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		 5.54% 0 -3,320 -4.1%
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Robert		 5.10% 0 -4,021 -5.4%
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John		 4.80% 0 -2,303 -3.3%
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William		 3.77% 0 -3,536 -6.3%
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Richard		 3.29% 0 -686 -1.5%
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David		 2.69% 0 +144 +0.4%
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Charles		 2.50% 0 -1,975 -5.4%
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Thomas		 2.28% 0 -1,269 -3.9%
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Michael		 1.92% +1 +1,977 +8.0%
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Ronald		 1.84% -1 -3,722 -12.7%
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Donald		 1.69% 0 -957 -3.9%
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Larry		 1.59% 0 -952 -4.1%
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Joseph		 1.52% 0 -1,657 -7.3%
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George		 1.47% 0 -1,269 -5.9%
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Gary		 1.44% +1 +2,190 +12.3%
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Kenneth		 1.30% -1 -1,017 -5.3%
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Paul		 1.20% +2 -596 -3.5%
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Edward		 1.19% 0 -1,235 -7.0%
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Jerry		 1.17% -2 -1,452 -8.2%
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Dennis		 0.99% 0 -436 -3.1%
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Frank		 0.82% 0 -903 -7.4%
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Raymond		 0.77% 0 -760 -6.7%
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Roger		 0.76% +1 -185 -1.7%
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Gerald		 0.72% -1 -1,337 -11.8%
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Daniel		 0.67% 0 +147 +1.6%
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Walter		 0.59% 0 -877 -9.7%
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Harold		 0.57% 0 -691 -8.0%
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Stephen		 0.56% +1 -137 -1.7%
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Arthur		 0.52% +1 -527 -6.8%
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Jack		 0.52% +4 -143 -1.9%
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Willie		 0.52% +5 +14 +0.2%
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Lawrence		 0.51% 0 -454 -6.0%
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Joe		 0.51% +2 -250 -3.4%
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Douglas		 0.50% -6 -1,241 -15.1%
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Henry		 0.50% -4 -653 -8.6%
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Carl		 0.49% -3 -645 -8.6%
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Wayne		 0.48% +4 -39 -0.6%
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Billy		 0.47% -1 -469 -6.7%
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Roy		 0.47% -1 -401 -5.8%
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Peter		 0.46% -1 -538 -7.8%
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Jimmy		 0.46% +1 -118 -1.8%
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Ralph		 0.45% -2 -499 -7.4%
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Terry		 0.43% +6 +240 +4.2%
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Albert		 0.42% -1 -450 -7.1%
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Johnny		 0.41% +7 +281 +5.2%
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Anthony		 0.40% -2 -600 -9.7%
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Fred		 0.40% -2 -590 -9.6%
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Eugene		 0.40% -1 -397 -6.7%
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Harry		 0.39% +1 -242 -4.2%
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Bobby		 0.39% -4 -716 -11.7%
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Bruce		 0.38% 0 -170 -3.1%
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Steven		 0.37% +6 +842 +19.7%
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Howard		 0.36% -5 -711 -12.4%
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Louis		 0.34% -1 -355 -7.1%
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Alan		 0.31% +12 +422 +10.9%
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Leonard		 0.30% -1 -431 -9.3%
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Stanley		 0.30% -3 -576 -12.3%
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Norman		 0.29% -2 -455 -10.1%
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Ernest		 0.29% +2 -131 -3.1%
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Philip		 0.29% -3 -479 -10.7%
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Dale		 0.29% -2 -244 -5.8%
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Samuel		 0.28% 0 -192 -4.6%
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Russell		 0.28% +10 +181 +4.8%
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Patrick		 0.28% +5 +33 +0.9%
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Earl		 0.28% -5 -311 -7.4%
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Bill		 0.28% -1 -174 -4.4%
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Melvin		 0.27% -4 -324 -8.0%
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Jim		 0.27% +7 +62 +1.7%
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Ronnie		 0.27% +2 -89 -2.3%
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Tommy		 0.27% +7 +81 +2.2%
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Francis		 0.26% -7 -418 -10.3%
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Don		 0.26% 0 -228 -6.0%
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Frederick		 0.26% -3 -257 -6.7%
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Clarence		 0.26% -7 -277 -7.2%
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Marvin		 0.26% -9 -370 -9.4%
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Danny		 0.25% +12 +614 +21.2%
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Allen		 0.25% -1 -207 -5.7%
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Leroy		 0.25% -4 -332 -8.9%
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Eddie		 0.24% +1 +35 +1.1%
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Mike		 0.22% +10 +282 +10.1%
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Andrew		 0.22% -2 -296 -8.8%
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Alfred		 0.22% -4 -398 -11.5%
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Phillip		 0.22% -2 -248 -7.6%
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Barry		 0.21% -2 -214 -6.7%
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Lee		 0.21% +6 +144 +5.2%
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Ray		 0.21% -2 -159 -5.2%
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Tom		 0.21% 0 -8 -0.3%
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Glenn		 0.21% -3 -201 -6.6%
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Steve		 0.20% +4 +150 +5.6%
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Herbert		 0.20% -4 -269 -8.8%
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Martin		 0.20% -8 -311 -10.1%
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Timothy		 0.20% +7 +176 +6.8%
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Mark		 0.20% +8 +222 +8.8%
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Bernard		 0.19% -2 -124 -4.5%
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Gene		 0.19% -6 -264 -9.2%
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Theodore		 0.19% 0 -42 -1.6%
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Curtis		 0.18% +3 -62 -2.5%
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Jimmie		 0.17% -3 -232 -8.8%
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Clifford		 0.17% -5 -271 -10.2%
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Warren		 0.17% +2 -131 -5.3%
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Girls
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Mary		 4.57% 0 -3,704 -5.6%
