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		 5.48% 0 +427 +0.7%
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James		 5.20% 0 +2,544 +4.5%
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John		 4.45% 0 +1,773 +3.6%
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William		 3.73% 0 +1,711 +4.2%
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Richard		 3.03% 0 +1,409 +4.3%
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Charles		 2.74% 0 +620 +2.0%
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Donald		 2.35% 0 -1,198 -4.3%
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David		 2.02% 0 +2,019 +9.6%
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Thomas		 1.88% 0 +1,608 +8.1%
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Ronald		 1.79% +1 +2,157 +11.9%
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George		 1.62% -1 +1 +0.0%
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Joseph		 1.56% 0 +416 +2.4%
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Edward		 1.28% 0 -381 -2.6%
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Kenneth		 1.27% 0 +1,182 +8.9%
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Paul		 1.18% 0 +478 +3.7%
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Larry		 1.09% 0 +2,070 +20.1%
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Jerry		 1.07% 0 +1,870 +18.2%
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Frank		 0.90% 0 +133 +1.3%
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Gerald		 0.88% +1 +548 +5.8%
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Raymond		 0.86% -1 +157 +1.6%
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Michael		 0.80% +6 +1,987 +28.0%
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Gary		 0.78% +7 +2,095 +31.0%
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Harold		 0.75% -2 +8 +0.1%
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Billy		 0.73% -2 -50 -0.6%
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Jack		 0.72% -2 -53 -0.6%
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Walter		 0.67% 0 +77 +1.0%
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Bobby		 0.66% -3 -248 -3.2%
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Joe		 0.66% -3 -304 -3.9%
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Carl		 0.60% -1 -66 -1.0%
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Henry		 0.58% 0 -109 -1.6%
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Roger		 0.58% +5 +844 +14.8%
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Arthur		 0.57% -1 +210 +3.3%
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Eugene		 0.54% 0 +113 +1.9%
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Willie		 0.54% -2 -146 -2.3%
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Ralph		 0.53% -1 +93 +1.6%
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Lawrence		 0.52% +2 +368 +6.7%
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Albert		 0.51% 0 +129 +2.3%
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Fred		 0.51% -3 +28 +0.5%
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Daniel		 0.49% 0 +461 +9.0%
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Wayne		 0.46% +4 +611 +13.2%
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Roy		 0.44% -1 +153 +3.1%
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Howard		 0.44% 0 +316 +6.7%
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Norman		 0.44% 0 +278 +5.9%
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Harry		 0.42% -3 +10 +0.2%
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Jimmy		 0.42% 0 +213 +4.7%
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Anthony		 0.41% +1 +352 +8.1%
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Louis		 0.39% -1 +32 +0.7%
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Peter		 0.38% +4 +484 +12.7%
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Dennis		 0.37% +14 +1,077 +34.1%
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Earl		 0.35% -2 +67 +1.7%
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Francis		 0.35% +4 +219 +5.9%
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Don		 0.34% -1 +86 +2.3%
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Marvin		 0.34% -4 -11 -0.3%
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Melvin		 0.34% -4 -73 -1.9%
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Ernest		 0.33% -2 -51 -1.4%
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Dale		 0.33% +3 +351 +10.5%
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Leonard		 0.32% +1 +188 +5.4%
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Clarence		 0.32% -4 -120 -3.2%
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Stanley		 0.31% -2 +60 +1.7%
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Douglas		 0.31% +14 +901 +34.5%
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Leroy		 0.31% -5 -65 -1.8%
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Samuel		 0.29% +4 +214 +7.1%
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Johnny		 0.28% +6 +371 +13.1%
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Philip		 0.28% -2 +11 +0.3%
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Gene		 0.28% -4 -18 -0.6%
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Bruce		 0.28% +4 +320 +11.4%
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Bill		 0.27% -3 -4 -0.1%
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Herbert		 0.27% -3 -24 -0.8%
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Alfred		 0.27% -9 -173 -5.4%
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Russell		 0.26% -3 +52 +1.8%
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Frederick		 0.26% -3 +58 +2.0%
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Ray		 0.25% -1 +157 +5.8%
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Allen		 0.25% +3 +315 +12.5%
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Stephen		 0.24% +18 +593 +27.8%
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Bernard		 0.24% -2 +43 +1.6%
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Jimmie		 0.24% -4 +15 +0.6%
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Tommy		 0.24% +7 +338 +14.5%
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Gordon		 0.23% -3 +124 +4.9%
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Eddie		 0.23% +3 +266 +11.3%
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Lee		 0.23% -2 +76 +3.0%
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Jim		 0.22% +2 +148 +6.3%
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Andrew		 0.21% -3 +6 +0.2%
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Glenn		 0.21% +5 +104 +4.6%
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Theodore		 0.21% +2 +47 +2.0%
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Leon		 0.21% 0 +28 +1.2%
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Terry		 0.21% +26 +652 +38.7%
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Martin		 0.20% 0 +34 +1.5%
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Patrick		 0.20% +6 +202 +9.7%
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Clifford		 0.20% +1 +47 +2.1%
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Edwin		 0.20% -2 -15 -0.7%
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Alan		 0.20% +12 +395 +21.4%
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Lloyd		 0.20% -1 +60 +2.8%
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Jerome		 0.19% +7 +231 +11.7%
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Bob		 0.19% -13 -159 -6.7%
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Phillip		 0.19% +3 +149 +7.4%
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Floyd		 0.19% -16 -239 -10.0%
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Clyde		 0.19% -4 +26 +1.2%
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Alvin		 0.18% +1 +75 +3.8%
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Harvey		 0.18% -4 -32 -1.5%
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Franklin		 0.18% -23 -494 -19.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 4.93% 0 +570 +1.0%
