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 · Girls
Boys
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Robert		 5.50% 0
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James		 5.14% 0
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John		 4.48% 0
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William		 3.70% 0
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Richard		 3.15% 0
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Charles		 2.73% 0
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Donald		 2.69% 0
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Thomas		 1.72% +1
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George		 1.71% -1
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David		 1.64% +1
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Joseph		 1.64% -1
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Ronald		 1.59% 0
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Edward		 1.33% 0
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Kenneth		 1.17% +1
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Paul		 1.16% -1
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Frank		 0.96% 0
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Raymond		 0.89% 0
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Jerry		 0.87% +4
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Gerald		 0.85% +2
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Jack		 0.83% -2
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Harold		 0.81% -1
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Billy		 0.81% -3
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Joe		 0.75% +2
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Bobby		 0.73% 0
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Larry		 0.72% +8
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Walter		 0.71% -3
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Carl		 0.62% +1
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Henry		 0.61% -1
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Eugene		 0.60% -3
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Arthur		 0.59% -1
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Ralph		 0.57% +1
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Willie		 0.57% -2
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Michael		 0.55% +8
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Albert		 0.54% -3
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Roger		 0.54% +1
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Fred		 0.53% -2
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Lawrence		 0.50% -2
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Gary		 0.49% +6
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Harry		 0.46% -2
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Howard		 0.46% -1
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Daniel		 0.45% +2
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Roy		 0.45% -1
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Norman		 0.44% -5
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Louis		 0.42% -2
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Wayne		 0.41% +4
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Jimmy		 0.40% +1
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Earl		 0.39% -1
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Anthony		 0.37% +4
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Marvin		 0.37% -4
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Francis		 0.36% +3
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Don		 0.36% 0
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Clarence		 0.35% -4
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Melvin		 0.35% +4
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Leonard		 0.35% 0
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Ernest		 0.35% 0
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Peter		 0.35% +3
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Leroy		 0.34% -7
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Stanley		 0.33% -2
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Dale		 0.32% +2
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Alfred		 0.31% +3
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Bill		 0.30% -1
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Herbert		 0.29% -4
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Philip		 0.29% +2
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Ray		 0.28% 0
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Franklin		 0.28% +6
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Gene		 0.27% 0
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Samuel		 0.27% -5
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Bernard		 0.27% -1
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Russell		 0.27% -1
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Frederick		 0.27% +3
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Jimmie		 0.26% -2
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Johnny		 0.26% +2
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Bruce		 0.25% +4
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Dennis		 0.25% -2
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Gordon		 0.24% -5
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Lee		 0.23% +4
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Bob		 0.23% +4
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Douglas		 0.22% -3
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Eddie		 0.22% +8
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Glenn		 0.22% -2
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Allen		 0.22% +2
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Leon		 0.21% +4
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Andrew		 0.21% +2
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Edwin		 0.21% +5
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Jim		 0.21% +5
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Floyd		 0.21% -10
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Theodore		 0.21% -8
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Lloyd		 0.20% -4
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Clyde		 0.20% -7
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Clifford		 0.20% -2
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Tommy		 0.20% +4
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Martin		 0.20% +1
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Vernon		 0.19% +1
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Leo		 0.19% -2
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Warren		 0.19% +2
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Harvey		 0.19% +3
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Alvin		 0.19% -6
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Jerome		 0.19% -2
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Stephen		 0.18% +14
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Lewis		 0.17% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.05% 0
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Shirley		 3.26% 0
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Barbara		 2.94% 0
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Betty		 2.40% 0
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Patricia		 2.22% 0
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Dorothy		 1.64% 0
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Joan		 1.58% 0
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Nancy		 1.56% +1
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Margaret		 1.35% -1
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Carol		 1.35% +1
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Helen		 1.14% -1
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Joyce		 1.11% 0
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Marilyn		 1.03% +1
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Virginia		 0.90% +2
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Doris		 0.86% -2
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Ruth		 0.86% -1
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Beverly		 0.83% +3
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Elizabeth		 0.82% -1
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Frances		 0.82% 0
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Jean		 0.79% -2
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Janet		 0.75% +1
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Donna		 0.74% +1
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Carolyn		 0.73% +5
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Martha		 0.69% 0
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Phyllis		 0.68% +2
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Lois		 0.67% -5
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Alice		 0.67% -2
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Ann		 0.62% +2
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Norma		 0.62% 0
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Dolores		 0.60% -4
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Janice		 0.57% +16
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Gloria		 0.57% 0
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Marie		 0.57% 0
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Evelyn		 0.57% -3
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Peggy		 0.56% +1
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Anna		 0.53% -2
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Rose		 0.53% 0
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Sandra		 0.51% +12
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Marlene		 0.50% 0
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Mildred		 0.47% -5
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Geraldine		 0.45% -1
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Jane		 0.44% +1
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Judith		 0.43% +11
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Catherine		 0.42% -2
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Annie		 0.42% -7
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Louise		 0.40% -2
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Eleanor		 0.40% +1
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Joanne		 0.40% -3
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Marjorie		 0.40% -3
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Elaine		 0.40% +1
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Ruby		 0.39% -10
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Patsy		 0.39% +4
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Sylvia		 0.39% +7
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Arlene		 0.36% +5
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Joann		 0.36% -2
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Wanda		 0.36% -7
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Irene		 0.35% -5
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Delores		 0.35% -1
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Sally		 0.34% -1
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Sharon		 0.33% +36
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Charlotte		 0.33% +4
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June		 0.33% -7
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Sarah		 0.33% -1
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Roberta		 0.32% +13
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Bonnie		 0.31% -3
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Jacqueline		 0.31% +13
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Kathleen		 0.31% +4
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Audrey		 0.31% -4
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Rita		 0.31% -6
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Loretta		 0.31% -1
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Edna		 0.31% -4
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Jo		 0.31% +1
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Carole		 0.30% +20
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Thelma		 0.30% +2
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Juanita		 0.30% -3
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Lorraine		 0.29% -8
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Josephine		 0.29% -2
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Wilma		 0.29% -8
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Lillian		 0.29% -13
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Florence		 0.29% -6
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Yvonne		 0.28% +17
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Pauline		 0.28% -2
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Darlene		 0.28% +8
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Gladys		 0.27% -6
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Emma		 0.26% +4
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Grace		 0.26% -3
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Edith		 0.26% 0
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Theresa		 0.26% -2
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Anne		 0.26% -5
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Ethel		 0.25% -8
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Clara		 0.25% -10
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Lucille		 0.24% -7
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Marion		 0.24% -5
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Jeanette		 0.24% +10
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Bernice		 0.24% -5
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Hazel		 0.23% -4
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Linda		 0.23% +68
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Kay		 0.22% +36
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Ellen		 0.22% -4
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Katherine		 0.22% +3
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Popularity extremes for the United States