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		 5.39% 0 +4,707 +9.1%
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William		 4.32% 0 +2,868 +6.8%
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James		 4.02% 0 +4,778 +12.8%
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Robert		 3.87% 0 +5,399 +15.3%
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Charles		 2.57% +2 +2,778 +11.5%
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George		 2.51% 0 +2,122 +8.8%
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Joseph		 2.50% -2 +1,500 +6.1%
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Edward		 1.86% 0 +1,988 +11.4%
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Frank		 1.62% 0 +1,249 +7.9%
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Thomas		 1.33% 0 +1,299 +10.3%
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Walter		 1.27% 0 +756 +6.0%
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Richard		 1.18% +2 +1,409 +12.9%
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Harold		 1.16% -1 +991 +8.9%
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Paul		 1.12% -1 +599 +5.4%
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Raymond		 1.11% +1 +1,648 +16.6%
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Henry		 1.08% -1 +658 +6.2%
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Arthur		 0.96% 0 +823 +8.9%
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Donald		 0.95% +2 +1,244 +14.3%
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Albert		 0.95% -1 +778 +8.5%
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Harry		 0.94% -1 +1,040 +11.7%
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Jack		 0.80% +1 +1,468 +21.4%
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Ralph		 0.78% -1 +770 +10.4%
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Clarence		 0.69% +2 +602 +9.1%
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Louis		 0.68% -1 +311 +4.6%
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Carl		 0.67% -1 +304 +4.5%
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Howard		 0.66% 0 +518 +8.1%
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Kenneth		 0.65% 0 +668 +10.9%
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David		 0.63% 0 +527 +8.6%
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Willie		 0.62% +2 +786 +13.7%
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Francis		 0.61% 0 +546 +9.4%
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Earl		 0.60% +1 +690 +12.3%
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Roy		 0.59% +1 +625 +11.2%
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Fred		 0.59% -4 +196 +3.3%
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Joe		 0.55% +1 +661 +12.9%
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Eugene		 0.54% +4 +759 +15.6%
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Stanley		 0.54% -2 +432 +8.3%
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Ernest		 0.53% 0 +472 +9.3%
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Lawrence		 0.51% -2 +278 +5.5%
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Anthony		 0.49% -1 +141 +2.8%
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Herbert		 0.49% 0 +383 +8.1%
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Leonard		 0.48% 0 +286 +6.1%
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Alfred		 0.47% +1 +449 +10.1%
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Samuel		 0.46% -1 +282 +6.3%
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Elmer		 0.42% +1 +561 +14.7%
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Michael		 0.41% -1 +7 +0.2%
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Andrew		 0.40% +2 +387 +10.3%
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Bernard		 0.39% +2 +387 +10.4%
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Leo		 0.39% -1 +257 +6.8%
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Norman		 0.37% -3 +79 +2.1%
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Russell		 0.37% +2 +397 +11.6%
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Lloyd		 0.36% +2 +325 +9.5%
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Daniel		 0.36% +2 +366 +10.9%
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Peter		 0.35% -3 +247 +7.1%
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Chester		 0.35% +2 +354 +10.6%
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Edwin		 0.33% 0 +141 +4.2%
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Melvin		 0.33% +1 +314 +10.0%
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Leroy		 0.33% +3 +471 +16.0%
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Woodrow		 0.32% +15 +930 +38.3%
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Frederick		 0.32% -8 -105 -3.0%
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Clifford		 0.32% -1 +330 +11.1%
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Floyd		 0.31% +1 +415 +14.7%
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Lester		 0.31% -1 +375 +13.1%
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Victor		 0.30% +15 +976 +44.2%
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Theodore		 0.30% -1 +334 +11.9%
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Herman		 0.29% -7 +67 +2.3%
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Vernon		 0.28% +5 +508 +20.6%
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Clyde		 0.28% -3 +198 +7.3%
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Marvin		 0.27% 0 +312 +12.4%
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Ray		 0.26% +5 +337 +13.9%
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Charlie		 0.26% -3 +207 +8.2%
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Philip		 0.26% -5 +189 +7.4%
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Gerald		 0.26% -3 +226 +9.1%
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Vincent		 0.25% -8 -15 -0.6%
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Lewis		 0.25% -4 +116 +4.7%
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Sam		 0.24% -3 +50 +2.0%
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Milton		 0.23% -1 +60 +2.5%
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Leon		 0.23% +5 +340 +16.2%
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Jesse		 0.23% +1 +233 +10.6%
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Benjamin		 0.23% -3 +45 +1.9%
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Alvin		 0.23% +1 +267 +12.5%
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Martin		 0.23% -4 +67 +2.9%
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Cecil		 0.22% +1 +227 +10.8%
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Willard		 0.22% -3 +123 +5.6%
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Glenn		 0.22% +2 +256 +12.8%
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Gordon		 0.21% -1 +214 +10.6%
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Lee		 0.21% -1 +155 +7.7%
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Oscar		 0.20% 0 +152 +7.8%
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Harvey		 0.20% +2 +304 +16.8%
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Edgar		 0.20% -1 +165 +8.6%
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Warren		 0.19% +3 +247 +14.2%
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Wayne		 0.18% +5 +197 +11.5%
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Arnold		 0.18% -1 +129 +7.2%
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Everett		 0.18% +1 +157 +9.1%
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Sidney		 0.18% +1 +152 +8.8%
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Claude		 0.18% +3 +253 +15.6%
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Stephen		 0.18% -7 -49 -2.6%
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Wilbur		 0.17% -5 +51 +2.9%
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Allen		 0.17% +2 +187 +11.7%
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Virgil		 0.16% +4 +184 +12.1%
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Homer		 0.16% +2 +128 +8.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.60% 0 +3,086 +4.8%
