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		 5.40% 0 +9,628 +25.4%
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William		 4.38% 0 +8,811 +29.6%
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James		 3.83% 0 +7,511 +28.6%
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Robert		 3.26% 0 +7,549 +35.6%
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Joseph		 2.62% 0 +4,222 +22.4%
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George		 2.53% 0 +4,705 +26.7%
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Charles		 2.49% 0 +5,023 +29.7%
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Edward		 1.80% 0 +3,570 +29.0%
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Frank		 1.70% 0 +3,004 +25.0%
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Thomas		 1.30% +1 +2,640 +29.8%
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Walter		 1.28% -1 +2,293 +25.6%
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Harold		 1.19% +2 +2,881 +38.1%
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Paul		 1.17% 0 +2,595 +33.6%
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Henry		 1.15% -2 +2,028 +25.0%
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Richard		 1.04% +2 +2,474 +37.1%
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Raymond		 1.02% 0 +2,160 +31.7%
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Albert		 1.00% -2 +1,883 +27.1%
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Arthur		 0.97% 0 +1,923 +29.0%
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Harry		 0.96% 0 +1,882 +28.6%
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Donald		 0.81% +3 +2,280 +47.2%
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Ralph		 0.77% 0 +1,807 +36.1%
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Carl		 0.75% +2 +1,806 +37.6%
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Louis		 0.74% -3 +1,023 +18.6%
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Clarence		 0.71% -2 +1,358 +27.7%
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Howard		 0.69% +1 +1,613 +35.9%
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Fred		 0.66% +2 +1,337 +30.1%
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Jack		 0.65% 0 +1,262 +28.1%
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Kenneth		 0.65% +2 +1,503 +36.0%
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Francis		 0.64% +2 +1,693 +43.4%
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Willie		 0.62% -5 +725 +15.4%
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David		 0.61% -2 +1,143 +26.9%
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Roy		 0.57% 0 +1,200 +31.2%
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Earl		 0.56% 0 +1,066 +27.7%
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Stanley		 0.55% +5 +1,248 +35.1%
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Ernest		 0.54% +3 +1,155 +31.8%
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Anthony		 0.54% +1 +1,027 +27.8%
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Lawrence		 0.53% -1 +985 +26.6%
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Joe		 0.53% -4 +936 +25.2%
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Samuel		 0.49% -4 +647 +17.5%
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Herbert		 0.49% +2 +1,088 +33.4%
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Eugene		 0.49% +2 +1,110 +34.6%
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Alfred		 0.48% -1 +884 +26.4%
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Michael		 0.46% -3 +719 +21.4%
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Leonard		 0.45% +1 +1,070 +36.6%
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Elmer		 0.43% +1 +924 +32.1%
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Andrew		 0.41% -2 +608 +20.5%
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Leo		 0.40% 0 +872 +32.8%
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Bernard		 0.38% +2 +866 +35.6%
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Peter		 0.38% 0 +678 +25.8%
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Norman		 0.37% +4 +927 +39.7%
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Russell		 0.37% -2 +682 +26.6%
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Frederick		 0.36% 0 +744 +30.8%
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Edwin		 0.36% 0 +765 +32.1%
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Chester		 0.35% +2 +754 +32.9%
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Daniel		 0.34% 0 +677 +29.1%
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Herman		 0.34% -5 +553 +22.8%
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Lester		 0.33% 0 +779 +36.0%
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Willard		 0.33% +34 +1,587 +122%
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Floyd		 0.32% -1 +734 +35.1%
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Melvin		 0.32% -1 +716 +34.7%
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Clifford		 0.31% +1 +781 +39.8%
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Lloyd		 0.30% +4 +769 +40.8%
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Clyde		 0.29% 0 +564 +28.9%
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Theodore		 0.28% 0 +575 +29.8%
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Vincent		 0.28% -4 +529 +27.0%
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Leroy		 0.28% -6 +446 +22.3%
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Ray		 0.27% +7 +708 +42.7%
