Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys
Rank Name Pct.
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Albert		 1.22%
82.
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Alexander		 0.18%
35.
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Alfred		 0.41%
85.
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Allen		 0.17%
27.
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Andrew		 0.51%
93.
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Anthony		 0.14%
87.
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Archie		 0.15%
14.
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Arthur		 1.37%
83.
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August		 0.17%
53.
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Ben		 0.29%
32.
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Benjamin		 0.46%
92.
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Bernard		 0.14%
64.
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Bert		 0.24%
33.
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Carl		 0.44%
5.
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Charles		 3.96%
69.
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Charley		 0.22%
22.
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Charlie		 0.60%
65.
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Chester		 0.23%
18.
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Clarence		 0.74%
52.
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Claude		 0.30%
97.
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Clifford		 0.13%
59.
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Clyde		 0.26%
31.
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Daniel		 0.48%
20.
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David		 0.64%
36.
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Earl		 0.41%
62.
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Ed		 0.25%
98.
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Eddie		 0.13%
61.
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Edgar		 0.26%
11.
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Edward		 1.97%
60.
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Edwin		 0.26%
38.
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Elmer		 0.39%
24.
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Ernest		 0.57%
54.
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Eugene		 0.29%
71.
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Floyd		 0.21%
55.
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Francis		 0.28%
6.
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Frank		 2.63%
15.
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Fred		 1.33%
39.
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Frederick		 0.39%
4.
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George		 4.05%
56.
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Grover		 0.27%
70.
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Guy		 0.21%
84.
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Harold		 0.17%
12.
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Harry		 1.92%
58.
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Harvey		 0.27%
8.
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Henry		 2.05%
43.
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Herbert		 0.36%
47.
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Herman		 0.31%
78.
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Homer		 0.19%
90.
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Horace		 0.14%
40.
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Howard		 0.37%
74.
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Hugh		 0.20%
72.
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Ira		 0.20%
75.
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Isaac		 0.20%
66.
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Jack		 0.23%
49.
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Jacob		 0.30%
3.
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James		 4.59%
28.
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Jesse		 0.51%
86.
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Jessie		 0.16%
51.
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Jim		 0.30%
21.
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Joe		 0.60%
1.
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John		 7.64%
7.
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Joseph		 2.23%
94.
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Julius		 0.14%
63.
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Lawrence		 0.25%
45.
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Lee		 0.34%
81.
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Leo		 0.18%
80.
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Leonard		 0.18%
96.
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Leroy		 0.13%
41.
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Lewis		 0.37%
19.
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Louis		 0.70%
68.
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Luther		 0.22%
91.
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Marion		 0.14%
48.
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Martin		 0.31%
50.
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Michael		 0.30%
100.
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Milton		 0.13%
76.
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Oliver		 0.19%
29.
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Oscar		 0.51%
67.
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Otto		 0.23%
77.
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Patrick		 0.19%
44.
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Paul		 0.36%
37.
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Peter		 0.40%
88.
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Philip		 0.15%
42.
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Ralph		 0.36%
73.
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Ray		 0.20%
57.
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Raymond		 0.27%
23.
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Richard		 0.60%
9.
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Robert		 2.05%
25.
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Roy		 0.56%
34.
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Sam		 0.43%
17.
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Samuel		 0.78%
99.
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Sidney		 0.13%
89.
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Stephen		 0.14%
79.
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Theodore		 0.19%
10.
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Thomas		 2.02%
46.
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Tom		 0.32%
13.
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Walter		 1.55%
95.
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Warren		 0.13%
26.
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Will		 0.53%
2.
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William		 7.21%
30.
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Willie		 0.50%
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Girls
Rank Name Pct.
46.
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Ada		 0.60%
83.
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Addie		 0.27%
51.
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Agnes		 0.52%
10.
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Alice		 1.23%
67.
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Alma		 0.37%
93.
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Amanda		 0.23%
100.
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Amelia		 0.21%
2.
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Anna		 2.73%
11.
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Annie		 1.22%
8.
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Bertha		 1.31%
13.
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Bessie		 1.10%
53.
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Blanche		 0.50%
82.
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Caroline		 0.27%
22.
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Carrie		 0.89%
42.
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Catherine		 0.64%
92.
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Charlotte		 0.24%
9.
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Clara		 1.27%
23.
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Cora		 0.85%
60.
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Daisy		 0.43%
68.
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Della		 0.36%
50.
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Dora		 0.52%
31.
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Edith		 0.78%
29.
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Edna		 0.79%
62.
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Effie		 0.42%
4.
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Elizabeth		 1.79%
17.
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Ella		 1.00%
64.
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Ellen		 0.39%
55.
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Elsie		 0.48%
91.
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Emily		 0.24%
3.
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Emma		 1.82%
86.
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Esther		 0.25%
15.
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Ethel		 1.06%
77.
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Etta		 0.28%
35.
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Eva		 0.70%
48.
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Fannie		 0.54%
75.
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Flora		 0.30%
12.
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Florence		 1.19%
41.
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Frances		 0.66%
85.
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Georgia		 0.25%
27.
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Gertrude		 0.79%
14.
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Grace		 1.09%
90.
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Harriet		 0.24%
33.
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Hattie		 0.73%
84.
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Hazel		 0.26%
24.
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Helen		 0.82%
7.
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Ida		 1.31%
76.
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Irene		 0.29%
99.
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Jane		 0.21%
32.
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Jennie		 0.73%
40.
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Jessie		 0.66%
47.
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Josephine		 0.55%
35.
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Julia		 0.70%
97.
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Kate		 0.23%
54.
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Katherine		 0.50%
94.
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Kathryn		 0.23%
78.
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Katie		 0.28%
21.
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Laura		 0.92%
44.
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Lena		 0.62%
26.
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Lillian		 0.81%
39.
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Lillie		 0.68%
69.
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Lizzie		 0.36%
80.
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Lottie		 0.28%
38.
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Louise		 0.69%
49.
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Lucy		 0.54%
43.
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Lula		 0.64%
95.
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Lulu		 0.23%
79.
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Lydia		 0.28%
20.
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Mabel		 0.94%
63.
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Mae		 0.40%
52.
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Maggie		 0.51%
57.
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Mamie		 0.45%
5.
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Margaret		 1.56%
45.
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Marie		 0.61%
18.
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Martha		 0.99%
1.
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Mary		 6.55%
34.
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Mattie		 0.70%
74.
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Maud		 0.30%
25.
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Maude		 0.82%
61.
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May		 0.42%
6.
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Minnie		 1.55%
87.
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Mollie		 0.25%
37.
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Myrtle		 0.70%
72.
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Nancy		 0.34%
98.
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Nannie		 0.23%
19.
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Nellie		 0.98%
65.
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Nettie		 0.38%
56.
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Nora		 0.47%
88.
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Olive		 0.25%
30.
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Pearl		 0.78%
58.
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Rosa		 0.44%
28.
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Rose		 0.79%
66.
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Ruth		 0.38%
70.
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Sadie		 0.35%
71.
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Sallie		 0.35%
16.
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Sarah		 1.05%
59.
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Stella		 0.44%
96.
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Susan		 0.23%
73.
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Susie		 0.34%
81.
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Viola		 0.27%
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Willie		 0.24%
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