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		 5.52% 0 -1,253 -2.1%
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James		 4.83% 0 +698 +1.4%
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John		 4.53% 0 +194 +0.4%
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William		 3.92% 0 -1,152 -2.7%
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Richard		 2.96% 0 -15 -0.0%
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Charles		 2.89% 0 +1,169 +3.9%
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Donald		 2.77% 0 +682 +2.3%
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George		 1.90% 0 -248 -1.2%
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Joseph		 1.73% 0 -761 -3.9%
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Thomas		 1.57% 0 -11 -0.1%
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Edward		 1.41% 0 -456 -2.9%
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David		 1.13% +1 +356 +3.0%
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Paul		 1.12% -1 -184 -1.5%
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Kenneth		 1.09% 0 +174 +1.5%
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Frank		 1.07% +1 +24 +0.2%
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Ronald		 1.04% +11 +4,417 +65.7%
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Jack		 1.00% -2 -767 -6.7%
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Harold		 0.97% 0 -264 -2.5%
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Raymond		 0.96% -2 -513 -4.7%
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Billy		 0.88% -1 +170 +1.8%
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Walter		 0.81% -1 -277 -3.1%
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Eugene		 0.75% -1 -104 -1.3%
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Henry		 0.70% -1 -332 -4.3%
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Gerald		 0.68% +2 +522 +7.6%
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Arthur		 0.64% -2 -607 -8.1%
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Albert		 0.64% -2 -268 -3.8%
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Ralph		 0.63% -2 -228 -3.3%
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Carl		 0.63% 0 +133 +2.0%
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Joe		 0.62% 0 +241 +3.7%
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Bobby		 0.61% +2 +740 +12.6%
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Willie		 0.61% 0 +582 +9.8%
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Harry		 0.53% -2 -340 -5.6%
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Fred		 0.51% 0 -176 -3.1%
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Jerry		 0.49% +9 +933 +21.4%
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Lawrence		 0.49% +3 -71 -1.3%
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Howard		 0.49% -2 -327 -5.8%
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Norman		 0.49% -1 -155 -2.9%
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Roy		 0.49% -3 -250 -4.6%
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Louis		 0.48% -2 -287 -5.3%
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Clarence		 0.46% -1 -169 -3.3%
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Earl		 0.45% -1 -224 -4.4%
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Daniel		 0.41% +2 +86 +2.0%
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Francis		 0.41% -1 -347 -7.3%
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Herbert		 0.41% -3 -421 -8.8%
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Anthony		 0.39% +1 -83 -1.9%
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Marvin		 0.39% -1 -170 -3.9%
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Ernest		 0.39% 0 -133 -3.1%
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Leonard		 0.38% 0 -179 -4.2%
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Alfred		 0.36% +1 -50 -1.3%
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Roger		 0.35% +3 +164 +4.5%
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Melvin		 0.35% 0 +76 +2.1%
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Stanley		 0.35% -3 -443 -10.5%
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Leroy		 0.34% -1 +29 +0.8%
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Michael		 0.34% +1 +117 +3.4%
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Don		 0.32% +4 +278 +8.8%
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Samuel		 0.32% 0 +30 +0.9%
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Wayne		 0.32% 0 +170 +5.3%
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Bill		 0.31% 0 +145 +4.5%
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Ray		 0.30% +1 +103 +3.3%
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Bernard		 0.30% -6 -263 -7.5%
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Dale		 0.29% +1 +130 +4.3%
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Peter		 0.29% -1 +10 +0.3%
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Russell		 0.28% 0 +79 +2.7%
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Gene		 0.27% 0 +182 +6.6%
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Larry		 0.26% +23 +679 +31.6%
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Franklin		 0.26% +82 +1,665 +153%
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Theodore		 0.25% +3 +7 +0.3%
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Floyd		 0.25% -2 -40 -1.5%
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Andrew		 0.25% -4 -69 -2.5%
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Philip		 0.24% +1 -25 -0.9%
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Lloyd		 0.24% -4 -115 -4.3%
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Edwin		 0.24% -4 -134 -5.0%
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Frederick		 0.23% 0 +34 +1.4%
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Leo		 0.23% -6 -202 -7.5%
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Jimmie		 0.23% +6 +187 +8.2%
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Jimmy		 0.23% +13 +335 +15.8%
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Glenn		 0.23% -5 -190 -7.2%
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Vernon		 0.23% -4 -37 -1.5%
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Bob		 0.23% -1 +107 +4.6%
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Allen		 0.23% -1 +112 +4.9%
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Gordon		 0.22% -5 +10 +0.4%
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Clyde		 0.22% -5 -15 -0.6%
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Leon		 0.21% +1 +49 +2.2%
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Clifford		 0.21% -9 -165 -6.7%
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Douglas		 0.21% 0 +82 +3.7%
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Lee		 0.21% +5 +162 +7.6%
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Alvin		 0.21% -7 -25 -1.1%
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Martin		 0.21% +3 +151 +7.2%
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Herman		 0.20% -6 -71 -3.1%
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Charlie		 0.20% +4 +153 +7.7%
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Eddie		 0.20% +4 +153 +7.8%
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Lewis		 0.20% -5 -46 -2.1%
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Vincent		 0.19% -7 -93 -4.3%
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Elmer		 0.19% -12 -207 -9.1%
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Harvey		 0.19% -2 +52 +2.6%
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Johnny		 0.19% +10 +296 +17.2%
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Gilbert		 0.18% -5 -18 -0.9%
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Bruce		 0.18% +3 +146 +8.2%
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Jesse		 0.17% -2 -35 -1.8%
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Arnold		 0.17% -2 -15 -0.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.41% 0 -412 -0.7%