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Sam		 0.27% -1 +459 +24.4%
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Philip		 0.26% -1 +458 +24.5%
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Lewis		 0.26% +2 +540 +30.6%
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Benjamin		 0.25% -1 +418 +22.9%
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Marvin		 0.25% +3 +600 +36.9%
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Milton		 0.25% -4 +391 +21.3%
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Victor		 0.25% +2 +652 +41.8%
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Charlie		 0.25% -10 +287 +15.1%
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Cecil		 0.25% +3 +651 +42.5%
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Jesse		 0.24% +5 +654 +44.9%
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Gerald		 0.24% +3 +617 +42.0%
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Martin		 0.24% -6 +394 +23.5%
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Vernon		 0.23% +3 +605 +41.6%
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Alvin		 0.23% -3 +474 +30.9%
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Leon		 0.22% +3 +563 +39.8%
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Woodrow		 0.22% -12 +181 +10.1%
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Lee		 0.22% 0 +465 +32.0%
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Edgar		 0.22% +2 +534 +39.2%
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Stephen		 0.21% -6 +364 +24.5%
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Glenn		 0.21% +4 +515 +38.8%
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Oscar		 0.20% -11 +235 +15.1%
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Everett		 0.20% +1 +395 +29.6%
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Gordon		 0.20% -2 +362 +26.7%
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Arnold		 0.19% +6 +517 +44.0%
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Wilbur		 0.19% +4 +437 +35.0%
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Morris		 0.19% -7 +295 +21.6%
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Sidney		 0.18% -5 +278 +20.8%
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Harvey		 0.18% 0 +363 +29.0%
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Claude		 0.18% -3 +321 +25.0%
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Wayne		 0.17% +14 +516 +51.5%
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Homer		 0.17% +3 +335 +29.1%
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Allen		 0.17% +6 +409 +39.0%
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Gilbert		 0.17% +4 +392 +37.0%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.68% 0 +12,842 +28.3%
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Helen		 3.02% 0 +7,645 +32.9%
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Dorothy		 2.46% 0 +6,372 +33.9%
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Margaret		 2.25% 0 +5,291 +29.8%
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Ruth		 2.14% 0 +6,039 +38.1%
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Mildred		 1.49% +1 +3,604 +30.9%
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Anna		 1.48% -1 +3,254 +27.4%
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Elizabeth		 1.38% 0 +2,736 +24.1%
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Frances		 1.25% 0 +3,110 +32.1%
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Evelyn		 1.13% +1 +3,089 +36.3%
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Marie		 1.11% -1 +2,534 +28.7%
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Virginia		 1.07% +2 +3,351 +44.1%
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Alice		 1.03% -1 +2,327 +28.4%
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Florence		 0.99% -1 +2,219 +28.1%
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Lillian		 0.93% +1 +2,192 +29.8%
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Rose		 0.92% -1 +1,801 +23.8%
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Irene		 0.81% +5 +2,126 +34.3%
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Louise		 0.81% -1 +1,665 +25.0%
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Catherine		 0.80% -1 +1,568 +23.7%
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Edna		 0.80% -1 +1,855 +29.5%
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Gladys		 0.77% -1 +1,630 +26.2%
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Josephine		 0.74% +1 +1,710 +29.0%
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Ethel		 0.72% -2 +1,175 +18.9%
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Ruby		 0.71% 0 +1,612 +28.7%
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Martha		 0.71% +2 +1,784 +32.8%
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Hazel		 0.69% +3 +1,768 +33.2%
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Grace		 0.69% -2 +1,450 +25.9%
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Eleanor		 0.69% 0 +1,662 +30.9%
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Lucille		 0.68% +1 +1,686 +31.7%
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Thelma		 0.66% -4 +1,266 +23.0%
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Edith		 0.66% 0 +1,552 +29.8%
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Pauline		 0.62% +2 +1,635 +34.8%
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Esther		 0.62% +2 +1,667 +35.8%
