Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
Boys · Girls
Boys
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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John
5.42% 0 +291,720 +345%
2.
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William
4.36% 0 +233,698 +337%
3.
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James
3.96% 0 +212,901 +342%
4.
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Robert
3.44% +2 +203,336 +567%
5.
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Joseph
2.58% +2 +144,127 +410%
6.
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George
2.54% -2 +133,020 +305%
7.
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Charles
2.50% -2 +137,350 +380%
8.
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Edward
1.81% +1 +101,204 +413%
9.
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Frank
1.67% -1 +86,971 +299%
10.
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Thomas
1.32% 0 +69,836 +321%
11.
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Walter
1.28% +1 +69,148 +346%
12.
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Harold
1.15% +7 +66,926 +523%
13.
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Henry
1.15% -2 +57,895 +266%
14.
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Paul
1.13% +6 +65,580 +519%
15.
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Richard
1.07% +7 +63,927 +599%
16.
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Raymond
1.03% +5 +60,170 +516%
17.
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Albert
0.98% -1 +52,889 +345%
18.
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Arthur
0.97% -3 +52,069 +338%
19.
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Harry
0.95% -6 +47,968 +268%
20.
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Donald
0.82% +32 +52,370 +1,131%
21.
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Ralph
0.76% +6 +43,224 +465%
22.
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Louis
0.73% +3 +40,228 +388%
23.
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Jack
0.71% +6 +40,304 +437%
24.
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Clarence
0.71% -7 +35,623 +262%
25.
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Carl
0.70% +1 +38,589 +391%
26.
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Willie
0.69% -12 +29,944 +169%
27.
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Howard
0.67% +6 +38,582 +481%
28.
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Fred
0.64% -10 +31,269 +239%
29.
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David
0.63% +2 +35,233 +409%
30.
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Kenneth
0.62% +23 +38,669 +844%
31.
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Francis
0.59% +4 +34,032 +485%
32.
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Roy
0.58% -9 +29,708 +279%
33.
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Earl
0.58% -5 +31,022 +335%
34.
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Joe
0.55% -10 +27,784 +265%
35.
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Ernest
0.53% -5 +28,477 +329%
36.
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Lawrence
0.52% +1 +29,508 +431%
37.
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Stanley
0.52% +25 +31,752 +764%
38.
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Anthony
0.51% +10 +30,584 +606%
39.
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Eugene
0.51% +4 +29,251 +495%
40.
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Samuel
0.49% -8 +26,017 +319%
41.
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Herbert
0.49% -5 +26,903 +387%
42.
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Alfred
0.47% -3 +26,279 +413%
43.
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Leonard
0.46% +7 +26,856 +535%
44.
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Michael
0.44% +1 +25,640 +491%
45.
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Elmer
0.41% -4 +22,439 +364%
46.
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Andrew
0.41% -6 +21,874 +348%
47.
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Leo
0.38% -3 +21,027 +374%
48.
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Bernard
0.37% +27 +22,332 +678%
49.
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Norman
0.36% +29 +21,855 +688%
50.
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Peter
0.36% +8 +20,559 +470%
51.
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Russell
0.36% +4 +20,290 +446%
52.
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Daniel
0.35% -3 +18,942 +376%
53.
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Edwin
0.34% +13 +19,736 +498%
54.
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Frederick
0.34% +13 +19,642 +504%
55.
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Chester
0.34% +13 +19,712 +520%
56.
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Herman
0.33% -9 +17,534 +346%
57.
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Lloyd
0.31% +15 +18,236 +520%
58.
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Melvin
0.31% +27 +18,899 +665%
59.
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Lester
0.31% 0 +17,148 +393%
60.
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Floyd
0.31% -9 +16,504 +332%
61.
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Leroy
0.31% -1 +16,975 +395%
62.
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Theodore
0.30% -24 +14,616 +225%
63.
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Clifford
0.30% 0 +16,831 +415%
64.
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Clyde
0.29% -8 +15,341 +339%
65.
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Charlie
0.29% -31 +11,906 +150%
66.
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Sam
0.27% -25 +12,383 +201%
67.
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Woodrow
0.26% +887 +18,283 +25,393%
68.
