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		 5.40% 0 -899 -1.5%
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James		 4.71% +1 -630 -1.2%
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John		 4.71% -1 -1,644 -3.1%
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William		 4.32% 0 -1,313 -2.7%
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Charles		 2.70% 0 -1,311 -4.2%
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Richard		 2.67% 0 +776 +2.7%
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Donald		 2.45% 0 +1,484 +5.8%
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George		 2.08% 0 -1,380 -5.7%
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Joseph		 1.91% 0 -1,150 -5.2%
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Edward		 1.56% 0 -1,269 -6.9%
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Thomas		 1.47% 0 -305 -1.8%
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Frank		 1.17% 0 -605 -4.5%
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Paul		 1.12% 0 -733 -5.6%
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Jack		 1.10% +1 -323 -2.6%
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Raymond		 1.08% +1 -42 -0.4%
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Harold		 1.05% -2 -1,003 -7.9%
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David		 1.02% +2 +1,308 +13.1%
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Kenneth		 0.98% -1 -329 -2.9%
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Walter		 0.89% -1 -801 -7.5%
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Eugene		 0.82% 0 -664 -6.8%
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Henry		 0.77% 0 -745 -8.0%
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Arthur		 0.77% 0 -407 -4.6%
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Billy		 0.75% +4 +1,008 +13.8%
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Albert		 0.73% -1 -735 -8.3%
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Herbert		 0.71% 0 -191 -2.4%
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Ralph		 0.70% -2 -387 -4.8%
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Harry		 0.65% -1 -464 -6.1%
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Carl		 0.62% 0 -48 -0.7%
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Willie		 0.60% 0 -204 -3.0%
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Joe		 0.60% 0 -85 -1.3%
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Howard		 0.54% 0 -484 -7.5%
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Louis		 0.54% 0 -302 -4.8%
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Gerald		 0.54% +8 +481 +8.8%
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Fred		 0.53% +2 -177 -2.9%
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Roy		 0.53% -1 -415 -6.7%
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Earl		 0.52% +1 -227 -3.8%
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Clarence		 0.52% -2 -334 -5.5%
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Lawrence		 0.48% 0 -292 -5.2%
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Francis		 0.48% +1 -245 -4.4%
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Norman		 0.47% -1 -434 -7.8%
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Alfred		 0.45% -8 -1,318 -21.1%
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Leonard		 0.44% 0 -308 -6.0%
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Ernest		 0.43% 0 -187 -3.8%
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Anthony		 0.43% 0 +17 +0.4%
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Ronald		 0.40% +5 +502 +12.6%
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Marvin		 0.40% 0 -61 -1.4%
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Daniel		 0.39% 0 -65 -1.5%
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Stanley		 0.39% -3 -214 -4.8%
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Melvin		 0.37% -1 -149 -3.5%
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Bobby		 0.35% +15 +953 +32.1%
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Leroy		 0.35% 0 -54 -1.4%
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Bernard		 0.34% -3 -257 -6.3%
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Samuel		 0.32% -1 -278 -7.2%
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Michael		 0.31% -1 -131 -3.6%
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Peter		 0.29% +1 -82 -2.5%
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Russell		 0.29% -1 -143 -4.3%
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Ray		 0.29% 0 -70 -2.2%
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Floyd		 0.28% -4 -257 -7.7%
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Andrew		 0.28% +1 -65 -2.1%
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Leo		 0.27% +1 -77 -2.5%
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Jerry		 0.27% +18 +405 +15.7%
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Bill		 0.27% +1 -30 -1.0%
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Lloyd		 0.27% -3 -214 -6.8%
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Roger		 0.26% +7 +154 +5.6%
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Theodore		 0.26% +1 -15 -0.5%
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Edwin		 0.26% -8 -270 -8.5%
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Frederick		 0.25% 0 -72 -2.5%
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Gene		 0.25% -6 -281 -9.1%
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Wayne		 0.25% 0 -116 -4.1%
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Elmer		 0.24% -6 -279 -9.4%
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Vernon		 0.24% -1 -169 -5.9%
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Clifford		 0.24% -4 -190 -6.6%
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Dale		 0.24% +2 +25 +0.9%
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Clyde		 0.24% 0 -85 -3.1%
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Herman		 0.24% +3 +34 +1.3%
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Philip		 0.24% -3 -121 -4.4%
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Alvin		 0.23% -5 -195 -7.1%
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Don		 0.23% +6 +135 +5.7%
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Gordon		 0.23% -2 -103 -4.0%
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Glenn		 0.22% -4 -169 -6.5%
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Leon		 0.21% 0 -124 -5.0%
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Vincent		 0.21% 0 -106 -4.3%
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Martin		 0.21% 0 -118 -4.9%
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Lewis		 0.20% +2 -111 -4.7%
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Lee		 0.20% +2 -70 -3.1%
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Allen		 0.20% +7 +51 +2.4%
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Charlie		 0.20% -7 -275 -11.2%
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Lester		 0.19% +1 -124 -5.6%
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Bob		 0.19% +6 +10 +0.5%
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Harvey		 0.19% 0 -123 -5.6%
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Gilbert		 0.19% +5 +8 +0.4%
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Warren		 0.18% -7 -326 -13.8%
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Jesse		 0.18% -2 -140 -6.5%
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Milton		 0.18% -3 -141 -6.5%
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Arnold		 0.18% +3 +5 +0.3%
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Chester		 0.18% -8 -275 -12.3%
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Douglas		 0.18% +5 +53 +2.8%
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Jimmie		 0.18% +2 +28 +1.5%
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Curtis		 0.18% +2 +26 +1.4%
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Victor		 0.18% -1 -5 -0.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.49% 0 -3,362 -5.0%
