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		 5.29% 0 +688 +1.2%
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James		 5.14% 0 +745 +1.4%
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John		 4.44% 0 +762 +1.6%
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William		 3.76% 0 +28 +0.1%
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Richard		 3.17% 0 +786 +2.4%
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Charles		 2.80% +1 +196 +0.7%
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Donald		 2.77% -1 -740 -2.4%
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George		 1.74% 0 +69 +0.4%
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Thomas		 1.65% 0 +315 +1.8%
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Joseph		 1.61% 0 +74 +0.4%
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David		 1.46% +1 +1,662 +11.9%
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Ronald		 1.45% -1 +1,405 +10.0%
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Edward		 1.29% 0 -73 -0.5%
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Paul		 1.17% 0 +365 +3.0%
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Kenneth		 1.13% 0 +267 +2.3%
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Frank		 0.97% 0 -215 -2.0%
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Raymond		 0.89% +2 -27 -0.3%
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Jack		 0.88% -1 -549 -5.5%
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Billy		 0.86% +1 -322 -3.4%
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Harold		 0.86% -2 -759 -7.6%
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Gerald		 0.79% +1 +642 +8.2%
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Jerry		 0.79% +3 +1,319 +18.5%
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Walter		 0.73% -2 -276 -3.4%
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Bobby		 0.72% -1 +196 +2.6%
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Joe		 0.71% +1 +463 +6.5%
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Eugene		 0.64% -2 -284 -4.0%
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Henry		 0.64% 0 +120 +1.8%
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Carl		 0.63% 0 +12 +0.2%
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Arthur		 0.61% 0 +106 +1.6%
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Willie		 0.59% 0 -19 -0.3%
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Albert		 0.57% +1 +91 +1.5%
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Ralph		 0.57% -1 -193 -3.1%
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Larry		 0.56% +10 +1,503 +33.6%
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Fred		 0.51% -1 +30 +0.5%
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Lawrence		 0.50% -1 +24 +0.5%
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Roger		 0.48% +3 +385 +8.1%
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Harry		 0.47% -1 -45 -0.9%
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Norman		 0.47% 0 +52 +1.0%
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Howard		 0.47% -2 -97 -1.9%
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Roy		 0.46% -5 -165 -3.2%
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Michael		 0.46% +6 +800 +19.5%
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Louis		 0.43% -2 -62 -1.3%
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Daniel		 0.43% -1 +89 +2.0%
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Gary		 0.42% +16 +1,137 +33.9%
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Marvin		 0.40% -1 +59 +1.4%
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Earl		 0.40% -5 -404 -8.7%
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Jimmy		 0.39% +9 +477 +12.9%
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Clarence		 0.38% -3 -132 -3.1%
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Wayne		 0.38% -1 +23 +0.6%
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Leroy		 0.37% +4 +144 +3.8%
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Don		 0.37% -1 -12 -0.3%
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Anthony		 0.37% 0 +68 +1.8%
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Francis		 0.36% -4 -108 -2.7%
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Leonard		 0.36% -1 -31 -0.8%
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Ernest		 0.35% -4 -152 -3.9%
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Stanley		 0.35% +2 +129 +3.6%
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Melvin		 0.34% -2 -102 -2.8%
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Herbert		 0.32% -1 -163 -4.5%
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Peter		 0.32% +2 +132 +4.0%
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Bill		 0.31% -1 -252 -7.1%
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Dale		 0.31% +1 +30 +0.9%
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Samuel		 0.29% +4 +12 +0.4%
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Alfred		 0.29% +1 -36 -1.1%
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Ray		 0.29% -1 -106 -3.3%
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Philip		 0.29% +4 +279 +10.0%
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Gene		 0.28% +1 +85 +3.0%
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Bernard		 0.27% -2 -214 -6.8%
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Russell		 0.27% +2 +97 +3.5%
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Jimmie		 0.27% -1 -9 -0.3%
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Gordon		 0.24% +1 -26 -1.0%
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Franklin		 0.24% -25 -1,545 -37.2%
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Dennis		 0.24% +23 +543 +26.4%
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Frederick		 0.24% +4 +152 +6.3%
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Johnny		 0.24% +9 +196 +8.4%
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Douglas		 0.24% -3 -11 -0.4%
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Floyd		 0.23% -3 -27 -1.1%
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Bruce		 0.23% +1 +46 +1.9%
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Glenn		 0.23% +3 +96 +4.1%
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Theodore		 0.23% -5 -90 -3.6%
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Lee		 0.23% -1 +49 +2.1%
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Bob		 0.22% -6 -89 -3.6%
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Clyde		 0.22% +2 +31 +1.3%
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Allen		 0.22% +5 +70 +3.1%
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Lloyd		 0.22% -2 -42 -1.8%
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Andrew		 0.21% -9 -153 -6.3%
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Leon		 0.21% +1 -20 -0.9%
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Eddie		 0.21% +5 +114 +5.3%
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Clifford		 0.21% -3 -50 -2.2%
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Edwin		 0.21% -9 -87 -3.7%
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Jim		 0.21% 0 +38 +1.7%
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Alvin		 0.20% +2 +20 +0.9%
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Leo		 0.20% -6 -162 -7.0%
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Martin		 0.20% -2 -62 -2.8%
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Vernon		 0.20% -5 -116 -5.2%
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Tommy		 0.19% +3 +92 +4.7%
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Jerome		 0.19% +11 +237 +13.4%
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Warren		 0.19% -1 -30 -1.5%
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Lewis		 0.18% -4 -93 -4.5%
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Harvey		 0.18% 0 +24 +1.2%
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Charlie		 0.18% 0 +32 +1.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.07% 0 -1,860 -3.3%
