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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James		 5.32% 0 +4,267 +6.8%
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Robert		 5.12% 0 +3,047 +5.0%
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John		 4.58% 0 +2,741 +5.0%
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William		 3.81% 0 +3,020 +6.7%
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Richard		 3.12% 0 +1,684 +4.5%
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Charles		 2.61% 0 +1,054 +3.3%
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David		 2.44% 0 +2,863 +10.3%
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Thomas		 2.12% 0 +2,653 +11.1%
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Ronald		 1.95% +1 +3,671 +17.7%
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Donald		 1.80% -1 -472 -2.0%
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Larry		 1.60% +2 +2,934 +17.1%
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Joseph		 1.58% 0 +1,594 +8.8%
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George		 1.54% -2 +945 +5.2%
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Jerry		 1.34% 0 +1,591 +10.5%
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Kenneth		 1.29% 0 +1,005 +6.6%
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Michael		 1.27% +2 +2,705 +20.4%
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Edward		 1.24% -1 +1,179 +8.2%
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Paul		 1.21% -1 +1,068 +7.6%
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Gary		 1.16% 0 +1,995 +15.9%
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Gerald		 0.87% +1 +704 +6.9%
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Frank		 0.86% -1 +198 +1.9%
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Raymond		 0.79% 0 +380 +4.0%
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Dennis		 0.76% +1 +1,714 +21.8%
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Harold		 0.65% -1 +22 +0.3%
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Roger		 0.65% +1 +494 +6.5%
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Walter		 0.62% -1 +24 +0.3%
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Billy		 0.61% 0 +61 +0.8%
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Henry		 0.57% +3 +346 +5.1%
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Carl		 0.57% +3 +406 +6.0%
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Joe		 0.57% -2 -66 -0.9%
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Daniel		 0.56% +3 +826 +13.3%
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Jack		 0.55% -3 -98 -1.4%
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Arthur		 0.54% 0 +230 +3.5%
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Lawrence		 0.53% +2 +481 +7.8%
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Bobby		 0.53% -5 -294 -4.3%
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Willie		 0.52% -1 +356 +5.8%
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Wayne		 0.49% +2 +383 +6.7%
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Ralph		 0.48% -1 +204 +3.5%
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Roy		 0.47% +3 +381 +6.8%
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Albert		 0.47% +1 +358 +6.4%
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Stephen		 0.46% +8 +1,386 +31.3%
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Eugene		 0.46% -4 -44 -0.8%
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Fred		 0.45% -3 +35 +0.6%
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Peter		 0.45% -1 +563 +11.2%
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Jimmy		 0.43% -1 +372 +7.5%
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Anthony		 0.42% 0 +475 +10.0%
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Howard		 0.40% -2 +244 +5.1%
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Harry		 0.40% -1 +376 +8.0%
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Norman		 0.36% -1 -117 -2.6%
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Louis		 0.35% 0 +121 +2.8%
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Bruce		 0.34% +4 +511 +13.5%
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Philip		 0.33% +8 +491 +13.4%
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Douglas		 0.33% +3 +416 +11.1%
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Leonard		 0.32% 0 +168 +4.4%
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Johnny		 0.32% -4 -17 -0.4%
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Melvin		 0.32% -3 +17 +0.4%
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Stanley		 0.31% +2 +233 +6.3%
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Earl		 0.30% -6 -140 -3.5%
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Dale		 0.30% -2 +89 +2.4%
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Francis		 0.30% +1 +131 +3.6%
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Ernest		 0.30% -3 +28 +0.8%
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Clarence		 0.29% +2 +184 +5.3%
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Marvin		 0.29% 0 +125 +3.6%
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Terry		 0.29% +9 +624 +20.9%
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Samuel		 0.28% 0 +174 +5.2%
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Don		 0.28% -4 -13 -0.4%
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Leroy		 0.28% -1 +211 +6.4%
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Bill		 0.28% -1 +185 +5.7%
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Frederick		 0.26% -1 +192 +6.2%
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Patrick		 0.25% +4 +272 +9.4%
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Tommy		 0.25% +5 +262 +9.3%
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Gene		 0.25% -2 +12 +0.4%
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Allen		 0.24% -2 +30 +1.0%
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Alfred		 0.24% -5 -11 -0.4%
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Russell		 0.24% -3 +20 +0.7%
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Herbert		 0.24% -1 +89 +3.1%
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Phillip		 0.23% +2 +242 +9.2%
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Eddie		 0.23% +3 +270 +10.5%
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Ronnie		 0.23% +22 +794 +38.7%
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Jim		 0.23% -2 +129 +4.8%
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Lee		 0.22% -1 +119 +4.5%
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Andrew		 0.22% +2 +278 +11.4%
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Ray		 0.22% -6 -99 -3.5%
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Alan		 0.21% +4 +247 +10.4%
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Martin		 0.21% 0 +182 +7.5%
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Glenn		 0.20% -3 +58 +2.4%
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Bernard		 0.20% -5 +41 +1.7%
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Tom		 0.20% +4 +212 +9.3%
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Jimmie		 0.20% -3 +65 +2.7%
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Steven		 0.20% +29 +897 +57.2%
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Barry		 0.20% +18 +628 +34.2%
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Gordon		 0.19% -1 +108 +4.7%
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Leon		 0.19% -4 +58 +2.5%
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Clifford		 0.19% 0 +180 +8.2%
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Theodore		 0.19% -5 +25 +1.1%
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Lloyd		 0.18% +4 +185 +9.0%
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Edwin		 0.18% -1 +99 +4.7%
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Franklin		 0.18% -11 -187 -7.8%
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Jesse		 0.17% -6 -21 -1.0%
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Curtis		 0.17% -3 +61 +2.9%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 4.66% 0 +1,833 +3.3%
