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
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Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 6.55% 0 -9,285 -10.3%
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William		 5.87% 0 -12,637 -14.9%
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James		 4.12% 0 -3,333 -6.2%
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George		 3.52% 0 -4,293 -9.0%
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Charles		 2.99% 0 -9,808 -21.0%
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Joseph		 2.36% +1 +2,708 +10.3%
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Frank		 2.33% -1 -2,249 -7.3%
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Robert		 2.12% +1 +2,073 +8.6%
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Edward		 1.79% +2 -1,100 -4.8%
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Henry		 1.76% -2 -2,475 -10.3%
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Harry		 1.73% +1 -1,319 -5.8%
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Thomas		 1.72% -2 -2,635 -11.1%
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Walter		 1.58% 0 +1,309 +7.2%
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Arthur		 1.33% 0 +169 +1.0%
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Fred		 1.16% 0 -1,332 -8.5%
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Albert		 1.12% 0 -622 -4.3%
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Clarence		 0.97% +1 +3,140 +35.8%
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Willie		 0.80% +12 +3,943 +66.8%
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Roy		 0.79% +6 +3,214 +49.0%
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Louis		 0.69% -1 +167 +2.0%
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Earl		 0.67% +15 +3,467 +71.8%
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Paul		 0.66% +22 +3,984 +94.9%
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Carl		 0.65% +10 +2,820 +54.0%
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Ernest		 0.64% 0 +1,177 +17.6%
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Samuel		 0.64% -8 -1,272 -13.9%
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Raymond		 0.62% +31 +4,437 +142%
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Richard		 0.62% -3 +562 +8.0%
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Joe		 0.61% -7 +385 +5.4%
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David		 0.60% -9 -236 -3.1%
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Charlie		 0.59% -8 +170 +2.4%
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Harold		 0.57% +53 +5,017 +251%
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Ralph		 0.57% +10 +2,682 +62.8%
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Howard		 0.48% +7 +1,600 +36.8%
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Andrew		 0.46% -7 -334 -5.5%
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Herbert		 0.46% +8 +1,403 +33.0%
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Elmer		 0.46% +2 +1,020 +22.0%
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Oscar		 0.46% -8 -370 -6.2%
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Jesse		 0.44% -10 -607 -10.1%
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Alfred		 0.44% -4 +536 +11.1%
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Will		 0.42% -14 -986 -15.9%
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Daniel		 0.42% -10 -494 -8.7%
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Sam		 0.40% -8 -128 -2.5%
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Leo		 0.38% +38 +2,593 +124%
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Jack		 0.38% +22 +1,952 +72.7%
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Lawrence		 0.37% +18 +1,678 +57.5%
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Francis		 0.37% +9 +1,291 +39.8%
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Benjamin		 0.36% -15 -947 -17.5%
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Lee		 0.36% -3 +439 +11.1%
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Eugene		 0.35% +5 +873 +25.5%
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Herman		 0.34% -3 +543 +14.7%
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Peter		 0.33% -14 -628 -13.5%
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Frederick		 0.32% -13 -609 -13.2%
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Floyd		 0.32% +18 +1,481 +59.8%
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Michael		 0.32% -4 +368 +10.3%
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Ray		 0.31% +18 +1,392 +58.7%
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Lewis		 0.30% -15 -642 -14.8%
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Claude		 0.30% -5 +132 +3.8%
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Clyde		 0.29% +1 +591 +19.5%
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Edwin		 0.29% +1 +495 +16.4%
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Tom		 0.27% -14 -451 -11.9%
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Martin		 0.26% -13 -341 -9.5%
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Leonard		 0.26% +18 +1,022 +47.7%
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Ben		 0.26% -10 -293 -8.5%
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Chester		 0.25% +1 +322 +11.9%
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Edgar		 0.24% -4 -24 -0.8%
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Jim		 0.23% -15 -679 -19.3%
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Harvey		 0.23% -9 -301 -9.6%