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Shirley		 3.90% +2 +19,512 +85.4%
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Barbara		 2.83% 0 +1,460 +5.0%
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Betty		 2.64% -2 -2,410 -7.8%
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Patricia		 2.11% +1 +2,032 +9.7%
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Dorothy		 1.79% -1 -1,880 -8.8%
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Joan		 1.68% 0 -1,241 -6.4%
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Margaret		 1.36% 0 -419 -2.8%
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Nancy		 1.34% +1 +1,025 +7.6%
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Helen		 1.18% -1 -1,317 -9.3%
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Carol		 1.08% +3 +1,456 +14.2%
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Joyce		 1.05% 0 -92 -0.8%
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Doris		 0.98% -2 -1,023 -8.8%
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Marilyn		 0.96% +3 +1,032 +11.0%
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Ruth		 0.92% -2 -576 -5.5%
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Virginia		 0.91% -1 -135 -1.4%
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Elizabeth		 0.84% +1 -271 -2.9%
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Jean		 0.81% -2 -867 -8.9%
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Frances		 0.81% 0 -436 -4.7%
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Beverly		 0.74% +2 +106 +1.3%
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Lois		 0.74% -1 -397 -4.7%
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Janet		 0.72% -1 -213 -2.6%
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Donna		 0.72% 0 -78 -1.0%
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Martha		 0.70% +3 +19 +0.2%
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Alice		 0.69% 0 -342 -4.4%
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Dolores		 0.68% 0 -312 -4.1%
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Phyllis		 0.68% +1 +189 +2.6%
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Carolyn		 0.64% +5 +495 +7.6%
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Norma		 0.63% -5 -917 -11.8%
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Ann		 0.62% +2 +63 +0.9%
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Evelyn		 0.60% -2 -421 -6.0%
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Gloria		 0.58% -2 -464 -6.8%
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Marie		 0.58% +1 -31 -0.5%
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Anna		 0.57% -3 -519 -7.8%
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Mildred		 0.51% 0 -634 -10.3%
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Peggy		 0.49% 0 -759 -12.6%
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Rose		 0.48% 0 -349 -6.3%
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Annie		 0.45% 0 -164 -3.3%
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Marlene		 0.44% +18 +1,073 +28.6%
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Geraldine		 0.44% +3 -18 -0.4%
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Ruby		 0.44% -2 -212 -4.3%
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Catherine		 0.43% 0 -236 -4.8%
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Jane		 0.43% +5 +288 +6.6%
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Louise		 0.42% -4 -408 -8.2%
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Joanne		 0.42% 0 +21 +0.5%
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Marjorie		 0.41% -5 -491 -9.9%
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Janice		 0.41% +21 +854 +23.8%
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Eleanor		 0.38% -4 -553 -11.7%
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Wanda		 0.38% -2 -266 -6.1%
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Sandra		 0.38% +43 +1,539 +60.4%
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Elaine		 0.38% +3 +179 +4.6%
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Irene		 0.36% -3 -406 -9.3%
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Joann		 0.36% -3 -235 -5.7%
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Judith		 0.36% +40 +1,414 +57.5%
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June		 0.35% -9 -547 -12.5%
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Patsy		 0.35% +3 +49 +1.3%
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Delores		 0.35% -6 -197 -4.9%
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Sally		 0.34% +4 -15 -0.4%
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Arlene		 0.34% -6 -233 -5.9%
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Sylvia		 0.33% +10 +144 +4.1%
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Sarah		 0.33% +6 +16 +0.4%
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Bonnie		 0.33% -4 -141 -3.8%
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Rita		 0.33% 0 -106 -2.9%
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Audrey		 0.32% +5 -67 -1.9%
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Charlotte		 0.32% +7 +35 +1.0%
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Lillian		 0.32% -14 -551 -13.9%
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Edna		 0.32% -12 -389 -10.2%
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Lorraine		 0.31% -12 -371 -9.8%
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Loretta		 0.31% +14 +391 +13.1%
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Wilma		 0.31% +3 +50 +1.5%
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Kathleen		 0.31% +3 +73 +2.2%
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Juanita		 0.31% -8 -318 -8.7%
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Jo		 0.30% +2 +39 +1.2%
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Florence		 0.30% -13 -462 -12.4%
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Josephine		 0.30% -15 -481 -12.9%
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Thelma		 0.29% -11 -455 -12.5%
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Roberta		 0.29% +27 +808 +34.1%
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Gladys		 0.29% -12 -463 -12.8%
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Jacqueline		 0.29% +1 +77 +2.5%
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Pauline		 0.28% -9 -368 -10.7%
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Clara		 0.28% -5 -153 -4.8%
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Ethel		 0.28% -4 -175 -5.5%
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Grace		 0.28% -4 -91 -2.9%
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Anne		 0.27% +4 +108 +3.9%
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Lucille		 0.27% -1 -59 -2.0%
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Theresa		 0.26% -9 -329 -10.3%
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Edith		 0.26% -6 -182 -6.0%
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Marion		 0.26% -2 -70 -2.4%
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Emma		 0.26% -4 -140 -4.8%
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Bernice		 0.26% -8 -204 -6.8%
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Darlene		 0.25% -1 +97 +3.7%
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Hazel		 0.25% -5 -116 -4.1%
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Carole		 0.25% -4 +25 +0.9%
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Esther		 0.23% -3 -35 -1.4%
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Ellen		 0.22% 0 -21 -0.9%
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Sharon		 0.22% +54 +1,072 +79.1%
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Rosemary		 0.22% +14 +262 +12.3%
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Yvonne		 0.22% +39 +892 +59.7%
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Willie		 0.22% +1 -16 -0.7%
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Margie		 0.22% +3 -5 -0.2%
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Popularity extremes for the United States