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		 5.57% 0 +1,996 +17.4%
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William		 4.39% +1 +1,749 +19.8%
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James		 4.12% -1 +757 +8.2%
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George		 2.73% +1 +1,145 +21.0%
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Robert		 2.70% -1 +917 +16.3%
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Joseph		 2.69% 0 +1,260 +24.1%
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Charles		 2.37% 0 +941 +19.7%
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Frank		 1.79% 0 +546 +14.5%
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Edward		 1.73% 0 +756 +22.2%
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Thomas		 1.36% +2 +441 +15.5%
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Henry		 1.31% -1 +268 +9.2%
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Walter		 1.27% +1 +478 +18.4%
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Harry		 1.05% +3 +560 +28.3%
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Willie		 1.03% -3 -405 -14.0%
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Albert		 1.03% -1 +295 +13.5%
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Harold		 1.01% +2 +539 +28.2%
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Paul		 0.99% -2 +388 +19.4%
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Arthur		 0.98% -1 +434 +22.3%
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Raymond		 0.87% 0 +351 +20.2%
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Richard		 0.84% +1 +376 +22.7%
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Louis		 0.76% +3 +269 +17.1%
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Fred		 0.75% 0 +221 +13.9%
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Clarence		 0.74% -3 +69 +4.0%
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Ralph		 0.69% +4 +396 +31.0%
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Jack		 0.69% -2 +92 +5.8%
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Carl		 0.65% 0 +235 +17.6%
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David		 0.65% +3 +298 +23.7%
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Howard		 0.61% -1 +157 +12.0%
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Joe		 0.60% -4 -104 -6.7%
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Samuel		 0.58% +2 +269 +23.8%
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Roy		 0.58% -2 +127 +10.0%
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Ernest		 0.55% -1 +171 +14.7%
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Francis		 0.54% +3 +311 +31.1%
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Earl		 0.54% -1 +196 +17.7%
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Anthony		 0.53% +2 +308 +31.4%
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Donald		 0.53% +8 +415 +48.3%
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Lawrence		 0.51% -2 +212 +21.0%
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Michael		 0.48% +7 +315 +37.3%
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Alfred		 0.48% -1 +236 +25.6%
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Kenneth		 0.48% +3 +269 +30.6%
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Herbert		 0.47% 0 +239 +27.0%
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Andrew		 0.46% 0 +214 +24.2%
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Eugene		 0.44% -4 +170 +19.1%
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Stanley		 0.41% +3 +236 +31.0%
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Charlie		 0.41% -11 -129 -11.7%
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Leonard		 0.40% 0 +160 +20.2%
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Sam		 0.38% -8 +40 +4.5%
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Elmer		 0.37% 0 +134 +17.6%
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Herman		 0.35% +3 +157 +22.6%
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Peter		 0.35% +6 +214 +33.9%
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Leo		 0.35% 0 +137 +19.4%
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Frederick		 0.33% +17 +259 +47.7%
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Daniel		 0.33% 0 +104 +15.0%
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Bernard		 0.32% +8 +217 +38.8%
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Russell		 0.32% +3 +155 +25.2%
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Theodore		 0.31% -3 +61 +8.8%
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Floyd		 0.30% -2 +47 +6.8%
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Chester		 0.29% +3 +147 +26.2%
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Leroy		 0.29% -9 -27 -3.7%
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Edwin		 0.29% +10 +163 +30.4%
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Clyde		 0.29% -4 +80 +13.0%
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Clifford		 0.29% +4 +143 +26.0%
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Norman		 0.29% 0 +134 +24.1%
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Benjamin		 0.29% +6 +154 +28.7%
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Lester		 0.27% -1 +101 +18.2%
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Lewis		 0.27% -1 +99 +17.8%
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Lee		 0.27% -18 -95 -12.8%
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Oscar		 0.26% +5 +131 +25.9%
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Philip		 0.25% +14 +194 +46.4%
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Milton		 0.25% +6 +132 +27.7%
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Ray		 0.25% -4 +57 +10.5%
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Jesse		 0.25% -12 +6 +1.0%
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Melvin		 0.25% +2 +112 +23.2%
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Lloyd		 0.24% -7 +45 +8.3%
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Martin		 0.24% +11 +171 +43.2%
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Cecil		 0.23% +1 +88 +18.6%
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Leon		 0.22% +4 +105 +24.1%
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Eddie		 0.22% -19 -72 -12.1%
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Jessie		 0.21% -7 -16 -3.1%
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Vincent		 0.21% +19 +153 +44.6%
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Victor		 0.20% +9 +121 +32.5%
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Marvin		 0.20% +2 +75 +18.2%
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Edgar		 0.20% -3 +45 +10.2%
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Stephen		 0.20% +12 +136 +38.9%
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Morris		 0.20% +6 +111 +30.2%
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Ben		 0.19% -7 +13 +2.9%
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Claude		 0.19% -9 +3 +0.6%
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Gerald		 0.19% +17 +173 +59.9%
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Alvin		 0.19% -4 +59 +14.7%
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Johnnie		 0.19% -16 -47 -9.4%
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Harvey		 0.19% -3 +64 +16.8%
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Sidney		 0.18% +1 +80 +22.7%
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Irving		 0.18% +25 +159 +58.5%
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Alexander		 0.18% +7 +102 +31.5%
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Homer		 0.17% +3 +72 +20.7%
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Vernon		 0.17% -2 +67 +19.1%
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Gordon		 0.17% +22 +139 +52.5%
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Allen		 0.17% -6 +47 +13.2%
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Maurice		 0.16% +11 +114 +40.3%
