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 · Girls
Boys
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Robert		 5.31% 0
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John		 4.82% 0
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James		 4.62% 0
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William		 4.43% 0
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Charles		 2.75% 0
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Richard		 2.30% +1
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George		 2.23% -1
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Donald		 2.05% +1
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Joseph		 2.02% -1
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Edward		 1.65% 0
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Thomas		 1.47% 0
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Frank		 1.24% 0
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Paul		 1.17% 0
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Harold		 1.14% 0
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Raymond		 1.10% 0
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Jack		 1.10% 0
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Walter		 0.98% 0
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Kenneth		 0.93% 0
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Henry		 0.85% 0
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Eugene		 0.84% +3
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David		 0.81% +1
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Arthur		 0.80% -2
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Albert		 0.79% -2
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Ralph		 0.73% 0
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Harry		 0.69% 0
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Carl		 0.63% 0
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Willie		 0.60% +1
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Howard		 0.59% -1
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Louis		 0.57% +1
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Joe		 0.56% +3
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Billy		 0.56% +9
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Clarence		 0.56% -3
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Earl		 0.55% -1
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Roy		 0.55% 0
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Fred		 0.54% -4
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Francis		 0.49% -1
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Lawrence		 0.48% -1
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Gerald		 0.47% +3
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Norman		 0.47% 0
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Leonard		 0.46% -2
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Ernest		 0.45% -4
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Herbert		 0.43% +2
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Anthony		 0.42% -1
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Stanley		 0.42% -1
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Alfred		 0.41% 0
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Daniel		 0.40% 0
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Marvin		 0.38% +3
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Melvin		 0.36% -1
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Samuel		 0.36% -1
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Bernard		 0.36% -1
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Leroy		 0.34% 0
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Michael		 0.31% +4
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Floyd		 0.31% 0
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Russell		 0.31% -2
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Leo		 0.30% -1
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Andrew		 0.30% +3
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Edwin		 0.29% -2
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Lloyd		 0.29% +2
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Peter		 0.28% -1
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Ray		 0.28% -3
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Elmer		 0.28% 0
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Theodore		 0.27% +1
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Ronald		 0.27% +25
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Frederick		 0.26% 0
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Clifford		 0.26% -3
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Alvin		 0.25% +6
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Wayne		 0.25% +1
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Clyde		 0.25% -1
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Bill		 0.25% +5
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Herman		 0.25% -1
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Vernon		 0.25% -5
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Gene		 0.24% +19
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Calvin		 0.23% -8
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Gordon		 0.23% +2
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Philip		 0.23% -5
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Glenn		 0.23% -1
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Vincent		 0.23% 0
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Leon		 0.22% -5
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Warren		 0.22% -8
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Charlie		 0.22% +1
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Dale		 0.22% +3
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Lewis		 0.22% 0
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Lester		 0.21% -5
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Roger		 0.21% +5
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Chester		 0.21% -6
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Lee		 0.21% -1
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Martin		 0.21% -7
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Milton		 0.20% -5
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Jesse		 0.20% -2
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Don		 0.20% +6
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Bobby		 0.20% +25
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Cecil		 0.19% -6
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Jerry		 0.19% +4
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Harvey		 0.19% -4
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Allen		 0.18% -2
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Wallace		 0.17% -1
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Arnold		 0.17% +2
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Victor		 0.17% -4
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Gilbert		 0.17% +2
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Bob		 0.17% +2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.71% 0
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Dorothy		 2.91% 0
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Betty		 2.87% 0
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Helen		 2.05% 0
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Margaret		 1.78% 0
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Ruth		 1.57% 0
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Doris		 1.34% 0
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Virginia		 1.27% 0
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Shirley		 1.08% +5
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Barbara		 1.06% +6
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Mildred		 1.06% -2
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Frances		 1.05% -2
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Elizabeth		 1.01% -2
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Jean		 1.01% -2
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Evelyn		 0.93% -2
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Anna		 0.91% -1
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Alice		 0.86% 0
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Patricia		 0.85% +5
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Lois		 0.85% 0
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Marie		 0.83% -2
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Irene		 0.70% 0
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Gloria		 0.69% -2
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Rose		 0.69% +2
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Martha		 0.67% 0
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Marjorie		 0.66% -3
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Norma		 0.65% +3
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Louise		 0.62% 0
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Florence		 0.62% -2
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Phyllis		 0.60% +4
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Ruby		 0.59% 0
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Catherine		 0.59% 0
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Lillian		 0.58% -4
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Eleanor		 0.56% -1
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Dolores		 0.55% +15
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Joyce		 0.54% +9
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Annie		 0.53% -2
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Gladys		 0.52% -2
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Thelma		 0.51% -2
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Josephine		 0.49% -2
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Edna		 0.49% -2
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Joan		 0.49% +10
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Pauline		 0.49% -3
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June		 0.46% -3
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Lorraine		 0.46% +9
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Lucille		 0.46% -2
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Marilyn		 0.45% +19
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Ethel		 0.44% -6
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Edith		 0.44% -6
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Bernice		 0.43% -4
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Grace		 0.43% -4
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Marion		 0.42% -4
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Theresa		 0.42% +12
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Hazel		 0.41% -5
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Rita		 0.41% -4
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Juanita		 0.41% -3
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Nancy		 0.41% +1
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Beverly		 0.40% +17
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Geraldine		 0.40% -4
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Ann		 0.39% -4
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Jane		 0.38% -4
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Sarah		 0.37% +2
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Audrey		 0.35% -2
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Clara		 0.35% -2
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Esther		 0.35% -2
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Emma		 0.35% -6
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Wanda		 0.35% 0
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Beatrice		 0.34% -9
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Wilma		 0.34% -1
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Elaine		 0.33% -1
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Donna		 0.32% +20
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Willie		 0.31% +2
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Elsie		 0.31% -3
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Katherine		 0.30% -1
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Marian		 0.30% -4
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Charlotte		 0.30% +3
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Julia		 0.29% -1
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Vivian		 0.28% +3
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Gertrude		 0.28% -7
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Eva		 0.28% 0
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Bertha		 0.27% -4
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Laura		 0.27% 0
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Agnes		 0.27% -5
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Kathleen		 0.26% 0
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Ida		 0.26% -2
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Jeanne		 0.26% +3
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Rosemary		 0.26% +9
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Maxine		 0.25% -2
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Bessie		 0.24% +1
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Vera		 0.24% -5
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Kathryn		 0.24% -3
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Anne		 0.24% -5
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Eileen		 0.24% +1
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Ellen		 0.23% +7
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Lillie		 0.23% +5
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Jessie		 0.23% -2
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Peggy		 0.23% +8
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Alma		 0.23% -6
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Ella		 0.23% 0
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Carolyn		 0.23% +15
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Bonnie		 0.23% +5
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Popularity extremes for the United States