Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Robert		 5.26% 0 +1,611 +3.0%
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James		 5.11% 0 +3,147 +6.2%
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John		 4.40% 0 +514 +1.1%
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William		 3.78% 0 +1,123 +2.9%
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Richard		 3.12% 0 +1,826 +5.8%
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Donald		 2.86% +1 +1,966 +6.9%
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Charles		 2.81% -1 +799 +2.8%
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George		 1.74% 0 +140 +0.8%
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Thomas		 1.64% +1 +867 +5.3%
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Joseph		 1.61% -1 -54 -0.3%
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Ronald		 1.33% +1 +2,024 +16.8%
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David		 1.32% +1 +1,975 +16.4%
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Edward		 1.31% -2 +120 +0.9%
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Paul		 1.15% 0 +344 +2.9%
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Kenneth		 1.11% 0 +393 +3.4%
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Frank		 1.00% 0 -325 -3.0%
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Jack		 0.94% 0 +149 +1.5%
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Harold		 0.94% 0 +382 +4.0%
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Raymond		 0.90% 0 +76 +0.8%
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Billy		 0.90% 0 +626 +7.0%
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Walter		 0.76% 0 +334 +4.3%
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Gerald		 0.74% 0 +395 +5.3%
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Bobby		 0.71% +3 +1,040 +16.0%
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Eugene		 0.67% -1 -212 -2.9%
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Jerry		 0.67% +6 +1,068 +17.6%
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Joe		 0.67% +1 +681 +10.6%
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Henry		 0.63% -3 +10 +0.1%
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Carl		 0.63% 0 +494 +8.0%
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Arthur		 0.61% -4 -82 -1.3%
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Willie		 0.60% +2 +367 +6.1%
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Ralph		 0.59% -2 +98 +1.6%
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Albert		 0.57% -2 -83 -1.4%
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Fred		 0.52% +1 +176 +3.3%
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Lawrence		 0.50% +4 +415 +8.5%
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Roy		 0.48% +4 +199 +4.1%
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Harry		 0.48% -1 -35 -0.7%
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Howard		 0.48% -1 +72 +1.4%
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Norman		 0.47% -1 +35 +0.7%
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Roger		 0.45% +9 +849 +21.7%
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Louis		 0.44% 0 -13 -0.3%
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Earl		 0.44% 0 +250 +5.7%
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Daniel		 0.42% 0 +190 +4.4%
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Larry		 0.42% +15 +1,220 +37.5%
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Marvin		 0.40% 0 +86 +2.1%
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Clarence		 0.40% -2 -69 -1.6%
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Franklin		 0.39% -13 -1,209 -22.5%
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Michael		 0.39% +6 +559 +15.8%
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Wayne		 0.38% +4 +469 +13.2%
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Francis		 0.38% -4 -89 -2.2%
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Don		 0.37% +4 +476 +13.8%
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Ernest		 0.36% -1 +176 +4.8%
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Anthony		 0.36% -6 -135 -3.4%
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Leonard		 0.36% -6 -121 -3.1%
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Leroy		 0.36% +2 +419 +12.5%
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Melvin		 0.35% -4 +112 +3.1%
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Jimmy		 0.35% +8 +766 +26.1%
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Herbert		 0.34% -8 -82 -2.2%
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Stanley		 0.34% -3 +136 +4.0%
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Bill		 0.33% 0 +313 +9.7%
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Gary		 0.32% +20 +1,099 +48.7%
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Peter		 0.31% -1 +154 +4.9%
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Dale		 0.31% +3 +317 +10.8%
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Ray		 0.30% -1 +143 +4.7%
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Alfred		 0.30% -7 -108 -3.3%
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Bernard		 0.30% -2 +142 +4.7%
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Samuel		 0.30% -5 +28 +0.9%
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Gene		 0.27% -1 +73 +2.6%
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Jimmie		 0.27% +4 +348 +14.0%
