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		 5.29% 0 +96 +0.2%
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John		 4.97% 0 -1,854 -3.1%
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William		 4.63% 0 -202 -0.4%
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James		 4.58% 0 -257 -0.5%
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Charles		 2.57% 0 -881 -2.9%
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George		 2.31% 0 -817 -3.0%
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Joseph		 2.14% 0 -806 -3.2%
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Richard		 2.02% 0 +2,024 +9.5%
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Edward		 1.75% 0 -1,038 -4.9%
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Donald		 1.67% 0 +1,263 +7.0%
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Thomas		 1.45% 0 +134 +0.8%
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Frank		 1.33% 0 -713 -4.4%
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Paul		 1.23% +1 +838 +6.3%
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Harold		 1.18% -1 -553 -3.9%
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Raymond		 1.08% 0 -427 -3.3%
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Walter		 1.05% 0 -565 -4.5%
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Jack		 1.04% 0 +88 +0.7%
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Henry		 0.92% 0 -582 -5.2%
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Kenneth		 0.88% 0 -209 -2.0%
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Arthur		 0.87% 0 -186 -1.8%
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Albert		 0.83% 0 -367 -3.7%
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David		 0.77% +2 +158 +1.8%
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Harry		 0.75% -1 -503 -5.5%
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Eugene		 0.74% +1 +168 +2.0%
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Ralph		 0.74% -2 -300 -3.4%
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Howard		 0.62% 0 -203 -2.8%
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Willie		 0.62% +3 +423 +6.3%
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Carl		 0.61% -1 -24 -0.3%
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Louis		 0.59% -1 -244 -3.5%
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Clarence		 0.58% -1 -226 -3.3%
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Earl		 0.56% +2 -95 -1.5%
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Roy		 0.55% -1 -181 -2.8%
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Fred		 0.54% -1 -332 -5.1%
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Joe		 0.53% +1 +62 +1.0%
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Francis		 0.52% -1 -153 -2.5%
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Lawrence		 0.49% 0 -142 -2.5%
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Ernest		 0.48% 0 -191 -3.4%
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Leonard		 0.48% 0 -135 -2.4%
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Anthony		 0.44% 0 -152 -2.9%
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Stanley		 0.44% 0 -157 -3.0%
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Norman		 0.43% +1 -70 -1.4%
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Herbert		 0.43% -1 -197 -3.8%
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Alfred		 0.42% 0 -133 -2.7%
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Daniel		 0.40% +3 +146 +3.3%
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Gerald		 0.39% +4 +357 +8.6%
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Samuel		 0.38% -1 -189 -4.1%
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Calvin		 0.37% -3 -615 -12.5%
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Bernard		 0.37% -2 -247 -5.5%
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Billy		 0.37% +14 +936 +28.6%
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Melvin		 0.36% -2 -21 -0.5%
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Marvin		 0.36% -1 +67 +1.7%
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Leroy		 0.34% +1 -40 -1.0%
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Russell		 0.33% -1 -143 -3.6%
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Leo		 0.33% -3 -214 -5.4%
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Michael		 0.33% -1 -113 -2.9%
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Andrew		 0.31% 0 -128 -3.4%
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Edwin		 0.31% -2 -232 -6.1%
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Floyd		 0.31% +8 +361 +11.4%
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Clifford		 0.30% +5 +175 +5.4%
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Peter		 0.29% -1 -147 -4.2%
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Elmer		 0.29% -4 -375 -10.1%
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Lloyd		 0.29% -1 -26 -0.8%
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Theodore		 0.28% +2 0 0.0%
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Ray		 0.28% -4 -150 -4.5%
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Frederick		 0.27% -3 -189 -5.8%
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Warren		 0.26% -8 -639 -17.8%
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Vernon		 0.25% +1 -96 -3.2%
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Clyde		 0.25% +1 -100 -3.3%
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Herman		 0.25% +1 -63 -2.1%
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Alvin		 0.24% +3 +19 +0.7%
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Vincent		 0.24% +7 +134 +5.1%
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Gordon		 0.24% +3 +32 +1.2%
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Chester		 0.24% -6 -314 -10.4%
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Wayne		 0.24% 0 -17 -0.6%
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Philip		 0.23% -4 -244 -8.4%
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Leon		 0.23% 0 -39 -1.5%
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Glenn		 0.23% +2 +25 +1.0%
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Charlie		 0.22% +2 +71 +2.8%
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Lewis		 0.22% -2 -93 -3.5%
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Milton		 0.22% +1 +92 +3.7%
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Lester		 0.22% -9 -220 -7.9%
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Lee		 0.22% +1 +117 +4.8%
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Martin		 0.21% -1 -35 -1.4%
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Bill		 0.21% +8 +314 +15.2%
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Jesse		 0.21% +1 +81 +3.5%
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Dale		 0.20% -2 -95 -4.0%
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Cecil		 0.20% -2 0 0.0%
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Harvey		 0.19% 0 -52 -2.3%
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Victor		 0.18% +1 -70 -3.2%
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Roger		 0.18% +3 +45 +2.2%
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Sam		 0.18% 0 -31 -1.5%
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Wallace		 0.18% -5 -206 -9.0%
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Benjamin		 0.18% -4 -152 -6.8%
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Allen		 0.18% 0 -11 -0.5%
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Arnold		 0.17% 0 -42 -2.1%
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Edgar		 0.16% 0 -69 -3.7%
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Willard		 0.16% 0 -39 -2.1%
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Roland		 0.16% 0 -37 -2.0%
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Oscar		 0.15% 0 -63 -3.5%
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Johnnie		 0.15% +1 +3 +0.2%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.59% 0 -2,950 -4.0%