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Barbara		 3.44% 0 +4,364 +12.5%
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Patricia		 2.41% 0 +718 +2.7%
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Betty		 2.24% +1 +177 +0.7%
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Shirley		 2.08% -1 -3,053 -11.4%
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Carol		 1.70% 0 +2,089 +12.1%
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Nancy		 1.66% 0 +1,880 +11.0%
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Dorothy		 1.43% 0 -219 -1.3%
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Margaret		 1.34% +1 +187 +1.2%
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Joan		 1.25% -1 -995 -6.5%
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Joyce		 1.11% 0 +886 +7.5%
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Judith		 0.95% +22 +4,731 +77.0%
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Helen		 0.95% -1 -618 -5.4%
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Sandra		 0.95% +12 +3,285 +43.7%
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Carolyn		 0.93% +5 +1,649 +18.4%
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Janet		 0.87% +2 +505 +5.4%
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Elizabeth		 0.86% 0 +417 +4.4%
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Beverly		 0.86% -4 +138 +1.4%
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Marilyn		 0.85% -6 +7 +0.1%
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Donna		 0.85% +1 +809 +9.1%
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Ruth		 0.82% -6 -304 -3.2%
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Virginia		 0.81% -6 -244 -2.6%
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Frances		 0.78% -4 -132 -1.5%
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Janice		 0.76% +1 +945 +12.2%
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Doris		 0.75% -3 -279 -3.1%
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Martha		 0.75% -2 +625 +7.9%
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Jean		 0.68% -4 -634 -7.6%
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Phyllis		 0.67% -1 +402 +5.5%
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Alice		 0.66% -1 +368 +5.2%
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Sharon		 0.64% +11 +2,539 +54.0%
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Linda		 0.62% +18 +2,668 +60.9%
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Ann		 0.61% -2 +277 +4.1%
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Lois		 0.57% -4 -428 -6.2%
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Norma		 0.56% -1 +132 +2.1%
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Peggy		 0.56% -4 -36 -0.6%
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Gloria		 0.55% -4 -34 -0.5%
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Marie		 0.52% -2 -116 -1.9%
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Evelyn		 0.50% -2 -69 -1.2%
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Rose		 0.46% 0 -155 -2.8%
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Anna		 0.45% -2 -307 -5.6%
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Judy		 0.44% +50 +2,253 +82.2%
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Elaine		 0.42% +3 +310 +6.9%
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Dolores		 0.42% -6 -761 -13.7%
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Jane		 0.42% -2 +85 +1.8%
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Geraldine		 0.41% -1 +97 +2.1%
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Carole		 0.40% +10 +420 +10.0%
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Annie		 0.40% -1 +84 +1.9%
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Catherine		 0.40% -1 +63 +1.4%
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Wanda		 0.40% +6 +313 +7.5%
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Karen		 0.40% +63 +2,274 +102%
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Marlene		 0.39% -11 -564 -11.2%
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Mildred		 0.39% -9 -204 -4.4%
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Marjorie		 0.38% +4 +227 +5.5%
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Sally		 0.38% +5 +351 +8.9%
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Patsy		 0.37% -1 +14 +0.3%
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Sylvia		 0.37% -6 -111 -2.5%
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Joanne		 0.37% -6 -83 -1.9%
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Kathleen		 0.37% +3 +486 +13.0%
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Louise		 0.36% -11 -314 -7.2%
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Eleanor		 0.36% -7 -228 -5.3%
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Ruby		 0.35% -9 -347 -8.1%
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Loretta		 0.34% +1 +240 +6.5%
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Arlene		 0.34% -3 +87 +2.3%
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Diane		 0.34% +12 +651 +20.5%
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Bonnie		 0.33% -1 +177 +4.9%
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Rosalie		 0.33% +113 +2,643 +237%
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Sarah		 0.33% -2 +161 +4.5%
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Joann		 0.33% -10 -227 -5.8%
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Jacqueline		 0.32% +1 +234 +6.9%
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Charlotte		 0.32% -3 +88 +2.5%
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Irene		 0.31% -9 -119 -3.2%
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Susan		 0.31% +26 +912 +34.5%
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Roberta		 0.31% -7 -21 -0.6%
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Rita		 0.29% -5 -64 -1.9%
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Darlene		 0.29% -3 +36 +1.1%
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Delores		 0.29% -7 -209 -5.9%
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Gail		 0.28% +22 +582 +22.1%
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Jo		 0.28% -5 -54 -1.7%
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June		 0.28% -8 -236 -7.0%
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Juanita		 0.27% -5 -51 -1.6%
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Kay		 0.27% -2 +104 +3.5%
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Edna		 0.27% -8 -140 -4.3%
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Josephine		 0.26% -1 +37 +1.3%
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Anne		 0.25% +8 +163 +6.0%
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Wilma		 0.25% -5 -106 -3.6%
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Thelma		 0.25% -8 -195 -6.4%
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Audrey		 0.25% -2 -43 -1.5%
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Lillian		 0.25% -4 -75 -2.6%
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Ellen		 0.25% +13 +306 +12.2%
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Florence		 0.25% -8 -150 -5.1%
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Jeanette		 0.25% -1 +60 +2.2%
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Theresa		 0.24% +3 +61 +2.3%
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Lorraine		 0.24% -10 -198 -6.7%
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Ethel		 0.24% -6 -38 -1.4%
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Rosemary		 0.24% +15 +374 +16.2%
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Emma		 0.23% -7 -81 -2.9%
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Pauline		 0.23% -10 -153 -5.4%
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Clara		 0.23% +2 +90 +3.5%
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Anita		 0.23% -6 -78 -2.9%
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Grace		 0.23% -6 -101 -3.7%
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Popularity extremes for the United States