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		 5.26% 0
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James		 5.26% 0
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John		 4.50% 0
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William		 3.71% 0
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Richard		 3.12% 0
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Charles		 2.72% 0
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David		 2.24% +1
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Donald		 2.12% -1
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Thomas		 1.95% 0
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Ronald		 1.75% 0
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George		 1.58% 0
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Joseph		 1.56% 0
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Kenneth		 1.30% +1
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Larry		 1.28% +2
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Edward		 1.27% -2
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Jerry		 1.21% +1
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Paul		 1.18% -2
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Michael		 0.96% +3
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Gerald		 0.89% 0
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Frank		 0.88% -2
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Gary		 0.85% +1
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Raymond		 0.82% -2
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Harold		 0.73% 0
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Billy		 0.66% 0
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Walter		 0.65% +1
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Jack		 0.65% -1
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Joe		 0.63% +1
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Roger		 0.63% +3
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Bobby		 0.62% -2
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Carl		 0.58% -1
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Henry		 0.58% -1
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Arthur		 0.56% 0
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Willie		 0.56% +1
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Dennis		 0.55% +15
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Ralph		 0.53% 0
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Lawrence		 0.52% 0
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Eugene		 0.52% -4
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Daniel		 0.51% +1
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Wayne		 0.50% +1
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Fred		 0.49% -2
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Albert		 0.48% -4
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Roy		 0.46% -1
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Jimmy		 0.42% +2
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Norman		 0.42% -1
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Harry		 0.41% -1
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Peter		 0.41% +2
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Howard		 0.41% -5
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Anthony		 0.41% -2
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Louis		 0.37% -2
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Earl		 0.34% 0
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Melvin		 0.34% +3
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Marvin		 0.33% +1
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Francis		 0.33% -2
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Leonard		 0.33% +3
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Ernest		 0.33% 0
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Don		 0.32% -4
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Stanley		 0.32% +2
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Douglas		 0.31% +2
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Dale		 0.31% -3
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Clarence		 0.31% -2
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Leroy		 0.30% 0
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Johnny		 0.30% +1
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Samuel		 0.29% -1
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Bruce		 0.29% +2
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Stephen		 0.28% +9
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Philip		 0.28% -2
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Bill		 0.28% 0
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Herbert		 0.27% 0
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Gene		 0.27% -4
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Alfred		 0.26% -1
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Frederick		 0.26% 0
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Allen		 0.26% +1
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Russell		 0.25% -3
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Ray		 0.24% -2
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Jim		 0.23% +6
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Bernard		 0.23% -1
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Tommy		 0.23% 0
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Lee		 0.23% +2
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Patrick		 0.22% +9
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Jimmie		 0.22% -4
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Eddie		 0.22% -2
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Gordon		 0.22% -4
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Terry		 0.22% +3
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Andrew		 0.22% -2
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Alan		 0.21% +6
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Leon		 0.21% -1
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Glenn		 0.20% -4
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Clifford		 0.20% +1
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Bob		 0.20% +5
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Theodore		 0.19% -6
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Martin		 0.19% -4
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Phillip		 0.19% +3
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Jerome		 0.19% 0
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Floyd		 0.19% +2
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Lloyd		 0.18% -3
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Edwin		 0.18% -6
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Tom		 0.18% +9
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Curtis		 0.18% +3
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Jesse		 0.18% +8
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Vernon		 0.18% +3
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 4.84% 0
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Barbara		 3.29% 0
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Patricia		 2.62% 0
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Betty		 2.09% 0
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Shirley		 1.80% 0
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Carol		 1.78% 0
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Nancy		 1.74% 0
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Judith		 1.47% +4
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Dorothy		 1.34% -1
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Margaret		 1.32% -1
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Joan		 1.25% -1
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Joyce		 1.18% -1
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Sandra		 1.06% +1
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Carolyn		 1.00% +1
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Linda		 0.95% +16
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Helen		 0.92% -3
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Janet		 0.89% -1
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Elizabeth		 0.86% -1
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Marilyn		 0.84% 0
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Donna		 0.83% 0
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Virginia		 0.81% +1
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Ruth		 0.80% -1
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Sharon		 0.80% +7
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Janice		 0.77% 0
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Beverly		 0.77% -7
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Frances		 0.76% -3
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Martha		 0.75% -1
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Judy		 0.71% +13
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Doris		 0.68% -4
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Phyllis		 0.67% -2
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Alice		 0.65% -2
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Jean		 0.64% -5
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Ann		 0.58% -1
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Peggy		 0.53% +1
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Lois		 0.53% -2
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Gloria		 0.52% 0
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Marie		 0.52% 0
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Norma		 0.51% -4
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Karen		 0.49% +11
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Evelyn		 0.47% -2
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Geraldine		 0.46% +4
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Rose		 0.44% -3
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Anna		 0.44% -3
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Susan		 0.43% +27
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Elaine		 0.42% -3
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Jane		 0.42% -2
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Carole		 0.41% -1
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Kathleen		 0.41% +10
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Catherine		 0.40% -1
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Wanda		 0.40% -1
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Diane		 0.38% +13
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Sally		 0.37% +2
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Joanne		 0.37% +4
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Annie		 0.37% -7
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Mildred		 0.37% -3
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Patsy		 0.36% -1
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Joann		 0.35% +11
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Dolores		 0.35% -15
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Louise		 0.35% 0
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Marjorie		 0.35% -7
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Bonnie		 0.34% +4
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Sylvia		 0.34% -6
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Eleanor		 0.34% -3
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Marlene		 0.33% -13
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Loretta		 0.33% -3
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Charlotte		 0.33% +4
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Ruby		 0.33% -6
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Sarah		 0.32% -1
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Arlene		 0.32% -6
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Jo		 0.31% +8
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Roberta		 0.30% +2
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Jacqueline		 0.30% -3
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Gail		 0.30% +4
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Irene		 0.29% -3
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Darlene		 0.29% 0
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Kay		 0.29% +5
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Juanita		 0.28% +3
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Rita		 0.28% -4
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Delores		 0.27% -4
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Ellen		 0.27% +9
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Edna		 0.26% +1
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Jeanette		 0.26% +9
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June		 0.25% -4
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Josephine		 0.25% -1
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Anne		 0.24% -1
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Brenda		 0.24% +158
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Wilma		 0.24% -2
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Thelma		 0.24% -2
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Emma		 0.24% +7
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Yvonne		 0.23% +11
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Julia		 0.23% +16
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Sue		 0.23% +11
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Theresa		 0.23% -1
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Rosemary		 0.23% +1
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Florence		 0.23% -6
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Lorraine		 0.23% -3
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Anita		 0.23% +2
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Audrey		 0.23% -11
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Lillian		 0.23% -11
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Ethel		 0.22% -6
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Popularity extremes for the United States