Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys
Rank Name Pct.
1.
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John
7.64%
2.
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William
7.21%
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James
4.59%
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George
4.05%
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Charles
3.96%
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Frank
2.63%
7.
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Joseph
2.23%
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Henry
2.05%
9.
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Robert
2.05%
10.
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Thomas
2.02%
11.
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Edward
1.97%
12.
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Harry
1.92%
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Walter
1.55%
14.
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Arthur
1.38%
15.
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Fred
1.33%
16.
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Albert
1.22%
17.
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Samuel
0.78%
18.
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Clarence
0.74%
19.
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Louis
0.70%
20.
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David
0.64%
21.
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Joe
0.60%
22.
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Charlie
0.60%
23.
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Richard
0.60%
24.
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Ernest
0.57%
25.
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Roy
0.56%
26.
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Will
0.53%
27.
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Andrew
0.51%
28.
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Jesse
0.51%
29.
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Oscar
0.51%
30.
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Willie
0.50%
31.
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Daniel
0.48%
32.
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Benjamin
0.46%
33.
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Carl
0.44%
34.
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Sam
0.43%
35.
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Alfred
0.41%
36.
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Earl
0.41%
37.
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Peter
0.40%
38.
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Elmer
0.39%
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Frederick
0.39%
40.
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Howard
0.37%
41.
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Lewis
0.37%
42.
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Ralph
0.36%
43.
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Herbert
0.36%
44.
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Paul
0.36%
45.
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Lee
0.34%
46.
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Tom
0.32%
47.
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Herman
0.31%
48.
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Martin
0.31%
49.
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Jacob
0.30%
50.
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Michael
0.30%
51.
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Jim
0.30%
52.
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Claude
0.30%
53.
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Ben
0.29%
54.
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Eugene
0.29%
55.
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Francis
0.28%
56.
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Grover
0.27%
57.
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Raymond
0.27%
58.
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Harvey
0.27%
59.
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Clyde
0.26%
60.
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Edwin
0.26%
61.
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Edgar
0.26%
62.
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Ed
0.25%
63.
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Lawrence
0.25%
64.
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Bert
0.24%
65.
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Chester
0.23%
66.
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Jack
0.23%
67.
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Otto
0.23%
68.
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Luther
0.22%
69.
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Charley
0.22%
70.
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Guy
0.21%
71.
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Floyd
0.21%
72.
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Ira
0.20%
73.
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Ray
0.20%
74.
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Hugh
0.20%
75.
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Isaac
0.20%
76.
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Oliver
0.19%
77.
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Patrick
0.19%
78.
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Homer
0.19%
79.
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Theodore
0.19%
80.
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Leonard
0.18%
81.
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Leo
0.18%
82.
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Alexander
0.18%
83.
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August
0.17%
84.
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Harold
0.17%
85.
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Allen
0.17%
86.
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Jessie
0.16%
87.
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Archie
0.15%
88.
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Philip
0.15%
89.
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Stephen
0.14%
90.
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Horace
0.14%
91.
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Marion
0.14%
92.
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Bernard
0.14%
93.
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Anthony
0.14%
94.
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Julius
0.14%
95.
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Warren
0.13%
96.
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Leroy
0.13%
97.
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Clifford
0.13%
98.
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Eddie
0.13%
99.
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Sidney
0.13%
100.
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Milton
0.13%
Girls
Rank Name Pct.
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Mary
6.55%
2.
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Anna
2.73%
3.
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Emma
1.82%
4.
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Elizabeth
1.79%
5.
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Margaret
1.56%
6.
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Minnie
1.55%
7.
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Ida
1.31%
8.
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Bertha
1.31%
9.
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Clara
1.27%
10.
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Alice
1.23%
11.
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Annie
1.22%
12.
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Florence
1.19%
13.
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Bessie
1.10%
14.
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Grace
1.09%
15.
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Ethel
1.06%
16.
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Sarah
1.05%
17.
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Ella
1.00%
18.
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Martha
0.99%
19.
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Nellie
0.98%
20.
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Mabel
0.94%
21.
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Laura
0.92%
22.
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Carrie
0.89%
23.
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Cora
0.85%
24.
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Helen
0.82%
25.
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Maude
0.82%
26.
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Lillian
0.81%
27.
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Gertrude
0.79%
28.
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Rose
0.79%
29.
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Edna
0.79%
30.
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Pearl
0.78%
31.
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Edith
0.78%
32.
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Jennie
0.73%
33.
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Hattie
0.73%
34.
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Mattie
0.70%
35.
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Eva
0.70%
35.
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Julia
0.70%
37.
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Myrtle
0.70%
38.
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Louise
0.69%
39.
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Lillie
0.68%
40.
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Jessie
0.66%
41.
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Frances
0.66%
42.
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Catherine
0.64%
43.
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Lula
0.64%
44.
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Lena
0.62%
45.
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Marie
0.61%
46.
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Ada
0.60%
47.
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Josephine
0.55%
48.
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Fannie
0.54%
49.
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Lucy
0.54%
50.
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Dora
0.52%
51.
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Agnes
0.52%
52.
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Maggie
0.51%
53.
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Blanche
0.50%
54.
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Katherine
0.50%
55.
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Elsie
0.48%
56.
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Nora
0.47%
57.
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Mamie
0.45%
58.
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Rosa
0.44%
59.
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Stella
0.44%
60.
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Daisy
0.43%
61.
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May
0.42%
62.
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Effie
0.42%
63.
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Mae
0.40%
64.
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Ellen
0.39%
65.
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Nettie
0.38%
66.
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Ruth
0.38%
67.
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Alma
0.37%
68.
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Della
0.36%
69.
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Lizzie
0.36%
70.
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Sadie
0.35%
71.
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Sallie
0.35%
72.
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Nancy
0.34%
73.
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Susie
0.34%
74.
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Maud
0.30%
75.
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Flora
0.30%
76.
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Irene
0.29%
77.
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Etta
0.28%
78.
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Katie
0.28%
79.
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Lydia
0.28%
80.
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Lottie
0.28%
81.
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Viola
0.27%
82.
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Caroline
0.27%
83.
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Addie
0.27%
84.
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Hazel
0.26%
85.
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Georgia
0.25%
86.
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Esther
0.25%
87.
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Mollie
0.25%
88.
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Olive
0.25%
89.
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Willie
0.24%
90.
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Harriet
0.24%
91.
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Emily
0.24%
92.
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Charlotte
0.24%
93.
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Amanda
0.23%
94.
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Kathryn
0.23%
95.
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Lulu
0.23%
96.
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Susan
0.23%
97.
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Kate
0.23%
98.
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Nannie
0.23%
99.
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Jane
0.21%
100.
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Amelia
0.21%