Popular Names in the United States

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