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		 5.31% 0 +541 +0.9%
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John		 4.82% 0 -152 -0.3%
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James		 4.62% 0 +469 +0.9%
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William		 4.43% 0 -439 -0.8%
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Charles		 2.75% 0 +2,414 +8.2%
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Richard		 2.30% +1 +1,622 +6.5%
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George		 2.23% -1 +42 +0.2%
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Donald		 2.05% +1 +2,923 +14.0%
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Joseph		 2.02% -1 -257 -1.1%
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Edward		 1.65% 0 -262 -1.4%
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Thomas		 1.47% 0 +433 +2.6%
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Frank		 1.24% 0 -115 -0.8%
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Paul		 1.17% 0 -49 -0.4%
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Harold		 1.14% 0 -83 -0.6%
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Raymond		 1.10% 0 -1 -0.0%
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Jack		 1.10% 0 +605 +5.0%
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Walter		 0.98% 0 -431 -3.7%
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Kenneth		 0.93% 0 +505 +4.9%
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Henry		 0.85% 0 -130 -1.3%
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Eugene		 0.84% +3 +731 +8.1%
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David		 0.81% +1 +385 +4.3%
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Arthur		 0.80% -2 -125 -1.3%
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Albert		 0.79% -2 -17 -0.2%
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Ralph		 0.73% 0 -18 -0.2%
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Harry		 0.69% 0 -196 -2.4%
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Carl		 0.63% 0 +341 +4.9%
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Willie		 0.60% +1 +150 +2.2%
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Howard		 0.59% -1 -8 -0.1%
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Louis		 0.57% +1 +154 +2.4%
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Joe		 0.56% +3 +202 +3.2%
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Billy		 0.56% +9 +1,283 +24.8%
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Clarence		 0.56% -3 -83 -1.3%
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Earl		 0.55% -1 -36 -0.6%
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Roy		 0.55% 0 +163 +2.6%
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Fred		 0.54% -4 -136 -2.1%
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Francis		 0.49% -1 -146 -2.5%
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Lawrence		 0.48% -1 -10 -0.2%
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Gerald		 0.47% +3 +389 +7.6%
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Norman		 0.47% 0 +208 +3.9%
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Leonard		 0.46% -2 -91 -1.7%
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Ernest		 0.45% -4 -228 -4.2%
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Herbert		 0.43% +2 +81 +1.6%
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Anthony		 0.42% -1 -141 -2.8%
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Stanley		 0.42% -1 -59 -1.2%
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Alfred		 0.41% 0 +30 +0.6%
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Daniel		 0.40% 0 +102 +2.3%
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Marvin		 0.38% +3 +286 +7.0%
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Melvin		 0.36% -1 +9 +0.2%
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Samuel		 0.36% -1 +8 +0.2%
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Bernard		 0.36% -1 -7 -0.2%
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Leroy		 0.34% 0 +104 +2.7%
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Michael		 0.31% +4 +121 +3.5%
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Floyd		 0.31% 0 -74 -2.0%
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Russell		 0.31% -2 -253 -6.7%
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Leo		 0.30% -1 -14 -0.4%
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Andrew		 0.30% +3 +95 +2.8%
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Edwin		 0.29% -2 -102 -2.9%
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Lloyd		 0.29% +2 +45 +1.4%
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Peter		 0.28% -1 -55 -1.6%
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Ray		 0.28% -3 -157 -4.6%
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Elmer		 0.28% 0 -27 -0.8%
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Theodore		 0.27% +1 -7 -0.2%
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Ronald		 0.27% +25 +827 +36.2%
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Frederick		 0.26% 0 -72 -2.3%
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Clifford		 0.26% -3 -158 -5.0%
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Alvin		 0.25% +6 +190 +7.1%
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Wayne		 0.25% +1 +68 +2.4%
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Clyde		 0.25% -1 +7 +0.2%
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Bill		 0.25% +5 +222 +8.4%
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Herman		 0.25% -1 +57 +2.0%
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Vernon		 0.25% -5 -99 -3.4%
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Gene		 0.24% +19 +718 +34.5%
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Calvin		 0.23% -8 -323 -10.7%
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Gordon		 0.23% +2 +49 +1.9%
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Philip		 0.23% -5 -31 -1.1%
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Glenn		 0.23% -1 +35 +1.3%
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Vincent		 0.23% 0 +105 +4.1%
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Leon		 0.22% -5 -46 -1.7%
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Warren		 0.22% -8 -146 -5.4%
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Charlie		 0.22% +1 +67 +2.7%
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Dale		 0.22% +3 +106 +4.4%
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Lewis		 0.22% 0 +54 +2.2%
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Lester		 0.21% -5 -96 -3.8%
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Roger		 0.21% +5 +147 +6.5%
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Chester		 0.21% -6 -127 -5.0%
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Lee		 0.21% -1 +80 +3.5%
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Martin		 0.21% -7 -110 -4.4%
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Milton		 0.20% -5 -60 -2.5%
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Jesse		 0.20% -2 +21 +0.9%
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Don		 0.20% +6 +337 +17.1%
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Bobby		 0.20% +25 +691 +43.3%
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Cecil		 0.19% -6 -76 -3.3%
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Jerry		 0.19% +4 +283 +14.6%
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Harvey		 0.19% -4 +73 +3.4%
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Allen		 0.18% -2 +82 +4.1%
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Wallace		 0.17% -1 -2 -0.1%
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Arnold		 0.17% +2 +116 +6.2%
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Victor		 0.17% -4 -33 -1.6%
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Gilbert		 0.17% +2 +195 +10.9%
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Bob		 0.17% +2 +192 +10.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.71% 0 +2,804 +4.1%
