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		 5.48% 0 +10,431 +15.6%
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Robert		 5.10% 0 +7,608 +11.8%
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John		 4.69% 0 +8,512 +14.8%
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William		 3.90% 0 +7,094 +14.8%
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Richard		 3.10% 0 +4,477 +11.4%
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David		 2.55% +1 +5,344 +17.5%
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Charles		 2.55% -1 +3,104 +9.5%
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Thomas		 2.21% 0 +4,457 +16.7%
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Ronald		 1.93% 0 +2,737 +11.2%
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Donald		 1.70% 0 +1,317 +5.8%
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Joseph		 1.59% +1 +2,622 +13.2%
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Larry		 1.57% -1 +1,967 +9.8%
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Michael		 1.54% +3 +5,792 +36.3%
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George		 1.51% -1 +2,011 +10.4%
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Kenneth		 1.29% 0 +2,069 +12.8%
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Jerry		 1.24% -2 +681 +4.1%
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Edward		 1.24% 0 +1,887 +12.1%
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Gary		 1.21% +1 +2,505 +17.2%
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Paul		 1.17% -1 +1,326 +8.7%
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Dennis		 0.94% +3 +3,721 +38.9%
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Frank		 0.87% 0 +1,451 +13.4%
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Gerald		 0.82% -2 +534 +4.9%
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Douglas		 0.80% +30 +7,083 +171%
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Raymond		 0.79% -2 +1,160 +11.7%
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Roger		 0.65% 0 +1,081 +13.4%
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Walter		 0.62% 0 +932 +12.0%
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Harold		 0.61% -3 +482 +5.9%
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Daniel		 0.60% +3 +1,456 +20.7%
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Arthur		 0.57% +4 +1,289 +19.1%
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Lawrence		 0.54% +4 +988 +14.9%
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Henry		 0.54% -3 +400 +5.6%
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Stephen		 0.53% +9 +1,693 +29.1%
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Joe		 0.52% -3 +226 +3.2%
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Jack		 0.52% -2 +411 +5.9%
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Billy		 0.52% -8 -346 -4.5%
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Carl		 0.52% -7 +105 +1.5%
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Willie		 0.50% -1 +558 +8.5%
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Ralph		 0.47% 0 +595 +9.9%
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Peter		 0.47% +5 +977 +17.4%
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Albert		 0.46% 0 +567 +9.6%
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Wayne		 0.46% -4 +374 +6.1%
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Roy		 0.45% -3 +363 +6.1%
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Bobby		 0.44% -8 -338 -5.1%
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Anthony		 0.44% +2 +969 +18.5%
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Eugene		 0.43% -3 +336 +5.8%
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Fred		 0.43% -3 +468 +8.3%
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Jimmy		 0.42% -2 +614 +11.5%
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Harry		 0.40% 0 +572 +11.3%
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Howard		 0.40% -2 +500 +9.9%
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Bruce		 0.38% +1 +1,084 +25.2%
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Louis		 0.37% -1 +706 +15.9%
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Terry		 0.34% +12 +1,204 +33.4%
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Norman		 0.33% -4 +223 +5.0%
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Philip		 0.33% -2 +436 +10.5%
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Johnny		 0.33% 0 +604 +15.2%
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Stanley		 0.33% +2 +661 +16.8%
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Leonard		 0.31% -3 +387 +9.7%
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Francis		 0.31% +2 +558 +14.9%
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Samuel		 0.30% +6 +658 +18.6%
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Melvin		 0.30% -4 +234 +5.9%
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Ernest		 0.29% 0 +353 +9.5%
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Earl		 0.29% -4 +244 +6.4%
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Dale		 0.27% -4 +75 +2.0%
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Patrick		 0.27% +6 +650 +20.6%
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Bill		 0.27% +3 +342 +9.9%
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Marvin		 0.27% -3 +166 +4.6%
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Clarence		 0.27% -5 +70 +1.9%
