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		 5.52% 0 +3,100 +4.0%
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Robert		 5.15% 0 +3,023 +4.2%
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John		 4.74% 0 +2,889 +4.4%
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William		 3.84% 0 +1,019 +1.9%
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Richard		 3.19% 0 +2,746 +6.3%
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David		 2.56% 0 +1,342 +3.7%
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Charles		 2.52% 0 +788 +2.2%
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Thomas		 2.26% 0 +1,771 +5.7%
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Ronald		 2.01% 0 +2,098 +7.7%
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Michael		 1.70% +3 +3,019 +13.9%
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Donald		 1.68% -1 +466 +1.9%
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Larry		 1.58% 0 +877 +4.0%
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Joseph		 1.57% -2 +406 +1.8%
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George		 1.49% 0 +416 +2.0%
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Kenneth		 1.31% 0 +906 +5.0%
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Gary		 1.23% +2 +798 +4.7%
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Jerry		 1.22% -1 +250 +1.4%
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Edward		 1.22% -1 +246 +1.4%
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Paul		 1.19% 0 +760 +4.6%
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Dennis		 0.97% 0 +834 +6.3%
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Frank		 0.84% 0 +1 +0.0%
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Raymond		 0.78% +2 +284 +2.6%
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Gerald		 0.78% -1 -116 -1.0%
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Roger		 0.74% +1 +1,592 +17.4%
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Daniel		 0.63% +3 +661 +7.8%
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Walter		 0.62% 0 +358 +4.1%
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Harold		 0.60% 0 +86 +1.0%
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Douglas		 0.57% -5 -2,993 -26.6%
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Stephen		 0.55% +3 +430 +5.7%
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Arthur		 0.54% -1 -244 -3.0%
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Henry		 0.52% 0 +61 +0.8%
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Lawrence		 0.52% -2 -60 -0.8%
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Carl		 0.51% +3 +203 +2.8%
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Jack		 0.51% 0 +37 +0.5%
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Joe		 0.50% -2 -72 -1.0%
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Willie		 0.49% +1 +92 +1.3%
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Billy		 0.48% -2 -298 -4.1%
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Roy		 0.48% +4 +624 +9.9%
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Peter		 0.47% 0 +291 +4.4%
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Ralph		 0.47% -2 +137 +2.1%
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Wayne		 0.47% 0 +279 +4.3%
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Jimmy		 0.44% +5 +494 +8.3%
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Albert		 0.43% -3 -192 -3.0%
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Anthony		 0.43% 0 -6 -0.1%
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Fred		 0.42% +1 +82 +1.3%
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Bobby		 0.42% -3 -126 -2.0%
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Eugene		 0.41% -2 -188 -3.1%
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Howard		 0.39% +1 +168 +3.0%
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Terry		 0.39% +3 +925 +19.2%
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Harry		 0.39% -2 +92 +1.6%
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Bruce		 0.37% -1 +46 +0.9%
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Johnny		 0.37% +3 +793 +17.3%
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Louis		 0.35% -2 -119 -2.3%
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Stanley		 0.32% +1 +111 +2.4%
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Leonard		 0.32% +2 +243 +5.6%
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Norman		 0.31% -3 -159 -3.4%
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Philip		 0.31% -3 -128 -2.8%
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Steven		 0.29% +17 +764 +21.8%
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Dale		 0.29% +4 +370 +9.6%
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Earl		 0.29% +2 +138 +3.4%
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Ernest		 0.29% 0 +95 +2.3%
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Samuel		 0.29% -3 -55 -1.3%
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Melvin		 0.28% -3 -118 -2.8%
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Francis		 0.28% -6 -229 -5.3%
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Bill		 0.27% 0 +194 +5.1%
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Marvin		 0.27% 0 +146 +3.9%
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Alan		 0.27% +14 +720 +23.0%
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Clarence		 0.27% 0 +115 +3.1%
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Patrick		 0.27% -5 +43 +1.1%
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Frederick		 0.26% -2 +103 +2.8%
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Ronnie		 0.26% +7 +466 +13.9%
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Don		 0.26% 0 +252 +7.1%
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Russell		 0.26% -3 +78 +2.1%
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Leroy		 0.26% -5 +21 +0.6%
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Jim		 0.25% -1 +166 +4.7%
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Allen		 0.25% -5 +55 +1.5%
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Tommy		 0.25% -4 +85 +2.4%
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Alfred		 0.24% -2 +40 +1.2%
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Andrew		 0.23% +1 +209 +6.7%
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Eddie		 0.23% +6 +259 +8.6%
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Phillip		 0.22% -4 -125 -3.7%
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Barry		 0.22% -3 -14 -0.4%
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Martin		 0.21% +2 +33 +1.1%
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Ray		 0.21% 0 -2 -0.1%
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Glenn		 0.21% +3 +162 +5.6%
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Herbert		 0.21% -3 -66 -2.1%
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Tom		 0.20% +2 +33 +1.1%
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Danny		 0.20% +22 +695 +31.5%
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Gene		 0.20% -7 -261 -8.3%
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Mike		 0.19% +16 +509 +22.2%
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Lee		 0.19% -4 -134 -4.6%
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Bernard		 0.19% -2 +19 +0.7%
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Steve		 0.19% +9 +310 +13.0%
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Clifford		 0.18% +1 +132 +5.2%
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Jimmie		 0.18% -1 +89 +3.5%
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Theodore		 0.18% -5 -48 -1.8%
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Victor		 0.18% +2 +220 +9.2%
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Gordon		 0.18% -6 +2 +0.1%
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Timothy		 0.18% +9 +303 +13.3%
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Curtis		 0.17% -2 +108 +4.5%
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Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 4.61% 0 +2,917 +4.6%
