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		 5.50% 0 +1,977 +3.5%
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James		 5.14% 0 -310 -0.6%
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John		 4.48% 0 +177 +0.4%
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William		 3.70% 0 -809 -2.0%
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Richard		 3.15% 0 -456 -1.3%
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Charles		 2.73% 0 -893 -3.0%
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Donald		 2.69% 0 -1,030 -3.5%
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Thomas		 1.72% +1 +660 +3.7%
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George		 1.71% -1 -368 -2.0%
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David		 1.64% +1 +1,817 +11.6%
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Joseph		 1.64% -1 +276 +1.6%
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Ronald		 1.59% 0 +1,430 +9.2%
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Edward		 1.33% 0 +351 +2.5%
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Kenneth		 1.17% +1 +421 +3.5%
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Paul		 1.16% -1 -255 -2.0%
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Frank		 0.96% 0 -233 -2.2%
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Raymond		 0.89% 0 -107 -1.1%
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Jerry		 0.87% +4 +820 +9.7%
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Gerald		 0.85% +2 +559 +6.6%
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Jack		 0.83% -2 -581 -6.2%
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Harold		 0.81% -1 -540 -5.9%
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Billy		 0.81% -3 -651 -7.0%
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Joe		 0.75% +2 +470 +6.2%
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Bobby		 0.73% 0 +9 +0.1%
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Larry		 0.72% +8 +1,637 +27.4%
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Walter		 0.71% -3 -279 -3.6%
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Carl		 0.62% +1 -106 -1.6%
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Henry		 0.61% -1 -411 -6.0%
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Eugene		 0.60% -3 -484 -7.1%
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Arthur		 0.59% -1 -284 -4.3%
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Ralph		 0.57% +1 -60 -1.0%
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Willie		 0.57% -2 -318 -5.0%
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Michael		 0.55% +8 +896 +18.3%
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Albert		 0.54% -3 -340 -5.6%
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Roger		 0.54% +1 +550 +10.7%
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Fred		 0.53% -2 +107 +1.9%
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Lawrence		 0.50% -2 -7 -0.1%
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Gary		 0.49% +6 +699 +15.6%
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Harry		 0.46% -2 -126 -2.5%
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Howard		 0.46% -1 -94 -1.9%
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Daniel		 0.45% +2 +227 +4.9%
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Roy		 0.45% -1 -122 -2.5%
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Norman		 0.44% -5 -395 -7.8%
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Louis		 0.42% -2 -200 -4.3%
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Wayne		 0.41% +4 +350 +8.6%
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Jimmy		 0.40% +1 +33 +0.8%
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Earl		 0.39% -1 -116 -2.7%
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Anthony		 0.37% +4 +71 +1.8%
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Marvin		 0.37% -4 -338 -7.9%
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Francis		 0.36% +3 -20 -0.5%
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Don		 0.36% 0 -86 -2.2%
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Clarence		 0.35% -4 -309 -7.6%
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Melvin		 0.35% +4 +130 +3.6%
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Leonard		 0.35% 0 -88 -2.3%
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Ernest		 0.35% 0 +17 +0.5%
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Peter		 0.35% +3 +292 +8.5%
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Leroy		 0.34% -7 -276 -7.0%
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Stanley		 0.33% -2 -205 -5.5%
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Dale		 0.32% +2 +121 +3.7%
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Alfred		 0.31% +3 +129 +4.1%
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Bill		 0.30% -1 -116 -3.5%
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Herbert		 0.29% -4 -322 -9.4%
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Philip		 0.29% +2 -31 -1.0%
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Ray		 0.28% 0 -129 -4.2%
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Franklin		 0.28% +6 +329 +12.6%
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Gene		 0.27% 0 -29 -1.0%
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Samuel		 0.27% -5 -256 -8.1%
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Bernard		 0.27% -1 -79 -2.7%
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Russell		 0.27% -1 +1 +0.0%
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Frederick		 0.27% +3 +233 +9.0%
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Jimmie		 0.26% -2 -88 -3.1%
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Johnny		 0.26% +2 +199 +7.9%
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Bruce		 0.25% +4 +182 +7.4%
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Dennis		 0.25% -2 +32 +1.2%
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Gordon		 0.24% -5 -47 -1.8%
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Lee		 0.23% +4 -8 -0.3%
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Bob		 0.23% +4 +21 +0.9%
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Douglas		 0.22% -3 -154 -6.1%
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Eddie		 0.22% +8 +67 +2.9%
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Glenn		 0.22% -2 -109 -4.5%
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Allen		 0.22% +2 +2 +0.1%
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Leon		 0.21% +4 -2 -0.1%
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Andrew		 0.21% +2 -13 -0.6%
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Edwin		 0.21% +5 +11 +0.5%
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Jim		 0.21% +5 +24 +1.1%
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Floyd		 0.21% -10 -277 -11.1%
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Theodore		 0.21% -8 -214 -8.8%
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Lloyd		 0.20% -4 -139 -6.1%
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Clyde		 0.20% -7 -202 -8.6%
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Clifford		 0.20% -2 -132 -5.8%
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Tommy		 0.20% +4 +79 +3.9%
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Martin		 0.20% +1 -10 -0.5%
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Vernon		 0.19% +1 -83 -3.9%
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Leo		 0.19% -2 -129 -6.0%
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Warren		 0.19% +2 -18 -0.9%
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Harvey		 0.19% +3 +12 +0.6%
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Alvin		 0.19% -6 -198 -9.1%
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Jerome		 0.19% -2 -44 -2.2%
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Stephen		 0.18% +14 +212 +12.8%
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Lewis		 0.17% -2 -114 -5.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 5.05% 0 -698 -1.3%
