Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Allen		 0.17% +3 +173 +23.7%
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Willard		 0.17% +5 +208 +29.0%
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Alexander		 0.18% -1 +134 +16.7%
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Everett		 0.18% -1 +142 +17.6%
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Homer		 0.18% +2 +193 +24.3%
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Maurice		 0.19% 0 +183 +22.6%
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Gordon		 0.19% -1 +195 +23.7%
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Harvey		 0.19% -2 +153 +17.5%
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Arnold		 0.19% +7 +265 +34.6%
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Wilbur		 0.20% +1 +212 +25.5%
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Morris		 0.20% -7 +113 +11.8%
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Sidney		 0.20% -9 +70 +7.0%
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Claude		 0.20% +1 +186 +20.9%
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Edgar		 0.20% -2 +142 +15.0%
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Stephen		 0.21% +2 +169 +18.2%
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Glenn		 0.21% -1 +174 +18.4%
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Gerald		 0.21% +2 +213 +22.9%
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Vernon		 0.21% +7 +254 +28.6%
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Alvin		 0.21% +4 +215 +23.1%
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Leon		 0.22% -2 +154 +15.3%
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Victor		 0.22% +1 +188 +19.0%
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Jesse		 0.23% -5 +108 +9.8%
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Lee		 0.23% 0 +198 +19.2%
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Marvin		 0.23% +6 +278 +29.0%
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Oscar		 0.23% -3 +92 +8.0%
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Martin		 0.24% 0 +195 +18.3%
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Cecil		 0.24% +2 +219 +20.7%
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Ray		 0.25% +4 +278 +26.5%
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Lewis		 0.26% -4 +137 +11.0%
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Milton		 0.27% -7 +100 +7.6%
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Benjamin		 0.27% -3 +194 +15.3%
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Philip		 0.28% 0 +247 +20.0%
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Clifford		 0.28% -6 +175 +13.0%
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Lloyd		 0.28% +3 +294 +24.0%
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Sam		 0.29% -2 +202 +15.2%
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Vincent		 0.29% +7 +349 +29.6%
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Clyde		 0.29% +1 +223 +17.0%
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Leroy		 0.30% +3 +276 +21.1%
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Charlie		 0.30% -5 +172 +11.9%
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Melvin		 0.31% +10 +457 +38.6%
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Theodore		 0.31% -8 +89 +5.7%
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Lester		 0.32% -1 +293 +20.3%
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Floyd		 0.32% +1 +302 +21.0%
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Norman		 0.33% +4 +381 +27.9%
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Chester		 0.33% -1 +305 +20.9%
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Edwin		 0.34% -1 +307 +20.2%
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Daniel		 0.35% -1 +354 +23.2%
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Herman		 0.36% -3 +259 +15.7%
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Bernard		 0.36% +8 +479 +33.3%
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Peter		 0.36% -3 +255 +15.2%
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Russell		 0.36% +6 +497 +34.3%
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Frederick		 0.37% +2 +432 +27.6%
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Leo		 0.38% +1 +377 +22.8%
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Andrew		 0.41% -3 +276 +14.2%
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Leonard		 0.42% -1 +348 +18.0%
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Elmer		 0.43% +2 +483 +26.3%
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Woodrow		 0.44% +2 +490 +26.6%
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Eugene		 0.47% -2 +411 +19.4%
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Alfred		 0.48% -2 +367 +16.6%
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Stanley		 0.48% +2 +578 +28.7%
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Michael		 0.49% +2 +503 +23.9%
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Herbert		 0.51% 0 +487 +21.8%
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Anthony		 0.52% -1 +301 +12.1%
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Joe		 0.52% -1 +291 +11.6%
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Samuel		 0.53% -6 +248 +9.5%
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Lawrence		 0.53% +3 +386 +15.6%
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Ernest		 0.55% -2 +371 +14.4%
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Kenneth		 0.57% 0 +527 +20.8%
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Roy		 0.58% -1 +499 +19.3%
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Earl		 0.58% +3 +592 +23.5%
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Francis		 0.60% +5 +689 +27.4%
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David		 0.61% 0 +424 +14.8%
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Jack		 0.66% 0 +668 +23.3%
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Fred		 0.68% -1 +521 +16.8%
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Howard		 0.68% -1 +451 +14.0%
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Donald		 0.69% +2 +831 +28.9%
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Willie		 0.70% -2 +252 +7.2%
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Carl		 0.73% +1 +711 +22.1%
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Ralph		 0.74% +1 +528 +15.4%
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Clarence		 0.76% 0 +456 +12.7%
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Louis		 0.79% 0 +667 +18.6%
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Richard		 0.95% 0 +919 +21.9%
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Raymond		 0.99% 0 +936 +21.4%
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Arthur		 1.01% -2 +737 +15.7%
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Albert		 1.02% +1 +862 +18.8%
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Harry		 1.02% +1 +834 +18.0%
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Paul		 1.11% 0 +1,181 +24.7%
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Harold		 1.15% 0 +1,055 +20.7%
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Henry		 1.19% 0 +748 +13.3%
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Walter		 1.29% 0 +1,081 +18.6%
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Thomas		 1.32% 0 +1,009 +16.6%
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Frank		 1.72% 0 +1,325 +16.7%
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Edward		 1.77% 0 +1,538 +19.4%
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Charles		 2.46% 0 +2,120 +19.2%
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George		 2.59% 0 +2,140 +18.2%
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Joseph		 2.70% 0 +2,409 +20.0%
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Robert		 2.93% 0 +2,848 +22.2%
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James		 3.89% 0 +3,188 +18.1%
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William		 4.39% 0 +3,912 +19.9%
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John		 5.47% 0 +4,742 +19.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Georgia		 0.21% +1 +186 +15.6%
