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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Irving		 0.17% +4 +294 +34.1%
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Max		 0.17% +2 +262 +29.2%
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Alexander		 0.17% 0 +232 +24.8%
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Arnold		 0.17% -5 +142 +13.8%
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Wilbur		 0.18% -5 +204 +19.5%
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Harvey		 0.18% -2 +222 +21.6%
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Maurice		 0.18% +1 +262 +26.4%
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Claude		 0.19% -5 +208 +19.3%
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Willard		 0.19% +7 +376 +40.6%
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Glenn		 0.19% -6 +205 +18.3%
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Everett		 0.20% +7 +388 +40.9%
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Sidney		 0.20% 0 +264 +24.6%
88.
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Gordon		 0.20% +6 +338 +33.2%
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Edgar		 0.20% 0 +274 +25.2%
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Morris		 0.20% +3 +292 +27.2%
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Leon		 0.21% -4 +254 +21.9%
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Lee		 0.21% -6 +223 +18.2%
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Vernon		 0.21% 0 +312 +27.3%
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Jesse		 0.21% -3 +243 +20.0%
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Gerald		 0.22% +3 +326 +28.5%
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Stephen		 0.22% +6 +389 +35.5%
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Cecil		 0.22% -5 +254 +19.9%
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Alvin		 0.22% +4 +388 +33.9%
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Oscar		 0.23% -1 +304 +24.3%
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Victor		 0.23% +4 +382 +32.5%
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Marvin		 0.24% +2 +391 +31.6%
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Ray		 0.24% -1 +329 +24.8%
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Martin		 0.25% +2 +417 +33.1%
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Lewis		 0.26% 0 +383 +27.7%
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Woodrow		 0.26% -27 -548 -23.5%
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Benjamin		 0.27% 0 +357 +24.4%
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Milton		 0.27% +2 +415 +29.2%
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Philip		 0.27% +1 +386 +26.0%
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Sam		 0.28% -2 +353 +23.1%
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Lloyd		 0.28% +1 +363 +23.9%
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Charlie		 0.28% -3 +288 +17.8%
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Theodore		 0.28% -4 +279 +16.9%
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Clyde		 0.29% +1 +417 +27.1%
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Clifford		 0.29% +6 +440 +28.9%
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Vincent		 0.29% +4 +435 +28.5%
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Leroy		 0.29% +3 +422 +26.7%
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Melvin		 0.30% +2 +422 +25.7%
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Floyd		 0.31% 0 +350 +20.1%
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Lester		 0.32% +2 +428 +24.7%
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Chester		 0.34% 0 +524 +29.7%
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Daniel		 0.34% -1 +447 +23.8%
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Norman		 0.34% +3 +587 +33.6%
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Edwin		 0.35% +2 +561 +30.7%
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Frederick		 0.35% -3 +419 +21.0%
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Herman		 0.36% +2 +525 +27.6%
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Bernard		 0.36% +2 +520 +27.1%
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Russell		 0.38% +1 +622 +32.0%
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Peter		 0.38% +3 +690 +35.7%
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Leo		 0.39% +1 +624 +30.7%
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Elmer		 0.42% -1 +555 +23.9%
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Leonard		 0.43% +1 +647 +28.4%
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Andrew		 0.43% +3 +743 +33.4%
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Eugene		 0.47% 0 +686 +27.2%
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Herbert		 0.48% -3 +530 +19.5%
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Alfred		 0.49% +1 +770 +29.9%
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Michael		 0.49% 0 +755 +29.0%
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Stanley		 0.52% +2 +964 +37.1%
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Ernest		 0.53% -4 +692 +23.5%
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Anthony		 0.54% +1 +914 +32.9%
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Lawrence		 0.54% -1 +850 +29.8%
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Samuel		 0.54% +1 +854 +30.0%
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Joe		 0.54% +3 +906 +32.3%
