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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Gilbert		 0.16% +3 +44 +2.6%
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Virgil		 0.16% -1 -40 -2.2%
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Everett		 0.16% -3 -115 -6.0%
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Claude		 0.16% -1 -81 -4.3%
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Roger		 0.16% +3 +45 +2.5%
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Allen		 0.17% -1 -50 -2.6%
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Arnold		 0.17% -3 -90 -4.5%
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Edgar		 0.17% -3 -91 -4.5%
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Oscar		 0.18% 0 +29 +1.5%
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Willard		 0.18% -2 -60 -2.9%
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Billy		 0.18% +19 +407 +25.1%
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Dale		 0.18% +4 +85 +4.3%
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Harvey		 0.20% -1 -78 -3.4%
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Wallace		 0.20% +1 +115 +5.5%
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Victor		 0.21% -3 -85 -3.5%
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Cecil		 0.21% -6 -120 -4.9%
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Sam		 0.21% +1 -16 -0.7%
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Lee		 0.21% +3 +17 +0.7%
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Benjamin		 0.21% 0 -35 -1.5%
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Jesse		 0.21% -4 -91 -3.7%
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Martin		 0.21% -2 -58 -2.4%
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Glenn		 0.22% +1 -24 -1.0%
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Wayne		 0.22% +3 +59 +2.4%
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Leon		 0.22% -3 -98 -3.7%
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Gordon		 0.23% +8 +145 +6.1%
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Lewis		 0.23% -4 -157 -5.8%
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Milton		 0.23% +1 -32 -1.2%
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Alvin		 0.23% 0 -89 -3.3%
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Charlie		 0.24% +4 +81 +3.1%
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Vincent		 0.24% -1 -69 -2.5%
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Philip		 0.25% +2 +66 +2.4%
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Lester		 0.26% -3 -125 -4.1%
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Vernon		 0.27% 0 -65 -2.1%
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Clyde		 0.27% +2 -15 -0.5%
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Herman		 0.27% -2 -204 -6.3%
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Ray		 0.27% +2 -24 -0.8%
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Chester		 0.28% -8 -416 -11.7%
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Clifford		 0.28% -1 -105 -3.2%
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Theodore		 0.29% +3 +46 +1.5%
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Floyd		 0.29% +2 -35 -1.1%
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Frederick		 0.30% +1 -23 -0.7%
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Lloyd		 0.30% -1 -173 -4.9%
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Gerald		 0.32% +2 +159 +4.7%
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Peter		 0.32% 0 -3 -0.1%
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Marvin		 0.32% +3 +90 +2.6%
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Leroy		 0.33% 0 -78 -2.1%
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Elmer		 0.33% -6 -408 -9.8%
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Andrew		 0.34% -2 -213 -5.3%
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Edwin		 0.34% +2 +78 +2.1%
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Leo		 0.35% -1 -165 -4.1%
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Melvin		 0.35% +3 +22 +0.6%
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Russell		 0.35% +3 +20 +0.5%
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Michael		 0.36% -1 -208 -5.0%
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Daniel		 0.38% +2 +196 +4.8%
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Bernard		 0.39% -1 -75 -1.7%
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Warren		 0.40% -21 -3,315 -42.5%
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Norman		 0.40% +2 +48 +1.1%
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Samuel		 0.41% +1 -155 -3.3%
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Alfred		 0.43% +1 -93 -1.9%
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Stanley		 0.45% 0 -187 -3.6%
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Herbert		 0.45% +2 -170 -3.3%
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Anthony		 0.45% +1 -147 -2.8%
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Leonard		 0.48% +1 -244 -4.3%
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Ernest		 0.49% +1 -194 -3.4%
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Lawrence		 0.51% +1 -191 -3.2%
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Joe		 0.54% +1 -115 -1.9%
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Francis		 0.55% +1 -145 -2.3%
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Fred		 0.56% 0 -250 -3.8%
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Roy		 0.57% 0 -87 -1.3%
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Earl		 0.57% 0 -293 -4.3%
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Carl		 0.60% 0 -386 -5.5%
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Clarence		 0.61% -1 -471 -6.4%
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Willie		 0.61% +6 +414 +6.4%
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Louis		 0.63% +2 -152 -2.1%
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Howard		 0.65% +1 -417 -5.4%
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Eugene		 0.70% +1 +131 +1.7%
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David		 0.70% +1 +100 +1.3%
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Ralph		 0.75% 0 -376 -4.2%
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Harry		 0.81% -1 -653 -6.7%
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Kenneth		 0.82% +1 +297 +3.3%
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Albert		 0.88% 0 -262 -2.6%
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Arthur		 0.90% 0 -412 -3.9%
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Jack		 0.96% 0 +91 +0.8%
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Henry		 1.00% 0 -204 -1.8%
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Raymond		 1.08% 0 -518 -4.1%
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Walter		 1.12% 0 -372 -2.9%
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Paul		 1.15% 0 -244 -1.9%
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Harold		 1.21% -1 -218 -1.6%
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Donald		 1.33% +1 +1,138 +8.3%
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Thomas		 1.36% 0 -44 -0.3%
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Frank		 1.42% -1 -694 -4.2%
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Richard		 1.56% +1 +1,161 +7.1%
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Edward		 1.82% 0 -399 -1.9%
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Joseph		 2.28% 0 -484 -1.8%
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George		 2.43% 0 -126 -0.5%
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Charles		 2.56% 0 -402 -1.4%
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James		 4.43% 0 +53 +0.1%
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William		 4.54% 0 -750 -1.4%
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Robert		 4.78% 0 +1,009 +1.9%
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John		 5.09% 0 -935 -1.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Margie		 0.23% +6 +157 +5.8%