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Dorothy		 3.05% 0 -1,429 -3.6%
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Betty		 2.60% +1 +2,214 +7.2%
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Helen		 2.31% -1 -2,020 -6.5%
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Margaret		 1.94% 0 -2,085 -7.9%
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Ruth		 1.76% 0 -1,353 -5.7%
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Virginia		 1.39% 0 -1,131 -6.1%
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Doris		 1.27% +1 +290 +1.8%
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Mildred		 1.14% -1 -1,400 -8.8%
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Elizabeth		 1.10% +1 -1,014 -6.8%
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Frances		 1.09% -1 -1,359 -9.0%
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Evelyn		 0.99% 0 -854 -6.4%
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Anna		 0.97% 0 -826 -6.3%
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Jean		 0.92% +2 +875 +8.2%
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Alice		 0.92% 0 +38 +0.3%
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Marie		 0.87% -2 -648 -5.6%
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Shirley		 0.83% +2 +1,023 +10.8%
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Lois		 0.76% +4 +274 +2.9%
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Irene		 0.75% -1 -487 -4.9%
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Gloria		 0.74% +21 +2,847 +43.6%
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Marjorie		 0.74% -4 -762 -7.6%
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Barbara		 0.73% +6 +851 +10.2%
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Martha		 0.69% -2 -555 -6.0%
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Florence		 0.68% -4 -887 -9.4%
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Lillian		 0.66% -2 -748 -8.2%
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Rose		 0.66% -1 -200 -2.4%
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Louise		 0.66% -3 -579 -6.5%
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Patricia		 0.64% +7 +1,137 +16.3%
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Catherine		 0.62% -2 -496 -5.9%
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Ruby		 0.62% -4 -563 -6.7%
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Eleanor		 0.61% -2 -469 -5.7%
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Annie		 0.58% 0 0 0.0%
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Gladys		 0.57% -3 -559 -7.2%
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Norma		 0.55% +6 +399 +6.1%
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Thelma		 0.54% -2 -493 -6.7%
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Josephine		 0.54% -2 -465 -6.4%
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Edna		 0.54% -6 -626 -8.5%
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Pauline		 0.53% 0 +7 +0.1%
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June		 0.53% +6 +499 +8.1%
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Phyllis		 0.51% +4 +218 +3.5%
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Lucille		 0.51% -4 -347 -5.1%
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Edith		 0.50% -6 -616 -8.9%
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Ethel		 0.49% -4 -411 -6.2%
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Grace		 0.47% -1 -345 -5.5%
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Hazel		 0.46% -3 -563 -8.9%
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Bernice		 0.45% +1 -305 -5.1%
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Marion		 0.44% -1 -471 -7.8%
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Rita		 0.42% +1 -58 -1.1%
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Juanita		 0.41% -1 -171 -3.2%
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Beatrice		 0.40% 0 -279 -5.3%
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Lorraine		 0.40% +1 -126 -2.5%
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Ann		 0.39% +3 -99 -2.0%
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Jane		 0.39% 0 -223 -4.4%
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Geraldine		 0.38% +4 +5 +0.1%
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Clara		 0.38% +1 -213 -4.3%
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Esther		 0.37% -5 -531 -10.1%
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Emma		 0.37% 0 -183 -3.7%
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Sarah		 0.37% -4 -359 -7.1%
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Joyce		 0.35% +24 +832 +23.6%
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Nancy		 0.34% +9 +336 +8.4%
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Katherine		 0.34% -2 -456 -9.7%
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Wilma		 0.33% +5 +110 +2.7%
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Elsie		 0.33% -2 -353 -7.8%
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Dolores		 0.33% +11 +416 +11.2%
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Julia		 0.32% -3 -242 -5.6%
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Joan		 0.32% +29 +1,007 +33.3%
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Marian		 0.32% -3 -218 -5.2%
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Willie		 0.31% 0 -45 -1.1%
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Agnes		 0.31% -6 -329 -7.8%
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Gertrude		 0.31% -10 -651 -14.3%
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Eva		 0.31% -5 -213 -5.2%
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Wanda		 0.30% +2 +68 +1.8%
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Elaine		 0.30% 0 -26 -0.7%
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Bertha		 0.30% -9 -350 -8.5%
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Laura		 0.28% -3 -239 -6.2%
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Vivian		 0.28% -5 -274 -7.1%
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Charlotte		 0.28% +3 -61 -1.7%
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Audrey		 0.28% +6 +22 +0.6%
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Maxine		 0.28% -2 -121 -3.3%
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Theresa		 0.28% +16 +495 +16.4%
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Kathleen		 0.28% -5 -160 -4.4%
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Ida		 0.28% -12 -372 -9.6%
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Marilyn		 0.27% +18 +559 +19.5%
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Viola		 0.26% -2 -241 -6.7%
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Anne		 0.26% -6 -307 -8.5%
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Vera		 0.26% -1 -196 -5.6%
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Bessie		 0.26% -1 -138 -4.1%
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Kathryn		 0.26% -7 -335 -9.3%
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Jeanne		 0.26% +1 +75 +2.4%
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Pearl		 0.25% -12 -422 -11.6%
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Lillie		 0.25% +6 +140 +4.7%
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Violet		 0.24% -4 -193 -6.0%
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Ella		 0.24% +1 -55 -1.8%
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Alma		 0.24% -7 -244 -7.5%
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Myrtle		 0.24% -6 -225 -7.0%
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Eileen		 0.24% -3 -107 -3.5%
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Jessie		 0.23% -6 -196 -6.2%
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Nellie		 0.23% -6 -138 -4.5%
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Margie		 0.23% +3 +37 +1.3%
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Mattie		 0.22% +9 +216 +8.3%
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Popularity extremes for the United States