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Vincent
0.26% +46 +16,331 +836%
69.
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Philip
0.26% +17 +15,349 +545%
70.
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Marvin
0.26% +25 +15,497 +667%
71.
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Ray
0.26% -10 +13,536 +318%
72.
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Lewis
0.26% -8 +13,745 +340%
73.
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Milton
0.25% +16 +14,827 +550%
74.
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Benjamin
0.25% -9 +13,301 +332%
75.
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Victor
0.25% +19 +14,710 +601%
76.
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Vernon
0.24% +30 +14,914 +726%
77.
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Gerald
0.24% +32 +14,508 +720%
78.
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Jesse
0.23% -24 +11,734 +257%
79.
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Martin
0.23% -5 +12,751 +381%
80.
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Cecil
0.23% -9 +12,377 +343%
81.
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Alvin
0.22% +12 +13,015 +524%
82.
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Lee
0.22% -36 +10,222 +198%
83.
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Willard
0.22% +36 +13,543 +744%
84.
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Leon
0.22% 0 +12,421 +434%
85.
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Oscar
0.21% -28 +10,352 +229%
86.
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Glenn
0.21% +17 +12,182 +574%
87.
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Edgar
0.20% -8 +10,926 +346%
88.
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Gordon
0.20% +44 +11,999 +731%
89.
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Stephen
0.19% +7 +11,256 +501%
90.
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Harvey
0.19% -10 +10,200 +329%
91.
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Sidney
0.18% +19 +10,812 +546%
92.
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Claude
0.18% -23 +9,088 +245%
93.
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Everett
0.18% -3 +10,151 +391%
94.
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Arnold
0.18% +47 +11,040 +714%
95.
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Morris
0.18% +10 +10,425 +506%
96.
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Wilbur
0.18% +21 +10,572 +575%
97.
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Warren
0.17% +27 +10,264 +587%
98.
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Wayne
0.17% +70 +10,414 +899%
99.
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Allen
0.17% -8 +8,935 +349%
100.
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Homer
0.17% -18 +8,556 +294%
Girls
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary
5.62% 0 +317,132 +196%
2.
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Helen
2.92% 0 +178,726 +257%
3.
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Dorothy
2.44% +4 +168,364 +430%
4.
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Margaret
2.22% -1 +131,314 +227%
5.
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Ruth
2.04% 0 +122,665 +240%
6.
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Mildred
1.46% +4 +87,825 +243%
7.
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Anna
1.40% -3 +64,080 +117%
8.
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Elizabeth
1.37% -2 +75,103 +180%
9.
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Frances
1.24% +7 +77,100 +271%
10.
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Virginia
1.11% +43 +79,783 +549%
11.
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Marie
1.08% -3 +54,995 +148%
12.
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Evelyn
1.08% +26 +72,889 +392%
13.
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Alice
1.01% -2 +50,634 +144%
14.
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Florence
0.96% -5 +45,274 +125%
15.
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Lillian
0.89% -2 +43,395 +133%
16.
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Rose
0.88% +1 +46,584 +166%
17.
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Irene
0.81% +8 +45,312 +192%
18.
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Louise
0.80% +9 +45,111 +197%
19.
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Edna
0.79% -4 +37,065 +124%
20.
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Catherine
0.77% +8 +43,816 +199%
21.
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Gladys
0.77% -7 +35,527 +117%
22.
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Ethel
0.75% -10 +28,794 +82.6%
23.
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Josephine
0.72% +14 +42,570 +227%
24.
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Ruby
0.71% +18 +42,133 +232%
25.
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Martha
0.70% +4 +37,759 +174%
26.
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Grace
0.68% -7 +31,046 +115%
27.
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Hazel
0.67% -3 +33,266 +140%
28.
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Thelma
0.67% +13 +38,746 +212%
29.
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Lucille
0.66% +22 +41,106 +273%
30.
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Edith
0.66% +2 +35,175 +168%
31.
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Eleanor
0.64% +41 +44,133 +440%
32.
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Doris
0.63% +52 +44,997 +545%
33.
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Annie
0.62% -15 +24,553 +88.5%
34.
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Pauline
0.59% +21 +36,765 +276%
35.
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Gertrude
0.58% -9 +25,958 +110%
36.