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Mabel		 0.23% -14 -442 -13.2%
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Genevieve		 0.23% -8 -338 -10.4%
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Jeanne		 0.23% +12 +327 +12.6%
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Eileen		 0.24% +4 +77 +2.7%
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Ellen		 0.24% 0 -112 -3.7%
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Sylvia		 0.24% -6 -336 -10.2%
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Lucy		 0.24% 0 -180 -5.7%
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Wanda		 0.24% +9 +248 +9.1%
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Minnie		 0.25% +5 +118 +3.9%
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Ella		 0.25% -1 -87 -2.7%
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Audrey		 0.25% -7 -271 -7.9%
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Stella		 0.25% -2 -169 -5.1%
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Jessie		 0.26% +4 -43 -1.3%
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Violet		 0.26% -5 -275 -7.9%
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Lillie		 0.26% +9 +82 +2.6%
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Alma		 0.26% -6 -356 -9.9%
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Nellie		 0.26% -3 -239 -6.8%
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Maxine		 0.28% -5 -186 -5.1%
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Bessie		 0.28% -6 -231 -6.3%
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Kathleen		 0.28% +3 +47 +1.4%
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Vera		 0.28% -3 -121 -3.3%
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Nancy		 0.28% +9 +195 +5.9%
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Wilma		 0.28% -5 -288 -7.5%
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Charlotte		 0.29% +3 -5 -0.1%
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Myrtle		 0.29% -2 -142 -3.7%
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Vivian		 0.30% -6 -370 -9.0%
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Kathryn		 0.30% -9 -409 -9.7%
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Viola		 0.30% -6 -367 -8.8%
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Pearl		 0.31% -6 -327 -7.8%
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Willie		 0.31% +4 +136 +3.6%
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Laura		 0.31% +3 -96 -2.4%
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Patricia		 0.31% +16 +521 +15.4%
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Marian		 0.32% +2 -114 -2.8%
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Anne		 0.32% +4 -33 -0.8%
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Ida		 0.32% +2 -159 -3.8%
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Eva		 0.34% -1 -133 -3.1%
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Bertha		 0.35% -4 -189 -4.1%
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Agnes		 0.36% -6 -318 -6.6%
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Gloria		 0.36% +41 +1,765 +64.6%
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Julia		 0.37% -2 -121 -2.6%
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Elsie		 0.37% -4 -260 -5.3%
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Geraldine		 0.37% +4 +120 +2.7%
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Juanita		 0.37% 0 -136 -2.8%
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Lorraine		 0.37% +5 +135 +3.0%
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Jane		 0.39% -8 -382 -7.4%
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Katherine		 0.39% -5 -329 -6.4%
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Phyllis		 0.40% +7 +345 +7.5%
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Rita		 0.40% -4 -180 -3.5%
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Sarah		 0.40% +3 -42 -0.8%
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Emma		 0.40% +2 -60 -1.2%
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Ann		 0.41% +4 -4 -0.1%
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Gertrude		 0.41% -2 -268 -5.0%
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Clara		 0.41% -2 -480 -8.6%
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Norma		 0.42% +5 +137 +2.7%
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June		 0.43% +5 +227 +4.4%
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Esther		 0.44% -2 -452 -7.6%
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Beatrice		 0.44% -2 -492 -8.2%
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Marion		 0.45% +1 -147 -2.5%
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Bernice		 0.47% -2 -278 -4.5%
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Barbara		 0.50% 0 +259 +4.3%
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Shirley		 0.51% +5 +714 +12.5%
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Grace		 0.54% -3 -487 -6.7%
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Hazel		 0.54% -3 -583 -7.9%
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Pauline		 0.55% +1 -331 -4.6%
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Lois		 0.56% +3 +47 +0.7%
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Edith		 0.57% -1 -453 -6.0%
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Lucille		 0.57% -2 -548 -7.1%
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Ethel		 0.58% 0 -358 -4.7%
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Thelma		 0.58% -1 -585 -7.5%
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Annie		 0.60% +6 +267 +3.7%
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Edna		 0.61% -2 -680 -8.2%
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Eleanor		 0.63% +1 -202 -2.5%
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Josephine		 0.63% +1 -269 -3.3%
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Ruby		 0.64% 0 -330 -4.0%
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Gladys		 0.65% -1 -772 -8.8%
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Catherine		 0.68% -1 -350 -3.9%
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Rose		 0.71% -3 -562 -6.0%
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Louise		 0.71% 0 -294 -3.2%
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Martha		 0.72% 0 -243 -2.6%
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Jean		 0.73% +5 +516 +6.0%
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Lillian		 0.76% 0 -341 -3.5%
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Florence		 0.80% -1 -684 -6.4%
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Irene		 0.82% +1 -451 -4.2%
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Marjorie		 0.83% 0 -824 -7.4%
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Alice		 0.90% 0 -678 -5.7%
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Marie		 0.96% 0 -589 -4.7%
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Evelyn		 1.07% -1 -960 -6.7%
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Anna		 1.08% -1 -1,069 -7.4%
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Doris		 1.11% +2 +646 +4.9%
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Frances		 1.21% -1 -940 -5.9%
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Elizabeth		 1.22% +1 -558 -3.5%
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Mildred		 1.32% -1 -1,469 -8.2%
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Virginia		 1.54% -1 +114 +0.6%
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Betty		 1.68% +2 +3,257 +18.5%
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Ruth		 1.89% 0 -2,153 -8.4%
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Margaret		 2.15% 0 -1,605 -5.6%
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Helen		 2.61% 0 -2,313 -6.6%
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Dorothy		 3.02% 0 -1,372 -3.5%
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Mary		 5.79% 0 -1,809 -2.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States