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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Robert		 5.20% +1 +4,686 +8.4%
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John		 5.05% -1 +1,585 +2.8%
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William		 4.58% 0 +1,372 +2.6%
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James		 4.53% 0 +2,476 +4.9%
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Charles		 2.61% 0 +1,500 +5.2%
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George		 2.34% 0 +354 +1.3%
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Joseph		 2.18% 0 -140 -0.5%
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Richard		 1.82% +1 +2,359 +12.5%
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Edward		 1.81% -1 +530 +2.6%
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Donald		 1.53% 0 +1,496 +9.1%
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Thomas		 1.42% +1 +671 +4.2%
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Frank		 1.37% -1 +136 +0.9%
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Harold		 1.21% 0 +275 +2.0%
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Paul		 1.14% 0 -24 -0.2%
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Raymond		 1.10% 0 +409 +3.3%
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Walter		 1.09% 0 +264 +2.1%
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Jack		 1.02% 0 +731 +6.5%
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Henry		 0.96% 0 +130 +1.2%
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Kenneth		 0.89% +2 +621 +6.4%
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Arthur		 0.87% -1 +249 +2.5%
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Albert		 0.85% -1 +55 +0.6%
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Harry		 0.78% 0 -149 -1.6%
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Ralph		 0.75% 0 +137 +1.6%
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David		 0.75% 0 +529 +6.4%
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Eugene		 0.71% 0 +401 +5.0%
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Howard		 0.63% 0 +214 +3.0%
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Carl		 0.61% +1 +213 +3.1%
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Louis		 0.60% -1 -33 -0.5%
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Clarence		 0.59% 0 +94 +1.4%
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Willie		 0.57% 0 +37 +0.6%
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Roy		 0.56% +1 +240 +3.8%
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Fred		 0.56% +1 +220 +3.5%
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Earl		 0.56% -2 +191 +3.0%
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Francis		 0.52% 0 +44 +0.7%
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Joe		 0.52% 0 +40 +0.7%
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Lawrence		 0.49% 0 -138 -2.3%
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Ernest		 0.49% +1 +312 +5.8%
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Leonard		 0.48% -1 +115 +2.1%
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Anthony		 0.44% 0 +72 +1.4%
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Stanley		 0.44% +1 +152 +3.0%
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Herbert		 0.44% -1 +49 +1.0%
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Norman		 0.43% +2 +339 +7.2%
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Alfred		 0.42% -1 -76 -1.5%
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Calvin		 0.42% +38 +2,506 +104%
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Samuel		 0.39% 0 +15 +0.3%
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Bernard		 0.39% 0 +130 +3.0%
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Daniel		 0.38% 0 +140 +3.3%
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Melvin		 0.36% 0 +156 +3.9%
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Gerald		 0.36% +5 +457 +12.4%
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Marvin		 0.34% +1 +214 +5.6%
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Leo		 0.34% -2 +15 +0.4%
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Russell		 0.34% 0 +141 +3.7%
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Leroy		 0.34% +2 +237 +6.4%
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Michael		 0.33% -4 -41 -1.0%
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Edwin		 0.32% +1 +139 +3.8%
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Andrew		 0.32% -3 -3 -0.1%
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Elmer		 0.32% 0 +101 +2.8%
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Warren		 0.31% -15 -1,238 -25.7%
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Peter		 0.30% -1 +111 +3.3%
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Ray		 0.29% +1 +208 +6.6%
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Lloyd		 0.29% -2 -37 -1.1%
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Frederick		 0.28% -2 -1 -0.0%
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Billy		 0.28% +15 +783 +31.5%
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Clifford		 0.28% +1 +144 +4.6%
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Theodore		 0.28% -3 +69 +2.2%
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Floyd		 0.27% -2 +21 +0.7%
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Chester		 0.26% -4 -117 -3.7%
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Vernon		 0.26% -1 +51 +1.7%
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Clyde		 0.26% -1 +152 +5.3%
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Herman		 0.25% -4 -8 -0.3%
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Philip		 0.25% -1 +137 +4.9%
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Lester		 0.24% -1 +14 +0.5%
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Alvin		 0.24% 0 +113 +4.3%
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Wayne		 0.23% +1 +133 +5.1%
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Gordon		 0.23% +1 +139 +5.4%
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Leon		 0.23% +1 +148 +5.9%
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Lewis		 0.23% -3 +52 +2.0%
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Vincent		 0.23% -6 -81 -3.0%
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Glenn		 0.22% +5 +216 +9.1%
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Charlie		 0.21% -1 +36 +1.5%
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Milton		 0.21% 0 +28 +1.1%
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Martin		 0.21% -2 -7 -0.3%
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Lee		 0.21% +2 +62 +2.6%
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Dale		 0.21% +6 +223 +10.3%
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Cecil		 0.20% +2 +44 +2.0%
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Jesse		 0.20% -3 -95 -4.0%
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Wallace		 0.20% -18 -522 -18.6%
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Harvey		 0.19% +3 +127 +6.0%
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Benjamin		 0.19% -3 -96 -4.1%
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Victor		 0.19% -2 -37 -1.7%
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Sam		 0.18% -2 -81 -3.7%
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Bill		 0.18% +6 +234 +12.8%
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Roger		 0.18% +2 +165 +8.7%
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Allen		 0.18% +3 +170 +9.1%
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Arnold		 0.17% -2 +87 +4.5%
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Edgar		 0.16% -2 -19 -1.0%
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Willard		 0.16% -5 -111 -5.7%
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Roland		 0.16% +6 +144 +8.6%
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Oscar		 0.16% -3 -61 -3.2%
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Gilbert		 0.15% +2 +93 +5.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.68% 0 +1,901 +2.7%