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Philip		 0.26% +1 +256 +10.1%
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Russell		 0.26% -3 +39 +1.4%
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Gordon		 0.25% 0 +116 +4.6%
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Douglas		 0.24% +9 +288 +12.8%
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Floyd		 0.24% -4 -6 -0.2%
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Theodore		 0.24% -6 -88 -3.4%
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Bob		 0.23% +7 +256 +11.5%
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Andrew		 0.23% 0 +101 +4.3%
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Frederick		 0.23% +1 +110 +4.7%
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Bruce		 0.23% +14 +366 +18.0%
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Lee		 0.22% 0 +75 +3.3%
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Edwin		 0.22% -3 +18 +0.8%
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Glenn		 0.22% -7 -25 -1.1%
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Lloyd		 0.22% -9 -75 -3.1%
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Johnny		 0.22% +7 +284 +13.8%
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Clyde		 0.22% +3 +182 +8.5%
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Clifford		 0.22% +1 +157 +7.3%
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Leo		 0.22% -11 -44 -1.9%
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Leon		 0.22% -2 +113 +5.2%
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Allen		 0.21% -4 +38 +1.7%
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Vernon		 0.21% -6 +21 +1.0%
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Jim		 0.21% +8 +330 +17.6%
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Martin		 0.21% -2 +114 +5.5%
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Eddie		 0.20% +1 +153 +7.6%
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Alvin		 0.20% -5 +18 +0.8%
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Lewis		 0.19% -3 +25 +1.2%
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Dennis		 0.19% +11 +368 +21.8%
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Warren		 0.19% +3 +216 +11.9%
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Herman		 0.19% -1 +67 +3.4%
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Tommy		 0.18% +11 +308 +18.9%
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Harvey		 0.18% -2 +38 +2.0%
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Charlie		 0.18% -5 -85 -4.3%
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Girls
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Mary		 5.26% 0 +1,416 +2.6%
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Betty		 2.87% 0 -441 -1.4%
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Barbara		 2.70% 0 +2,288 +8.5%
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Shirley		 2.11% +5 +8,528 +59.6%
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Dorothy		 1.97% -1 -765 -3.5%
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Patricia		 1.93% 0 +2,214 +11.9%
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Joan		 1.80% -2 +175 +0.9%
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Margaret		 1.40% -1 -95 -0.6%
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Helen		 1.30% -1 -543 -3.7%
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Nancy		 1.25% +1 +1,650 +13.9%
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Doris		 1.07% -1 -398 -3.3%
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Joyce		 1.06% 0 +267 +2.4%
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Ruth		 0.98% 0 -574 -5.2%
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Carol		 0.95% +6 +2,055 +25.0%
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Virginia		 0.92% 0 +280 +2.9%
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Jean		 0.90% -2 -248 -2.5%
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Marilyn		 0.87% -1 +259 +2.8%
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Elizabeth		 0.86% -1 +329 +3.6%
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Frances		 0.85% -1 +321 +3.6%
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Lois		 0.78% -1 -267 -3.1%
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Janet		 0.75% +4 +726 +9.9%
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Beverly		 0.73% +4 +703 +9.8%
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Donna		 0.73% +1 +509 +6.9%
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Norma		 0.72% -1 +304 +4.1%
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Alice		 0.72% -3 +86 +1.1%
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Dolores		 0.71% -5 -332 -4.1%
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Martha		 0.70% 0 +437 +6.1%
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Phyllis		 0.66% 0 +68 +1.0%
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Evelyn		 0.65% +1 +36 +0.5%
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Gloria		 0.63% +1 +60 +0.9%
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Anna		 0.62% -2 -391 -5.5%
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Ann		 0.61% +2 +434 +7.0%
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Carolyn		 0.60% +8 +1,430 +28.4%
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Marie		 0.58% -1 +83 +1.3%
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Mildred		 0.57% -3 -389 -5.9%
