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		 5.32% 0 -968 -1.6%
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John		 4.71% 0 -2,197 -3.9%
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James		 4.62% 0 -918 -1.7%
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William		 4.30% 0 -2,359 -4.6%
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Charles		 2.74% 0 -695 -2.2%
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Richard		 2.52% 0 +2,030 +7.6%
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Donald		 2.25% +1 +1,866 +7.8%
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George		 2.14% -1 -1,552 -6.0%
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Joseph		 1.96% 0 -1,187 -5.1%
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Edward		 1.62% 0 -622 -3.3%
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Thomas		 1.45% 0 -448 -2.6%
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Frank		 1.19% 0 -810 -5.6%
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Paul		 1.15% 0 -442 -3.2%
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Harold		 1.11% 0 -549 -4.2%
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Jack		 1.10% +1 -308 -2.4%
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Raymond		 1.05% -1 -857 -6.7%
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Kenneth		 0.98% +1 +321 +3.0%
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Walter		 0.93% -1 -692 -6.1%
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David		 0.88% +2 +569 +6.0%
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Eugene		 0.85% 0 -35 -0.4%
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Henry		 0.82% -2 -552 -5.6%
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Arthur		 0.78% 0 -461 -4.9%
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Albert		 0.77% 0 -314 -3.4%
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Ralph		 0.71% 0 -336 -4.0%
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Herbert		 0.71% +17 +3,048 +60.7%
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Harry		 0.67% -1 -413 -5.2%
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Billy		 0.64% +4 +847 +13.1%
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Carl		 0.61% -2 -338 -4.6%
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Willie		 0.60% -2 -150 -2.2%
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Joe		 0.59% 0 +140 +2.1%
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Howard		 0.57% -3 -334 -4.9%
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Louis		 0.55% -3 -368 -5.5%
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Alfred		 0.55% +12 +1,491 +31.3%
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Roy		 0.55% 0 -159 -2.5%
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Clarence		 0.53% -3 -392 -6.1%
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Fred		 0.53% -1 -277 -4.4%
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Earl		 0.52% -4 -438 -6.8%
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Lawrence		 0.49% -1 +25 +0.4%
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Norman		 0.49% 0 +98 +1.8%
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Francis		 0.48% -4 -129 -2.3%
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Gerald		 0.48% -3 -24 -0.4%
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Leonard		 0.45% -2 -177 -3.3%
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Ernest		 0.43% -2 -267 -5.1%
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Anthony		 0.41% -1 -202 -4.1%
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Stanley		 0.39% -1 -424 -8.6%
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Marvin		 0.39% +1 +54 +1.2%
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Daniel		 0.39% -1 -183 -4.0%
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Melvin		 0.37% 0 +47 +1.1%
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Bernard		 0.36% +1 -99 -2.4%
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Ronald		 0.35% +13 +861 +27.7%
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Leroy		 0.34% 0 -40 -1.0%
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Samuel		 0.34% -3 -342 -8.2%
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Michael		 0.32% -1 -10 -0.3%
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Floyd		 0.29% -1 -211 -5.9%
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Russell		 0.29% -1 -214 -6.0%
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Peter		 0.29% +3 -5 -0.2%
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Ray		 0.29% +3 -6 -0.2%
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Edwin		 0.28% -1 -224 -6.6%
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Lloyd		 0.28% -1 -163 -4.9%
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Andrew		 0.28% -4 -295 -8.6%
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Leo		 0.27% -6 -442 -12.5%
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Gene		 0.27% +10 +287 +10.2%
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Bill		 0.26% +6 +112 +3.9%
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Elmer		 0.26% -3 -230 -7.2%
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Bobby		 0.26% +26 +685 +30.0%
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Theodore		 0.26% -4 -204 -6.5%
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Frederick		 0.25% -3 -164 -5.4%
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Clifford		 0.25% -3 -170 -5.6%
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Wayne		 0.25% -2 -25 -0.9%
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Vernon		 0.25% +1 -1 -0.0%
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Roger		 0.24% +13 +366 +15.2%
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Alvin		 0.24% -6 -135 -4.7%
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Philip		 0.24% +2 +50 +1.9%
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Clyde		 0.24% -6 -165 -5.7%
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Dale		 0.23% +6 +134 +5.4%
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Glenn		 0.23% 0 -68 -2.5%
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Gordon		 0.23% -3 -83 -3.1%
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Herman		 0.23% -8 -266 -9.3%
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Jerry		 0.23% +14 +371 +16.7%
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Charlie		 0.22% 0 -52 -2.1%
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Leon		 0.22% -3 -141 -5.4%
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Vincent		 0.21% -5 -212 -8.0%
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Martin		 0.21% +4 +44 +1.8%
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Don		 0.21% +6 +80 +3.5%
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Warren		 0.21% -6 -193 -7.6%
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Lewis		 0.21% -4 -160 -6.4%
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Lee		 0.20% -1 -112 -4.7%
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Chester		 0.20% -3 -164 -6.8%
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Lester		 0.20% -6 -211 -8.6%
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Harvey		 0.19% +4 -14 -0.6%
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Jesse		 0.19% -2 -149 -6.4%
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Milton		 0.19% -3 -188 -8.0%
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Allen		 0.19% +2 +35 +1.7%
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Calvin		 0.19% -21 -564 -21.0%
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Bob		 0.18% +5 +123 +6.2%
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Gilbert		 0.18% +3 +72 +3.6%
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Cecil		 0.18% -5 -221 -9.9%
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Arnold		 0.17% -1 -24 -1.2%
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Victor		 0.17% -1 -37 -1.9%
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Jimmie		 0.17% +8 +205 +11.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.59% 0 -3,767 -5.3%