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Russell		 0.23% +63 +1,757 +172%
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Lester		 0.22% +34 +1,262 +87.6%
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Clifford		 0.22% +27 +1,149 +74.0%
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Luther		 0.22% -3 +49 +1.9%
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Homer		 0.21% +6 +424 +19.2%
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Jacob		 0.21% -24 -1,015 -28.5%
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Leroy		 0.21% +22 +970 +61.6%
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Otto		 0.21% -8 -136 -5.1%
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Guy		 0.20% -6 -2 -0.1%
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Lloyd		 0.20% +36 +1,226 +97.8%
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Anthony		 0.20% +15 +842 +52.3%
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Jessie		 0.20% +7 +581 +31.5%
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Hugh		 0.20% -6 +50 +2.1%
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Ed		 0.19% -19 -611 -20.7%
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Bernard		 0.19% +10 +699 +43.3%
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Theodore		 0.19% -4 +124 +5.7%
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Stanley		 0.19% +52 +1,300 +130%
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Eddie		 0.19% +13 +758 +49.7%
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Patrick		 0.18% -9 -52 -2.3%
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Philip		 0.17% +1 +406 +23.3%
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Leon		 0.17% +13 +628 +42.6%
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Archie		 0.17% -2 +252 +13.9%
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Leslie		 0.17% +19 +771 +59.7%
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Oliver		 0.17% -15 -252 -11.0%
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Allen		 0.16% -7 +4 +0.2%
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Alexander		 0.16% -11 -127 -6.1%
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Dewey		 0.16% +991 +1,896 +7,584%
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Ira		 0.16% -23 -463 -19.5%
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Everett		 0.15% +11 +528 +38.4%
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Norman		 0.15% +19 +656 +53.1%
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Horace		 0.15% -8 +164 +9.9%
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Victor		 0.15% +15 +569 +45.8%
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Cecil		 0.15% +87 +1,103 +156%
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Girls
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Mary		 5.57% 0 +39,469 +43.1%
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Anna		 2.35% 0 +17,102 +44.8%
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Margaret		 1.61% +2 +16,138 +74.0%
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Helen		 1.61% +20 +26,306 +229%
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Elizabeth		 1.44% -1 +8,873 +35.5%
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Ruth		 1.40% +60 +27,569 +520%
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Florence		 1.37% +5 +15,645 +93.7%
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Ethel		 1.34% +7 +16,587 +112%
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Emma		 1.22% -6 +3,248 +12.8%
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Marie		 1.10% +35 +17,363 +205%
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Clara		 1.08% -2 +7,756 +43.8%
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Bertha		 1.07% -4 +6,862 +37.6%
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Minnie		 1.05% -7 +2,891 +13.3%
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Bessie		 1.04% -1 +9,044 +58.8%
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Alice		 1.04% -5 +7,273 +42.4%
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Lillian		 1.02% +10 +12,836 +114%
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Edna		 1.02% +12 +13,048 +118%
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Grace		 1.01% -4 +8,577 +56.3%
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Annie		 0.98% -8 +6,095 +35.8%
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Mabel		 0.93% 0 +8,895 +67.9%
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Ida		 0.90% -14 +2,929 +16.0%
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Rose		 0.90% +6 +10,070 +91.0%
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Hazel		 0.86% +61 +16,510 +453%
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Gertrude		 0.85% +3 +8,798 +79.3%
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Martha		 0.83% -7 +5,504 +39.6%
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Pearl		 0.81% +4 +8,151 +74.8%
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Frances		 0.77% +14 +8,908 +97.0%
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Myrtle		 0.75% +9 +7,948 +81.4%
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Edith		 0.75% +2 +6,768 +62.2%
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Nellie		 0.73% -11 +3,524 +25.6%
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Sarah		 0.73% -15 +2,439 +16.6%
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Ella		 0.73% -15 +3,136 +22.5%
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Eva		 0.70% +2 +6,660 +68.0%
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Laura		 0.70% -13 +3,627 +28.3%