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Luther		 0.16% -13 +11 +2.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.52% 0 +1,542 +6.7%
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Helen		 2.67% 0 +1,322 +12.6%
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Margaret		 2.10% 0 +1,053 +12.8%
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Dorothy		 2.01% 0 +1,551 +21.2%
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Ruth		 1.81% 0 +791 +11.0%
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Anna		 1.53% 0 +317 +4.9%
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Elizabeth		 1.43% 0 +498 +8.6%
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Mildred		 1.42% 0 +579 +10.2%
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Marie		 1.14% 0 +227 +4.7%
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Frances		 1.12% +1 +519 +11.7%
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Alice		 1.09% -1 +142 +3.0%
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Florence		 1.00% 0 +142 +3.3%
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Lillian		 0.99% +1 +240 +5.8%
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Rose		 0.94% +2 +314 +8.2%
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Ethel		 0.94% -2 -5 -0.1%
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Evelyn		 0.92% +1 +298 +7.9%
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Edna		 0.90% +1 +293 +8.0%
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Gladys		 0.89% -3 +91 +2.4%
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Louise		 0.84% +1 +268 +7.8%
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Catherine		 0.81% +2 +404 +12.8%
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Irene		 0.79% 0 +221 +6.7%
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Ruby		 0.76% +5 +479 +16.6%
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Grace		 0.75% 0 +159 +5.1%
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Annie		 0.75% -5 -221 -6.3%
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Hazel		 0.75% -1 +258 +8.5%
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Virginia		 0.74% +3 +408 +14.3%
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Thelma		 0.72% -2 +190 +6.4%
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Martha		 0.68% 0 +161 +5.6%
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Josephine		 0.68% +1 +210 +7.5%
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Gertrude		 0.66% -4 -37 -1.3%
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Edith		 0.64% +4 +233 +9.0%
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Lucille		 0.62% -1 +48 +1.8%
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Clara		 0.61% -1 +26 +1.0%
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Esther		 0.61% +4 +298 +12.5%
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Emma		 0.59% -1 +9 +0.3%
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Bertha		 0.59% -3 -45 -1.7%
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Beatrice		 0.57% -1 +63 +2.6%
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Pauline		 0.53% +4 +192 +8.9%
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Agnes		 0.52% +2 +152 +7.0%
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Bessie		 0.52% -3 -113 -4.7%
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Elsie		 0.50% +3 +83 +3.9%
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Sarah		 0.50% -2 +28 +1.3%
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Mabel		 0.49% +2 +48 +2.3%
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Julia		 0.49% +5 +84 +4.1%
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Ida		 0.48% +2 +12 +0.6%
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Eva		 0.48% -1 -14 -0.7%
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Viola		 0.47% +1 -7 -0.3%
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Pearl		 0.47% -9 -102 -4.7%
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Eleanor		 0.46% +6 +237 +13.2%
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Myrtle		 0.46% -7 -112 -5.2%
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Bernice		 0.43% +7 +194 +11.3%
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Minnie		 0.43% -2 -84 -4.2%
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Ann		 0.43% -1 +40 +2.2%
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Nellie		 0.42% -3 -62 -3.2%
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Katherine		 0.42% +2 +106 +6.1%
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Doris		 0.41% +8 +276 +18.0%
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Laura		 0.41% -4 -44 -2.4%
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Marion		 0.40% +1 +41 +2.4%
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Marjorie		 0.39% +9 +331 +23.8%
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Lillie		 0.38% -6 -134 -7.3%
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Willie		 0.37% -5 -159 -8.9%
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Alma		 0.37% -1 -19 -1.2%
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Ella		 0.36% -1 +17 +1.1%
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Anne		 0.36% +3 +185 +13.1%
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Mattie		 0.35% -5 -135 -8.0%
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Jessie		 0.35% -3 +9 +0.6%
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Vera		 0.34% +4 +164 +12.2%
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Lois		 0.34% +8 +237 +18.6%
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Betty		 0.33% 0 +67 +4.8%
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Lena		 0.33% -4 +18 +1.3%
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Mae		 0.33% -5 -4 -0.3%
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Stella		 0.32% 0 +103 +7.8%
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Kathryn		 0.32% +7 +199 +16.6%
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Jean		 0.31% +3 +135 +10.8%
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Blanche		 0.31% -1 +73 +5.7%
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Leona		 0.30% +3 +109 +8.9%
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Lucy		 0.30% -2 +26 +2.0%
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Carrie		 0.29% -8 -100 -7.2%
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Beulah		 0.28% +3 +113 +10.0%
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Vivian		 0.27% +27 +410 +51.2%
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Opal		 0.27% +6 +139 +13.2%
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Sylvia		 0.27% +10 +184 +18.4%
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Violet		 0.27% +6 +146 +14.1%
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Ellen		 0.26% +4 +124 +11.9%
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Jennie		 0.26% -4 -22 -1.9%
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Hattie		 0.26% -13 -178 -13.5%
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Marguerite		 0.25% -3 +27 +2.5%
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Fannie		 0.25% -10 -137 -11.1%
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Mamie		 0.25% -4 +16 +1.5%
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Velma		 0.24% 0 +10 +1.0%
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Cora		 0.23% -6 -57 -5.3%
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Rosa		 0.23% -9 -109 -9.6%
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Genevieve		 0.22% +5 +81 +8.9%
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Lula		 0.22% -1 -5 -0.5%
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Charlotte		 0.22% +4 +64 +7.1%
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Georgia		 0.22% -5 -53 -5.2%
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Ada		 0.21% -3 -21 -2.2%
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Jane		 0.21% +18 +228 +32.2%
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Inez		 0.21% -2 +8 +0.9%
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Theresa		 0.21% -4 -7 -0.8%
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Popularity extremes for the United States