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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Virgil		 0.15% -1 -77 -4.3%
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Everett		 0.15% -1 -53 -2.9%
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Bill		 0.16% +6 +158 +9.4%
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Allen		 0.17% -2 -12 -0.6%
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Oscar		 0.17% -4 -127 -6.3%
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Roger		 0.17% +1 +41 +2.2%
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Edgar		 0.17% -1 -26 -1.4%
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Arnold		 0.17% +1 +35 +1.8%
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Willard		 0.17% -1 -72 -3.6%
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Harvey		 0.19% -3 -93 -4.2%
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Dale		 0.19% -1 +132 +6.5%
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Sam		 0.20% -5 -146 -6.2%
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Victor		 0.20% -2 -96 -4.1%
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Cecil		 0.20% -2 -81 -3.5%
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Benjamin		 0.21% -4 -60 -2.5%
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Lee		 0.21% -2 -13 -0.5%
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Glenn		 0.21% -5 -55 -2.3%
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Jesse		 0.21% -2 -8 -0.3%
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Calvin		 0.21% +46 +1,127 +87.8%
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Milton		 0.22% -7 -110 -4.3%
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Martin		 0.22% 0 +56 +2.3%
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Charlie		 0.22% -7 -184 -6.9%
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Billy		 0.22% +12 +459 +22.6%
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Leon		 0.22% 0 +8 +0.3%
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Gordon		 0.23% 0 +49 +1.9%
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Wayne		 0.23% +3 +121 +4.9%
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Lewis		 0.23% +1 +63 +2.5%
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Alvin		 0.23% 0 +48 +1.8%
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Vincent		 0.24% -1 +9 +0.3%
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Lester		 0.24% -2 -186 -6.3%
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Philip		 0.25% 0 +14 +0.5%
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Wallace		 0.25% +18 +594 +26.9%
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Clyde		 0.25% -1 -153 -5.1%
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Vernon		 0.26% +1 -46 -1.5%
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Herman		 0.26% 0 -54 -1.8%
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Clifford		 0.27% -2 -51 -1.6%
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Floyd		 0.28% -3 -76 -2.4%
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Chester		 0.28% +1 +17 +0.5%
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Theodore		 0.28% 0 -60 -1.9%
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Ray		 0.28% +4 +110 +3.6%
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Frederick		 0.29% 0 -74 -2.2%
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Lloyd		 0.30% 0 +23 +0.7%
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Peter		 0.30% -1 -136 -3.8%
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Elmer		 0.32% -3 -108 -2.9%
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Edwin		 0.32% -4 -177 -4.6%
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Leroy		 0.33% 0 +15 +0.4%
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Gerald		 0.33% +4 +152 +4.3%
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Andrew		 0.33% 0 -54 -1.4%
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Russell		 0.34% -3 -161 -4.1%
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Marvin		 0.34% +5 +230 +6.4%
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Michael		 0.35% -2 -75 -1.9%
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Leo		 0.35% +2 +73 +1.9%
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Melvin		 0.35% +2 +104 +2.7%
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Daniel		 0.38% 0 -20 -0.5%
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Bernard		 0.39% 0 -33 -0.7%
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Samuel		 0.40% -2 -21 -0.5%
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Norman		 0.42% 0 +179 +4.0%
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Warren		 0.43% +2 +338 +7.5%
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Alfred		 0.44% 0 +173 +3.6%
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Stanley		 0.45% 0 -10 -0.2%
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Herbert		 0.45% 0 +25 +0.5%
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Anthony		 0.45% 0 +28 +0.5%
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Ernest		 0.47% -1 -131 -2.4%
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Leonard		 0.48% +1 +79 +1.5%
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Lawrence		 0.52% 0 +127 +2.2%
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Joe		 0.53% 0 -85 -1.4%
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Francis		 0.54% 0 -61 -1.0%
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Fred		 0.56% 0 +69 +1.1%
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Roy		 0.56% 0 -141 -2.2%
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Earl		 0.56% 0 -122 -1.9%
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Willie		 0.59% -2 -240 -3.5%
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Clarence		 0.60% 0 -60 -0.9%
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Carl		 0.61% +2 +180 +2.7%
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Louis		 0.63% 0 -19 -0.3%
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Howard		 0.63% 0 -138 -1.9%
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Eugene		 0.70% 0 +98 +1.2%
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David		 0.73% 0 +364 +4.6%
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Ralph		 0.76% 0 +146 +1.7%
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Harry		 0.82% 0 +184 +2.0%
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Kenneth		 0.86% 0 +477 +5.2%
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Albert		 0.87% 0 -71 -0.7%
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Arthur		 0.88% 0 -192 -1.9%
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Henry		 0.98% -1 -140 -1.2%
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Jack		 0.99% +1 +344 +3.2%
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Walter		 1.10% -1 -200 -1.6%
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Raymond		 1.10% +1 +334 +2.8%
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Paul		 1.18% 0 +438 +3.4%
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Harold		 1.23% 0 +282 +2.1%
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Thomas		 1.40% -1 +621 +4.1%
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Frank		 1.41% -1 -108 -0.7%
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Donald		 1.45% +2 +1,519 +10.2%
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Richard		 1.67% 0 +1,349 +7.7%
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Edward		 1.82% 0 +178 +0.9%
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Joseph		 2.26% 0 -136 -0.5%
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George		 2.39% 0 -327 -1.2%
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Charles		 2.56% 0 +121 +0.4%
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James		 4.46% 0 +662 +1.3%
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William		 4.61% 0 +1,025 +2.0%
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Robert		 4.96% 0 +2,322 +4.3%
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John		 5.08% 0 +189 +0.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Leona		 0.22% +1 -81 -2.9%
