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You also have to keep in mind how old the character is. For example, if the story takes place in 1941 and the character is 20 years old, you should be looking at popularity charts from 1921.

US top 1000
http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/us/1941
http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/us/1942
http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/us/1943

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Also you can find US popularity data at http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/

I think you left out a very important piece of information: Popular in which country?

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Anyway, you might check these hitparades for England and Wales on my website:
http://www.babynames.ch/Info/Series/psUkEnglandWalesDecades

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The original source is this Excel file:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/baby-names--england-and-wales/baby-names/top-100-baby-names-hostorical-data.xls