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Barbara		 2.87% 0 -4,236 -9.8%
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Linda		 2.81% +1 -27 -0.1%
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Patricia		 2.70% -1 -2,744 -6.9%
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Carol		 2.23% 0 -1,227 -3.9%
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Sandra		 1.90% 0 +36 +0.1%
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Nancy		 1.70% +2 -774 -3.2%
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Sharon		 1.64% 0 -2,281 -9.2%
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Judith		 1.64% -2 -2,782 -11.0%
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Betty		 1.45% 0 -1,841 -8.5%
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Carolyn		 1.37% 0 -1,698 -8.3%
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Judy		 1.25% +1 -261 -1.5%
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Susan		 1.20% +5 +1,441 +9.7%
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Margaret		 1.19% 0 -830 -4.8%
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Shirley		 1.19% -3 -1,503 -8.4%
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Karen		 1.17% -1 -871 -5.2%
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Donna		 1.11% 0 +257 +1.7%
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Joyce		 1.08% -2 -1,716 -10.4%
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Dorothy		 0.98% 0 -1,412 -9.5%
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Kathleen		 0.95% +2 +851 +7.0%
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Janet		 0.92% -1 -724 -5.4%
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Joan		 0.87% -1 -1,307 -9.9%
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Elizabeth		 0.81% 0 -613 -5.3%
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Diane		 0.78% 0 -616 -5.4%
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Gloria		 0.73% +5 +285 +2.9%
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Virginia		 0.72% -1 -949 -8.8%
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Marilyn		 0.71% 0 -406 -4.0%
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Janice		 0.71% -2 -920 -8.6%
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Martha		 0.68% 0 -373 -3.8%
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Brenda		 0.66% +5 +562 +6.7%
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Helen		 0.64% -3 -1,104 -11.3%
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Ruth		 0.64% +1 -692 -7.4%
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Frances		 0.62% -2 -960 -10.2%
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Bonnie		 0.62% 0 -413 -4.7%
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Beverly		 0.61% -3 -1,142 -12.1%
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Cheryl		 0.58% +66 +5,093 +177%
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Jean		 0.56% -1 -447 -5.5%
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Alice		 0.52% 0 -545 -7.1%
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Ann		 0.52% -2 -749 -9.6%
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Phyllis		 0.51% -1 -583 -7.7%
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Jane		 0.48% +3 +534 +8.9%
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Doris		 0.46% -2 -803 -11.3%
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Carole		 0.46% -1 -236 -3.6%
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Pamela		 0.45% +10 +1,364 +28.2%
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Peggy		 0.44% -4 -492 -7.6%
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Elaine		 0.41% 0 -338 -5.7%
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Lois		 0.41% -4 -603 -9.8%
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Marie		 0.39% -3 -683 -11.4%
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Catherine		 0.39% -1 -169 -3.1%
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Charlotte		 0.36% -3 -554 -10.1%
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Connie		 0.35% +8 +284 +6.3%
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Rose		 0.35% -2 -498 -9.6%
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Geraldine		 0.34% -2 -525 -10.1%
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Joanne		 0.33% -5 -737 -14.0%
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Rita		 0.33% -3 -482 -9.6%
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Gail		 0.33% -1 -284 -5.9%
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Evelyn		 0.33% -4 -396 -8.1%
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Wanda		 0.32% -2 -276 -5.9%
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Sally		 0.32% -2 -271 -5.8%
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Diana		 0.32% +2 -26 -0.6%
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Jo		 0.31% +2 -72 -1.7%
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Sue		 0.30% +10 +184 +4.8%
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Ellen		 0.29% +4 -154 -3.7%
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Jacqueline		 0.29% +1 -214 -5.1%
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Joann		 0.29% -4 -489 -11.0%
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Norma		 0.28% -8 -680 -15.0%
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Sarah		 0.28% +4 -129 -3.2%
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Kathryn		 0.28% +7 +208 +5.7%
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Louise		 0.28% +1 -204 -5.0%
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Roberta		 0.27% -4 -425 -10.2%
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Annie		 0.27% -2 -329 -8.1%
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Patsy		 0.27% -11 -625 -14.4%
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Eileen		 0.27% -5 -443 -10.8%
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Anna		 0.27% -10 -598 -14.1%
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Christine		 0.26% +9 +270 +8.1%
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Darlene		 0.26% -3 -242 -6.4%
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Katherine		 0.26% +1 -91 -2.5%
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Suzanne		 0.25% +8 +182 +5.5%
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Glenda		 0.25% +4 -36 -1.1%
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Maria		 0.25% +23 +497 +17.4%
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Mildred		 0.24% -5 -308 -8.5%
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Paula		 0.24% +11 +273 +9.0%
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Sylvia		 0.24% -6 -334 -9.2%
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Rebecca		 0.24% +3 -21 -0.6%
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Marjorie		 0.24% -6 -390 -10.8%
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Anne		 0.24% -6 -325 -9.2%
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Ruby		 0.23% -5 -276 -8.0%
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Kay		 0.23% -7 -322 -9.2%
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Marcia		 0.23% +7 +172 +5.8%
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Dianne		 0.23% -2 -86 -2.7%
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Irene		 0.23% -6 -211 -6.4%
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Dolores		 0.23% -18 -618 -16.7%
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Lorraine		 0.22% +1 +27 +0.9%
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Juanita		 0.22% -3 -124 -4.0%
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Anita		 0.21% +3 -125 -4.2%
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Theresa		 0.21% +4 -112 -3.8%
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Delores		 0.20% +2 -175 -6.0%
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Loretta		 0.20% -9 -422 -13.3%
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Rosemary		 0.20% -2 -223 -7.5%
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Sherry		 0.20% +23 +420 +18.2%
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Popularity extremes for the United States