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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Victor		 0.16% 0 -97 -5.0%
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Cecil		 0.17% +2 -5 -0.3%
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Arnold		 0.17% -3 -31 -1.6%
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Eddie		 0.17% +5 +93 +5.0%
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Warren		 0.18% -4 -24 -1.2%
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Lester		 0.18% -7 -86 -4.1%
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Jesse		 0.18% -1 +4 +0.2%
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Milton		 0.18% +1 +25 +1.2%
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Harvey		 0.18% -2 -3 -0.1%
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Charlie		 0.19% -4 -73 -3.3%
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Gilbert		 0.19% +1 +63 +3.1%
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Douglas		 0.19% +8 +202 +10.3%
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Bob		 0.20% +1 +139 +6.6%
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Lewis		 0.20% -3 +20 +0.9%
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Jimmie		 0.20% +12 +303 +15.5%
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Allen		 0.20% +1 +91 +4.2%
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Vincent		 0.21% -2 -14 -0.6%
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Martin		 0.21% 0 +15 +0.6%
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Lee		 0.21% +3 +151 +6.8%
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Leon		 0.21% 0 +64 +2.7%
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Elmer		 0.22% -10 -220 -8.2%
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Alvin		 0.22% -2 -42 -1.6%
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Herman		 0.23% -3 -27 -1.0%
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Gordon		 0.23% +2 +120 +4.8%
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Clyde		 0.23% -2 +3 +0.1%
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Philip		 0.24% +1 +48 +1.8%
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Clifford		 0.24% -1 +25 +0.9%
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Frederick		 0.24% -6 -116 -4.1%
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Vernon		 0.24% -1 +20 +0.7%
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Glenn		 0.24% +9 +325 +13.4%
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Gene		 0.25% -2 -20 -0.7%
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Lloyd		 0.25% -7 -110 -3.7%
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Don		 0.26% +10 +403 +16.0%
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Theodore		 0.26% -2 +57 +2.0%
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Edwin		 0.26% 0 +78 +2.7%
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Wayne		 0.26% +4 +241 +8.8%
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Dale		 0.27% +9 +331 +12.4%
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Leo		 0.27% -3 +17 +0.6%
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Andrew		 0.27% -3 -21 -0.7%
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Floyd		 0.27% -3 -3 -0.1%
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Russell		 0.28% -4 -82 -2.6%
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Bill		 0.28% +3 +213 +7.2%
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Roger		 0.29% +6 +318 +10.9%
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Ray		 0.29% 0 +73 +2.3%
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Peter		 0.29% -1 +49 +1.5%
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Samuel		 0.31% -2 -35 -1.0%
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Michael		 0.31% 0 +77 +2.2%
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Leroy		 0.34% -2 -14 -0.4%
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Bernard		 0.34% 0 +22 +0.6%
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Jerry		 0.34% +10 +899 +30.0%
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Melvin		 0.36% -1 -52 -1.3%
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Stanley		 0.39% -1 +116 +2.7%
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Marvin		 0.39% -2 +12 +0.3%
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Daniel		 0.40% 0 +95 +2.2%
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Alfred		 0.40% -5 -373 -7.6%
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Leonard		 0.41% -3 -165 -3.4%
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Anthony		 0.41% 0 -58 -1.2%
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Ernest		 0.42% 0 +33 +0.7%
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Francis		 0.44% -3 -280 -5.3%
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Bobby		 0.46% +9 +1,259 +32.1%
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Norman		 0.47% 0 +138 +2.7%
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Clarence		 0.49% -2 -236 -4.1%
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Earl		 0.49% -2 -176 -3.1%
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Ronald		 0.50% +8 +1,161 +25.9%
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Lawrence		 0.50% +2 +333 +6.3%
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Herbert		 0.50% -10 -2,203 -28.0%
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Louis		 0.51% -2 -185 -3.1%
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Roy		 0.52% +2 +106 +1.8%
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Fred		 0.54% +2 +190 +3.2%
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Howard		 0.56% 0 +331 +5.5%
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Gerald		 0.57% +3 +514 +8.6%
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Willie		 0.59% 0 +52 +0.8%
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Harry		 0.61% -1 -294 -4.1%
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Joe		 0.61% +3 +281 +4.3%
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Carl		 0.62% +2 +57 +0.8%
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Ralph		 0.68% +1 -78 -1.0%
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Albert		 0.70% 0 -134 -1.7%
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Arthur		 0.73% -1 -187 -2.2%
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Henry		 0.76% -1 +23 +0.3%
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Eugene		 0.80% -1 -16 -0.2%
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Billy		 0.82% +3 +968 +11.6%
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Walter		 0.86% 0 -122 -1.2%
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Harold		 1.03% -2 -14 -0.1%
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Kenneth		 1.04% +1 +864 +8.0%
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Raymond		 1.04% -1 -193 -1.6%
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David		 1.09% +2 +975 +8.6%
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Jack		 1.10% 0 +258 +2.1%
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Frank		 1.11% -1 -427 -3.3%
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Paul		 1.15% +1 +526 +4.2%
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Thomas		 1.51% 0 +736 +4.5%
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Edward		 1.54% 0 +129 +0.7%
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Joseph		 1.86% 0 -184 -0.9%
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George		 2.02% 0 -235 -1.0%
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Donald		 2.57% 0 +1,863 +6.9%
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Charles		 2.82% -1 +1,940 +6.5%
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Richard		 2.85% +1 +2,608 +8.8%
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William		 4.19% 0 -538 -1.1%
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John		 4.64% 0 +328 +0.6%
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James		 4.78% 0 +1,824 +3.5%
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Robert		 5.50% 0 +2,345 +3.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Ellen		 0.22% -3 -45 -1.8%