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Betty		 3.17% 0 +600 +1.7%
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Dorothy		 2.72% 0 -2,253 -6.7%
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Helen		 1.81% 0 -1,955 -8.5%
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Margaret		 1.66% 0 -1,090 -5.4%
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Doris		 1.43% +1 -78 -0.5%
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Barbara		 1.39% +1 +1,166 +7.8%
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Ruth		 1.38% -2 -1,835 -10.3%
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Shirley		 1.26% +1 +365 +2.6%
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Patricia		 1.18% +1 +1,292 +10.5%
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Virginia		 1.14% -2 -1,270 -8.8%
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Jean		 1.03% 0 -341 -2.8%
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Joan		 1.01% +14 +3,810 +48.5%
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Dolores		 0.99% +6 +1,891 +19.7%
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Elizabeth		 0.97% -1 -516 -4.4%
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Frances		 0.96% -3 -1,046 -8.6%
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Lois		 0.89% +1 -128 -1.2%
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Mildred		 0.89% -3 -1,395 -12.0%
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Evelyn		 0.85% -2 -650 -6.2%
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Anna		 0.84% -4 -825 -7.8%
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Alice		 0.82% -2 -659 -6.5%
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Marie		 0.79% -1 -129 -1.4%
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Joyce		 0.74% +7 +1,353 +18.7%
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Phyllis		 0.69% +2 +73 +0.9%
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Norma		 0.68% -2 -270 -3.3%
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Rose		 0.67% -2 -375 -4.6%
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Martha		 0.66% -5 -611 -7.4%
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Gloria		 0.65% -3 -578 -7.1%
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Irene		 0.61% -1 -689 -8.9%
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Marjorie		 0.60% -1 -646 -8.5%
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Louise		 0.60% 0 -152 -2.2%
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Nancy		 0.59% +11 +1,333 +24.1%
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Marilyn		 0.58% +5 +663 +10.9%
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Catherine		 0.54% -1 -633 -9.2%
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Florence		 0.54% -3 -758 -10.9%
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Ruby		 0.53% -2 -544 -8.1%
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Annie		 0.51% 0 -374 -5.9%
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Eleanor		 0.51% -2 -671 -10.3%
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Beverly		 0.51% +7 +428 +7.9%
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Lillian		 0.49% -5 -865 -13.2%
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Thelma		 0.47% -1 -503 -8.4%
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Lorraine		 0.46% -3 -629 -10.5%
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Geraldine		 0.46% +7 +178 +3.5%
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Gladys		 0.46% -3 -466 -8.0%
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Josephine		 0.46% -3 -374 -6.6%
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Ann		 0.45% +8 +241 +4.9%
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Donna		 0.44% +14 +673 +15.1%
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June		 0.44% -4 -422 -7.6%
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Theresa		 0.44% 0 -265 -5.0%
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Pauline		 0.43% -2 -363 -6.7%
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Edna		 0.43% -6 -542 -9.9%
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Rita		 0.41% +5 -45 -0.9%
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Marion		 0.40% -6 -787 -14.5%
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Grace		 0.40% -2 -420 -8.4%
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Bernice		 0.39% -2 -393 -8.0%
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Ethel		 0.39% -1 -409 -8.3%
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Lucille		 0.39% -6 -592 -11.6%
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Audrey		 0.39% +2 -170 -3.7%
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Edith		 0.39% -3 -390 -8.0%
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Juanita		 0.38% -2 -322 -6.8%
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Wanda		 0.38% +2 +79 +1.8%
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Jane		 0.38% 0 -56 -1.3%
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Carol		 0.37% +14 +929 +27.7%
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Hazel		 0.36% -5 -485 -10.4%
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Clara		 0.36% 0 +44 +1.1%
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Wilma		 0.35% +3 +71 +1.8%
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Elaine		 0.33% +1 -152 -3.8%
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Sarah		 0.33% -4 -429 -10.1%
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Emma		 0.33% -2 -214 -5.3%
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Peggy		 0.33% +6 +399 +11.8%
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Esther		 0.31% -5 -511 -12.5%
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Beatrice		 0.31% -2 -348 -8.9%
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Charlotte		 0.31% -1 +64 +1.8%
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Delores		 0.30% +20 +707 +25.2%
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Marian		 0.30% -4 -439 -11.3%
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Willie		 0.29% -2 -124 -3.6%
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Carolyn		 0.28% +14 +424 +14.9%
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Elsie		 0.28% -5 -238 -6.9%
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Billie		 0.28% +17 +415 +14.9%
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Rosemary		 0.27% +8 +135 +4.5%
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Vivian		 0.27% -3 -209 -6.3%
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Janet		 0.26% +13 +270 +9.7%
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Eva		 0.26% -4 -193 -6.0%
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Katherine		 0.26% -9 -382 -11.2%
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Maxine		 0.26% -1 -133 -4.3%
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Bonnie		 0.26% +3 +51 +1.7%
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Jacqueline		 0.26% +10 +232 +8.5%
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Julia		 0.26% -8 -256 -8.0%
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Kathleen		 0.25% -7 -211 -6.7%
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Laura		 0.25% -7 -211 -6.7%
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Anne		 0.25% +2 +57 +2.0%
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Jeanne		 0.24% -2 -61 -2.1%
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Bertha		 0.24% -12 -361 -11.4%
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Agnes		 0.24% -9 -253 -8.4%
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Gertrude		 0.24% -9 -286 -9.5%
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Ida		 0.23% -9 -322 -10.8%
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Ellen		 0.22% +1 -116 -4.3%
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Eileen		 0.22% +4 -86 -3.3%
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Vera		 0.22% -7 -293 -10.3%
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Maria		 0.22% +5 -31 -1.2%
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Popularity extremes for the United States