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		 5.26% 0 -2,616 -4.2%
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James		 5.26% 0 +534 +0.9%
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John		 4.50% 0 +497 +1.0%
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William		 3.71% 0 -352 -0.8%
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Richard		 3.12% 0 +995 +2.9%
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Charles		 2.72% 0 -359 -1.2%
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David		 2.24% +1 +2,369 +10.3%
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Donald		 2.12% -1 -2,615 -9.8%
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Thomas		 1.95% 0 +750 +3.5%
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Ronald		 1.75% 0 -459 -2.3%
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George		 1.58% 0 -548 -3.0%
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Joseph		 1.56% 0 -18 -0.1%
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Kenneth		 1.30% +1 +312 +2.2%
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Larry		 1.28% +2 +2,139 +17.3%
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Edward		 1.27% -2 -122 -0.8%
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Jerry		 1.21% +1 +1,560 +12.8%
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Paul		 1.18% -2 -23 -0.2%
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Michael		 0.96% +3 +1,746 +19.2%
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Gerald		 0.89% 0 +82 +0.8%
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Frank		 0.88% -2 -272 -2.7%
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Gary		 0.85% +1 +820 +9.3%
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Raymond		 0.82% -2 -482 -5.0%
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Harold		 0.73% 0 -257 -3.0%
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Billy		 0.66% 0 -775 -9.4%
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Walter		 0.65% +1 -240 -3.2%
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Jack		 0.65% -1 -837 -10.3%
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Joe		 0.63% +1 -250 -3.4%
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Roger		 0.63% +3 +599 +9.1%
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Bobby		 0.62% -2 -440 -5.9%
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Carl		 0.58% -1 -254 -3.7%
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Henry		 0.58% -1 0 0.0%
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Arthur		 0.56% 0 -146 -2.2%
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Willie		 0.56% +1 +224 +3.7%
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Dennis		 0.55% +15 +1,977 +46.7%
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Ralph		 0.53% 0 -56 -0.9%
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Lawrence		 0.52% 0 +10 +0.2%
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Eugene		 0.52% -4 -239 -3.9%
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Daniel		 0.51% +1 +213 +3.8%
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Wayne		 0.50% +1 +426 +8.2%
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Fred		 0.49% -2 -230 -4.0%
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Albert		 0.48% -4 -318 -5.5%
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Roy		 0.46% -1 +112 +2.2%
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Jimmy		 0.42% +2 +23 +0.5%
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Norman		 0.42% -1 -210 -4.2%
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Harry		 0.41% -1 -160 -3.3%
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Peter		 0.41% +2 +348 +8.1%
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Howard		 0.41% -5 -407 -8.1%
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Anthony		 0.41% -2 -80 -1.7%
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Louis		 0.37% -2 -164 -3.7%
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Earl		 0.34% 0 -112 -2.8%
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Melvin		 0.34% +3 +35 +0.9%
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Marvin		 0.33% +1 -141 -3.6%
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Francis		 0.33% -2 -228 -5.8%
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Leonard		 0.33% +3 +45 +1.2%
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Ernest		 0.33% 0 -22 -0.6%
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Don		 0.32% -4 -316 -8.1%
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Stanley		 0.32% +2 +28 +0.8%
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Douglas		 0.31% +2 +55 +1.6%
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Dale		 0.31% -3 -159 -4.3%
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Clarence		 0.31% -2 -154 -4.2%
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Leroy		 0.30% 0 -101 -2.9%
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Johnny		 0.30% +1 +174 +5.4%
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Samuel		 0.29% -1 +12 +0.4%
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Bruce		 0.29% +2 +105 +3.4%
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Stephen		 0.28% +9 +450 +16.5%
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Philip		 0.28% -2 +2 +0.1%
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Bill		 0.28% 0 +47 +1.5%
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Herbert		 0.27% 0 +83 +2.8%
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Gene		 0.27% -4 -134 -4.3%
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Alfred		 0.26% -1 -20 -0.7%
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Frederick		 0.26% 0 +37 +1.3%
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Allen		 0.26% +1 +95 +3.4%
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Russell		 0.25% -3 -116 -3.9%
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Ray		 0.24% -2 -173 -6.0%
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Jim		 0.23% +6 +141 +5.6%
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Bernard		 0.23% -1 -88 -3.2%
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Tommy		 0.23% 0 -44 -1.7%
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Lee		 0.23% +2 +12 +0.5%
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Patrick		 0.22% +9 +240 +10.5%
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Jimmie		 0.22% -4 -169 -6.3%
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Eddie		 0.22% -2 -106 -4.1%
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Gordon		 0.22% -4 -149 -5.6%
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Terry		 0.22% +3 +108 +4.6%
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Andrew		 0.22% -2 +29 +1.2%
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Alan		 0.21% +6 +89 +4.0%
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Leon		 0.21% -1 -25 -1.1%
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Glenn		 0.20% -4 -65 -2.7%
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Clifford		 0.20% +1 +17 +0.7%
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Bob		 0.20% +5 +40 +1.8%
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Theodore		 0.19% -6 -165 -7.0%
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Martin		 0.19% -4 -120 -5.2%
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Phillip		 0.19% +3 +22 +1.0%
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Jerome		 0.19% 0 -57 -2.6%
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Floyd		 0.19% +2 -53 -2.5%
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Lloyd		 0.18% -3 -128 -5.8%
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Edwin		 0.18% -6 -185 -8.2%
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Tom		 0.18% +9 +93 +4.8%
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Curtis		 0.18% +3 +7 +0.3%
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Jesse		 0.18% +8 +98 +5.1%
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Vernon		 0.18% +3 +36 +1.8%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 4.84% 0 -1,311 -2.3%