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Elsie		 0.70% +20 +9,727 +146%
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Louise		 0.65% +2 +5,578 +58.1%
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Esther		 0.63% +49 +11,261 +324%
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Catherine		 0.62% +4 +5,587 +62.7%
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Agnes		 0.61% +12 +7,192 +99.4%
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Carrie		 0.61% -18 +1,762 +14.1%
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Lillie		 0.60% -2 +4,626 +48.9%
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Mildred		 0.59% +60 +10,873 +372%
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Gladys		 0.58% +108 +12,202 +859%
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Irene		 0.58% +32 +9,619 +240%
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Julia		 0.57% -10 +3,648 +37.2%
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Hattie		 0.55% -13 +2,710 +26.6%
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Cora		 0.55% -24 +926 +7.7%
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Lena		 0.53% -4 +3,800 +43.7%
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Josephine		 0.53% -2 +4,731 +61.2%
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Mattie		 0.53% -16 +2,605 +26.5%
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Jennie		 0.51% -19 +1,656 +16.2%
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Jessie		 0.50% -12 +2,684 +29.2%
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Maude		 0.48% -28 -150 -1.3%
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Alma		 0.48% +13 +5,994 +115%
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Mae		 0.46% +8 +5,271 +93.3%
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Blanche		 0.46% -3 +3,935 +56.8%
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Dorothy		 0.46% +70 +8,758 +419%
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Ada		 0.44% -12 +1,956 +23.2%
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Lucy		 0.44% -10 +2,803 +37.3%
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Lula		 0.44% -17 +1,356 +15.3%
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Mamie		 0.43% -4 +3,755 +59.3%
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Fannie		 0.42% -14 +2,371 +31.5%
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Stella		 0.42% -4 +3,677 +60.0%
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Katherine		 0.40% -10 +2,486 +35.9%
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Viola		 0.40% +16 +5,580 +147%
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Ruby		 0.37% +42 +6,096 +234%
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Dora		 0.37% -17 +1,395 +19.1%
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Maggie		 0.37% -16 +1,535 +21.7%
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Nora		 0.35% -13 +1,772 +27.2%
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Rosa		 0.34% -12 +1,724 +28.0%
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Beatrice		 0.32% +59 +5,600 +295%
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Ellen		 0.32% -8 +2,033 +37.6%
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Sadie		 0.31% -3 +2,483 +50.5%
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Marion		 0.31% +49 +5,201 +247%
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Willie		 0.30% +14 +3,712 +109%
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Effie		 0.30% -14 +1,111 +19.0%
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May		 0.29% -16 +999 +17.0%
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Beulah		 0.29% +25 +3,919 +137%
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Pauline		 0.28% +30 +4,041 +156%
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Nettie		 0.28% -15 +1,225 +23.1%
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Susie		 0.28% -8 +1,750 +36.6%
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Della		 0.27% -14 +1,362 +27.0%
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Vera		 0.27% +73 +5,012 +367%
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Marguerite		 0.27% +82 +5,120 +408%
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Daisy		 0.27% -25 +195 +3.2%
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Lydia		 0.25% -7 +2,040 +52.3%
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Virginia		 0.25% +14 +2,916 +98.9%
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Olive		 0.24% 0 +2,257 +65.3%
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Kathryn		 0.24% +5 +2,377 +72.6%
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Evelyn		 0.24% +46 +3,831 +211%
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Sallie		 0.24% -20 +740 +15.3%
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Lizzie		 0.24% -23 +521 +10.3%
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Lottie		 0.23% -13 +1,611 +41.4%
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Emily		 0.23% -3 +2,108 +62.6%
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Georgia		 0.23% -10 +1,905 +53.8%
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Flora		 0.23% -21 +1,247 +29.7%
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Nancy		 0.23% -25 +554 +11.6%
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Katie		 0.22% -20 +1,271 +32.5%
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Lucille		 0.22% +75 +3,997 +361%
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Leona		 0.22% +16 +2,932 +136%
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