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		 5.66% 0 -1,631 -2.6%
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James		 4.79% 0 -2,726 -5.1%
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John		 4.53% 0 -4,013 -7.7%
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William		 4.05% 0 -3,992 -8.4%
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Richard		 2.98% 0 -360 -1.1%
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Charles		 2.80% 0 -1,946 -6.1%
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Donald		 2.72% 0 +55 +0.2%
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George		 1.93% 0 -2,094 -9.2%
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Joseph		 1.81% 0 -1,653 -7.9%
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Thomas		 1.58% +1 -164 -1.0%
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Edward		 1.46% -1 -1,707 -9.8%
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Paul		 1.15% 0 -702 -5.4%
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David		 1.10% +2 -495 -4.0%
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Kenneth		 1.08% +3 -138 -1.2%
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Jack		 1.07% -1 -945 -7.6%
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Frank		 1.07% -3 -1,063 -8.5%
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Raymond		 1.02% -1 -857 -7.3%
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Harold		 1.00% 0 -967 -8.3%
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Billy		 0.87% +1 -21 -0.2%
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Walter		 0.84% -1 -786 -8.1%
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Eugene		 0.76% 0 -878 -9.7%
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Henry		 0.73% 0 -791 -9.2%
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Arthur		 0.70% 0 -761 -9.2%
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Albert		 0.67% 0 -814 -10.2%
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Ralph		 0.65% 0 -679 -8.9%
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Gerald		 0.64% +4 +343 +5.3%
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Ronald		 0.63% +10 +1,087 +19.3%
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Carl		 0.62% -2 -371 -5.3%
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Joe		 0.60% -2 -425 -6.2%
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Harry		 0.57% -2 -804 -11.7%
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Willie		 0.56% -2 -702 -10.5%
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Bobby		 0.55% +9 +674 +13.0%
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Fred		 0.53% -1 -349 -5.8%
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Howard		 0.53% -3 -722 -11.4%
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Roy		 0.51% -2 -432 -7.3%
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Norman		 0.51% +4 +130 +2.5%
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Louis		 0.51% -3 -388 -6.7%
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Lawrence		 0.50% -2 -272 -4.8%
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Clarence		 0.47% 0 -434 -7.9%
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Earl		 0.47% -2 -518 -9.3%
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Herbert		 0.45% -6 -884 -15.6%
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Francis		 0.44% 0 -255 -5.1%
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Jerry		 0.41% +8 +479 +12.3%
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Daniel		 0.41% +3 -102 -2.3%
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Marvin		 0.41% +3 -44 -1.0%
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Anthony		 0.40% -2 -370 -7.9%
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Ernest		 0.40% -4 -489 -10.2%
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Leonard		 0.40% -3 -382 -8.2%
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Stanley		 0.39% 0 -180 -4.1%
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Alfred		 0.37% -4 -608 -13.3%
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Melvin		 0.35% -1 -348 -8.6%
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Leroy		 0.34% +1 -156 -4.1%
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Roger		 0.34% +5 +378 +11.6%
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Bernard		 0.33% -2 -317 -8.3%
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Michael		 0.33% -1 -52 -1.5%
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Samuel		 0.32% -1 -152 -4.3%
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Wayne		 0.30% +8 +237 +8.0%
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Bill		 0.30% +1 +56 +1.8%
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Don		 0.30% +9 +255 +8.7%
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Ray		 0.30% -3 -89 -2.7%
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Peter		 0.29% -5 -145 -4.4%
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Dale		 0.28% +2 +15 +0.5%
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Russell		 0.28% -3 -158 -5.1%
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Gene		 0.26% +6 -21 -0.8%
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Andrew		 0.25% -3 -343 -11.2%
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Floyd		 0.25% -5 -370 -12.0%
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Lloyd		 0.25% +2 -133 -4.7%
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Edwin		 0.25% -2 -272 -9.1%
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Leo		 0.25% -5 -333 -11.0%
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Theodore		 0.25% -3 -293 -9.9%
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Philip		 0.25% +4 -5 -0.2%
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Glenn		 0.25% -1 -133 -4.8%
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Frederick		 0.23% 0 -228 -8.5%
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Vernon		 0.23% -2 -238 -8.8%
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Clifford		 0.23% -2 -245 -9.1%
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Gordon		 0.22% +1 -215 -8.2%
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Clyde		 0.22% -1 -298 -11.3%
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Bob		 0.22% +10 +76 +3.4%
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Allen		 0.22% +6 +28 +1.2%
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Alvin		 0.22% -1 -213 -8.5%
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Jimmie		 0.21% +5 +33 +1.5%
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Elmer		 0.21% -2 -212 -8.6%
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Herman		 0.21% -5 -333 -12.8%
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Leon		 0.21% -3 -154 -6.4%
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Douglas		 0.21% +4 +36 +1.7%
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Vincent		 0.20% -2 -157 -6.8%
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Lewis		 0.20% 0 -90 -4.0%
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Larry		 0.20% +19 +425 +24.7%
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Jimmy		 0.20% +13 +326 +18.1%
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Lee		 0.20% -8 -238 -10.1%
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Martin		 0.20% -8 -220 -9.5%
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Gilbert		 0.19% -2 -126 -5.9%
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Harvey		 0.19% -1 -83 -4.0%
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Charlie		 0.19% -3 -138 -6.5%
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Eddie		 0.18% +2 -11 -0.6%
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Lester		 0.18% -1 -101 -5.0%
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Jesse		 0.18% -3 -137 -6.7%
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Arnold		 0.17% 0 -113 -5.8%
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Warren		 0.17% -3 -178 -8.8%
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Milton		 0.17% -7 -221 -10.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.46% 0 -3,854 -6.0%
