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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Patrick
0.15% -14 -92 -4.1%
99.
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Hugh
0.15% -19 -229 -9.5%
98.
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Jacob
0.15% -25 -360 -14.1%
97.
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Alexander
0.15% -4 +276 +14.1%
96.
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Stephen
0.15% +9 +514 +29.7%
95.
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Marvin
0.16% +49 +1,251 +117%
94.
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Victor
0.17% +5 +636 +35.1%
93.
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Alvin
0.17% +15 +817 +49.0%
92.
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Leslie
0.17% -2 +468 +22.7%
91.
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Allen
0.17% +1 +556 +27.8%
90.
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Everett
0.18% +6 +695 +36.5%
89.
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Milton
0.18% +14 +950 +54.4%
88.
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Jim
0.19% -22 -123 -4.3%
87.
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Johnnie
0.19% +50 +1,621 +140%
86.
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Philip
0.19% +1 +670 +31.2%
85.
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Melvin
0.19% +39 +1,515 +114%
84.
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Leon
0.20% +4 +756 +35.9%
83.
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Luther
0.20% -12 +198 +7.4%
82.
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Homer
0.20% -10 +278 +10.5%
81.
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Ben
0.21% -18 -128 -4.1%
80.
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Harvey
0.21% -13 +282 +10.0%
79.
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Edgar
0.22% -14 +172 +5.8%
78.
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Norman
0.22% +19 +1,287 +68.1%
77.
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Will
0.22% -37 -1,964 -37.7%
76.
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Tom
0.22% -16 -42 -1.3%
75.
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Bernard
0.23% +7 +981 +42.4%
74.
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Martin
0.23% -13 +92 +2.8%
73.
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Jessie
0.23% +6 +955 +39.4%
72.
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Lloyd
0.24% +5 +1,027 +41.4%
71.
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Cecil
0.25% +29 +1,802 +99.7%
70.
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Eddie
0.25% +15 +1,411 +61.8%
69.
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Claude
0.25% -12 +68 +1.9%
68.
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Chester
0.26% -4 +767 +25.4%
67.
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Frederick
0.27% -15 -94 -2.4%
66.
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Edwin
0.27% -7 +456 +13.0%
65.
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Benjamin
0.27% -18 -451 -10.1%
64.
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Lewis
0.28% -8 +343 +9.3%
63.
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Clifford
0.28% +7 +1,354 +50.1%
62.
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Stanley
0.28% +22 +1,859 +80.9%
61.
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Ray
0.29% -6 +493 +13.1%
60.
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Leroy
0.29% +14 +1,756 +69.0%
59.
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Lester
0.30% +10 +1,659 +61.4%
58.
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Peter
0.30% -7 +348 +8.6%
57.
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Oscar
0.31% -20 -1,095 -19.5%
56.
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Clyde
0.31% +2 +899 +24.8%
55.
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Russell
0.31% +13 +1,772 +63.7%
54.
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Jesse
0.31% -16 -837 -15.5%
53.
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Kenneth
0.31% +72 +3,281 +253%
52.
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Donald
0.32% +49 +2,846 +159%
51.
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Floyd
0.34% +2 +1,011 +25.5%
50.
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Leonard
0.34% +12 +1,856 +58.6%
49.
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Daniel
0.34% -8 -149 -2.9%
48.
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Anthony
0.34% +30 +2,590 +106%
47.
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Herman
0.35% +3 +832 +19.7%
46.
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Lee
0.35% +2 +774 +17.7%
45.
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Michael
0.36% +9 +1,294 +33.0%
44.
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Leo
0.38% -1 +938 +20.0%
43.
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Eugene
0.40% +6 +1,606 +37.3%
41.
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Elmer
0.42% -5 +514 +9.1%
41.
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Sam
0.42% +1 +1,220 +24.7%
40.
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Andrew
0.43% -6 +559 +9.8%
39.
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Alfred
0.43% 0 +983 +18.3%
38.
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Theodore
0.44% +45 +4,190 +182%
37.
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Lawrence
0.47% +8 +2,249 +48.9%
36.
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Herbert
0.47% -1 +1,297 +22.9%
35.
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Francis
0.48% +11 +2,486 +54.8%
34.
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Charlie
0.54% -4 +667 +9.2%
33.
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Howard
0.55% 0 +2,065 +34.7%
32.
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Samuel
0.56% -7 +292 +3.7%
31.
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David
0.59% -2 +1,287 +17.6%
30.
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Ernest
0.59% -6 +780 +9.9%
29.
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Jack
0.63% +15 +4,587 +99.0%
28.
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Earl
0.63% -7 +954 +11.5%
27.
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Ralph
0.63% +5 +2,347 +33.8%
26.
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Carl
0.67% -3 +1,818 +22.6%
25.
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Louis
0.71% -5 +1,930 +22.9%
24.