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Barbara		 3.03% 0 -1,303 -2.9%
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Patricia		 2.76% 0 +164 +0.4%
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Linda		 2.68% 0 +6,828 +21.6%
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Carol		 2.21% 0 +1,412 +4.7%
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Sandra		 1.81% 0 +994 +4.0%
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Judith		 1.76% 0 +420 +1.7%
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Sharon		 1.72% +3 +5,065 +25.8%
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Nancy		 1.67% -1 +662 +2.8%
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Betty		 1.51% -1 -63 -0.3%
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Carolyn		 1.42% -1 +389 +1.9%
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Shirley		 1.24% 0 +64 +0.4%
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Judy		 1.21% +2 +1,713 +10.9%
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Margaret		 1.20% 0 +602 +3.6%
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Karen		 1.17% +1 +1,431 +9.3%
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Joyce		 1.15% -3 -243 -1.5%
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Donna		 1.04% +3 +1,930 +14.9%
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Susan		 1.04% +3 +2,875 +23.9%
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Dorothy		 1.03% -2 -236 -1.6%
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Janet		 0.93% -1 +254 +1.9%
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Joan		 0.92% -3 -1,285 -8.9%
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Kathleen		 0.85% +2 +1,457 +13.6%
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Elizabeth		 0.81% -1 +460 +4.1%
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Diane		 0.79% +4 +1,774 +18.6%
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Virginia		 0.76% -2 +39 +0.4%
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Janice		 0.74% -1 +367 +3.6%
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Marilyn		 0.71% 0 +237 +2.4%
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Helen		 0.68% -2 -215 -2.1%
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Martha		 0.68% 0 +195 +2.1%
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Gloria		 0.68% +1 +235 +2.5%
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Frances		 0.66% -1 -27 -0.3%
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Beverly		 0.66% 0 +24 +0.3%
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Ruth		 0.65% 0 +49 +0.5%
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Bonnie		 0.62% 0 +45 +0.5%
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Brenda		 0.59% +5 +1,198 +16.6%
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Jean		 0.56% 0 -159 -1.9%
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Ann		 0.55% +1 +164 +2.1%
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Alice		 0.53% +1 +267 +3.6%
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Phyllis		 0.53% -2 -184 -2.4%
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Doris		 0.50% +1 -51 -0.7%
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Peggy		 0.45% +1 -66 -1.0%
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Carole		 0.45% -7 -1,904 -22.6%
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Lois		 0.43% +1 -273 -4.3%
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Jane		 0.42% +2 +323 +5.7%
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Marie		 0.42% -2 -576 -8.8%
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Elaine		 0.42% -1 -18 -0.3%
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Charlotte		 0.38% +4 +460 +9.2%
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Catherine		 0.38% +1 +159 +3.0%
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Joanne		 0.37% -1 -75 -1.4%
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Rose		 0.36% 0 -46 -0.9%
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Geraldine		 0.36% -4 -248 -4.6%
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Rita		 0.35% +3 +305 +6.5%
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Evelyn		 0.34% 0 -26 -0.5%
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Pamela		 0.34% +52 +2,207 +83.9%
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Gail		 0.34% +5 +366 +8.2%
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Wanda		 0.33% -2 -87 -1.8%
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Sally		 0.33% -1 +3 +0.1%
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Norma		 0.32% -6 -428 -8.6%
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Connie		 0.31% +11 +688 +18.0%
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Joann		 0.31% -2 -43 -1.0%
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Patsy		 0.30% -4 -206 -4.5%
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Diana		 0.30% +6 +480 +12.4%
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Jo		 0.30% +2 +124 +3.0%
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Anna		 0.30% -5 -255 -5.7%
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Jacqueline		 0.29% +4 +357 +9.3%
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Roberta		 0.29% 0 +64 +1.6%
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Ellen		 0.29% -3 -43 -1.0%
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Eileen		 0.29% +20 +986 +31.7%
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Annie		 0.28% -7 -225 -5.2%
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Louise		 0.28% -9 -299 -6.9%
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Sarah		 0.28% -4 -114 -2.8%
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Sue		 0.27% +1 +220 +6.1%
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Darlene		 0.26% +5 +259 +7.4%
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Dolores		 0.26% -11 -569 -13.3%
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Kathryn		 0.25% +7 +296 +8.8%
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Mildred		 0.25% -5 -181 -4.8%
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Sylvia		 0.25% -5 -105 -2.8%
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Katherine		 0.25% +3 +238 +7.0%
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Marjorie		 0.25% -5 -17 -0.5%
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Anne		 0.25% -4 +10 +0.3%
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Kay		 0.24% -6 -132 -3.6%
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Ruby		 0.24% -5 -54 -1.5%
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Glenda		 0.24% +6 +314 +10.2%
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Christine		 0.23% +12 +412 +14.2%
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Irene		 0.23% -5 -83 -2.5%
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Suzanne		 0.23% +17 +572 +21.1%
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Rebecca		 0.23% -2 +27 +0.8%
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Dianne		 0.22% +21 +646 +25.4%
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Loretta		 0.22% -10 -238 -7.0%
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Arlene		 0.22% -7 -187 -5.6%
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Juanita		 0.22% -1 +7 +0.2%
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Sheila		 0.21% +2 +90 +3.0%
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Paula		 0.21% +43 +1,068 +54.1%
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Lorraine		 0.21% -3 +7 +0.2%
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Julia		 0.21% 0 +67 +2.3%
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Marcia		 0.21% +9 +299 +11.2%
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Rosemary		 0.21% -5 -37 -1.2%
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Anita		 0.21% -5 -47 -1.6%
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Delores		 0.20% -13 -240 -7.6%
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Theresa		 0.20% -2 +130 +4.6%
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Popularity extremes for the United States