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 · Girls
Boys
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John		 5.27% 0
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William		 4.33% 0
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James		 4.18% 0
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Robert		 4.04% 0
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Charles		 2.48% 0
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George		 2.48% 0
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Joseph		 2.39% 0
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Edward		 1.83% 0
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Frank		 1.55% 0
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Thomas		 1.32% 0
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Walter		 1.27% 0
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Richard		 1.23% 0
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Harold		 1.18% 0
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Raymond		 1.12% +1
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Paul		 1.11% -1
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Henry		 1.05% 0
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Donald		 0.98% +1
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Albert		 0.95% +1
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Arthur		 0.94% -2
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Harry		 0.89% 0
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Jack		 0.81% 0
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Ralph		 0.76% 0
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Willie		 0.68% +6
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Howard		 0.67% +2
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Clarence		 0.67% -2
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Kenneth		 0.67% +1
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David		 0.66% +1
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Louis		 0.66% -4
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Carl		 0.64% -4
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Fred		 0.60% +3
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Earl		 0.59% 0
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Roy		 0.59% 0
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Eugene		 0.58% +2
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Francis		 0.56% -4
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Joe		 0.56% -1
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Ernest		 0.52% +1
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Stanley		 0.52% -1
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Lawrence		 0.51% 0
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Leonard		 0.49% +2
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Herbert		 0.49% 0
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Anthony		 0.47% -2
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Alfred		 0.46% 0
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Samuel		 0.44% 0
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Elmer		 0.39% 0
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Bernard		 0.39% +2
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Michael		 0.39% -1
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Andrew		 0.38% -1
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Norman		 0.38% +1
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Leo		 0.37% -1
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Russell		 0.36% 0
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Daniel		 0.35% +1
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Edwin		 0.34% +3
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Chester		 0.34% +1
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Theodore		 0.34% +10
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Leroy		 0.34% +2
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Melvin		 0.33% 0
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Peter		 0.33% -4
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Lloyd		 0.32% -7
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Floyd		 0.31% +2
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Clifford		 0.30% 0
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Herman		 0.30% +4
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Lester		 0.30% 0
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Marvin		 0.30% +5
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Frederick		 0.29% -5
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Vernon		 0.29% +1
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Charlie		 0.29% +4
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Clyde		 0.28% 0
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Victor		 0.27% -5
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Ray		 0.27% 0
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Gerald		 0.27% +2
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Philip		 0.25% 0
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Vincent		 0.25% +2
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Milton		 0.24% +3
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Lewis		 0.24% 0
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Sam		 0.24% 0
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Alvin		 0.24% +4
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Jesse		 0.23% +1
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Cecil		 0.23% +4
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Benjamin		 0.22% 0
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Leon		 0.22% -3
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Martin		 0.22% 0
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Lee		 0.22% +4
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Warren		 0.22% +7
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Glenn		 0.21% 0
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Harvey		 0.20% +3
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Gordon		 0.20% -1
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Willard		 0.20% -4
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Oscar		 0.20% -1
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Edgar		 0.20% 0
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Wayne		 0.19% +1
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Woodrow		 0.18% -33
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Claude		 0.18% +3
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Everett		 0.18% +1
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Arnold		 0.17% -2
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Johnnie		 0.17% +15
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Sidney		 0.17% -2
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Stephen		 0.17% -1
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Wilbur		 0.17% -1
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Eddie		 0.16% +18
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Morris		 0.16% +2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.61% 0
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Helen		 2.87% 0
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Dorothy		 2.70% 0
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Margaret		 2.23% 0
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Ruth		 2.09% 0
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Mildred		 1.47% 0
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Virginia		 1.33% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.30% +1
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Frances		 1.29% -1
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Anna		 1.23% 0
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Evelyn		 1.13% 0
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Marie		 1.02% 0
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Alice		 0.95% 0
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Florence		 0.89% 0
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Betty		 0.86% +6
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Irene		 0.83% 0
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Lillian		 0.81% -2
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Doris		 0.80% +1
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Rose		 0.78% -2
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Louise		 0.75% -2
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Gladys		 0.74% +1
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Edna		 0.72% +1
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Catherine		 0.71% -3
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Ruby		 0.71% +3
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Martha		 0.71% 0
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Josephine		 0.69% -2
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Lucille		 0.67% +2
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Ethel		 0.67% 0
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Edith		 0.66% +1
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Eleanor		 0.65% -4
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Thelma		 0.64% +1
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Hazel		 0.63% +1
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Marjorie		 0.62% +1
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Grace		 0.61% -3
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Annie		 0.61% +1
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Pauline		 0.59% -1
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Jean		 0.58% 0
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Esther		 0.53% 0
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Gertrude		 0.51% 0
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Lois		 0.51% +2
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Beatrice		 0.50% -1
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Bernice		 0.49% -1
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Clara		 0.46% 0
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Marion		 0.44% +1
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Emma		 0.43% +1
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Sarah		 0.43% +6
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Elsie		 0.43% +2
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Julia		 0.42% 0
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Ann		 0.42% -5
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Agnes		 0.42% -3
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Katherine		 0.41% -1
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Bertha		 0.41% -1
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Jane		 0.39% 0
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Rita		 0.38% +4
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Eva		 0.38% 0
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Pearl		 0.36% 0
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Ida		 0.35% 0
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Viola		 0.35% +1
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Bessie		 0.35% +2
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Barbara		 0.35% 0
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Willie		 0.35% +9
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Lorraine		 0.34% +7
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Anne		 0.34% -9
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June		 0.34% +2
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Vera		 0.33% +3
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Kathryn		 0.33% -3
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Myrtle		 0.33% -5
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Geraldine		 0.32% +9
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Nellie		 0.32% -4
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Stella		 0.32% -3
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Laura		 0.31% -7
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Vivian		 0.31% 0
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Juanita		 0.31% +12
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Violet		 0.31% +9
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Jessie		 0.30% 0
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Alma		 0.29% -3
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Sylvia		 0.29% -6
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Mabel		 0.29% -4
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Charlotte		 0.29% -1
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Minnie		 0.28% +8
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Lillie		 0.28% +8
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Marian		 0.28% -6
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Norma		 0.27% +14
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Phyllis		 0.27% -4
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Maxine		 0.27% +2
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Wilma		 0.27% -4
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Ella		 0.27% -3
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Genevieve		 0.27% -7
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Shirley		 0.27% +9
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Leona		 0.26% -11
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Lucy		 0.26% -1
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Ellen		 0.25% 0
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Jennie		 0.25% -2
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Lena		 0.24% -1
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Mattie		 0.24% +5
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Marguerite		 0.24% -10
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Blanche		 0.23% -1
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Opal		 0.23% -4
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Mae		 0.22% -4
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Nancy		 0.22% +2
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Popularity extremes for the United States