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Dorothy		 3.09% 0 +956 +2.4%
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Helen		 2.41% 0 -294 -0.9%
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Betty		 2.36% +1 +4,609 +17.7%
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Margaret		 2.05% -1 +415 +1.6%
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Ruth		 1.82% 0 -38 -0.2%
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Virginia		 1.44% 0 +296 +1.6%
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Mildred		 1.22% 0 -137 -0.9%
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Doris		 1.22% +2 +1,176 +8.0%
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Frances		 1.17% 0 +303 +2.0%
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Elizabeth		 1.15% -2 -511 -3.3%
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Evelyn		 1.03% 0 +183 +1.4%
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Anna		 1.01% 0 +213 +1.7%
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Marie		 0.89% 0 +65 +0.6%
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Alice		 0.89% 0 +206 +1.8%
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Jean		 0.83% +3 +1,212 +12.7%
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Marjorie		 0.78% -1 -151 -1.5%
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Irene		 0.77% -1 -125 -1.2%
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Shirley		 0.73% +7 +1,572 +19.9%
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Florence		 0.73% -2 -274 -2.8%
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Martha		 0.72% 0 +357 +4.0%
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Lois		 0.72% +5 +1,485 +19.0%
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Lillian		 0.70% -3 -228 -2.4%
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Louise		 0.68% -2 -28 -0.3%
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Rose		 0.65% -2 +40 +0.5%
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Ruby		 0.65% -1 +174 +2.1%
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Catherine		 0.65% -3 -75 -0.9%
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Barbara		 0.64% +5 +1,096 +15.2%
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Eleanor		 0.63% -1 +421 +5.4%
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Gladys		 0.60% -1 +95 +1.2%
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Edna		 0.57% +1 +109 +1.5%
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Annie		 0.57% +2 +255 +3.6%
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Thelma		 0.57% -2 -63 -0.9%
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Josephine		 0.56% -4 -285 -3.8%
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Patricia		 0.54% +21 +2,158 +45.0%
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Edith		 0.53% 0 +56 +0.8%
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Lucille		 0.52% -2 -170 -2.5%
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Pauline		 0.52% -1 +15 +0.2%
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Ethel		 0.51% -1 +44 +0.7%
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Norma		 0.51% +1 +657 +11.2%
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Gloria		 0.50% +7 +1,224 +23.1%
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Hazel		 0.49% -2 +97 +1.6%
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Grace		 0.49% -4 +13 +0.2%
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Phyllis		 0.48% +1 +791 +14.4%
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June		 0.48% -3 +340 +5.9%
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Marion		 0.47% -2 +336 +5.9%
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Bernice		 0.47% -4 +225 +3.9%
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Juanita		 0.42% +3 +356 +7.1%
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Rita		 0.42% +1 +286 +5.6%
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Beatrice		 0.41% -4 -193 -3.5%
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Esther		 0.41% -4 -58 -1.1%
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Lorraine		 0.39% +5 +345 +7.2%
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Jane		 0.39% +2 +187 +3.8%
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Sarah		 0.39% 0 +82 +1.7%
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Ann		 0.39% -3 +13 +0.3%
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Clara		 0.39% -7 -145 -2.8%
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Emma		 0.38% -4 -80 -1.6%
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Geraldine		 0.37% 0 +121 +2.6%
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Katherine		 0.36% +1 +117 +2.6%
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Gertrude		 0.35% -1 -156 -3.3%
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Elsie		 0.35% 0 -51 -1.1%
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Julia		 0.33% 0 -34 -0.8%
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Agnes		 0.33% 0 +18 +0.4%
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Marian		 0.32% +1 +167 +4.1%
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Bertha		 0.32% -1 0 0.0%
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Eva		 0.31% 0 +93 +2.3%
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Wilma		 0.31% +7 +359 +9.7%
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Willie		 0.31% -1 +27 +0.7%
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Nancy		 0.31% +6 +316 +8.6%
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Ida		 0.30% -2 -27 -0.7%
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Vivian		 0.30% -2 +19 +0.5%
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Laura		 0.30% +1 +117 +3.2%
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Elaine		 0.29% +14 +591 +18.4%
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Wanda		 0.29% +6 +330 +9.7%
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Dolores		 0.29% +8 +360 +10.7%
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Kathleen		 0.28% -6 -91 -2.4%
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Maxine		 0.28% -1 +56 +1.6%
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Pearl		 0.28% 0 +92 +2.6%
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Anne		 0.28% -8 -100 -2.7%
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Charlotte		 0.28% -3 +16 +0.4%
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Kathryn		 0.28% -9 -116 -3.1%
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Viola		 0.28% -3 +43 +1.2%
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Joyce		 0.27% +21 +862 +32.3%
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Audrey		 0.27% +1 +240 +7.3%
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Vera		 0.27% -3 +101 +3.0%
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Bessie		 0.26% -5 +17 +0.5%
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Alma		 0.25% +2 +171 +5.6%
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Violet		 0.25% -2 -52 -1.6%
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Myrtle		 0.25% -5 -109 -3.3%
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Jeanne		 0.24% 0 +110 +3.6%
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Jessie		 0.24% +2 +152 +5.1%
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Nellie		 0.24% -4 -109 -3.4%
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Eileen		 0.24% +2 +93 +3.1%
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Ella		 0.24% -1 +66 +2.2%
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Joan		 0.23% +22 +719 +31.2%
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Theresa		 0.23% +9 +407 +15.6%
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Lillie		 0.23% -6 -57 -1.9%
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Lucy		 0.23% -6 -24 -0.8%
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Ellen		 0.23% +4 +278 +10.4%
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Minnie		 0.22% -1 +101 +3.6%
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Popularity extremes for the United States