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Minnie		 0.22% -8 -332 -10.7%
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Sylvia		 0.23% -4 -123 -4.2%
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Genevieve		 0.23% +1 -28 -1.0%
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Stella		 0.24% -8 -210 -6.6%
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Eileen		 0.24% +1 +38 +1.3%
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Ella		 0.24% -3 -155 -4.9%
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Jessie		 0.24% -6 -187 -5.9%
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Lucy		 0.24% +1 +25 +0.8%
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Lillie		 0.24% -6 -164 -5.1%
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Jeanne		 0.24% +7 +123 +4.2%
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Alma		 0.25% -5 -163 -5.0%
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Nellie		 0.25% -5 -90 -2.7%
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Elaine		 0.26% +15 +418 +15.0%
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Violet		 0.26% 0 +82 +2.6%
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Audrey		 0.26% +4 +118 +3.7%
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Myrtle		 0.27% -9 -335 -9.2%
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Dolores		 0.27% +21 +654 +24.1%
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Vera		 0.27% -3 -135 -3.8%
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Bessie		 0.27% 0 -60 -1.7%
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Wanda		 0.27% +12 +419 +14.0%
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Viola		 0.28% -7 -259 -6.8%
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Pearl		 0.28% -7 -305 -7.9%
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Charlotte		 0.29% -1 +14 +0.4%
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Maxine		 0.29% +6 +159 +4.6%
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Nancy		 0.29% +3 +155 +4.4%
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Wilma		 0.30% +3 +171 +4.8%
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Laura		 0.30% -5 -191 -4.9%
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Kathryn		 0.30% +1 -78 -2.1%
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Anne		 0.30% -5 -247 -6.2%
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Kathleen		 0.30% +10 +288 +8.3%
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Vivian		 0.31% +5 +98 +2.6%
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Ida		 0.31% -3 -99 -2.5%
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Willie		 0.32% +3 +80 +2.1%
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Eva		 0.32% -2 -217 -5.2%
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Marian		 0.32% +2 +80 +2.0%
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Bertha		 0.33% -1 -297 -6.7%
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Agnes		 0.34% -1 -258 -5.8%
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Julia		 0.35% -2 -293 -6.3%
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Elsie		 0.36% -2 -68 -1.5%
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Katherine		 0.37% -6 -248 -5.1%
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Gertrude		 0.38% -11 -383 -7.5%
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Geraldine		 0.38% 0 +70 +1.5%
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Lorraine		 0.38% -1 +96 +2.1%
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Patricia		 0.38% +12 +898 +23.0%
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Jane		 0.39% 0 +112 +2.3%
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Sarah		 0.40% -3 -19 -0.4%
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Emma		 0.40% -3 -36 -0.7%
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Ann		 0.40% -3 -32 -0.6%
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Juanita		 0.40% +6 +405 +8.7%
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Rita		 0.41% +2 +118 +2.4%
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Clara		 0.41% -2 +8 +0.2%
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Gloria		 0.42% +13 +814 +18.1%
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Esther		 0.42% -3 -159 -2.9%
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Beatrice		 0.44% -3 -12 -0.2%
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Phyllis		 0.44% +8 +541 +11.0%
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Marion		 0.46% -2 +44 +0.8%
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Bernice		 0.46% -2 -104 -1.8%
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June		 0.46% +3 +428 +8.0%
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Norma		 0.47% +5 +647 +12.4%
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Hazel		 0.50% -3 -513 -7.6%
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Grace		 0.50% -1 -427 -6.3%
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Ethel		 0.52% -6 -704 -9.7%
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Pauline		 0.54% -1 -104 -1.5%
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Edith		 0.55% -2 -301 -4.2%
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Lucille		 0.55% -2 -236 -3.3%
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Annie		 0.57% -4 -381 -5.1%
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Barbara		 0.58% +7 +937 +14.9%
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Edna		 0.58% -3 -323 -4.2%
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Thelma		 0.59% 0 +125 +1.7%
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Josephine		 0.60% -3 -306 -3.9%
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Gladys		 0.61% -4 -347 -4.3%
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Eleanor		 0.62% 0 -80 -1.0%
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Lois		 0.62% +8 +868 +12.5%
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Shirley		 0.63% +13 +1,510 +23.6%
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Ruby		 0.66% +1 +229 +2.9%
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Catherine		 0.67% 0 -99 -1.2%
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Rose		 0.67% 0 -350 -4.0%
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Louise		 0.71% 0 -4 -0.0%
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Martha		 0.72% 0 -59 -0.7%
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Lillian		 0.75% -1 -101 -1.1%
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Jean		 0.76% +1 +402 +4.4%
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Florence		 0.78% 0 -289 -2.9%
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Irene		 0.80% 0 -120 -1.2%
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Marjorie		 0.82% 0 -165 -1.6%
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Alice		 0.91% 0 +54 +0.5%
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Marie		 0.92% 0 -400 -3.4%
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Anna		 1.03% -1 -544 -4.1%
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Evelyn		 1.05% +1 -143 -1.1%
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Doris		 1.17% 0 +812 +5.9%
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Frances		 1.19% 0 -173 -1.1%
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Elizabeth		 1.23% 0 +218 +1.4%
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Mildred		 1.28% 0 -422 -2.6%
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Virginia		 1.46% 0 -820 -4.3%
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Ruth		 1.89% -1 +7 +0.0%
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Betty		 2.08% +1 +5,096 +24.4%
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Margaret		 2.09% 0 -730 -2.7%
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Helen		 2.51% 0 -1,022 -3.1%
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Dorothy		 3.12% 0 +1,328 +3.5%
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Mary		 5.72% 0 -541 -0.7%
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Popularity extremes for the United States