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		 5.32% 0 -5,042 -8.5%
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James		 5.01% 0 -812 -1.6%
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John		 4.53% 0 -2,399 -4.9%
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William		 3.83% 0 -3,077 -7.3%
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Richard		 3.07% 0 -471 -1.5%
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Charles		 2.84% 0 -2,105 -6.8%
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Donald		 2.79% 0 -1,344 -4.5%
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George		 1.80% 0 -2,085 -10.2%
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Joseph		 1.68% 0 -1,408 -7.6%
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Thomas		 1.62% 0 -335 -2.0%
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Edward		 1.35% 0 -1,393 -9.2%
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Ronald		 1.18% +4 +920 +8.3%
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David		 1.18% -1 -113 -0.9%
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Paul		 1.16% -1 -218 -1.8%
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Kenneth		 1.12% -1 -334 -2.8%
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Frank		 1.07% -1 -538 -4.7%
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Jack		 0.96% 0 -879 -8.2%
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Harold		 0.94% 0 -887 -8.5%
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Raymond		 0.93% 0 -831 -8.0%
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Billy		 0.88% 0 -498 -5.3%
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Walter		 0.76% 0 -909 -10.5%
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Gerald		 0.73% +2 +74 +1.0%
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Eugene		 0.72% -1 -694 -8.6%
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Henry		 0.66% -1 -745 -10.0%
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Arthur		 0.64% 0 -393 -5.7%
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Bobby		 0.64% +4 -108 -1.6%
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Joe		 0.63% +2 -284 -4.2%
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Carl		 0.61% 0 -526 -7.8%
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Ralph		 0.61% -2 -544 -8.1%
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Albert		 0.60% -4 -776 -11.3%
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Jerry		 0.60% +3 +762 +14.4%
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Willie		 0.59% -1 -566 -8.6%
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Franklin		 0.53% +33 +2,610 +94.8%
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Fred		 0.52% -1 -235 -4.3%
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Harry		 0.50% -3 -569 -10.0%
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Howard		 0.49% 0 -300 -5.7%
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Norman		 0.49% 0 -314 -6.0%
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Lawrence		 0.48% -3 -385 -7.3%
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Roy		 0.48% -1 -332 -6.3%
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Louis		 0.46% -1 -442 -8.6%
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Earl		 0.43% 0 -446 -9.2%
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Daniel		 0.42% 0 -137 -3.1%
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Clarence		 0.42% -3 -612 -12.5%
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Marvin		 0.41% +2 -57 -1.4%
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Francis		 0.40% -2 -295 -6.7%
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Anthony		 0.39% -1 -248 -5.9%
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Leonard		 0.39% +1 -144 -3.5%
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Roger		 0.38% +2 +129 +3.4%
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Herbert		 0.36% -5 -685 -15.7%
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Ernest		 0.36% -3 -491 -11.8%
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Melvin		 0.35% 0 -187 -5.0%
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Wayne		 0.35% +5 +176 +5.2%
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Michael		 0.35% +1 -61 -1.7%
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Don		 0.34% +1 -3 -0.1%
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Stanley		 0.34% -3 -327 -8.7%
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Leroy		 0.33% -3 -321 -8.7%
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Alfred		 0.32% -8 -631 -16.2%
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Larry		 0.32% +7 +427 +15.1%
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Bill		 0.32% -1 -140 -4.2%
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Peter		 0.31% +2 +5 +0.2%
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Samuel		 0.31% -5 -301 -8.8%
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Ray		 0.30% -3 -232 -7.1%
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Bernard		 0.30% -3 -246 -7.6%
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Jimmy		 0.29% +12 +470 +19.1%
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Dale		 0.29% -4 -214 -6.8%
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Gene		 0.27% -2 -169 -5.7%
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Russell		 0.26% -4 -326 -10.8%
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Theodore		 0.26% -1 -63 -2.4%
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Floyd		 0.25% -1 -128 -4.8%
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Philip		 0.25% 0 -95 -3.6%
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Gordon		 0.25% +10 +116 +4.8%
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Jimmie		 0.24% +3 +15 +0.6%
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Lloyd		 0.24% -2 -175 -6.8%
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Glenn		 0.23% +3 -69 -2.8%
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Leo		 0.23% -1 -149 -6.0%
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Andrew		 0.23% -7 -301 -11.4%
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Edwin		 0.23% -5 -240 -9.3%
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Frederick		 0.23% -5 -181 -7.2%
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Lee		 0.23% +6 +17 +0.7%
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Gary		 0.22% +56 +960 +74.1%
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Douglas		 0.22% +4 -33 -1.4%
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Bob		 0.22% -3 -204 -8.4%
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Vernon		 0.22% -5 -222 -9.1%
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Allen		 0.22% -4 -215 -8.9%
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Leon		 0.22% -2 -105 -4.6%
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Clifford		 0.21% -2 -128 -5.6%
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Clyde		 0.21% -5 -178 -7.7%
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Alvin		 0.21% -1 -146 -6.4%
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Martin		 0.20% -1 -191 -8.5%
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Johnny		 0.20% +6 +40 +2.0%
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Lewis		 0.20% +1 -73 -3.5%
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Bruce		 0.20% +6 +100 +5.2%
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Eddie		 0.20% -2 -98 -4.6%
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Vincent		 0.19% -1 -84 -4.1%
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Charlie		 0.19% -5 -150 -7.0%
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Herman		 0.19% -7 -247 -11.3%
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Harvey		 0.19% -2 -134 -6.6%
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Jim		 0.18% +6 +112 +6.3%
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Warren		 0.18% +3 +16 +0.9%
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Jesse		 0.18% -1 -58 -3.1%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.31% 0 -4,367 -7.3%
