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		 5.66% 0 +3,343 +5.7%
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James		 5.17% 0 +1,864 +3.4%
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John		 4.46% 0 +1,073 +2.3%
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William		 3.72% 0 +1,327 +3.4%
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Richard		 3.02% 0 -517 -1.5%
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Charles		 2.79% 0 +1,432 +4.9%
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Donald		 2.55% 0 -768 -2.7%
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David		 1.92% +2 +3,495 +20.0%
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Thomas		 1.81% -1 +1,429 +7.8%
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George		 1.69% -1 +236 +1.3%
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Ronald		 1.66% +1 +1,218 +7.2%
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Joseph		 1.58% -1 -134 -0.8%
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Edward		 1.37% 0 +736 +5.2%
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Kenneth		 1.21% 0 +730 +5.8%
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Paul		 1.18% 0 +574 +4.7%
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Larry		 0.94% +9 +2,709 +35.6%
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Jerry		 0.94% +1 +1,028 +11.1%
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Frank		 0.93% -2 -60 -0.6%
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Raymond		 0.88% -2 +117 +1.2%
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Gerald		 0.86% -1 +407 +4.5%
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Harold		 0.78% 0 -76 -0.9%
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Billy		 0.76% 0 -292 -3.4%
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Jack		 0.75% -3 -661 -7.5%
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Bobby		 0.71% 0 +12 +0.2%
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Joe		 0.71% -2 -281 -3.5%
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Walter		 0.68% 0 -53 -0.7%
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Michael		 0.65% +6 +1,292 +22.3%
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Carl		 0.63% -1 +325 +4.9%
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Gary		 0.62% +9 +1,576 +30.4%
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Henry		 0.61% -2 +223 +3.5%
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Arthur		 0.58% -1 +52 +0.8%
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Willie		 0.57% 0 +217 +3.6%
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Eugene		 0.55% -4 -373 -5.9%
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Ralph		 0.54% -3 -107 -1.8%
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Fred		 0.53% +1 +138 +2.5%
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Roger		 0.52% -1 +9 +0.2%
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Albert		 0.52% -3 -89 -1.5%
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Lawrence		 0.50% -1 +163 +3.1%
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Daniel		 0.47% +2 +306 +6.4%
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Roy		 0.45% +1 +72 +1.5%
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Harry		 0.44% -2 -116 -2.4%
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Howard		 0.43% -2 -174 -3.6%
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Norman		 0.43% 0 +27 +0.6%
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Wayne		 0.42% +1 +209 +4.7%
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Jimmy		 0.41% +1 +310 +7.4%
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Louis		 0.40% -2 -61 -1.4%
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Anthony		 0.40% +1 +358 +9.0%
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Earl		 0.36% -1 -165 -4.0%
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Marvin		 0.36% 0 -27 -0.7%
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Melvin		 0.36% +3 +162 +4.3%
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Don		 0.35% 0 -14 -0.4%
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Peter		 0.35% +4 +95 +2.6%
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Ernest		 0.34% +2 +44 +1.2%
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Clarence		 0.34% -2 -14 -0.4%
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Francis		 0.34% -5 -146 -3.8%
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Leroy		 0.33% +1 -88 -2.4%
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Stanley		 0.32% +1 -9 -0.3%
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Leonard		 0.32% -4 -236 -6.4%
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Dale		 0.31% 0 -54 -1.6%
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Alfred		 0.29% 0 -72 -2.2%
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Gene		 0.29% +5 +256 +8.8%
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Philip		 0.29% +1 +128 +4.2%
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Dennis		 0.29% +11 +531 +20.2%
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Bill		 0.29% -3 -48 -1.5%
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Herbert		 0.28% -3 -77 -2.5%
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Samuel		 0.28% +1 +135 +4.7%
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Russell		 0.27% +2 +63 +2.2%
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Frederick		 0.26% +2 +62 +2.2%
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Johnny		 0.26% +3 +95 +3.5%
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Bruce		 0.26% +3 +178 +6.8%
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Ray		 0.25% -7 -215 -7.3%
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Jimmie		 0.25% -1 -63 -2.3%
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Bernard		 0.24% -5 -183 -6.4%
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Douglas		 0.24% +4 +233 +9.8%
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Gordon		 0.23% 0 -34 -1.3%
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Allen		 0.23% +5 +204 +8.8%
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Franklin		 0.23% -12 -425 -14.5%
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Lee		 0.23% -2 +81 +3.3%
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Andrew		 0.22% +4 +125 +5.5%
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Floyd		 0.22% +6 +157 +7.0%
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Bob		 0.22% -4 -46 -1.9%
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Eddie		 0.22% -3 +1 +0.0%
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Jim		 0.22% +2 +80 +3.5%
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Tommy		 0.21% +7 +219 +10.4%
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Leon		 0.21% -3 +45 +2.0%
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Theodore		 0.21% +1 +95 +4.3%
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Martin		 0.21% +5 +172 +8.2%
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Edwin		 0.21% -4 -7 -0.3%
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Glenn		 0.21% -8 -65 -2.8%
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Clifford		 0.20% 0 +95 +4.5%
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Lloyd		 0.20% -3 -3 -0.1%
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Stephen		 0.20% +7 +271 +14.6%
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Clyde		 0.19% -4 -48 -2.2%
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Patrick		 0.19% +7 +234 +12.6%
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Harvey		 0.19% +1 +111 +5.6%
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Vernon		 0.19% -3 +48 +2.4%
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Leo		 0.18% -3 -2 -0.1%
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Phillip		 0.18% +4 +159 +8.6%
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Alvin		 0.18% -2 +19 +1.0%
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Jerome		 0.18% -2 +12 +0.6%
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Girls
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Mary		 5.05% 0 +1,270 +2.3%