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Frederick		 0.27% +1 +450 +13.7%
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Leroy		 0.26% -2 +198 +5.6%
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Russell		 0.26% +5 +641 +21.1%
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Allen		 0.25% +2 +513 +16.8%
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Don		 0.25% -6 +31 +0.9%
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Tommy		 0.25% -2 +440 +14.2%
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Jim		 0.25% +6 +672 +23.6%
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Steven		 0.25% +15 +1,039 +42.1%
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Alfred		 0.24% -2 +354 +11.6%
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Phillip		 0.24% 0 +505 +17.6%
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Ronnie		 0.24% +1 +514 +18.0%
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Barry		 0.23% +12 +743 +30.2%
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Andrew		 0.22% +2 +434 +16.0%
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Alan		 0.22% +3 +511 +19.5%
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Gene		 0.22% -10 +55 +1.8%
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Herbert		 0.22% -7 +147 +5.0%
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Ray		 0.22% -1 +369 +13.7%
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Martin		 0.22% 0 +441 +16.9%
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Eddie		 0.21% -8 +171 +6.0%
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Lee		 0.21% -6 +179 +6.5%
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Glenn		 0.21% -2 +366 +14.5%
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Tom		 0.20% -1 +377 +15.1%
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Bernard		 0.19% -3 +215 +8.6%
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Theodore		 0.19% +4 +333 +14.3%
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Gordon		 0.19% 0 +203 +8.4%
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Leon		 0.18% 0 +173 +7.3%
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Jimmie		 0.18% -5 +69 +2.8%
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Clifford		 0.18% -1 +169 +7.1%
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Lloyd		 0.18% 0 +210 +9.3%
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Warren		 0.17% +8 +383 +18.8%
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Curtis		 0.17% +2 +254 +11.7%
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Victor		 0.17% +19 +728 +43.7%
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Jesse		 0.17% -1 +209 +9.6%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 4.55% 0 +5,215 +9.0%
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Barbara		 3.22% 0 +5,196 +13.1%
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Patricia		 2.84% 0 +2,555 +6.9%
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Linda		 2.27% +1 +7,891 +33.3%
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Carol		 2.18% -1 +6,091 +25.2%
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Sandra		 1.80% +3 +5,494 +28.2%
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Judith		 1.78% -1 +1,474 +6.3%
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Nancy		 1.68% 0 +2,443 +11.7%
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Betty		 1.56% -2 +754 +3.6%
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Carolyn		 1.44% +1 +3,704 +22.8%
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Sharon		 1.41% +4 +5,376 +37.7%
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Shirley		 1.28% -2 +797 +4.7%
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Joyce		 1.20% 0 +1,046 +6.7%
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Margaret		 1.19% -2 +851 +5.4%
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Judy		 1.13% +1 +1,701 +12.2%
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Karen		 1.11% +3 +4,555 +42.1%
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Dorothy		 1.08% -3 +461 +3.2%
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Joan		 1.04% -1 +1,131 +8.5%
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Janet		 0.94% -1 +1,923 +17.3%
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Donna		 0.93% 0 +2,539 +24.3%
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Susan		 0.86% +6 +3,126 +35.2%
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Elizabeth		 0.80% -1 +917 +8.9%
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Virginia		 0.78% 0 +763 +7.6%
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Kathleen		 0.77% +12 +3,536 +49.4%
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Janice		 0.74% -3 +224 +2.2%
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Helen		 0.72% -2 +127 +1.3%
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Marilyn		 0.71% +3 +1,350 +15.8%
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Diane		 0.69% +12 +3,126 +48.6%
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Martha		 0.68% -4 +354 +3.9%
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Frances		 0.68% +1 +1,004 +11.9%
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Gloria		 0.68% -5 +441 +4.9%
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Beverly		 0.68% -3 +682 +7.8%
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Ruth		 0.67% -5 +453 +5.1%
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Bonnie		 0.64% -1 +1,064 +13.7%