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Barbara		 3.29% 0 -2,015 -5.1%
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Patricia		 2.62% 0 +2,151 +7.8%
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Betty		 2.09% 0 -1,865 -7.3%
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Shirley		 1.80% 0 -3,320 -14.0%
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Carol		 1.78% 0 +741 +3.8%
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Nancy		 1.74% 0 +774 +4.1%
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Judith		 1.47% +4 +5,749 +52.9%
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Dorothy		 1.34% -1 -1,180 -7.2%
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Margaret		 1.32% -1 -380 -2.5%
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Joan		 1.25% -1 -165 -1.2%
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Joyce		 1.18% -1 +699 +5.5%
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Sandra		 1.06% +1 +1,164 +10.8%
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Carolyn		 1.00% +1 +704 +6.6%
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Linda		 0.95% +16 +3,666 +52.0%
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Helen		 0.92% -3 -419 -3.9%
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Janet		 0.89% -1 +249 +2.5%
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Elizabeth		 0.86% -1 -93 -0.9%
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Marilyn		 0.84% 0 -206 -2.1%
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Donna		 0.83% 0 -324 -3.3%
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Virginia		 0.81% +1 -43 -0.5%
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Ruth		 0.80% -1 -242 -2.6%
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Sharon		 0.80% +7 +1,770 +24.4%
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Janice		 0.77% 0 +68 +0.8%
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Beverly		 0.77% -7 -1,068 -10.9%
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Frances		 0.76% -3 -346 -3.9%
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Martha		 0.75% -1 -86 -1.0%
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Judy		 0.71% +13 +3,086 +61.8%
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Doris		 0.68% -4 -916 -10.6%
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Phyllis		 0.67% -2 -56 -0.7%
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Alice		 0.65% -2 -122 -1.6%
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Jean		 0.64% -5 -472 -6.1%
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Ann		 0.58% -1 -439 -6.3%
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Peggy		 0.53% +1 -291 -4.6%
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Lois		 0.53% -2 -471 -7.2%
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Gloria		 0.52% 0 -360 -5.7%
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Marie		 0.52% 0 -71 -1.2%
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Norma		 0.51% -4 -541 -8.5%
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Karen		 0.49% +11 +1,035 +23.0%
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Evelyn		 0.47% -2 -361 -6.3%
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Geraldine		 0.46% +4 +508 +10.9%
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Rose		 0.44% -3 -251 -4.7%
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Anna		 0.44% -3 -213 -4.1%
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Susan		 0.43% +27 +1,331 +37.4%
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Elaine		 0.42% -3 -50 -1.0%
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Jane		 0.42% -2 -17 -0.4%
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Carole		 0.41% -1 +63 +1.4%
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Kathleen		 0.41% +10 +427 +10.1%
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Catherine		 0.40% -1 +53 +1.2%
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Wanda		 0.40% -1 +44 +1.0%
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Diane		 0.38% +13 +513 +13.4%
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Sally		 0.37% +2 -33 -0.8%
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Joanne		 0.37% +4 -26 -0.6%
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Annie		 0.37% -7 -413 -9.0%
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Mildred		 0.37% -3 -304 -6.8%
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Patsy		 0.36% -1 -147 -3.5%
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Joann		 0.35% +11 +283 +7.6%
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Dolores		 0.35% -15 -827 -17.2%
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Louise		 0.35% 0 -110 -2.7%
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Marjorie		 0.35% -7 -411 -9.5%
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Bonnie		 0.34% +4 +113 +3.0%
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Sylvia		 0.34% -6 -386 -9.1%
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Eleanor		 0.34% -3 -238 -5.9%
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Marlene		 0.33% -13 -699 -15.6%
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Loretta		 0.33% -3 -142 -3.6%
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Charlotte		 0.33% +4 +115 +3.2%
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Ruby		 0.33% -6 -231 -5.9%
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Sarah		 0.32% -1 -78 -2.1%
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Arlene		 0.32% -6 -316 -8.1%
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Jo		 0.31% +8 +352 +11.1%
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Roberta		 0.30% +2 -138 -3.9%
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Jacqueline		 0.30% -3 -246 -6.8%
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Gail		 0.30% +4 +137 +4.3%
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Irene		 0.29% -3 -225 -6.3%
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Darlene		 0.29% 0 -34 -1.0%
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Kay		 0.29% +5 +146 +4.7%
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Juanita		 0.28% +3 +82 +2.6%
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Rita		 0.28% -4 -169 -5.0%
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Delores		 0.27% -4 -303 -9.1%
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Ellen		 0.27% +9 +200 +7.1%
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Edna		 0.26% +1 -177 -5.7%
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Jeanette		 0.26% +9 +89 +3.2%
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June		 0.25% -4 -276 -8.8%
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Josephine		 0.25% -1 -140 -4.7%
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Anne		 0.24% -1 -118 -4.1%
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Brenda		 0.24% +158 +2,080 +308%
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Wilma		 0.24% -2 -172 -6.0%
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Thelma		 0.24% -2 -168 -5.9%
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Emma		 0.24% +7 +17 +0.6%
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Yvonne		 0.23% +11 +40 +1.5%
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Julia		 0.23% +16 +160 +6.5%
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Sue		 0.23% +11 +31 +1.2%
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Theresa		 0.23% -1 -151 -5.5%
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Rosemary		 0.23% +1 -70 -2.6%
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Florence		 0.23% -6 -212 -7.6%
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Lorraine		 0.23% -3 -149 -5.4%
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Anita		 0.23% +2 -48 -1.8%
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Audrey		 0.23% -11 -277 -9.7%
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Lillian		 0.23% -11 -270 -9.6%
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Ethel		 0.22% -6 -232 -8.5%
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Popularity extremes for the United States