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Helen		 3.01% 0 +1,897 +5.5%
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Dorothy		 2.66% 0 +3,178 +11.0%
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Margaret		 2.26% 0 +1,579 +6.2%
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Ruth		 2.12% 0 +1,966 +8.3%
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Mildred		 1.44% 0 +1,001 +6.2%
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Virginia		 1.37% +3 +2,160 +15.1%
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Frances		 1.34% +1 +1,768 +12.3%
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Elizabeth		 1.32% -1 +722 +4.8%
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Anna		 1.30% -3 +506 +3.3%
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Evelyn		 1.12% 0 +961 +7.7%
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Marie		 1.05% 0 +776 +6.6%
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Alice		 0.96% 0 +600 +5.5%
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Florence		 0.94% 0 +778 +7.4%
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Lillian		 0.83% 0 +143 +1.5%
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Irene		 0.81% +1 +611 +6.7%
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Rose		 0.80% -1 -215 -2.2%
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Louise		 0.76% +1 +527 +6.1%
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Doris		 0.75% +6 +1,242 +15.9%
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Catherine		 0.74% -2 +153 +1.8%
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Betty		 0.73% +13 +2,164 +32.6%
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Gladys		 0.73% +1 +659 +8.2%
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Edna		 0.72% -3 +276 +3.3%
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Josephine		 0.72% -3 +356 +4.3%
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Martha		 0.69% -3 +81 +1.0%
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Eleanor		 0.68% 0 +507 +6.6%
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Ruby		 0.68% 0 +472 +6.2%
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Ethel		 0.67% -4 +211 +2.7%
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Lucille		 0.66% 0 +373 +5.0%
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Edith		 0.65% -2 +327 +4.3%
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Grace		 0.65% -1 +397 +5.4%
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Thelma		 0.64% 0 +495 +6.8%
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Hazel		 0.63% -2 +330 +4.5%
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Marjorie		 0.63% +2 +1,118 +17.5%
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Pauline		 0.60% -2 +326 +4.7%
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Annie		 0.56% -1 +338 +5.3%
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Jean		 0.55% +3 +908 +16.0%
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Esther		 0.55% 0 +293 +4.7%
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Gertrude		 0.52% -2 -36 -0.6%
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Beatrice		 0.49% -1 +68 +1.2%
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Bernice		 0.49% +1 +347 +6.3%
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Lois		 0.49% +1 +392 +7.1%
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Clara		 0.48% -2 +152 +2.7%
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Ann		 0.47% 0 +158 +2.9%
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Marion		 0.46% 0 +212 +3.9%
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Emma		 0.44% 0 +203 +4.0%
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Agnes		 0.44% +1 +225 +4.4%
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Julia		 0.44% -1 +190 +3.7%
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Elsie		 0.43% +1 +255 +5.2%
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Katherine		 0.43% -1 +235 +4.7%
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Bertha		 0.42% 0 +170 +3.5%
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Sarah		 0.41% 0 +203 +4.3%
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Jane		 0.39% +2 +473 +11.1%
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Anne		 0.38% -1 -36 -0.8%
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Eva		 0.38% -1 +277 +6.5%
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Pearl		 0.38% +1 +289 +6.8%
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Ida		 0.37% -1 +203 +4.8%
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Rita		 0.37% +5 +577 +14.9%
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Viola		 0.36% 0 +291 +7.2%
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Barbara		 0.35% +7 +689 +19.5%
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Bessie		 0.34% 0 +174 +4.4%
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Myrtle		 0.34% -4 +30 +0.7%
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Kathryn		 0.34% -3 +84 +2.1%
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Laura		 0.34% +1 +255 +6.7%
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Nellie		 0.34% -1 +240 +6.3%
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June		 0.34% +7 +664 +19.7%
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Stella		 0.33% -5 +56 +1.4%
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Vera		 0.33% -2 +209 +5.6%
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Lorraine		 0.32% +46 +1,915 +97.7%
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Willie		 0.32% +2 +486 +14.4%
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Sylvia		 0.31% -2 +206 +5.9%
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Vivian		 0.31% +7 +544 +17.4%
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Alma		 0.30% -2 +243 +7.1%
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Mabel		 0.30% -6 +137 +3.9%
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Jessie		 0.30% -5 +126 +3.6%
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Marian		 0.29% -2 +236 +7.2%
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Geraldine		 0.29% +12 +549 +19.0%
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Charlotte		 0.28% -2 +144 +4.5%
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Leona		 0.28% +1 +220 +7.1%
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Phyllis		 0.28% +12 +630 +23.4%
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Genevieve		 0.28% -4 +112 +3.5%
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Wilma		 0.27% 0 +227 +7.4%
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Violet		 0.27% +1 +268 +8.9%
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Ella		 0.27% -1 +236 +7.7%
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Juanita		 0.27% +2 +331 +11.3%
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Marguerite		 0.27% -8 +89 +2.8%
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Maxine		 0.27% +6 +569 +21.5%
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Minnie		 0.27% -13 -81 -2.5%
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Lillie		 0.26% -3 +181 +6.2%
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Lucy		 0.26% -3 +179 +6.1%
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Jennie		 0.25% -10 -76 -2.4%
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Ellen		 0.25% -2 +175 +6.1%
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Lena		 0.24% -8 -67 -2.2%
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Opal		 0.24% +1 +306 +12.0%
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Mae		 0.23% +1 +249 +9.9%
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Blanche		 0.23% -5 -97 -3.4%
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Norma		 0.22% +11 +532 +25.1%
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Shirley		 0.22% +25 +854 +47.4%
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Kathleen		 0.22% +2 +271 +11.5%
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Mattie		 0.22% -6 +39 +1.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States