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Betty		 3.11% 0 -1,686 -4.7%
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Barbara		 2.38% +1 +4,517 +20.7%
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Dorothy		 2.26% -1 -1,551 -5.8%
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Joan		 1.90% 0 +1,926 +10.1%
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Patricia		 1.63% +2 +1,521 +9.2%
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Margaret		 1.50% 0 -780 -4.5%
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Helen		 1.48% -2 -1,288 -7.3%
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Shirley		 1.31% 0 +72 +0.5%
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Doris		 1.17% 0 -718 -5.3%
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Ruth		 1.11% 0 -878 -6.7%
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Joyce		 1.03% +3 +781 +7.4%
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Nancy		 0.99% +4 +911 +9.1%
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Virginia		 0.97% -2 -1,129 -9.5%
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Jean		 0.97% -2 -341 -3.1%
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Marilyn		 0.96% +3 +903 +9.3%
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Elizabeth		 0.90% -1 -295 -2.9%
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Dolores		 0.87% -4 -1,176 -10.9%
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Frances		 0.86% -1 -163 -1.7%
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Lois		 0.86% 0 +170 +1.8%
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Alice		 0.77% 0 -281 -3.2%
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Norma		 0.76% 0 -354 -4.0%
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Evelyn		 0.72% +1 -530 -6.2%
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Anna		 0.72% +1 -506 -6.0%
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Gloria		 0.71% -2 -737 -8.6%
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Mildred		 0.69% 0 -524 -6.4%
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Martha		 0.69% +1 +99 +1.3%
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Beverly		 0.68% +3 +737 +10.9%
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Donna		 0.67% +3 +760 +11.5%
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Phyllis		 0.66% -1 +97 +1.3%
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Marie		 0.63% -4 -637 -8.4%
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Carol		 0.59% +14 +1,677 +34.3%
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Rose		 0.59% -3 -407 -5.9%
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Ann		 0.56% +1 +335 +5.7%
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Janet		 0.52% +10 +838 +16.9%
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Louise		 0.51% -3 -254 -4.3%
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Marjorie		 0.51% -3 -272 -4.6%
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Ruby		 0.49% +1 +136 +2.6%
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Catherine		 0.49% -3 -195 -3.5%
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Peggy		 0.49% +2 +367 +7.2%
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Annie		 0.49% 0 +297 +5.8%
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Geraldine		 0.48% -4 -78 -1.4%
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Irene		 0.47% -6 -412 -7.3%
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June		 0.44% 0 -158 -3.2%
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Eleanor		 0.44% -5 -422 -8.0%
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Carolyn		 0.42% +14 +577 +14.4%
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Florence		 0.41% -4 -471 -9.4%
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Lillian		 0.39% -1 -455 -9.5%
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Jane		 0.39% +1 -185 -4.1%
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Edna		 0.39% +2 -183 -4.1%
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Thelma		 0.39% +2 -169 -3.8%
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Wanda		 0.39% +2 -134 -3.0%
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Rita		 0.39% -5 -357 -7.7%
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Gladys		 0.38% +1 -166 -3.8%
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Lorraine		 0.38% -6 -426 -9.3%
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Delores		 0.38% +2 +101 +2.5%
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Josephine		 0.37% -6 -402 -8.9%
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Juanita		 0.36% -1 -113 -2.7%
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Pauline		 0.35% -3 -290 -6.9%
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Theresa		 0.35% -1 -216 -5.4%
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Audrey		 0.34% +3 -55 -1.5%
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Joanne		 0.34% +6 -27 -0.7%
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Lucille		 0.33% -1 -204 -5.3%
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Bonnie		 0.33% +9 +69 +1.9%
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Wilma		 0.33% +4 -129 -3.4%
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Ethel		 0.33% +1 -156 -4.1%
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Sarah		 0.33% +4 -38 -1.0%
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Elaine		 0.32% +4 -48 -1.3%
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Edith		 0.32% -4 -202 -5.4%
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Clara		 0.32% -9 -336 -8.6%
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Bernice		 0.32% -8 -280 -7.3%
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Grace		 0.32% -2 -177 -4.8%
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Marion		 0.32% -7 -271 -7.2%
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Charlotte		 0.30% +1 -40 -1.2%
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Hazel		 0.30% -1 -168 -4.8%
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Emma		 0.30% 0 +22 +0.7%
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Patsy		 0.29% +6 +387 +13.5%
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Marlene		 0.29% +17 +633 +24.5%
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Joann		 0.28% +11 +460 +17.3%
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Arlene		 0.28% -3 -108 -3.4%
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Anne		 0.27% -1 -9 -0.3%
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Esther		 0.27% -3 -74 -2.4%
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Kathleen		 0.27% +4 +144 +5.1%
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Sally		 0.26% +13 +360 +14.1%
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Jacqueline		 0.26% -7 -262 -8.4%
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Marian		 0.26% -2 -25 -0.9%
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Beatrice		 0.25% -2 -55 -1.9%
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Laura		 0.25% +1 +79 +3.0%
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Loretta		 0.25% +7 +167 +6.5%
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Willie		 0.24% +3 +68 +2.6%
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Vivian		 0.24% -9 -231 -8.0%
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Julia		 0.24% -1 +34 +1.3%
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Billie		 0.24% -12 -286 -9.8%
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Janice		 0.24% +10 +341 +14.9%
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Katherine		 0.23% -3 -33 -1.3%
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Sylvia		 0.23% +27 +641 +33.3%
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Elsie		 0.23% -11 -255 -9.1%
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Eva		 0.23% -4 -70 -2.7%
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Constance		 0.23% +19 +419 +20.2%
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Rosemary		 0.22% -12 -239 -8.8%
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Popularity extremes for the United States