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
5.42% 0
2.
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William
4.36% 0
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James
3.96% 0
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Robert
3.44% +2
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Joseph
2.58% +2
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George
2.54% -2
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Charles
2.50% -2
8.
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Edward
1.81% +1
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Frank
1.67% -1
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Thomas
1.32% 0
11.
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Walter
1.28% +1
12.
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Harold
1.15% +7
13.
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Henry
1.15% -2
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Paul
1.13% +6
15.
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Richard
1.07% +7
16.
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Raymond
1.03% +5
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Albert
0.98% -1
18.
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Arthur
0.97% -3
19.
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Harry
0.95% -6
20.
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Donald
0.82% +32
21.
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Ralph
0.76% +6
22.
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Louis
0.73% +3
23.
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Jack
0.71% +6
24.
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Clarence
0.71% -7
25.
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Carl
0.70% +1
26.
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Willie
0.69% -12
27.
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Howard
0.67% +6
28.
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Fred
0.64% -10
29.
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David
0.63% +2
30.
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Kenneth
0.62% +23
31.
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Francis
0.59% +4
32.
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Roy
0.58% -9
33.
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Earl
0.58% -5
34.
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Joe
0.55% -10
35.
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Ernest
0.53% -5
36.
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Lawrence
0.52% +1
37.
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Stanley
0.52% +25
38.
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Anthony
0.51% +10
39.
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Eugene
0.51% +4
40.
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Samuel
0.49% -8
41.
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Herbert
0.49% -5
42.
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Alfred
0.47% -3
43.
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Leonard
0.46% +7
44.
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Michael
0.44% +1
45.
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Elmer
0.41% -4
46.
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Andrew
0.41% -6
47.
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Leo
0.38% -3
48.
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Bernard
0.37% +27
49.
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Norman
0.36% +29
50.
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Peter
0.36% +8
51.
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Russell
0.36% +4
52.
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Daniel
0.35% -3
53.
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Edwin
0.34% +13
54.
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Frederick
0.34% +13
55.
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Chester
0.34% +13
56.
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Herman
0.33% -9
57.
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Lloyd
0.31% +15
58.
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Melvin
0.31% +27
59.
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Lester
0.31% 0
60.
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Floyd
0.31% -9
61.
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Leroy
0.31% -1
62.
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Theodore
0.30% -24
63.
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Clifford
0.30% 0
64.
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Clyde
0.29% -8
65.
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Charlie
0.29% -31
66.
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Sam
0.27% -25
67.
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Woodrow
0.26% +887
68.
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Vincent
0.26% +46
69.
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Philip
0.26% +17
70.
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Marvin
0.26% +25
71.
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Ray
0.26% -10
72.
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Lewis
0.26% -8
73.
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Milton
0.25% +16
74.
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Benjamin
0.25% -9
75.
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Victor
0.25% +19
76.
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Vernon
0.24% +30
77.
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Gerald
0.24% +32
78.
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Jesse
0.23% -24
79.
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Martin
0.23% -5
80.
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Cecil
0.23% -9
81.
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Alvin
0.22% +12
82.
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Lee
0.22% -36
83.
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Willard
0.22% +36
84.
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Leon
0.22% 0
85.
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Oscar
0.21% -28
86.
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Glenn
0.21% +17
87.
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Edgar
0.20% -8
88.
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Gordon
0.20% +44
89.
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Stephen
0.19% +7
90.
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Harvey
0.19% -10
91.
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Sidney
0.18% +19
92.
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Claude
0.18% -23
93.
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Everett
0.18% -3
94.
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Arnold
0.18% +47
95.
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Morris
0.18% +10
96.
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Wilbur
0.18% +21
97.
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Warren
0.17% +27
98.
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Wayne
0.17% +70
99.
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Allen
0.17% -8
100.
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Homer
0.17% -18
Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary
5.62% 0
2.
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Helen
2.92% 0
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Dorothy
2.44% +4
4.
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Margaret
2.22% -1
5.
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Ruth
2.04% 0
6.
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Mildred
1.46% +4
7.
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Anna
1.40% -3
8.
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Elizabeth
1.37% -2
9.
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Frances
1.24% +7
10.
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Virginia
1.11% +43
11.
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Marie
1.08% -3
12.
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Evelyn
1.08% +26
13.
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Alice
1.01% -2
14.
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Florence
0.96% -5
15.
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Lillian
0.89% -2
16.
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Rose
0.88% +1
17.
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Irene
0.81% +8
18.
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Louise
0.80% +9
19.
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Edna
0.79% -4
20.
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Catherine
0.77% +8
21.
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Gladys
0.77% -7
22.
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Ethel
0.75% -10
23.
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Josephine
0.72% +14
24.
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Ruby
0.71% +18
25.
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Martha
0.70% +4
26.
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Grace
0.68% -7
27.
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Hazel
0.67% -3
28.
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Thelma
0.67% +13
29.
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Lucille
0.66% +22
30.
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Edith
0.66% +2
31.
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Eleanor
0.64% +41
32.
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Doris
0.63% +52
33.
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Annie
0.62% -15
34.
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Pauline
0.59% +21
35.
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Gertrude
0.58% -9
36.
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Esther
0.58% -3
37.
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Betty
0.53% +49
38.
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Beatrice
0.52% +9
39.
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Marjorie
0.52% +58
40.
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Clara
0.52% -17
41.
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Emma
0.49% -20
42.
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Bernice
0.47% +31
43.
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Bertha
0.47% -23
44.
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Ann
0.46% +31
45.
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Jean
0.46% +64
46.
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Elsie
0.46% -7
47.
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Julia
0.46% +1
48.
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Agnes
0.46% -5
49.
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Lois
0.45% +40
50.
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Sarah
0.45% -6
51.
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Marion
0.45% +14
52.
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Katherine
0.43% +10
53.
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Eva
0.41% -13
54.
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Ida
0.41% -18
55.
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Bessie
0.40% -33
56.
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Pearl
0.40% -25
57.
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Anne
0.39% +34
58.
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Viola
0.39% -13
59.
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Myrtle
0.38% -24
60.
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Nellie
0.36% -14
61.
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Mabel
0.36% -31
62.
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Laura
0.36% -13
63.
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Kathryn
0.34% +19
64.
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Stella
0.34% +3
65.
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Vera
0.33% +4
66.
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Willie
0.33% -5
67.
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Jessie
0.33% -9
68.
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Jane
0.33% +69
69.
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Alma
0.32% -12
70.
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Minnie
0.32% -36
71.
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Sylvia
0.30% +42
72.
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Ella
0.29% -20
73.
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Lillie
0.29% -23
74.
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Rita
0.28% +150
75.
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Leona
0.28% +1
76.
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Barbara
0.28% +73
77.
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Vivian
0.28% +52
78.
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Lena
0.28% -18
79.
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Violet
0.27% +9
80.
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Lucy
0.27% -14
81.
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Jennie
0.27% -7
82.
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Genevieve
0.27% +38
83.
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Marguerite
0.27% +4
84.
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Charlotte
0.27% +19
85.
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Mattie
0.26% -31
86.
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Marian
0.26% +49
87.
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Blanche
0.26% -24
88.
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Mae
0.25% -29
89.
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Ellen
0.25% -8
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Wilma
0.25% +57
91.
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Juanita
0.25% +65
92.
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Opal
0.24% +6
93.
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June
0.23% +171
94.
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Geraldine
0.22% +95
95.
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Beulah
0.22% -18
96.
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Velma
0.22% +4
97.
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Theresa
0.22% +5
98.
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Carrie
0.21% -42
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Phyllis
0.21% +122
100.
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Maxine
0.21% +179