katherine		 0.42% -4 +195 +12.5%
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Bernice		 0.41% +4 +384 +28.7%
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Marion		 0.41% -1 +258 +17.9%
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Mattie		 0.40% -1 +280 +19.9%
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Alma		 0.39% 0 +255 +18.5%
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Ella		 0.38% -2 +205 +14.8%
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Jessie		 0.37% 0 +220 +16.7%
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Doris		 0.37% 0 +238 +18.3%
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Mae		 0.35% +3 +223 +18.1%
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Lena		 0.34% -1 +136 +10.5%
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Anne		 0.34% +9 +303 +27.3%
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Marjorie		 0.33% +9 +309 +28.6%
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Betty		 0.33% +8 +307 +28.4%
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Carrie		 0.33% -4 +105 +8.2%
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Vera		 0.32% -4 +104 +8.4%
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Stella		 0.31% -2 +131 +11.0%
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Hattie		 0.31% +2 +180 +15.9%
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Blanche		 0.31% -5 +71 +5.8%
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Lucy		 0.31% -4 +108 +9.2%
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Lois		 0.30% -3 +114 +9.9%
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Jean		 0.30% +13 +306 +32.6%
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Fannie		 0.30% +1 +166 +15.5%
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Leona		 0.29% -7 +53 +4.5%
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Kathryn		 0.29% -6 +60 +5.3%
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Jennie		 0.28% +2 +185 +18.5%
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Beulah		 0.27% -2 +79 +7.5%
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Rosa		 0.27% +5 +172 +17.9%
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Marguerite		 0.26% -3 +50 +4.8%
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Cora		 0.26% 0 +110 +11.4%
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Mamie		 0.26% -1 +105 +10.8%
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Opal		 0.25% -5 +23 +2.2%
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Ellen		 0.25% -2 +78 +8.1%
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Violet		 0.25% -1 +92 +9.7%
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Velma		 0.25% +2 +178 +20.8%
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Georgia		 0.24% +6 +197 +24.2%
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Sylvia		 0.24% +1 +153 +18.1%
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Lula		 0.23% -2 +53 +5.7%
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Ada		 0.23% -6 +15 +1.6%
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Maggie		 0.22% +3 +146 +18.4%
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Theresa		 0.22% +10 +202 +27.9%
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Inez		 0.22% -1 +90 +10.9%
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Genevieve		 0.22% +1 +123 +15.7%
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Charlotte		 0.21% -5 +55 +6.5%
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Sadie		 0.21% +3 +137 +18.3%
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Popularity extremes for the United States