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Betty		 3.01% 0 -2,892 -8.4%
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Barbara		 2.58% 0 +634 +2.4%
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Dorothy		 2.11% 0 -2,926 -11.7%
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Joan		 1.84% 0 -1,754 -8.3%
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Patricia		 1.78% 0 +641 +3.6%
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Margaret		 1.46% 0 -1,314 -7.9%
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Helen		 1.40% 0 -1,731 -10.6%
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Shirley		 1.37% 0 -161 -1.1%
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Doris		 1.15% 0 -885 -6.9%
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Nancy		 1.14% +2 +923 +8.4%
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Joyce		 1.07% 0 -170 -1.5%
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Ruth		 1.07% -2 -1,114 -9.1%
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Jean		 0.95% +1 -705 -6.6%
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Virginia		 0.93% -1 -1,035 -9.6%
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Marilyn		 0.87% 0 -1,443 -13.7%
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Elizabeth		 0.86% 0 -980 -9.8%
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Frances		 0.85% +1 -670 -7.0%
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Lois		 0.83% +1 -866 -9.1%
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Carol		 0.79% +12 +1,651 +25.1%
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Dolores		 0.77% -3 -1,610 -16.7%
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Alice		 0.74% -1 -837 -9.8%
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Norma		 0.72% -1 -924 -11.0%
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Donna		 0.70% +5 -1 -0.0%
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Janet		 0.70% +10 +1,556 +26.9%
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Beverly		 0.69% +2 -341 -4.5%
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Martha		 0.69% 0 -415 -5.5%
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Phyllis		 0.68% +2 -199 -2.7%
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Anna		 0.68% -5 -852 -10.8%
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Evelyn		 0.66% -7 -1,014 -12.7%
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Gloria		 0.65% -6 -1,060 -13.6%
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Mildred		 0.63% -6 -1,075 -14.1%
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Marie		 0.60% -2 -670 -9.7%
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Ann		 0.59% 0 +14 +0.2%
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Rose		 0.55% -2 -704 -10.9%
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Peggy		 0.53% +4 +88 +1.6%
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Annie		 0.49% +4 -263 -4.9%
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Eleanor		 0.49% +7 +269 +5.6%
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Louise		 0.49% -3 -562 -10.0%
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Marjorie		 0.48% -3 -565 -10.1%
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Carolyn		 0.48% +5 +456 +9.9%
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Geraldine		 0.47% 0 -373 -7.0%
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Ruby		 0.47% -5 -525 -9.6%
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Catherine		 0.47% -5 -539 -9.9%
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June		 0.45% -1 -167 -3.4%
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Irene		 0.43% -3 -696 -13.4%
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Jane		 0.42% +2 +29 +0.7%
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Wanda		 0.41% +4 +7 +0.2%
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Florence		 0.39% -2 -463 -10.2%
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Marlene		 0.39% +28 +825 +25.6%
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Lillian		 0.38% -3 -355 -8.2%
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Delores		 0.37% +4 -260 -6.3%
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Rita		 0.37% 0 -415 -9.8%
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Lorraine		 0.36% +1 -365 -8.8%
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Edna		 0.36% -5 -549 -12.8%
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Joanne		 0.36% +6 -11 -0.3%
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Thelma		 0.35% -6 -633 -14.8%
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Sarah		 0.35% +9 +22 +0.6%
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Audrey		 0.35% +2 -123 -3.3%
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Gladys		 0.34% -6 -603 -14.4%
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Elaine		 0.34% +7 -4 -0.1%
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Josephine		 0.34% -5 -524 -12.8%
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Juanita		 0.34% -5 -466 -11.6%
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Pauline		 0.34% -5 -358 -9.2%
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Patsy		 0.33% +12 +197 +6.1%
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Wilma		 0.33% -1 -195 -5.4%
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Clara		 0.33% +3 -150 -4.2%
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Bonnie		 0.32% -4 -248 -6.9%
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Grace		 0.32% +3 -206 -5.8%
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Theresa		 0.31% -10 -549 -14.4%
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Ethel		 0.31% -5 -389 -10.8%
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Joann		 0.31% +7 +94 +3.0%
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Marion		 0.31% 0 -295 -8.4%
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Arlene		 0.30% +6 +76 +2.4%
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Emma		 0.30% +1 -179 -5.4%
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Sally		 0.30% +8 +229 +7.9%
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Kathleen		 0.30% +6 +177 +6.0%
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Lucille		 0.30% -15 -534 -14.6%
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Charlotte		 0.30% -5 -250 -7.4%
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Edith		 0.30% -11 -460 -12.9%
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Janice		 0.29% +13 +433 +16.5%
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Hazel		 0.29% -7 -312 -9.3%
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Bernice		 0.29% -12 -536 -15.1%
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Sylvia		 0.28% +12 +367 +14.3%
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Anne		 0.27% -4 -202 -6.8%
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Jacqueline		 0.26% -1 -118 -4.1%
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Loretta		 0.26% +2 -43 -1.6%
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Esther		 0.26% -6 -285 -9.6%
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Marian		 0.25% -3 -199 -7.0%
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Jo		 0.24% +13 +153 +6.4%
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Laura		 0.24% -3 -211 -7.7%
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Billie		 0.24% +1 -153 -5.8%
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Willie		 0.23% -3 -217 -8.1%
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Beatrice		 0.23% -7 -377 -13.5%
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Darlene		 0.23% +27 +389 +19.3%
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Margie		 0.23% +7 -16 -0.7%
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Julia		 0.23% -5 -255 -9.6%
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Vivian		 0.23% -7 -285 -10.7%
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Elsie		 0.23% -2 -177 -6.9%
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Katherine		 0.22% -5 -260 -10.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States