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Barbara		 3.17% +1 +3,228 +10.2%
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Patricia		 2.44% +2 +2,923 +12.2%
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Shirley		 2.43% -2 -8,343 -23.7%
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Betty		 2.30% -1 -540 -2.1%
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Carol		 1.57% +4 +2,816 +19.4%
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Nancy		 1.55% +1 +314 +1.9%
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Dorothy		 1.50% -2 -1,097 -6.2%
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Joan		 1.39% -2 -1,771 -10.4%
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Margaret		 1.37% -1 +549 +3.8%
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Joyce		 1.07% +1 -183 -1.5%
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Helen		 1.04% -1 -780 -6.4%
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Marilyn		 0.88% 0 -1,327 -12.0%
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Beverly		 0.87% +3 +732 +8.2%
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Ruth		 0.87% +1 +391 +4.2%
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Virginia		 0.86% -2 -136 -1.4%
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Elizabeth		 0.85% +1 +526 +5.9%
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Janet		 0.85% +3 +1,281 +15.9%
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Frances		 0.82% 0 +268 +3.0%
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Carolyn		 0.81% +3 +1,030 +13.0%
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Donna		 0.81% +1 +952 +12.0%
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Doris		 0.81% -7 -345 -3.7%
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Jean		 0.76% -3 -139 -1.6%
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Martha		 0.72% 0 +565 +7.6%
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Janice		 0.71% +6 +1,618 +26.3%
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Sandra		 0.68% +12 +1,996 +36.1%
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Phyllis		 0.66% -2 -129 -1.7%
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Alice		 0.65% -1 -78 -1.1%
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Lois		 0.63% -3 -299 -4.1%
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Ann		 0.61% -2 +47 +0.7%
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Peggy		 0.58% +4 +309 +5.1%
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Gloria		 0.58% 0 +194 +3.2%
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Norma		 0.57% -4 -398 -6.0%
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Judith		 0.56% +9 +1,566 +34.2%
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Marie		 0.55% -2 -56 -0.9%
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Evelyn		 0.52% -2 -349 -5.7%
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Dolores		 0.51% -7 -848 -13.2%
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Anna		 0.50% -2 -276 -4.8%
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Rose		 0.49% -2 -252 -4.4%
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Marlene		 0.46% -1 -294 -5.5%
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Sharon		 0.43% +19 +1,132 +31.7%
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Jane		 0.43% 0 -18 -0.4%
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Mildred		 0.42% -3 -407 -8.1%
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Geraldine		 0.41% -3 -307 -6.3%
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Elaine		 0.41% +5 +266 +6.2%
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Annie		 0.41% -1 -48 -1.1%
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Catherine		 0.41% -3 -74 -1.6%
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Louise		 0.40% -2 +29 +0.7%
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Linda		 0.40% +48 +1,940 +79.5%
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Sylvia		 0.40% +3 +212 +5.1%
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Joanne		 0.39% -3 +29 +0.7%
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Ruby		 0.39% -1 +62 +1.5%
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Eleanor		 0.39% -6 -64 -1.5%
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Patsy		 0.39% -2 +48 +1.1%
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Wanda		 0.38% +1 +320 +8.2%
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Carole		 0.38% +17 +997 +31.2%
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Marjorie		 0.37% -8 -188 -4.4%
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Joann		 0.36% -3 +52 +1.3%
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Sally		 0.36% 0 +292 +8.0%
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Arlene		 0.35% -6 -92 -2.4%
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Kathleen		 0.34% +6 +390 +11.6%
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Irene		 0.33% -5 -143 -3.7%
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Loretta		 0.33% +7 +349 +10.5%
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Bonnie		 0.33% +1 +223 +6.6%
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Sarah		 0.33% -3 +72 +2.0%
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Roberta		 0.32% -2 +102 +2.9%
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Charlotte		 0.32% -6 -17 -0.5%
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Delores		 0.32% -10 -229 -6.1%
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Rita		 0.31% 0 +88 +2.6%
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Jacqueline		 0.31% -4 +38 +1.1%
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June		 0.31% -9 -138 -3.9%
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Darlene		 0.30% +11 +322 +10.9%
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Jo		 0.29% -1 -66 -2.0%
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Edna		 0.29% -3 -84 -2.5%
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Juanita		 0.29% 0 0 0.0%
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Diane		 0.29% +36 +1,029 +47.9%
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Yvonne		 0.29% +4 +135 +4.4%
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Thelma		 0.28% -4 -138 -4.3%
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Kay		 0.27% +19 +602 +25.0%
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Wilma		 0.27% -2 -146 -4.7%
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Florence		 0.27% -1 -129 -4.2%
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Josephine		 0.27% -5 -201 -6.4%
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Lorraine		 0.27% -7 -230 -7.3%
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Lillian		 0.26% -5 -218 -7.0%
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Audrey		 0.26% -17 -457 -13.7%
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Gladys		 0.26% -2 -72 -2.4%
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Pauline		 0.26% -5 -162 -5.4%
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Ethel		 0.25% +2 +33 +1.2%
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Emma		 0.25% -4 -84 -3.0%
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Jeanette		 0.25% +4 +191 +7.5%
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Judy		 0.25% +28 +755 +38.0%
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Anne		 0.25% -3 -32 -1.2%
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Anita		 0.25% +11 +410 +17.8%
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Grace		 0.25% -8 -80 -2.9%
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Theresa		 0.25% -7 -56 -2.0%
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Edith		 0.24% -9 -110 -4.0%
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Susan		 0.24% +13 +489 +22.7%
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Lucille		 0.24% -6 +7 +0.3%
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Gail		 0.24% +3 +292 +12.5%
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Clara		 0.23% -9 -110 -4.1%
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Popularity extremes for the United States