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Doris		 0.62% +2 +1,863 +42.1%
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Gertrude		 0.59% -3 +1,139 +23.1%
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Annie		 0.58% -3 +1,136 +23.7%
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Beatrice		 0.52% +1 +1,110 +26.2%
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Clara		 0.52% -1 +1,045 +24.6%
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Marjorie		 0.50% +6 +1,407 +37.9%
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Emma		 0.49% -1 +1,072 +27.0%
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Elsie		 0.49% +5 +1,284 +34.9%
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Bernice		 0.48% +1 +1,207 +32.4%
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Ann		 0.48% -3 +1,007 +25.9%
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Julia		 0.47% -2 +1,017 +26.7%
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Agnes		 0.47% -1 +1,074 +28.9%
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Bertha		 0.47% -5 +926 +24.0%
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Lois		 0.47% +4 +1,343 +39.1%
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Jean		 0.45% +6 +1,322 +40.3%
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Katherine		 0.44% -1 +836 +22.9%
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Marion		 0.44% 0 +906 +25.5%
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Sarah		 0.43% -4 +736 +20.0%
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Anne		 0.42% +1 +968 +28.8%
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Betty		 0.41% +9 +1,248 +42.6%
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Ida		 0.40% -5 +564 +15.8%
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Eva		 0.40% -3 +678 +19.9%
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Pearl		 0.39% 0 +753 +23.4%
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Bessie		 0.38% -2 +628 +19.3%
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Myrtle		 0.38% +2 +816 +26.8%
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Viola		 0.38% -2 +651 +20.3%
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Kathryn		 0.37% +3 +877 +30.2%
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Laura		 0.36% -2 +664 +21.7%
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Mabel		 0.36% -4 +552 +17.6%
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Nellie		 0.36% -2 +727 +24.6%
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Stella		 0.36% +1 +886 +32.0%
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Vera		 0.34% +3 +777 +29.0%
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Jessie		 0.33% -2 +495 +17.3%
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Sylvia		 0.32% +3 +719 +28.0%
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Minnie		 0.32% -1 +552 +20.3%
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Jane		 0.32% +2 +924 +39.5%
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Alma		 0.32% -1 +600 +22.7%
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Rita		 0.30% +16 +1,053 +52.4%
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Willie		 0.30% -6 +282 +10.2%
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Jennie		 0.29% +4 +790 +35.5%
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Leona		 0.29% +5 +798 +36.7%
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Ella		 0.29% -3 +646 +28.0%
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Genevieve		 0.29% 0 +674 +29.9%
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Lena		 0.29% -2 +668 +29.6%
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Vivian		 0.28% +3 +777 +37.4%
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Lucy		 0.28% -6 +516 +22.5%
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Wilma		 0.27% +15 +986 +55.2%
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Charlotte		 0.27% +7 +750 +37.4%
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Violet		 0.27% 0 +691 +33.5%
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Barbara		 0.26% -1 +643 +31.2%
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Lillie		 0.26% -10 +400 +17.5%
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Marguerite		 0.26% 0 +637 +31.1%
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Marian		 0.26% +4 +750 +40.3%
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Blanche		 0.25% -7 +426 +19.7%
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Ellen		 0.25% -2 +542 +26.6%
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Mae		 0.24% -4 +437 +21.3%
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Opal		 0.24% -1 +589 +31.1%
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Mattie		 0.24% -13 +241 +11.0%
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Juanita		 0.23% +2 +606 +33.8%
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Theresa		 0.23% 0 +515 +28.7%
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Velma		 0.22% -2 +492 +27.4%
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Beulah		 0.22% +1 +493 +27.8%
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June		 0.21% +36 +991 +86.3%
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Sophie		 0.21% +3 +528 +33.3%
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Maxine		 0.21% +16 +714 +51.1%
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Emily		 0.20% -1 +441 +26.7%
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Phyllis		 0.20% +13 +681 +48.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States