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Shirley		 3.26% 0 -7,193 -17.0%
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Barbara		 2.94% 0 +987 +3.2%
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Betty		 2.40% 0 -2,807 -9.8%
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Patricia		 2.22% 0 +1,038 +4.5%
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Dorothy		 1.64% 0 -1,736 -8.9%
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Joan		 1.58% 0 -1,153 -6.3%
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Nancy		 1.56% +1 +2,212 +15.2%
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Margaret		 1.35% -1 -130 -0.9%
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Carol		 1.35% +1 +2,789 +23.8%
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Helen		 1.14% -1 -550 -4.3%
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Joyce		 1.11% 0 +624 +5.5%
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Marilyn		 1.03% +1 +649 +6.2%
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Virginia		 0.90% +2 -215 -2.2%
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Doris		 0.86% -2 -1,378 -13.0%
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Ruth		 0.86% -1 -774 -7.7%
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Beverly		 0.83% +3 +906 +11.3%
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Elizabeth		 0.82% -1 -216 -2.4%
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Frances		 0.82% 0 +18 +0.2%
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Jean		 0.79% -2 -317 -3.6%
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Janet		 0.75% +1 +227 +2.9%
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Donna		 0.74% +1 +142 +1.8%
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Carolyn		 0.73% +5 +941 +13.5%
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Martha		 0.69% 0 -232 -3.0%
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Phyllis		 0.68% +2 +5 +0.1%
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Lois		 0.67% -5 -758 -9.5%
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Alice		 0.67% -2 -242 -3.3%
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Ann		 0.62% +2 -39 -0.6%
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Norma		 0.62% 0 -236 -3.4%
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Dolores		 0.60% -4 -960 -13.0%
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Janice		 0.57% +16 +1,707 +38.4%
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Gloria		 0.57% 0 -209 -3.3%
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Marie		 0.57% 0 -163 -2.6%
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Evelyn		 0.57% -3 -453 -6.9%
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Peggy		 0.56% +1 +801 +15.2%
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Anna		 0.53% -2 -437 -7.1%
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Rose		 0.53% 0 +466 +8.9%
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Sandra		 0.51% +12 +1,436 +35.1%
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Marlene		 0.50% 0 +502 +10.4%
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Mildred		 0.47% -5 -494 -8.9%
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Geraldine		 0.45% -1 +43 +0.9%
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Jane		 0.44% +1 +75 +1.6%
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Judith		 0.43% +11 +707 +18.3%
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Catherine		 0.42% -2 -164 -3.5%
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Annie		 0.42% -7 -324 -6.7%
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Louise		 0.40% -2 -212 -4.6%
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Eleanor		 0.40% +1 +174 +4.2%
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Joanne		 0.40% -3 -260 -5.7%
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Marjorie		 0.40% -3 -202 -4.5%
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Elaine		 0.40% +1 +179 +4.4%
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Ruby		 0.39% -10 -537 -11.3%
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Patsy		 0.39% +4 +398 +10.5%
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Sylvia		 0.39% +7 +536 +14.8%
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Arlene		 0.36% +5 +214 +5.8%
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Joann		 0.36% -2 -28 -0.7%
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Wanda		 0.36% -7 -222 -5.4%
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Irene		 0.35% -5 -123 -3.1%
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Delores		 0.35% -1 -34 -0.9%
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Sally		 0.34% -1 -76 -2.0%
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Sharon		 0.33% +36 +1,146 +47.2%
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Charlotte		 0.33% +4 +84 +2.4%
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June		 0.33% -7 -323 -8.4%
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Sarah		 0.33% -1 -100 -2.8%
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Roberta		 0.32% +13 +286 +9.0%
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Bonnie		 0.31% -3 -238 -6.6%
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Jacqueline		 0.31% +13 +246 +7.9%
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Kathleen		 0.31% +4 +1 +0.0%
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Audrey		 0.31% -4 -169 -4.8%
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Rita		 0.31% -6 -245 -6.8%
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Loretta		 0.31% -1 -45 -1.3%
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Edna		 0.31% -4 -114 -3.3%
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Jo		 0.31% +1 -4 -0.1%
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Carole		 0.30% +20 +519 +19.4%
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Thelma		 0.30% +2 +8 +0.3%
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Juanita		 0.30% -3 -163 -4.9%
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Lorraine		 0.29% -8 -234 -6.9%
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Josephine		 0.29% -2 -119 -3.6%
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Wilma		 0.29% -8 -238 -7.1%
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Lillian		 0.29% -13 -305 -8.9%
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Florence		 0.29% -6 -190 -5.8%
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Yvonne		 0.28% +17 +650 +27.2%
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Pauline		 0.28% -2 -97 -3.2%
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Darlene		 0.28% +8 +261 +9.7%
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Gladys		 0.27% -6 -204 -6.5%
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Emma		 0.26% +4 +32 +1.1%
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Grace		 0.26% -3 -206 -6.9%
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Edith		 0.26% 0 -71 -2.5%
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Theresa		 0.26% -2 -105 -3.7%
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Anne		 0.26% -5 -137 -4.7%
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Ethel		 0.25% -8 -273 -9.1%
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Clara		 0.25% -10 -385 -12.5%
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Lucille		 0.24% -7 -256 -8.9%
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Marion		 0.24% -5 -234 -8.3%
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Jeanette		 0.24% +10 +263 +11.5%
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Bernice		 0.24% -5 -232 -8.4%
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Hazel		 0.23% -4 -183 -6.8%
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Linda		 0.23% +68 +1,242 +104%
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Kay		 0.22% +36 +760 +46.1%
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Ellen		 0.22% -4 -36 -1.5%
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Katherine		 0.22% +3 +18 +0.8%
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Popularity extremes for the United States