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Esther
0.58% -3 +29,186 +146%
37.
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Betty
0.53% +49 +36,973 +467%
38.
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Beatrice
0.52% +9 +28,233 +173%
39.
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Marjorie
0.52% +58 +37,427 +533%
40.
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Clara
0.52% -17 +20,447 +85.6%
41.
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Emma
0.49% -20 +17,643 +73.0%
42.
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Bernice
0.47% +31 +30,336 +303%
43.
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Bertha
0.47% -23 +15,873 +65.5%
44.
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Ann
0.46% +31 +29,574 +298%
45.
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Jean
0.46% +64 +33,353 +562%
46.
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Elsie
0.46% -7 +20,822 +113%
47.
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Julia
0.46% +1 +23,152 +144%
48.
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Agnes
0.46% -5 +21,639 +123%
49.
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Lois
0.45% +40 +30,488 +396%
50.
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Sarah
0.45% -6 +20,778 +120%
51.
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Marion
0.45% +14 +26,261 +224%
52.
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Katherine
0.43% +10 +24,779 +205%
53.
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Eva
0.41% -13 +16,552 +90.2%
54.
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Ida
0.41% -18 +15,926 +84.4%
55.
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Bessie
0.40% -33 +9,875 +41.2%
56.
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Pearl
0.40% -25 +12,921 +61.8%
57.
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Anne
0.39% +34 +25,863 +340%
58.
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Viola
0.39% -13 +16,518 +99.8%
59.
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Myrtle
0.38% -24 +12,741 +64.7%
60.
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Nellie
0.36% -14 +14,540 +89.0%
61.
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Mabel
0.36% -31 +9,158 +42.3%
62.
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Laura
0.36% -13 +15,017 +96.7%
63.
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Kathryn
0.34% +19 +20,902 +251%
64.
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Stella
0.34% +3 +17,512 +159%
65.
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Vera
0.33% +4 +17,832 +171%
66.
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Willie
0.33% -5 +15,822 +128%
67.
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Jessie
0.33% -9 +15,079 +118%
68.
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Jane
0.33% +69 +23,242 +517%
69.
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Alma
0.32% -12 +14,423 +110%
70.
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Minnie
0.32% -36 +7,771 +39.4%
71.
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Sylvia
0.30% +42 +20,096 +362%
72.
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Ella
0.29% -20 +10,150 +68.8%
73.
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Lillie
0.29% -23 +9,260 +60.2%
74.
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Rita
0.28% +150 +21,858 +1,097%
75.
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Leona
0.28% +1 +13,977 +142%
76.
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Barbara
0.28% +73 +19,705 +493%
77.
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Vivian
0.28% +52 +18,816 +391%
78.
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Lena
0.28% -18 +10,921 +86.0%
79.
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Violet
0.27% +9 +15,313 +195%
80.
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Lucy
0.27% -14 +12,097 +110%
81.
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Jennie
0.27% -7 +13,080 +131%
82.
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Genevieve
0.27% +38 +17,538 +331%
83.
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Marguerite
0.27% +4 +14,746 +186%
84.
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Charlotte
0.27% +19 +16,354 +264%
85.
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Mattie
0.26% -31 +8,406 +60.8%
86.
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Marian
0.26% +49 +17,627 +389%
87.
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Blanche
0.26% -24 +10,247 +87.4%
88.
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Mae
0.25% -29 +8,819 +69.4%
89.
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Ellen
0.25% -8 +13,161 +158%
90.
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Wilma
0.25% +57 +17,372 +433%
91.
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Juanita
0.25% +65 +17,041 +444%
92.
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Opal
0.24% +6 +13,595 +200%
93.
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June
0.23% +171 +17,688 +1,137%
94.
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Geraldine
0.22% +95 +16,401 +633%
95.
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Beulah
0.22% -18 +9,158 +94.3%
96.
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Velma
0.22% +4 +12,073 +184%
97.
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Theresa
0.22% +5 +11,952 +187%
98.
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Carrie
0.21% -42 +4,927 +37.5%
99.
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Phyllis
0.21% +122 +15,862 +784%
100.
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Maxine
0.21% +179 +16,391 +1,163%