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Betty		 3.27% 0 -2,130 -5.6%
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Dorothy		 2.40% 0 -3,883 -12.8%
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Barbara		 1.98% +2 +3,518 +19.2%
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Joan		 1.73% +3 +3,639 +23.5%
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Helen		 1.60% -2 -2,250 -11.3%
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Margaret		 1.57% -2 -1,020 -5.6%
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Patricia		 1.49% -1 +718 +4.6%
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Shirley		 1.31% +2 -371 -2.5%
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Doris		 1.24% -1 -1,838 -11.9%
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Ruth		 1.19% -1 -1,806 -12.1%
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Virginia		 1.08% 0 -1,315 -10.0%
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Jean		 1.00% +1 -974 -8.1%
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Dolores		 0.98% -1 -2,034 -15.8%
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Joyce		 0.96% +3 +922 +9.5%
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Elizabeth		 0.93% -1 -704 -6.4%
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Nancy		 0.91% +7 +965 +10.6%
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Frances		 0.88% -2 -929 -8.7%
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Marilyn		 0.88% +3 +377 +4.1%
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Lois		 0.85% -3 -766 -7.6%
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Alice		 0.80% -1 -699 -7.3%
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Norma		 0.79% +3 +248 +2.9%
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Gloria		 0.78% +7 +944 +12.4%
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Evelyn		 0.77% -5 -1,047 -11.0%
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Anna		 0.76% -2 -649 -7.1%
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Mildred		 0.74% -5 -1,184 -12.7%
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Marie		 0.68% -1 -877 -10.4%
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Martha		 0.68% -1 -351 -4.5%
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Phyllis		 0.65% -1 -557 -7.2%
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Rose		 0.62% -1 -809 -10.5%
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Beverly		 0.62% +3 +334 +5.2%
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Donna		 0.60% +5 +622 +10.4%
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Louise		 0.53% -2 -1,047 -15.1%
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Marjorie		 0.53% -2 -753 -11.4%
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Ann		 0.53% +6 +327 +5.9%
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Catherine		 0.51% -1 -653 -10.4%
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Irene		 0.51% -4 -850 -13.1%
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Geraldine		 0.49% +6 -36 -0.7%
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Ruby		 0.48% -3 -660 -11.0%
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Eleanor		 0.48% -1 -566 -9.7%
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Annie		 0.46% -1 -666 -11.6%
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Peggy		 0.46% +25 +993 +24.3%
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Florence		 0.45% -5 -855 -14.6%
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June		 0.45% +3 -92 -1.8%
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Janet		 0.45% +8 +347 +7.5%
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Carol		 0.44% +8 +295 +6.4%
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Lillian		 0.44% -4 -642 -11.8%
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Rita		 0.42% -6 -856 -15.7%
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Lorraine		 0.42% -3 -578 -11.2%
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Jane		 0.41% +5 -42 -0.9%
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Josephine		 0.41% -2 -492 -9.9%
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Edna		 0.40% -1 -302 -6.3%
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Thelma		 0.40% -8 -809 -15.4%
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Wanda		 0.40% +2 -129 -2.9%
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Gladys		 0.39% -7 -716 -14.1%
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Pauline		 0.38% -4 -464 -10.0%
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Juanita		 0.37% 0 -386 -8.6%
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Delores		 0.37% +8 -49 -1.2%
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Theresa		 0.37% -9 -751 -15.7%
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Carolyn		 0.36% +12 +284 +7.6%
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Clara		 0.35% +3 -225 -5.5%
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Lucille		 0.35% -3 -475 -11.0%
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Bernice		 0.35% -5 -616 -13.9%
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Audrey		 0.34% -1 -338 -8.2%
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Edith		 0.34% -4 -500 -11.7%
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Marion		 0.34% -6 -541 -12.6%
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Ethel		 0.34% -2 -339 -8.3%
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Joanne		 0.34% +13 +604 +19.2%
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Wilma		 0.34% -1 -334 -8.2%
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Grace		 0.34% -8 -506 -12.0%
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Sarah		 0.33% -1 -284 -7.2%
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Elaine		 0.33% -3 -330 -8.3%
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Bonnie		 0.32% +5 +284 +8.7%
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Hazel		 0.32% -3 -380 -9.8%
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Charlotte		 0.31% 0 -3 -0.1%
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Emma		 0.30% -3 -246 -6.9%
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Arlene		 0.29% +26 +709 +28.3%
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Jacqueline		 0.28% -4 -277 -8.1%
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Esther		 0.28% -2 -315 -9.4%
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Anne		 0.27% +3 -115 -3.7%
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Billie		 0.27% -2 -320 -9.9%
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Vivian		 0.26% +9 +21 +0.7%
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Patsy		 0.26% +14 +323 +12.7%
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Marian		 0.26% -4 -350 -10.9%
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Beatrice		 0.26% -9 -549 -16.2%
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Elsie		 0.25% +2 -164 -5.5%
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Kathleen		 0.25% -3 -274 -8.9%
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Rosemary		 0.25% -6 -429 -13.6%
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Laura		 0.24% 0 -240 -8.3%
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Joann		 0.24% +28 +524 +24.6%
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Julia		 0.24% -1 -256 -8.9%
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Katherine		 0.24% -7 -409 -13.5%
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Willie		 0.24% -6 -421 -14.0%
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Eva		 0.24% -8 -427 -14.1%
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Marlene		 0.23% +293 +2,280 +745%
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Loretta		 0.23% +9 +97 +3.9%
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Sally		 0.23% +1 +15 +0.6%
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Jeanne		 0.23% -6 -196 -7.2%
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Ellen		 0.22% +1 -72 -2.9%
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Ida		 0.22% -6 -225 -8.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States