Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
1.
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John
5.77% 0
2.
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William
4.72% 0
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James
4.24% 0
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George
2.97% 0
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Charles
2.47% 0
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Robert
2.44% +2
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Joseph
2.40% -1
8.
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Frank
1.98% -1
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Edward
1.67% 0
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Thomas
1.48% +2
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Henry
1.48% -1
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Walter
1.36% +1
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Harry
1.22% -2
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Willie
1.21% +4
15.
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Arthur
1.05% -1
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Albert
1.04% 0
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Clarence
0.93% 0
18.
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Fred
0.89% -3
19.
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Harold
0.87% +12
20.
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Paul
0.86% +2
21.
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Raymond
0.79% +5
22.
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Richard
0.73% +4
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Roy
0.73% -4
24.
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Joe
0.71% +4
25.
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Louis
0.71% -5
26.
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Carl
0.67% -3
27.
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Ralph
0.63% +5
28.
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Earl
0.63% -7
29.
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Jack
0.63% +15
30.
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Ernest
0.59% -6
31.
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David
0.59% -2
32.
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Samuel
0.56% -7
33.
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Howard
0.55% 0
34.
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Charlie
0.54% -4
35.
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Francis
0.48% +11
36.
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Herbert
0.47% -1
37.
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Lawrence
0.47% +8
38.
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Theodore
0.44% +45
39.
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Alfred
0.43% 0
40.
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Andrew
0.43% -6
41.
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Elmer
0.42% -5
41.
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Sam
0.42% +1
43.
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Eugene
0.40% +6
44.
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Leo
0.38% -1
45.
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Michael
0.36% +9
46.
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Lee
0.35% +2
47.
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Herman
0.35% +3
48.
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Anthony
0.34% +30
49.
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Daniel
0.34% -8
50.
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Leonard
0.34% +12
51.
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Floyd
0.34% +2
52.
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Donald
0.32% +49
53.
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Kenneth
0.31% +72
54.
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Jesse
0.31% -16
55.
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Russell
0.31% +13
56.
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Clyde
0.31% +2
57.
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Oscar
0.31% -20
58.
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Peter
0.30% -7
59.
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Lester
0.30% +10
60.
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Leroy
0.29% +14
61.
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Ray
0.29% -6
62.
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Stanley
0.28% +22
63.
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Clifford
0.28% +7
64.
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Lewis
0.28% -8
65.
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Benjamin
0.27% -18
66.
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Edwin
0.27% -7
67.
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Frederick
0.27% -15
68.
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Chester
0.26% -4
69.
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Claude
0.25% -12
70.
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Eddie
0.25% +15
71.
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Cecil
0.25% +29
72.
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Lloyd
0.24% +5
73.
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Jessie
0.23% +6
74.
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Martin
0.23% -13
75.
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Bernard
0.23% +7
76.
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Tom
0.22% -16
77.
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Will
0.22% -37
78.
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Norman
0.22% +19
79.
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Edgar
0.22% -14
80.
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Harvey
0.21% -13
81.
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Ben
0.21% -18
82.
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Homer
0.20% -10
83.
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Luther
0.20% -12
84.
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Leon
0.20% +4
85.
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Melvin
0.19% +39
86.
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Philip
0.19% +1
87.
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Johnnie
0.19% +50
88.
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Jim
0.19% -22
89.
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Milton
0.18% +14
90.
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Everett
0.18% +6
91.
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Allen
0.17% +1
92.
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Leslie
0.17% -2
93.
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Alvin
0.17% +15
94.
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Victor
0.17% +5
95.
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Marvin
0.16% +49
96.
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Stephen
0.15% +9
97.
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Alexander
0.15% -4
98.
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Jacob
0.15% -25
99.
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Hugh
0.15% -19
100.
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Patrick
0.15% -14
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary
5.20% 0
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Helen
2.24% +2
3.
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Margaret
1.87% 0
4.
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Anna
1.77% -2
5.
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Ruth
1.64% +1
6.
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Elizabeth
1.34% -1
7.
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Dorothy
1.26% +50
8.
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Marie
1.19% +2
9.
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Florence
1.17% -2
10.
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Mildred
1.17% +32
11.
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Alice
1.13% +4
12.
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Ethel
1.12% -4
13.
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Lillian
1.05% +3
14.
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Gladys
0.98% +29
15.
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Edna
0.96% +2
16.
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Frances
0.92% +11
17.
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Rose
0.91% +5
18.
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Annie
0.89% +1
19.
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Grace
0.87% -1
20.
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Bertha
0.78% -8
21.
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Emma
0.78% -12
22.
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Bessie
0.77% -8
23.
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Clara
0.77% -12
24.
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Hazel
0.77% -1
25.
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Irene
0.76% +19
26.
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Gertrude
0.76% -2
27.
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Louise
0.74% +9
28.
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Catherine
0.71% +10
29.
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Martha
0.70% -4
30.
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Mabel
0.70% -10
31.
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Pearl
0.67% -5
32.
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Edith
0.67% -3
33.
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Esther
0.65% +4
34.
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Minnie
0.64% -21
35.
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Myrtle
0.63% -7
36.
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Ida
0.61% -15
37.
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Josephine
0.61% +12
38.
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Evelyn
0.60% +52
39.
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Elsie
0.59% -4
40.
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Eva
0.59% -7
41.
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Thelma
0.59% +128
42.
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Ruby
0.59% +24
43.
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Agnes
0.57% -4
44.
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Sarah
0.56% -13
45.
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Viola
0.53% +20
46.
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Nellie
0.53% -16
47.
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Beatrice
0.52% +24
48.
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Julia
0.52% -3
49.
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Laura
0.50% -15
50.
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Lillie
0.50% -9
51.
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Lucille
0.48% +48
52.
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Ella
0.48% -20
53.
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Virginia
0.47% +34
54.
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Mattie
0.45% -4
55.
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Pauline
0.43% +24
56.
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Carrie
0.42% -16
57.
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Alma
0.42% -3
58.
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Jessie
0.41% -6
59.
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Mae
0.41% -4
60.
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Lena
0.41% -12
61.
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Willie
0.40% +14
62.
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Katherine
0.39% +2
63.
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Blanche
0.38% -7
64.
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Hattie
0.38% -18
65.
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Marion
0.38% +9
66.
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Lucy
0.36% -7
67.
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Stella
0.36% -4
68.
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Mamie
0.34% -7
69.
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Vera
0.34% +14
70.
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Cora
0.33% -23
71.
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Fannie
0.33% -9
72.
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Eleanor
0.32% +30
73.
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Bernice
0.32% +41
74.
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Jennie
0.32% -23
75.
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Ann
0.32% +30
76.
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Leona
0.32% +24
77.
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Beulah
0.31% +1
78.
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Lula
0.31% -18
79.
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Rosa
0.30% -9
80.
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Ada
0.29% -22
81.
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Ellen
0.27% -9
82.
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Kathryn
0.27% +7
83.
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Maggie
0.27% -15
84.
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Doris
0.27% +87
85.
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Dora
0.26% -18
86.
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Betty
0.26% +50
87.
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Marguerite
0.26% -3
88.
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Violet
0.25% +53
89.
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Lois
0.25% +46
90.
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Daisy
0.25% -5
91.
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Anne
0.25% +19
92.
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Sadie
0.24% -19
93.
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Susie
0.24% -12
94.
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Nora
0.23% -25
95.
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Georgia
0.23% 0
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Maude
0.23% -42
97.
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Marjorie
0.23% +42
98.
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Opal
0.22% +110
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Hilda
0.22% +4
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Velma
0.21% +84