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Betty		 3.02% +1 +654 +1.8%
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Dorothy		 2.82% -1 -2,257 -6.3%
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Helen		 1.92% 0 -2,384 -9.4%
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Margaret		 1.70% 0 -1,666 -7.6%
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Ruth		 1.49% 0 -1,559 -8.0%
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Doris		 1.39% 0 +67 +0.4%
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Barbara		 1.24% +2 +1,713 +13.0%
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Virginia		 1.21% -1 -1,224 -7.8%
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Shirley		 1.19% -1 +898 +6.7%
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Patricia		 1.03% +7 +1,779 +16.9%
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Jean		 1.02% +2 -304 -2.4%
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Frances		 1.02% -1 -851 -6.6%
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Elizabeth		 0.98% -1 -761 -6.1%
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Mildred		 0.97% -4 -1,406 -10.8%
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Anna		 0.89% 0 -641 -5.7%
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Evelyn		 0.88% -2 -962 -8.4%
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Lois		 0.87% +1 -83 -0.8%
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Alice		 0.85% -2 -542 -5.1%
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Dolores		 0.80% +14 +2,846 +42.0%
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Marie		 0.78% -1 -1,027 -10.0%
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Martha		 0.69% +2 -54 -0.7%
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Norma		 0.68% +3 +169 +2.1%
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Rose		 0.68% -1 -337 -4.0%
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Gloria		 0.68% -3 -418 -4.9%
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Phyllis		 0.66% +3 +499 +6.7%
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Joan		 0.66% +14 +1,823 +30.2%
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Irene		 0.65% -7 -878 -10.2%
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Marjorie		 0.64% -4 -484 -6.0%
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Joyce		 0.61% +5 +559 +8.4%
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Louise		 0.59% -4 -650 -8.4%
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Florence		 0.58% -4 -675 -8.8%
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Catherine		 0.58% -2 -346 -4.8%
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Ruby		 0.56% -4 -571 -7.9%
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Lillian		 0.55% -3 -606 -8.4%
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Eleanor		 0.55% -3 -426 -6.1%
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Annie		 0.53% -1 -233 -3.6%
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Marilyn		 0.51% +8 +513 +9.2%
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Lorraine		 0.50% +5 +254 +4.4%
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Thelma		 0.50% -2 -325 -5.2%
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Gladys		 0.49% -4 -623 -9.7%
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Josephine		 0.47% -3 -437 -7.2%
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Nancy		 0.46% +13 +515 +10.3%
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June		 0.46% -1 -220 -3.8%
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Edna		 0.46% -5 -613 -10.1%
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Beverly		 0.46% +11 +503 +10.2%
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Marion		 0.45% +4 +209 +4.0%
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Pauline		 0.45% -6 -622 -10.3%
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Theresa		 0.45% +3 +204 +4.0%
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Geraldine		 0.43% +8 +226 +4.6%
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Lucille		 0.43% -6 -539 -9.6%
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Grace		 0.42% -2 -314 -5.9%
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Bernice		 0.41% -4 -363 -6.8%
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Ann		 0.41% +5 +149 +3.1%
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Ethel		 0.41% -8 -558 -10.2%
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Edith		 0.41% -8 -556 -10.3%
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Rita		 0.40% -3 -273 -5.4%
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Juanita		 0.40% -3 -339 -6.7%
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Hazel		 0.39% -6 -447 -8.8%
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Audrey		 0.39% +2 +255 +5.8%
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Donna		 0.37% +9 +476 +11.9%
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Jane		 0.37% -2 -287 -6.1%
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Wanda		 0.36% +3 +16 +0.4%
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Sarah		 0.36% -3 -312 -6.8%
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Clara		 0.34% -2 -262 -6.0%
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Esther		 0.34% -2 -231 -5.3%
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Emma		 0.34% -2 -309 -7.1%
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Elaine		 0.34% +1 -104 -2.5%
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Wilma		 0.33% -1 -216 -5.2%
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Beatrice		 0.33% -3 -318 -7.5%
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Marian		 0.33% +3 +165 +4.4%
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Charlotte		 0.29% +3 -203 -5.5%
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Elsie		 0.29% -1 -337 -8.9%
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Willie		 0.29% -3 -441 -11.4%
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Katherine		 0.28% -2 -325 -8.7%
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Peggy		 0.28% +20 +524 +18.3%
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Carol		 0.28% +29 +706 +26.7%
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Vivian		 0.28% -1 -199 -5.7%
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Eva		 0.27% 0 -196 -5.8%
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Julia		 0.27% -4 -380 -10.6%
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Bertha		 0.26% -1 -219 -6.5%
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Kathleen		 0.26% +1 -113 -3.5%
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Laura		 0.26% -2 -193 -5.8%
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Maxine		 0.26% +3 +33 +1.1%
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Agnes		 0.25% -3 -315 -9.4%
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Gertrude		 0.25% -8 -497 -14.2%
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Ida		 0.25% -3 -210 -6.6%
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Rosemary		 0.25% -2 -181 -5.7%
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Bonnie		 0.24% +11 +127 +4.5%
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Jeanne		 0.24% -5 -279 -8.8%
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Carolyn		 0.24% +8 +44 +1.6%
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Vera		 0.24% -3 -100 -3.4%
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Anne		 0.24% -2 -105 -3.6%
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Delores		 0.24% +34 +795 +39.5%
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Janet		 0.23% +16 +238 +9.4%
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Billie		 0.23% +13 +225 +8.8%
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Jacqueline		 0.23% +18 +291 +11.9%
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Ellen		 0.22% -5 -183 -6.4%
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Kathryn		 0.22% -9 -253 -8.6%
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Ella		 0.22% -2 -173 -6.1%
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Popularity extremes for the United States