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 · Girls
Boys
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John		 5.57% 0
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William		 4.39% +1
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James		 4.12% -1
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George		 2.73% +1
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Robert		 2.70% -1
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Joseph		 2.69% 0
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Charles		 2.37% 0
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Frank		 1.79% 0
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Edward		 1.73% 0
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Thomas		 1.36% +2
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Henry		 1.31% -1
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Walter		 1.27% +1
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Harry		 1.05% +3
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Willie		 1.03% -3
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Albert		 1.03% -1
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Harold		 1.01% +2
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Paul		 0.99% -2
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Arthur		 0.98% -1
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Raymond		 0.87% 0
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Richard		 0.84% +1
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Louis		 0.76% +3
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Fred		 0.75% 0
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Clarence		 0.74% -3
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Ralph		 0.69% +4
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Jack		 0.69% -2
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Carl		 0.65% 0
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David		 0.65% +3
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Howard		 0.61% -1
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Joe		 0.60% -4
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Samuel		 0.58% +2
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Roy		 0.58% -2
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Ernest		 0.55% -1
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Francis		 0.54% +3
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Earl		 0.54% -1
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Anthony		 0.53% +2
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Donald		 0.53% +8
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Lawrence		 0.51% -2
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Michael		 0.48% +7
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Alfred		 0.48% -1
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Kenneth		 0.48% +3
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Herbert		 0.47% 0
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Andrew		 0.46% 0
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Eugene		 0.44% -4
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Stanley		 0.41% +3
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Charlie		 0.41% -11
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Leonard		 0.40% 0
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Sam		 0.38% -8
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Elmer		 0.37% 0
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Herman		 0.35% +3
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Peter		 0.35% +6
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Leo		 0.35% 0
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Frederick		 0.33% +17
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Daniel		 0.33% 0
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Bernard		 0.32% +8
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Russell		 0.32% +3
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Theodore		 0.31% -3
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Floyd		 0.30% -2
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Chester		 0.29% +3
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Leroy		 0.29% -9
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Edwin		 0.29% +10
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Clyde		 0.29% -4
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Clifford		 0.29% +4
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Norman		 0.29% 0
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Benjamin		 0.29% +6
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Lester		 0.27% -1
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Lewis		 0.27% -1
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Lee		 0.27% -18
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Oscar		 0.26% +5
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Philip		 0.25% +14
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Milton		 0.25% +6
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Ray		 0.25% -4
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Jesse		 0.25% -12
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Melvin		 0.25% +2
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Lloyd		 0.24% -7
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Martin		 0.24% +11
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Cecil		 0.23% +1
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Leon		 0.22% +4
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Eddie		 0.22% -19
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Jessie		 0.21% -7
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Vincent		 0.21% +19
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Victor		 0.20% +9
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Marvin		 0.20% +2
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Edgar		 0.20% -3
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Stephen		 0.20% +12
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Morris		 0.20% +6
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Ben		 0.19% -7
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Claude		 0.19% -9
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Gerald		 0.19% +17
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Alvin		 0.19% -4
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Johnnie		 0.19% -16
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Harvey		 0.19% -3
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Sidney		 0.18% +1
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Irving		 0.18% +25
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Alexander		 0.18% +7
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Homer		 0.17% +3
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Vernon		 0.17% -2
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Gordon		 0.17% +22
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Allen		 0.17% -6
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Maurice		 0.16% +11
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Luther		 0.16% -13
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.52% 0
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Helen		 2.67% 0
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Margaret		 2.10% 0
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Dorothy		 2.01% 0
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Ruth		 1.81% 0
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Anna		 1.53% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.43% 0
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Mildred		 1.42% 0
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Marie		 1.14% 0
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Frances		 1.12% +1
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Alice		 1.09% -1
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Florence		 1.00% 0
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Lillian		 0.99% +1
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Rose		 0.94% +2
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Ethel		 0.94% -2
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Evelyn		 0.92% +1
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Edna		 0.90% +1
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Gladys		 0.89% -3
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Louise		 0.84% +1
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Catherine		 0.81% +2
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Irene		 0.79% 0
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Ruby		 0.76% +5
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Grace		 0.75% 0
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Annie		 0.75% -5
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Hazel		 0.75% -1
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Virginia		 0.74% +3
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Thelma		 0.72% -2
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Martha		 0.68% 0
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Josephine		 0.68% +1
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Gertrude		 0.66% -4
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Edith		 0.64% +4
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Lucille		 0.62% -1
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Clara		 0.61% -1
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Esther		 0.61% +4
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Emma		 0.59% -1
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Bertha		 0.59% -3
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Beatrice		 0.57% -1
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Pauline		 0.53% +4
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Agnes		 0.52% +2
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Bessie		 0.52% -3
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Elsie		 0.50% +3
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Sarah		 0.50% -2
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Mabel		 0.49% +2
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Julia		 0.49% +5
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Ida		 0.48% +2
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Eva		 0.48% -1
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Viola		 0.47% +1
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Pearl		 0.47% -9
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Eleanor		 0.46% +6
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Myrtle		 0.46% -7
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Bernice		 0.43% +7
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Minnie		 0.43% -2
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Ann		 0.43% -1
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Nellie		 0.42% -3
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Katherine		 0.42% +2
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Doris		 0.41% +8
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Laura		 0.41% -4
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Marion		 0.40% +1
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Marjorie		 0.39% +9
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Lillie		 0.38% -6
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Willie		 0.37% -5
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Alma		 0.37% -1
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Ella		 0.36% -1
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Anne		 0.36% +3
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Mattie		 0.35% -5
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Jessie		 0.35% -3
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Vera		 0.34% +4
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Lois		 0.34% +8
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Betty		 0.33% 0
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Lena		 0.33% -4
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Mae		 0.33% -5
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Stella		 0.32% 0
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Kathryn		 0.32% +7
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Jean		 0.31% +3
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Blanche		 0.31% -1
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Leona		 0.30% +3
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Lucy		 0.30% -2
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Carrie		 0.29% -8
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Beulah		 0.28% +3
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Vivian		 0.27% +27
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Opal		 0.27% +6
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Sylvia		 0.27% +10
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Violet		 0.27% +6
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Ellen		 0.26% +4
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Jennie		 0.26% -4
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Hattie		 0.26% -13
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Marguerite		 0.25% -3
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Fannie		 0.25% -10
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Mamie		 0.25% -4
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Velma		 0.24% 0
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Cora		 0.23% -6
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Rosa		 0.23% -9
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Genevieve		 0.22% +5
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Lula		 0.22% -1
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Charlotte		 0.22% +4
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Georgia		 0.22% -5
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Ada		 0.21% -3
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Jane		 0.21% +18
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Inez		 0.21% -2
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Theresa		 0.21% -4
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Popularity extremes for the United States