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
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Robert		 5.40% 0
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James		 4.71% +1
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John		 4.71% -1
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William		 4.32% 0
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Charles		 2.70% 0
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Richard		 2.67% 0
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Donald		 2.45% 0
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George		 2.08% 0
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Joseph		 1.91% 0
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Edward		 1.56% 0
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Thomas		 1.47% 0
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Frank		 1.17% 0
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Paul		 1.12% 0
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Jack		 1.10% +1
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Raymond		 1.08% +1
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Harold		 1.05% -2
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David		 1.02% +2
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Kenneth		 0.98% -1
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Walter		 0.89% -1
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Eugene		 0.82% 0
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Henry		 0.77% 0
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Arthur		 0.77% 0
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Billy		 0.75% +4
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Albert		 0.73% -1
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Herbert		 0.71% 0
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Ralph		 0.70% -2
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Harry		 0.65% -1
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Carl		 0.62% 0
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Willie		 0.60% 0
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Joe		 0.60% 0
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Howard		 0.54% 0
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Louis		 0.54% 0
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Gerald		 0.54% +8
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Fred		 0.53% +2
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Roy		 0.53% -1
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Earl		 0.52% +1
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Clarence		 0.52% -2
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Lawrence		 0.48% 0
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Francis		 0.48% +1
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Norman		 0.47% -1
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Alfred		 0.45% -8
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Leonard		 0.44% 0
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Ernest		 0.43% 0
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Anthony		 0.43% 0
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Ronald		 0.40% +5
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Marvin		 0.40% 0
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Daniel		 0.39% 0
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Stanley		 0.39% -3
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Melvin		 0.37% -1
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Bobby		 0.35% +15
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Leroy		 0.35% 0
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Bernard		 0.34% -3
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Samuel		 0.32% -1
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Michael		 0.31% -1
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Peter		 0.29% +1
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Russell		 0.29% -1
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Ray		 0.29% 0
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Floyd		 0.28% -4
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Andrew		 0.28% +1
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Leo		 0.27% +1
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Jerry		 0.27% +18
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Bill		 0.27% +1
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Lloyd		 0.27% -3
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Roger		 0.26% +7
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Theodore		 0.26% +1
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Edwin		 0.26% -8
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Frederick		 0.25% 0
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Gene		 0.25% -6
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Wayne		 0.25% 0
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Elmer		 0.24% -6
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Vernon		 0.24% -1
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Clifford		 0.24% -4
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Dale		 0.24% +2
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Clyde		 0.24% 0
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Herman		 0.24% +3
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Philip		 0.24% -3
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Alvin		 0.23% -5
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Don		 0.23% +6
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Gordon		 0.23% -2
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Glenn		 0.22% -4
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Leon		 0.21% 0
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Vincent		 0.21% 0
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Martin		 0.21% 0
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Lewis		 0.20% +2
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Lee		 0.20% +2
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Allen		 0.20% +7
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Charlie		 0.20% -7
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Lester		 0.19% +1
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Bob		 0.19% +6
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Harvey		 0.19% 0
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Gilbert		 0.19% +5
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Warren		 0.18% -7
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Jesse		 0.18% -2
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Milton		 0.18% -3
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Arnold		 0.18% +3
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Chester		 0.18% -8
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Douglas		 0.18% +5
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Jimmie		 0.18% +2
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Curtis		 0.18% +2
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Victor		 0.18% -1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.49% 0
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Betty		 3.17% 0
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Dorothy		 2.72% 0
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Helen		 1.81% 0
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Margaret		 1.66% 0
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Doris		 1.43% +1
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Barbara		 1.39% +1
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Ruth		 1.38% -2
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Shirley		 1.26% +1
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Patricia		 1.18% +1
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Virginia		 1.14% -2
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Jean		 1.03% 0
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Joan		 1.01% +14
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Dolores		 0.99% +6
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Elizabeth		 0.97% -1
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Frances		 0.96% -3
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Lois		 0.89% +1
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Mildred		 0.89% -3
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Evelyn		 0.85% -2
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Anna		 0.84% -4
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Alice		 0.82% -2
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Marie		 0.79% -1
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Joyce		 0.74% +7
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Phyllis		 0.69% +2
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Norma		 0.68% -2
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Rose		 0.67% -2
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Martha		 0.66% -5
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Gloria		 0.65% -3
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Irene		 0.61% -1
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Marjorie		 0.60% -1
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Louise		 0.60% 0
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Nancy		 0.59% +11
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Marilyn		 0.58% +5
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Catherine		 0.54% -1
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Florence		 0.54% -3
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Ruby		 0.53% -2
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Annie		 0.51% 0
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Eleanor		 0.51% -2
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Beverly		 0.51% +7
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Lillian		 0.49% -5
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Thelma		 0.47% -1
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Lorraine		 0.46% -3
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Geraldine		 0.46% +7
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Gladys		 0.46% -3
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Josephine		 0.46% -3
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Ann		 0.45% +8
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Donna		 0.44% +14
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June		 0.44% -4
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Theresa		 0.44% 0
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Pauline		 0.43% -2
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Edna		 0.43% -6
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Rita		 0.41% +5
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Marion		 0.40% -6
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Grace		 0.40% -2
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Bernice		 0.39% -2
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Ethel		 0.39% -1
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Lucille		 0.39% -6
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Audrey		 0.39% +2
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Edith		 0.39% -3
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Juanita		 0.38% -2
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Wanda		 0.38% +2
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Jane		 0.38% 0
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Carol		 0.37% +14
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Hazel		 0.36% -5
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Clara		 0.36% 0
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Wilma		 0.35% +3
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Elaine		 0.33% +1
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Sarah		 0.33% -4
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Emma		 0.33% -2
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Peggy		 0.33% +6
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Esther		 0.31% -5
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Beatrice		 0.31% -2
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Charlotte		 0.31% -1
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Delores		 0.30% +20
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Marian		 0.30% -4
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Willie		 0.29% -2
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Carolyn		 0.28% +14
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Elsie		 0.28% -5
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Billie		 0.28% +17
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Rosemary		 0.27% +8
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Vivian		 0.27% -3
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Janet		 0.26% +13
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Eva		 0.26% -4
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Katherine		 0.26% -9
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Maxine		 0.26% -1
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Bonnie		 0.26% +3
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Jacqueline		 0.26% +10
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Julia		 0.26% -8
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Kathleen		 0.25% -7
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Laura		 0.25% -7
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Anne		 0.25% +2
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Jeanne		 0.24% -2
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Bertha		 0.24% -12
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Agnes		 0.24% -9
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Gertrude		 0.24% -9
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Ida		 0.23% -9
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Ellen		 0.22% +1
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Eileen		 0.22% +4
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Vera		 0.22% -7
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Maria		 0.22% +5
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Popularity extremes for the United States