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Maria		 0.22% +1 +6 +0.2%
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Sally		 0.22% +14 +330 +14.9%
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Patsy		 0.22% +21 +502 +24.6%
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Gertrude		 0.22% -1 -171 -6.3%
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Bertha		 0.22% -2 -195 -7.0%
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Ida		 0.23% +2 -30 -1.1%
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Maxine		 0.23% -8 -292 -9.8%
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Jeanne		 0.23% 0 -98 -3.5%
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Vivian		 0.25% -10 -229 -7.4%
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Julia		 0.25% -2 -70 -2.4%
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Laura		 0.25% +1 -26 -0.9%
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Elsie		 0.26% -10 -259 -8.0%
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Willie		 0.26% -11 -302 -9.1%
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Eva		 0.26% -3 0 0.0%
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Katherine		 0.26% -1 +16 +0.5%
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Kathleen		 0.26% +5 +133 +4.5%
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Anne		 0.27% +8 +212 +7.4%
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Rosemary		 0.27% -2 +44 +1.4%
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Joanne		 0.27% +20 +656 +26.3%
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Marian		 0.28% -5 -235 -6.8%
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Billie		 0.28% 0 +50 +1.6%
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Bonnie		 0.28% +8 +293 +9.9%
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Esther		 0.29% -6 -237 -6.6%
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Beatrice		 0.29% -4 -183 -5.1%
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Charlotte		 0.29% -2 -132 -3.7%
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Jacqueline		 0.29% +13 +443 +14.9%
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Emma		 0.31% -4 -249 -6.5%
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Carolyn		 0.32% +5 +453 +13.8%
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Hazel		 0.33% -7 -276 -6.6%
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Sarah		 0.34% -2 +105 +2.8%
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Elaine		 0.34% -2 +100 +2.6%
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Wilma		 0.35% -2 +68 +1.7%
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Peggy		 0.35% +3 +305 +8.1%
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Delores		 0.35% +8 +582 +16.5%
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Ethel		 0.35% -9 -417 -9.2%
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Clara		 0.35% +1 -24 -0.6%
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Audrey		 0.35% -5 -332 -7.4%
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Grace		 0.36% -8 -351 -7.7%
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Edith		 0.37% -2 -184 -4.1%
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Marion		 0.37% -7 -328 -7.1%
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Lucille		 0.37% -2 -173 -3.8%
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Bernice		 0.38% -3 -111 -2.4%
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Juanita		 0.39% +3 +102 +2.3%
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Wanda		 0.39% +5 +127 +2.9%
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Jane		 0.39% +7 +222 +5.1%
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Carol		 0.39% +9 +318 +7.4%
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Janet		 0.39% +29 +1,549 +50.8%
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Pauline		 0.40% -2 -371 -7.4%
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Edna		 0.41% 0 -167 -3.4%
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Theresa		 0.41% -1 -284 -5.6%
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Josephine		 0.43% -4 -310 -5.9%
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Gladys		 0.43% -4 -261 -4.9%
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June		 0.44% +1 -1 -0.0%
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Lorraine		 0.44% -4 -187 -3.5%
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Thelma		 0.45% -4 -227 -4.1%
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Geraldine		 0.47% -1 +114 +2.1%
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Lillian		 0.47% -3 -261 -4.6%
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Rita		 0.47% +10 +703 +14.8%
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Ann		 0.47% +5 +360 +7.0%
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Annie		 0.49% -3 -199 -3.3%
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Eleanor		 0.50% -1 -42 -0.7%
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Florence		 0.50% -3 -346 -5.6%
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Donna		 0.51% +10 +838 +16.3%
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Ruby		 0.51% 0 -156 -2.5%
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Catherine		 0.54% -1 +19 +0.3%
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Beverly		 0.55% +5 +592 +10.1%
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Irene		 0.55% -4 -576 -8.2%
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Marjorie		 0.57% -2 -353 -5.1%
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Louise		 0.60% 0 +41 +0.6%
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Gloria		 0.65% -2 +66 +0.9%
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Rose		 0.66% -3 -96 -1.2%
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Phyllis		 0.67% -4 -226 -2.8%
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Martha		 0.67% 0 +192 +2.5%
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Marie		 0.72% -4 -732 -8.0%
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Norma		 0.73% 0 +617 +7.8%
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Nancy		 0.78% +8 +2,200 +32.0%
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Anna		 0.78% -3 -671 -6.9%
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Marilyn		 0.80% +11 +2,558 +38.0%
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Mildred		 0.80% -3 -902 -8.8%
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Alice		 0.82% +1 +35 +0.4%
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Evelyn		 0.82% 0 -347 -3.5%
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Joyce		 0.83% +5 +1,062 +12.4%
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Lois		 0.87% 0 -179 -1.7%
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Frances		 0.91% 0 -445 -4.0%
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Elizabeth		 0.94% 0 -253 -2.2%
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Jean		 1.03% -2 +120 +1.0%
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Dolores		 1.10% +1 +1,334 +11.6%
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Virginia		 1.13% -1 -34 -0.3%
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Shirley		 1.27% -2 +198 +1.4%
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Ruth		 1.28% -2 -1,086 -6.8%
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Doris		 1.33% -3 -1,031 -6.2%
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Joan		 1.33% +5 +3,814 +32.7%
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Patricia		 1.35% +3 +2,127 +15.6%
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Barbara		 1.57% +1 +2,241 +14.0%
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Margaret		 1.57% 0 -854 -4.4%
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Helen		 1.71% 0 -1,069 -5.1%
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Dorothy		 2.61% 0 -1,070 -3.4%
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Betty		 3.28% 0 +1,556 +4.2%
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Mary		 5.50% 0 +638 +1.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States