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Peggy		 0.56% 0 +493 +8.9%
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Rose		 0.52% -2 -189 -3.3%
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Annie		 0.46% -1 -107 -2.1%
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Ruby		 0.46% +4 +32 +0.6%
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Louise		 0.46% -1 -107 -2.1%
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Marjorie		 0.46% -1 -71 -1.4%
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Catherine		 0.46% +2 +26 +0.5%
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Geraldine		 0.45% -1 -124 -2.5%
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Eleanor		 0.44% -6 -385 -7.5%
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Joanne		 0.42% +11 +824 +22.2%
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June		 0.41% -1 -291 -6.2%
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Wanda		 0.40% +1 +101 +2.4%
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Jane		 0.40% -1 -20 -0.5%
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Irene		 0.40% -3 -160 -3.6%
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Joann		 0.38% +22 +939 +29.3%
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Delores		 0.37% +1 +99 +2.5%
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Lillian		 0.37% -1 -24 -0.6%
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Arlene		 0.36% +21 +732 +23.0%
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Elaine		 0.36% +7 +330 +9.2%
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Edna		 0.35% 0 +78 +2.1%
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Lorraine		 0.35% -2 -23 -0.6%
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Marlene		 0.35% -7 -288 -7.1%
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Bonnie		 0.35% +10 +380 +11.3%
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Patsy		 0.35% +6 +298 +8.6%
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Josephine		 0.35% +2 +172 +4.8%
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Florence		 0.35% -12 -341 -8.4%
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Sally		 0.34% +14 +579 +18.4%
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Rita		 0.34% -10 -157 -4.1%
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Juanita		 0.34% -1 +113 +3.2%
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Thelma		 0.34% -8 +7 +0.2%
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Gladys		 0.33% -6 +30 +0.8%
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Sarah		 0.33% -9 -20 -0.6%
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Janice		 0.33% +13 +527 +17.2%
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Audrey		 0.33% -10 -31 -0.9%
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Sylvia		 0.32% +14 +541 +18.4%
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Pauline		 0.32% -7 -98 -2.8%
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Charlotte		 0.32% +7 +322 +10.3%
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Wilma		 0.31% -7 -106 -3.1%
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Kathleen		 0.30% +3 +158 +5.1%
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Jo		 0.30% +15 +716 +28.2%
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Clara		 0.30% -9 -192 -5.6%
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Theresa		 0.30% -7 -75 -2.3%
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Ethel		 0.29% -7 -38 -1.2%
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Grace		 0.29% -10 -242 -7.3%
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Jacqueline		 0.28% +6 +282 +10.2%
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Edith		 0.28% -1 -98 -3.2%
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Bernice		 0.28% +1 -28 -0.9%
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Loretta		 0.28% +4 +273 +10.1%
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Lucille		 0.27% -6 -170 -5.5%
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Emma		 0.27% -10 -210 -6.7%
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Marion		 0.27% -13 -314 -9.8%
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Hazel		 0.26% -5 -218 -7.2%
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Anne		 0.26% -3 +18 +0.7%
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Carole		 0.25% +18 +506 +23.5%
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Darlene		 0.24% +5 +197 +8.2%
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Esther		 0.24% -3 -96 -3.6%
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Billie		 0.24% 0 +76 +3.1%
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Sandra		 0.24% +52 +1,185 +86.8%
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Judith		 0.23% +25 +590 +31.6%
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Ellen		 0.23% +9 +253 +11.5%
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Laura		 0.23% -5 -100 -3.9%
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Marian		 0.22% -8 -212 -8.0%
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Vivian		 0.22% 0 +36 +1.5%
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Beatrice		 0.22% -5 -2 -0.1%
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Eva		 0.22% +1 +106 +4.6%
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Katherine		 0.22% 0 +58 +2.5%
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Willie		 0.22% -7 -59 -2.4%
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Popularity extremes for the United States