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Earl		 0.56% -2 +732 +23.5%
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Roy		 0.56% 0 +762 +24.7%
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Francis		 0.57% -1 +696 +21.7%
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Kenneth		 0.61% +3 +1,113 +36.3%
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David		 0.62% 0 +969 +29.5%
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Fred		 0.65% -1 +817 +22.5%
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Jack		 0.66% +1 +948 +26.8%
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Howard		 0.66% 0 +827 +22.6%
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Willie		 0.69% -1 +949 +25.2%
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Carl		 0.70% -1 +872 +22.2%
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Donald		 0.71% +2 +1,132 +30.6%
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Clarence		 0.72% -1 +863 +21.3%
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Ralph		 0.73% +1 +1,046 +26.4%
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Louis		 0.80% 0 +1,237 +29.1%
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Harry		 0.96% -4 +1,130 +20.7%
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Arthur		 0.97% -1 +1,219 +22.5%
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Richard		 0.98% +2 +1,562 +30.6%
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Raymond		 1.00% +2 +1,511 +28.5%
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Albert		 1.02% +1 +1,493 +27.4%
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Harold		 1.11% -1 +1,406 +22.8%
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Paul		 1.13% +1 +1,767 +29.6%
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Henry		 1.19% 0 +1,719 +26.9%
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Thomas		 1.30% -1 +1,754 +24.7%
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Walter		 1.31% +1 +2,072 +30.1%
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Frank		 1.76% 0 +2,765 +29.9%
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Edward		 1.80% 0 +2,845 +30.0%
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Charles		 2.48% 0 +3,747 +28.4%
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George		 2.58% 0 +3,728 +26.9%
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Joseph		 2.76% 0 +4,358 +30.1%
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Robert		 3.10% 0 +5,504 +35.1%
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James		 3.84% 0 +5,431 +26.1%
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William		 4.35% 0 +6,215 +26.4%
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John		 5.55% 0 +8,619 +29.4%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Sophie		 0.20% +13 +462 +41.2%
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Fannie		 0.20% -8 +128 +8.6%
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Emily		 0.21% +1 +264 +19.0%
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Hattie		 0.21% -1 +244 +17.0%
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Beulah		 0.22% -11 +134 +8.2%
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Wilma		 0.22% -3 +318 +21.6%
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Juanita		 0.23% +1 +349 +24.2%
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Theresa		 0.23% +4 +391 +27.9%
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Velma		 0.23% -3 +239 +15.4%
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Carrie		 0.23% -1 +281 +18.5%
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Marian		 0.23% +3 +410 +28.2%
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Opal		 0.24% -3 +264 +16.2%
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Charlotte		 0.25% -1 +404 +25.2%
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Rita		 0.25% +29 +914 +83.4%
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Ellen		 0.26% +2 +460 +29.1%
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Mae		 0.26% -6 +235 +13.0%
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Marguerite		 0.26% -6 +228 +12.5%
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Barbara		 0.26% +12 +610 +42.0%
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Violet		 0.26% 0 +310 +17.7%
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Vivian		 0.26% +2 +353 +20.4%
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Blanche		 0.27% -4 +308 +16.6%
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Leona		 0.27% -5 +263 +13.8%
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Mattie		 0.28% -3 +325 +17.4%
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Jennie		 0.28% +3 +416 +23.0%
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Genevieve		 0.28% +8 +570 +33.8%
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Lena		 0.28% -2 +286 +14.5%
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Lillie		 0.29% -3 +257 +12.7%
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Lucy		 0.29% +3 +442 +23.8%
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Ella		 0.29% -2 +237 +11.4%
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Jane		 0.29% +10 +581 +33.0%
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Sylvia		 0.32% +2 +552 +27.4%
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Alma		 0.33% -5 +351 +15.3%
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Vera		 0.34% 0 +474 +21.5%
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Minnie		 0.34% -4 +386 +16.6%