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Carole		 0.61% +13 +3,445 +69.4%
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Jean		 0.59% -4 +415 +5.3%
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Phyllis		 0.56% -2 +443 +6.0%
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Ann		 0.55% -1 +543 +7.6%
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Alice		 0.53% -5 -65 -0.9%
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Brenda		 0.52% +1 +906 +14.3%
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Doris		 0.52% -3 +101 +1.4%
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Peggy		 0.47% -3 +19 +0.3%
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Marie		 0.47% -1 +403 +6.5%
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Lois		 0.46% -1 +298 +4.9%
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Elaine		 0.43% -1 +606 +11.3%
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Jane		 0.41% 0 +619 +12.2%
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Geraldine		 0.39% -2 +212 +4.1%
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Joanne		 0.38% +6 +677 +14.5%
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Catherine		 0.38% +2 +385 +7.9%
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Rose		 0.38% -1 +301 +6.1%
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Charlotte		 0.36% +4 +458 +10.0%
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Norma		 0.36% -5 -50 -1.0%
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Evelyn		 0.36% -3 +9 +0.2%
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Wanda		 0.35% -1 +57 +1.2%
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Rita		 0.34% +8 +827 +21.3%
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Sally		 0.34% +5 +692 +17.5%
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Patsy		 0.33% -5 -231 -4.8%
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Joann		 0.32% 0 +231 +5.4%
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Anna		 0.32% -3 +54 +1.2%
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Gail		 0.32% +8 +835 +23.1%
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Louise		 0.31% +1 +432 +11.0%
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Annie		 0.31% -3 +221 +5.4%
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Dolores		 0.31% -6 -118 -2.7%
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Ellen		 0.30% +3 +532 +14.5%
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Jo		 0.30% +1 +418 +11.1%
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Roberta		 0.30% +6 +709 +20.9%
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Sarah		 0.30% -7 +119 +3.0%
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Diana		 0.28% +32 +1,313 +51.6%
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Jacqueline		 0.28% +4 +443 +13.1%
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Connie		 0.28% +9 +618 +19.3%
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Mildred		 0.27% -7 -40 -1.0%
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Sylvia		 0.27% -7 -58 -1.5%
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Sue		 0.26% +2 +271 +8.1%
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Marjorie		 0.26% -3 +108 +3.1%
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Kay		 0.26% -5 +88 +2.5%
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Anne		 0.25% +6 +429 +13.9%
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Ruby		 0.25% -8 -63 -1.8%
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Darlene		 0.25% -2 +169 +5.1%
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Loretta		 0.25% +2 +307 +9.9%
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Irene		 0.24% -6 +11 +0.3%
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Katherine		 0.24% +4 +373 +12.4%
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Kathryn		 0.24% +5 +483 +16.8%
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Arlene		 0.24% -6 +42 +1.3%
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Marlene		 0.23% -1 +185 +6.0%
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Rebecca		 0.23% +1 +317 +10.8%
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Delores		 0.23% -6 +12 +0.4%
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Eleanor		 0.23% -9 -84 -2.6%
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Eileen		 0.22% +33 +910 +41.4%
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Glenda		 0.22% +7 +446 +16.9%
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Juanita		 0.22% -6 +32 +1.1%
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Lorraine		 0.22% +2 +322 +12.0%
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Rosemary		 0.22% +2 +328 +12.3%
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Anita		 0.22% -2 +257 +9.4%
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Sheila		 0.21% +16 +632 +27.0%
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Julia		 0.21% -7 +58 +2.0%
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Christine		 0.21% +5 +432 +17.5%
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Maria		 0.20% +5 +348 +14.1%
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Theresa		 0.20% -3 +125 +4.7%
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Edna		 0.20% -10 -72 -2.5%
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Josephine		 0.20% -8 +21 +0.8%
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Popularity extremes for the United States