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		 5.34% 0 +233 +0.4%
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John		 4.90% 0 -1,094 -1.9%
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James		 4.65% +1 +522 +1.0%
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William		 4.53% -1 -1,388 -2.6%
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Charles		 2.58% 0 -57 -0.2%
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George		 2.26% 0 -652 -2.5%
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Richard		 2.20% +1 +1,876 +8.1%
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Joseph		 2.07% -1 -856 -3.5%
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Donald		 1.83% +1 +1,721 +9.0%
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Edward		 1.69% -1 -713 -3.5%
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Thomas		 1.45% 0 -94 -0.6%
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Frank		 1.27% 0 -834 -5.4%
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Paul		 1.19% 0 -522 -3.7%
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Harold		 1.16% 0 -286 -2.1%
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Raymond		 1.12% 0 +363 +2.9%
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Jack		 1.07% +1 +186 +1.5%
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Walter		 1.03% -1 -356 -2.9%
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Kenneth		 0.90% +1 +197 +1.9%
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Henry		 0.87% -1 -617 -5.8%
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Arthur		 0.83% 0 -521 -5.2%
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Albert		 0.80% 0 -368 -3.9%
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David		 0.79% 0 +123 +1.4%
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Eugene		 0.79% +1 +497 +5.8%
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Ralph		 0.74% +1 -13 -0.2%
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Harry		 0.72% -2 -395 -4.6%
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Carl		 0.61% +2 -120 -1.7%
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Howard		 0.60% -1 -331 -4.6%
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Willie		 0.60% -1 -305 -4.3%
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Clarence		 0.57% +1 -128 -1.9%
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Louis		 0.57% -1 -288 -4.2%
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Fred		 0.56% +2 +246 +4.0%
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Earl		 0.56% -1 +6 +0.1%
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Joe		 0.55% +1 +233 +3.8%
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Roy		 0.54% -2 -152 -2.4%
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Francis		 0.51% 0 -188 -3.1%
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Lawrence		 0.49% 0 -51 -0.9%
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Ernest		 0.48% 0 -57 -1.0%
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Leonard		 0.47% 0 -64 -1.2%
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Norman		 0.46% +2 +309 +6.2%
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Billy		 0.45% +9 +973 +23.1%
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Gerald		 0.45% +4 +614 +13.6%
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Anthony		 0.44% -3 +20 +0.4%
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Stanley		 0.43% -3 -67 -1.3%
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Herbert		 0.43% -2 +14 +0.3%
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Alfred		 0.41% -2 -69 -1.4%
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Daniel		 0.39% -2 -35 -0.8%
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Melvin		 0.37% +3 +46 +1.1%
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Samuel		 0.37% -2 -226 -5.1%
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Bernard		 0.36% -1 -87 -2.0%
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Marvin		 0.36% +1 +20 +0.5%
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Leroy		 0.33% +1 -75 -1.9%
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Russell		 0.33% +1 -10 -0.3%
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Floyd		 0.32% +5 +96 +2.7%
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Leo		 0.31% 0 -224 -5.9%
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Edwin		 0.31% +2 -66 -1.9%
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Michael		 0.30% -1 -275 -7.3%
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Ray		 0.30% +7 +191 +5.9%
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Peter		 0.29% +2 -14 -0.4%
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Andrew		 0.29% -3 -274 -7.6%
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Lloyd		 0.29% +2 -45 -1.4%
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Elmer		 0.28% 0 -123 -3.7%
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Clifford		 0.28% -3 -236 -6.9%
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Theodore		 0.27% 0 -97 -3.0%
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Frederick		 0.27% +1 +31 +1.0%
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Calvin		 0.26% -18 -1,286 -29.9%
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Vernon		 0.26% +1 +40 +1.4%
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Clyde		 0.25% +1 -34 -1.2%
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Wayne		 0.25% +6 +100 +3.7%
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Herman		 0.24% 0 -92 -3.2%
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Philip		 0.24% +5 +32 +1.2%
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Warren		 0.24% -5 -243 -8.3%
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Alvin		 0.24% -2 -84 -3.0%
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Leon		 0.23% +3 +10 +0.4%
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Bill		 0.23% +10 +262 +11.0%
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Glenn		 0.23% +2 +24 +0.9%
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Gordon		 0.23% -4 -117 -4.3%
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Vincent		 0.22% -6 -228 -8.2%
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Lester		 0.22% +3 -22 -0.9%
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Chester		 0.22% -6 -185 -6.8%
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Martin		 0.22% +3 +76 +3.1%
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Charlie		 0.21% -3 -132 -5.1%
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Lewis		 0.21% -3 -133 -5.2%
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Milton		 0.21% -3 -148 -5.8%
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Dale		 0.21% +2 +97 +4.2%
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Lee		 0.20% -3 -225 -8.9%
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Cecil		 0.20% +1 +4 +0.2%
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Jesse		 0.20% -2 -75 -3.2%
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Ronald		 0.20% +16 +612 +36.6%
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Roger		 0.20% +1 +162 +7.7%
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Harvey		 0.19% -2 -62 -2.8%
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Gene		 0.18% +21 +505 +32.0%
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Sam		 0.18% -1 -59 -2.8%
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Allen		 0.18% +1 -14 -0.7%
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Victor		 0.18% -5 -103 -4.9%
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Wallace		 0.18% -3 -65 -3.1%
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Don		 0.17% +10 +313 +18.9%
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Jerry		 0.17% +10 +309 +19.0%
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Benjamin		 0.17% -5 -171 -8.3%
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Arnold		 0.16% -4 -90 -4.6%
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Willard		 0.16% -3 +15 +0.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.51% 0 -2,750 -3.9%