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Barbara		 3.17% 0 +2,804 +7.6%
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Patricia		 2.96% 0 +4,238 +13.0%
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Carol		 1.94% +2 +2,420 +11.1%
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Linda		 1.90% +3 +5,353 +29.1%
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Judith		 1.87% -2 +935 +4.2%
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Betty		 1.68% -2 -1,170 -5.3%
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Nancy		 1.68% -1 +1,148 +5.8%
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Sandra		 1.57% +1 +3,350 +20.7%
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Shirley		 1.36% -1 -926 -5.2%
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Carolyn		 1.31% +4 +3,618 +28.6%
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Margaret		 1.26% -1 +639 +4.2%
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Joyce		 1.26% 0 +882 +6.0%
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Dorothy		 1.17% -2 -306 -2.1%
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Sharon		 1.15% +2 +3,153 +28.4%
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Judy		 1.12% 0 +2,584 +22.7%
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Joan		 1.07% -3 +95 +0.7%
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Janet		 0.89% +1 +1,034 +10.2%
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Karen		 0.87% +15 +3,547 +48.7%
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Donna		 0.84% +3 +1,214 +13.1%
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Elizabeth		 0.82% -1 +315 +3.2%
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Janice		 0.81% 0 +745 +8.0%
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Virginia		 0.81% -2 +488 +5.1%
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Helen		 0.79% -6 -314 -3.1%
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Martha		 0.74% +1 +463 +5.3%
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Gloria		 0.72% +4 +982 +12.2%
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Susan		 0.71% +9 +2,133 +31.6%
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Ruth		 0.71% -4 -21 -0.2%
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Beverly		 0.70% -2 +70 +0.8%
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Marilyn		 0.69% -5 -144 -1.7%
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Frances		 0.68% -3 -153 -1.8%
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Jean		 0.63% -3 -226 -2.8%
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Bonnie		 0.62% +6 +1,802 +30.2%
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Alice		 0.60% -2 -155 -2.0%
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Phyllis		 0.59% -2 -67 -0.9%
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Kathleen		 0.58% +4 +1,463 +25.7%
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Ann		 0.57% -2 -74 -1.0%
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Doris		 0.57% -7 -690 -8.9%
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Peggy		 0.53% -2 +432 +7.1%
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Diane		 0.52% +5 +1,253 +24.2%
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Brenda		 0.51% +1 +890 +16.4%
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Marie		 0.49% -1 +612 +11.0%
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Lois		 0.49% -5 -18 -0.3%
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Elaine		 0.43% +6 +596 +12.5%
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Geraldine		 0.42% +1 +74 +1.4%
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Jane		 0.41% +1 -2 -0.0%
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Norma		 0.40% -4 -313 -5.9%
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Carole		 0.40% +1 +175 +3.7%
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Rose		 0.40% -5 -246 -4.7%
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Evelyn		 0.40% -2 -55 -1.1%
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Catherine		 0.39% +2 +299 +6.5%
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Patsy		 0.38% +5 +712 +17.5%
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Wanda		 0.38% -1 +27 +0.6%
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Joanne		 0.37% 0 +246 +5.6%
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Charlotte		 0.37% 0 +274 +6.4%
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Anna		 0.36% -5 -285 -6.0%
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Dolores		 0.35% +10 +781 +21.7%
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Joann		 0.34% +5 +485 +12.8%
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Annie		 0.33% -3 -144 -3.4%
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Sarah		 0.32% 0 +112 +2.9%
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Sally		 0.32% 0 +161 +4.2%
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Louise		 0.31% -3 -14 -0.4%
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Rita		 0.31% +7 +437 +12.7%
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Mildred		 0.31% -6 -89 -2.3%
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Sylvia		 0.30% -3 -14 -0.4%
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Jo		 0.30% +6 +329 +9.6%
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Ellen		 0.29% +7 +346 +10.4%
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Gail		 0.29% -3 -12 -0.3%
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Ruby		 0.29% -3 -35 -1.0%
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Kay		 0.28% +7 +336 +10.5%
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Marjorie		 0.28% -7 -165 -4.5%
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Roberta		 0.27% -1 -36 -1.0%
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Jacqueline		 0.27% +3 +172 +5.3%
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Irene		 0.27% -1 -25 -0.7%
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Sue		 0.27% +6 +254 +8.2%
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Darlene		 0.27% +3 +226 +7.2%
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Arlene		 0.26% -2 +33 +1.0%
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Eleanor		 0.26% -10 -335 -9.3%
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Connie		 0.26% +9 +409 +14.6%
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Delores		 0.25% +3 +231 +7.9%
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Loretta		 0.25% -12 -402 -11.5%
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Anne		 0.25% +2 +199 +6.9%
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Marlene		 0.25% -3 -50 -1.6%
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Juanita		 0.24% -6 -131 -4.1%
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Katherine		 0.24% +6 +295 +10.9%
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Rebecca		 0.24% +10 +369 +14.4%
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Kathryn		 0.23% +16 +429 +17.6%
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Julia		 0.23% +4 +141 +5.2%
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Edna		 0.23% -3 -1 -0.0%
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June		 0.22% -8 -183 -6.2%
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Anita		 0.22% -4 -86 -3.0%
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Josephine		 0.22% -3 -16 -0.6%
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Lorraine		 0.22% +2 +109 +4.2%
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Rosemary		 0.22% -9 -199 -6.9%
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Theresa		 0.22% +7 +233 +9.5%
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Glenda		 0.21% +11 +289 +12.3%
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Suzanne		 0.21% +12 +274 +11.7%
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Jeanette		 0.21% -8 -129 -4.7%
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Emma		 0.20% -5 -62 -2.4%
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Diana		 0.20% +17 +350 +16.0%
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Popularity extremes for the United States