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Dorothy		 2.91% 0 -628 -1.7%
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Betty		 2.87% 0 +2,464 +7.5%
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Helen		 2.05% 0 -1,564 -5.8%
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Margaret		 1.78% 0 -1,109 -4.8%
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Ruth		 1.57% 0 -806 -4.0%
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Doris		 1.34% 0 +210 +1.3%
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Virginia		 1.27% 0 -434 -2.7%
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Shirley		 1.08% +5 +1,555 +13.2%
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Barbara		 1.06% +6 +2,080 +18.8%
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Mildred		 1.06% -2 -494 -3.6%
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Frances		 1.05% -2 -367 -2.7%
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Elizabeth		 1.01% -2 -309 -2.4%
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Jean		 1.01% -2 +344 +2.8%
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Evelyn		 0.93% -2 -284 -2.4%
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Anna		 0.91% -1 -481 -4.1%
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Alice		 0.86% 0 -275 -2.5%
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Patricia		 0.85% +5 +1,964 +22.9%
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Lois		 0.85% 0 +686 +7.0%
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Marie		 0.83% -2 -317 -3.0%
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Irene		 0.70% 0 -562 -6.1%
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Gloria		 0.69% -2 -661 -7.2%
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Rose		 0.69% +2 -11 -0.1%
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Martha		 0.67% 0 -249 -2.9%
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Marjorie		 0.66% -3 -524 -6.1%
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Norma		 0.65% +3 +468 +6.2%
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Louise		 0.62% 0 -275 -3.4%
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Florence		 0.62% -2 -533 -6.5%
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Phyllis		 0.60% +4 +503 +7.3%
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Ruby		 0.59% 0 -210 -2.8%
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Catherine		 0.59% 0 -214 -2.9%
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Lillian		 0.58% -4 -480 -6.3%
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Eleanor		 0.56% -1 -342 -4.7%
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Dolores		 0.55% +15 +1,550 +29.7%
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Joyce		 0.54% +9 +981 +17.2%
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Annie		 0.53% -2 -315 -4.6%
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Gladys		 0.52% -2 -218 -3.3%
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Thelma		 0.51% -2 -280 -4.3%
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Josephine		 0.49% -2 -300 -4.7%
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Edna		 0.49% -2 -309 -4.8%
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Joan		 0.49% +10 +1,037 +20.8%
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Pauline		 0.49% -3 -345 -5.4%
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June		 0.46% -3 -340 -5.6%
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Lorraine		 0.46% +9 +837 +17.1%
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Lucille		 0.46% -2 -127 -2.2%
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Marilyn		 0.45% +19 +1,184 +27.1%
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Ethel		 0.44% -6 -373 -6.4%
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Edith		 0.44% -6 -384 -6.6%
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Bernice		 0.43% -4 -136 -2.5%
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Grace		 0.43% -4 -124 -2.3%
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Marion		 0.42% -4 -143 -2.7%
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Theresa		 0.42% +12 +722 +16.4%
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Hazel		 0.41% -5 -206 -3.9%
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Rita		 0.41% -4 +69 +1.4%
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Juanita		 0.41% -3 +90 +1.8%
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Nancy		 0.41% +1 +456 +10.0%
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Beverly		 0.40% +17 +1,156 +30.6%
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Geraldine		 0.40% -4 +118 +2.5%
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Ann		 0.39% -4 +3 +0.1%
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Jane		 0.38% -4 +54 +1.2%
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Sarah		 0.37% +2 +133 +3.0%
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Audrey		 0.35% -2 -102 -2.3%
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Clara		 0.35% -2 -98 -2.2%
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Esther		 0.35% -2 -126 -2.8%
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Emma		 0.35% -6 -154 -3.4%
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Wanda		 0.35% 0 +177 +4.3%
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Beatrice		 0.34% -9 -278 -6.2%
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Wilma		 0.34% -1 +97 +2.4%
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Elaine		 0.33% -1 +105 +2.6%
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Donna		 0.32% +20 +984 +32.7%
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Willie		 0.31% +2 +65 +1.7%
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Elsie		 0.31% -3 -103 -2.6%
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Katherine		 0.30% -1 -111 -2.9%
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Marian		 0.30% -4 -138 -3.6%
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Charlotte		 0.30% +3 +165 +4.7%
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Julia		 0.29% -1 -102 -2.8%
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Vivian		 0.28% +3 +78 +2.3%
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Gertrude		 0.28% -7 -344 -8.9%
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Eva		 0.28% 0 -86 -2.5%
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Bertha		 0.27% -4 -203 -5.7%
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Laura		 0.27% 0 -35 -1.0%
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Agnes		 0.27% -5 -195 -5.5%
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Kathleen		 0.26% 0 -12 -0.4%
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Ida		 0.26% -2 -80 -2.4%
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Jeanne		 0.26% +3 +95 +3.1%
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Rosemary		 0.26% +9 +253 +8.7%
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Maxine		 0.25% -2 -57 -1.8%
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Bessie		 0.24% +1 -79 -2.6%
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Vera		 0.24% -5 -210 -6.7%
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Kathryn		 0.24% -3 -161 -5.2%
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Anne		 0.24% -5 -180 -5.8%
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Eileen		 0.24% +1 +1 +0.0%
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Ellen		 0.23% +7 +98 +3.5%
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Lillie		 0.23% +5 +17 +0.6%
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Jessie		 0.23% -2 -63 -2.2%
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Peggy		 0.23% +8 +235 +9.0%
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Alma		 0.23% -6 -143 -4.8%
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Ella		 0.23% 0 -9 -0.3%
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Carolyn		 0.23% +15 +389 +16.1%
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Bonnie		 0.23% +5 +187 +7.2%
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Popularity extremes for the United States