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Emily		 0.21% +6 +239 +20.8%
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Inez		 0.21% +2 +167 +13.6%
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Theresa		 0.21% -1 +135 +10.6%
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Hattie		 0.22% -6 +45 +3.2%
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Juanita		 0.22% +8 +261 +22.1%
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Barbara		 0.22% +8 +267 +22.6%
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Marian		 0.22% 0 +139 +10.6%
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Wilma		 0.22% +7 +228 +18.4%
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Fannie		 0.23% -4 +63 +4.4%
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Carrie		 0.23% -8 -63 -4.0%
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Velma		 0.24% -1 +153 +10.9%
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Ellen		 0.24% -2 +130 +9.0%
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Charlotte		 0.25% +4 +228 +16.6%
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Opal		 0.25% -1 +164 +11.2%
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Beulah		 0.25% -5 +34 +2.1%
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Genevieve		 0.26% +8 +331 +24.5%
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Vivian		 0.26% +1 +240 +16.1%
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Violet		 0.27% +1 +216 +14.1%
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Jane		 0.27% +8 +369 +26.5%
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Jennie		 0.28% +1 +214 +13.4%
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Mae		 0.28% -5 +39 +2.2%
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Marguerite		 0.28% +1 +202 +12.5%
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Blanche		 0.28% -1 +95 +5.4%
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Lucy		 0.28% +2 +220 +13.4%
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Mattie		 0.29% -5 -47 -2.5%
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Leona		 0.29% +2 +261 +15.8%
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Lena		 0.30% -1 +70 +3.7%
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Sylvia		 0.31% +5 +374 +22.8%
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Lillie		 0.31% -4 +27 +1.3%
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Ella		 0.32% -1 +150 +7.8%
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Stella		 0.34% +4 +371 +20.2%
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Vera		 0.34% 0 +235 +11.9%
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Betty		 0.34% -1 +229 +11.4%
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Kathryn		 0.34% +5 +341 +17.9%
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Willie		 0.35% -4 -3 -0.1%
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Alma		 0.35% -2 +114 +5.2%
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Minnie		 0.36% -3 +37 +1.6%
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Laura		 0.38% -5 +41 +1.7%
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Jessie		 0.38% +4 +423 +20.6%
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Jean		 0.39% +4 +489 +23.8%
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Lois		 0.39% +4 +415 +19.3%
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Nellie		 0.40% +1 +280 +11.8%
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Anne		 0.41% +1 +315 +13.3%
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Mabel		 0.42% -10 +27 +1.0%
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Pearl		 0.42% -1 +228 +9.0%
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Katherine		 0.43% -1 +248 +9.7%
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Myrtle		 0.43% -3 +244 +9.4%
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Viola		 0.44% 0 +297 +11.6%
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Marion		 0.44% +4 +332 +13.2%
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Eva		 0.44% -1 +255 +9.7%
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Ida		 0.45% -4 +176 +6.4%
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Marjorie		 0.45% +8 +454 +18.4%
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Bessie		 0.45% -4 +120 +4.2%
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Ann		 0.46% +1 +332 +12.5%
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Bernice		 0.46% +6 +443 +17.1%
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Doris		 0.47% +4 +392 +14.8%
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Sarah		 0.49% -2 +259 +8.9%
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Julia		 0.49% +2 +370 +13.1%
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Agnes		 0.49% -1 +261 +8.9%
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Elsie		 0.49% +2 +314 +10.8%
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Bertha		 0.51% -3 +57 +1.7%
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Emma		 0.53% -3 +117 +3.5%
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Beatrice		 0.55% 0 +362 +11.3%
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Clara		 0.56% -2 +153 +4.4%
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Pauline		 0.56% +3 +473 +15.0%
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Eleanor		 0.60% +5 +818 +26.2%
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Gertrude		 0.61% -3 +128 +3.3%
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Esther		 0.63% +1 +521 +14.6%
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Lucille		 0.63% +1 +335 +8.9%
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Annie		 0.65% -3 +184 +4.5%
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Edith		 0.67% +2 +524 +13.6%
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Martha		 0.69% +1 +627 +16.0%
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Hazel		 0.70% -2 +392 +9.3%
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Thelma		 0.70% 0 +412 +9.8%
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Grace		 0.71% -1 +251 +5.7%
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Josephine		 0.74% +4 +842 +21.2%
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Ruby		 0.75% 0 +461 +10.4%
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Catherine		 0.81% -1 +636 +13.6%
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Irene		 0.82% +1 +689 +14.8%
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Ethel		 0.82% -2 +296 +5.8%
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Gladys		 0.83% 0 +448 +9.0%
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Edna		 0.85% -2 +422 +8.2%
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Louise		 0.85% 0 +461 +9.0%
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Lillian		 0.92% -2 +447 +8.0%
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Virginia		 0.92% +5 +1,226 +25.5%
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Rose		 0.94% +1 +740 +13.6%
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Florence		 0.96% -1 +540 +9.4%
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Evelyn		 1.02% +1 +1,063 +18.9%
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Alice		 1.06% 0 +649 +10.3%
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Marie		 1.12% 0 +711 +10.7%
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Frances		 1.18% 0 +1,014 +15.2%
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Elizabeth		 1.45% 0 +977 +11.5%
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Anna		 1.48% 0 +1,101 +12.8%
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Mildred		 1.52% 0 +1,157 +13.2%
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Ruth		 1.93% 0 +1,329 +11.8%
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Margaret		 2.21% 0 +1,950 +15.6%
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Dorothy		 2.24% 0 +2,029 +16.0%
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Helen		 2.88% 0 +2,755 +17.1%
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Mary		 5.60% 0 +4,338 +13.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States