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Willie		 0.35% -1 +495 +21.9%
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Stella		 0.35% +4 +566 +25.7%
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Jessie		 0.36% -3 +386 +15.6%
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Kathryn		 0.36% +3 +655 +29.2%
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Betty		 0.37% +5 +693 +30.9%
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Nellie		 0.37% -3 +307 +11.6%
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Myrtle		 0.38% -7 +206 +7.2%
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Laura		 0.38% +3 +605 +24.7%
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Mabel		 0.39% -2 +390 +14.2%
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Viola		 0.40% -5 +357 +12.5%
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Pearl		 0.41% -1 +467 +16.9%
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Bessie		 0.41% -8 +308 +10.4%
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Jean		 0.41% +6 +736 +28.9%
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Anne		 0.42% +4 +681 +25.4%
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Eva		 0.43% -2 +510 +17.6%
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Lois		 0.43% +8 +871 +34.0%
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Marion		 0.45% +1 +696 +24.4%
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Ida		 0.45% 0 +645 +22.1%
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Katherine		 0.46% +6 +858 +30.7%
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Sarah		 0.46% -4 +501 +15.8%
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Elsie		 0.46% -6 +474 +14.8%
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Marjorie		 0.47% +3 +790 +27.0%
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Agnes		 0.47% -3 +515 +16.1%
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Bernice		 0.47% +2 +694 +22.9%
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Julia		 0.48% 0 +619 +19.4%
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Bertha		 0.48% -2 +514 +15.4%
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Ann		 0.49% +6 +890 +29.7%
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Emma		 0.50% -1 +498 +14.3%
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Beatrice		 0.53% -1 +665 +18.6%
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Clara		 0.53% -1 +607 +16.7%
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Doris		 0.56% +8 +1,380 +45.3%
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Esther		 0.58% -3 +564 +13.8%
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Pauline		 0.59% +1 +1,063 +29.2%
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Annie		 0.60% -3 +533 +12.5%
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Gertrude		 0.62% +1 +923 +23.0%
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Edith		 0.65% -2 +843 +19.3%
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Lucille		 0.67% +1 +1,222 +29.8%
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Hazel		 0.67% -2 +735 +16.0%
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Eleanor		 0.68% +6 +1,436 +36.5%
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Martha		 0.68% +1 +894 +19.7%
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Thelma		 0.69% 0 +901 +19.6%
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Grace		 0.70% 0 +925 +19.8%
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Ruby		 0.71% -1 +712 +14.5%
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Josephine		 0.74% +1 +1,074 +22.3%
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Irene		 0.78% -1 +862 +16.2%
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Ethel		 0.78% -1 +835 +15.6%
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Gladys		 0.78% -1 +799 +14.7%
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Edna		 0.79% -1 +731 +13.2%
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Catherine		 0.83% +4 +1,311 +24.7%
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Louise		 0.84% 0 +1,071 +19.2%
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Lillian		 0.92% 0 +1,339 +22.3%
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Rose		 0.95% -1 +1,403 +22.7%
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Virginia		 0.95% +1 +1,565 +25.9%
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Florence		 0.99% 0 +1,607 +25.6%
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Alice		 1.03% -1 +1,264 +18.2%
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Evelyn		 1.07% +1 +1,823 +27.3%
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Marie		 1.11% 0 +1,476 +20.1%
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Frances		 1.22% 0 +1,983 +25.8%
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Elizabeth		 1.43% 0 +1,862 +19.6%
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Mildred		 1.46% -1 +1,729 +17.4%
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Anna		 1.49% +1 +2,178 +22.5%
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Ruth		 1.99% 0 +3,230 +25.6%
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Margaret		 2.23% 0 +3,277 +22.6%
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Dorothy		 2.36% 0 +4,108 +28.0%
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Helen		 2.92% 0 +4,333 +22.9%
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Mary		 5.69% 0 +8,703 +23.8%
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Popularity extremes for the United States