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Dorothy		 2.98% 0 -1,953 -5.1%
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Betty		 2.68% 0 +147 +0.4%
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Helen		 2.19% 0 -2,288 -7.8%
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Margaret		 1.88% 0 -1,391 -5.7%
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Ruth		 1.64% 0 -2,024 -9.1%
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Doris		 1.33% +1 +222 +1.4%
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Virginia		 1.31% -1 -1,330 -7.6%
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Mildred		 1.10% 0 -904 -6.3%
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Frances		 1.09% +1 -469 -3.4%
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Elizabeth		 1.04% -1 -1,101 -7.9%
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Jean		 0.99% +2 +569 +4.9%
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Evelyn		 0.96% -1 -724 -5.8%
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Shirley		 0.96% +3 +1,247 +11.9%
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Anna		 0.95% -2 -554 -4.5%
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Barbara		 0.90% +6 +1,924 +21.0%
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Alice		 0.89% -2 -619 -5.3%
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Marie		 0.86% -2 -298 -2.7%
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Lois		 0.80% -1 +246 +2.6%
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Gloria		 0.75% 0 -185 -2.0%
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Irene		 0.75% -2 -272 -2.9%
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Marjorie		 0.70% -1 -667 -7.2%
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Patricia		 0.70% +5 +494 +6.1%
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Martha		 0.70% -1 -210 -2.4%
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Rose		 0.69% +1 +229 +2.8%
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Florence		 0.67% -2 -407 -4.7%
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Louise		 0.65% 0 -296 -3.6%
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Lillian		 0.62% -3 -691 -8.3%
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Norma		 0.61% +5 +587 +8.5%
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Ruby		 0.61% 0 -369 -4.7%
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Catherine		 0.61% -2 -397 -5.0%
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Eleanor		 0.59% -1 -420 -5.4%
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Phyllis		 0.56% +7 +436 +6.7%
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Annie		 0.56% -2 -474 -6.4%
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Gladys		 0.54% -2 -597 -8.3%
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Thelma		 0.54% -1 -239 -3.5%
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Josephine		 0.52% -1 -400 -5.9%
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Edna		 0.52% -1 -387 -5.7%
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Pauline		 0.52% -1 -373 -5.5%
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June		 0.49% -1 -572 -8.6%
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Ethel		 0.48% +2 -316 -5.1%
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Edith		 0.47% 0 -489 -7.8%
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Lucille		 0.47% -2 -637 -10.0%
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Joyce		 0.46% +15 +1,340 +30.7%
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Bernice		 0.44% +1 -286 -5.0%
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Grace		 0.44% -2 -557 -9.3%
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Marion		 0.44% 0 -222 -4.0%
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Hazel		 0.43% -3 -477 -8.3%
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Dolores		 0.42% +15 +1,074 +25.9%
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Rita		 0.41% -2 -308 -5.8%
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Joan		 0.41% +15 +965 +23.9%
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Juanita		 0.41% -3 -250 -4.8%
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Lorraine		 0.40% -2 -92 -1.8%
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Geraldine		 0.39% 0 -26 -0.5%
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Ann		 0.39% -3 -157 -3.2%
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Jane		 0.38% -3 -239 -4.9%
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Nancy		 0.37% +3 +241 +5.6%
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Beatrice		 0.37% -8 -474 -9.5%
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Emma		 0.36% -2 -234 -5.0%
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Audrey		 0.36% +18 +934 +26.4%
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Clara		 0.36% -6 -312 -6.5%
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Esther		 0.36% -6 -272 -5.8%
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Sarah		 0.36% -5 -263 -5.6%
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Theresa		 0.36% +16 +890 +25.3%
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Marilyn		 0.36% +18 +951 +27.8%
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Wanda		 0.34% +6 +322 +8.5%
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Wilma		 0.33% -5 -120 -2.9%
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Elaine		 0.33% +5 +228 +6.0%
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Elsie		 0.32% -6 -237 -5.7%
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Marian		 0.31% -3 -120 -3.0%
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Gertrude		 0.31% -1 -40 -1.0%
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Katherine		 0.31% -11 -406 -9.6%
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Willie		 0.31% -5 -127 -3.2%
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Beverly		 0.31% +31 +1,108 +41.5%
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Julia		 0.30% -10 -359 -8.9%
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Bertha		 0.29% -2 -189 -5.0%
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Agnes		 0.29% -8 -378 -9.7%
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Charlotte		 0.29% -1 -39 -1.1%
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Eva		 0.28% -8 -361 -9.4%
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Vivian		 0.28% -4 -145 -4.1%
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Laura		 0.27% -6 -215 -6.0%
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Ida		 0.27% 0 -204 -5.8%
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Kathleen		 0.27% -2 -226 -6.5%
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Vera		 0.26% +2 -128 -3.9%
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Maxine		 0.26% -6 -388 -11.0%
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Anne		 0.25% -1 -211 -6.4%
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Kathryn		 0.25% +1 -169 -5.2%
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Jeanne		 0.25% +1 -162 -5.0%
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Bessie		 0.25% -2 -212 -6.5%
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Donna		 0.25% +20 +579 +23.8%
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Alma		 0.24% +3 -7 -0.2%
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Eileen		 0.24% +4 -35 -1.2%
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Jessie		 0.24% +4 -30 -1.0%
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Violet		 0.24% -2 -127 -4.2%
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Rosemary		 0.24% +8 +145 +5.3%
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Pearl		 0.24% -6 -314 -9.8%
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Viola		 0.23% -13 -459 -13.8%
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Ella		 0.23% -5 -154 -5.1%
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Lillie		 0.23% -8 -274 -8.8%
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Ellen		 0.23% +1 -26 -0.9%
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Popularity extremes for the United States