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Joe
0.71% +4 +2,984 +39.9%
23.
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Roy
0.73% -4 +853 +8.7%
22.
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Richard
0.73% +4 +3,104 +41.0%
21.
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Raymond
0.79% +5 +4,078 +53.9%
20.
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Paul
0.86% +2 +4,455 +54.5%
19.
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Harold
0.87% +12 +5,777 +82.3%
18.
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Fred
0.89% -3 -1,194 -8.4%
17.
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Clarence
0.93% 0 +1,673 +14.1%
16.
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Albert
1.04% 0 +1,565 +11.4%
15.
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Arthur
1.05% -1 -940 -5.7%
14.
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Willie
1.21% +4 +7,897 +80.2%
13.
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Harry
1.22% -2 -3,424 -16.1%
12.
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Walter
1.36% +1 +502 +2.6%
11.
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Henry
1.48% -1 +108 +0.5%
10.
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Thomas
1.48% +2 +668 +3.2%
9.
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Edward
1.67% 0 +2,483 +11.3%
8.
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Frank
1.98% -1 +328 +1.1%
7.
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Joseph
2.40% -1 +6,173 +21.3%
6.
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Robert
2.44% +2 +9,702 +37.1%
5.
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Charles
2.47% 0 -664 -1.8%
4.
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George
2.97% 0 +231 +0.5%
3.
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James
4.24% 0 +11,447 +22.6%
2.
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William
4.72% 0 -2,924 -4.0%
1.
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John
5.77% 0 +3,927 +4.9%
Girls
Change
Rank Name Pct. Rank Num. Pct.
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Velma
0.21% +84 +4,459 +212%
99.
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Hilda
0.22% +4 +2,051 +43.3%
98.
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Opal
0.22% +110 +5,125 +308%
97.
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Marjorie
0.23% +42 +3,854 +122%
95.
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Georgia
0.23% 0 +1,697 +31.2%
95.
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Maude
0.23% -42 -4,162 -36.8%
94.
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Nora
0.23% -25 -1,121 -13.5%
93.
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Susie
0.24% -12 +782 +12.0%
92.
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Sadie
0.24% -19 +63 +0.9%
91.
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Anne
0.25% +19 +3,384 +80.0%
90.
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Daisy
0.25% -5 +1,438 +23.0%
89.
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Lois
0.25% +46 +4,463 +138%
88.
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Violet
0.25% +53 +4,768 +155%
87.
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Marguerite
0.26% -3 +1,536 +24.1%
86.
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Betty
0.26% +50 +4,725 +148%
85.
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Dora
0.26% -18 -673 -7.7%
84.
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Doris
0.27% +87 +5,910 +252%
83.
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Maggie
0.27% -15 -318 -3.7%
82.
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Kathryn
0.27% +7 +2,680 +47.4%
81.
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Ellen
0.27% -9 +904 +12.2%
80.
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Ada
0.29% -22 -1,258 -12.1%
79.
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Rosa
0.30% -9 +1,416 +18.0%
78.
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Lula
0.31% -18 -720 -7.0%
77.
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Beulah
0.31% +1 +2,931 +43.2%
76.
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Leona
0.32% +24 +4,765 +93.7%
75.
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Ann
0.32% +30 +5,244 +112%
74.
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Jennie
0.32% -23 -1,888 -15.9%
73.
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Bernice
0.32% +41 +5,916 +145%
72.
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Eleanor
0.32% +30 +5,276 +111%
71.
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Fannie
0.33% -9 +448 +4.5%
70.
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Cora
0.33% -23 -2,508 -19.5%
69.
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Vera
0.34% +14 +4,080 +64.0%
68.
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Mamie
0.34% -7 +533 +5.3%
67.
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Stella
0.36% -4 +1,207 +12.3%
66.
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Lucy
0.36% -7 +697 +6.8%
65.
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Marion
0.38% +9 +4,403 +60.2%
64.
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Hattie
0.38% -18 -1,192 -9.2%
63.
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Blanche
0.38% -7 +870 +8.0%
62.
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Katherine
0.39% +2 +2,697 +28.7%
61.
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Willie
0.40% +14 +5,248 +73.8%
60.
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Lena
0.41% -12 +212 +1.7%
59.
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Mae
0.41% -4 +1,793 +16.4%
58.
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Jessie
0.41% -6 +886 +7.5%
57.
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Alma
0.42% -3 +1,908 +17.1%
56.
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Carrie
0.42% -16 -1,136 -8.0%
55.
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Pauline
0.43% +24 +6,675 +101%
54.
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Mattie
0.45% -4 +1,388 +11.1%
53.
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Virginia
0.47% +34 +8,675 +148%
52.
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Ella
0.48% -20 -2,309 -13.5%
51.
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Lucille
0.48% +48 +9,936 +195%
50.
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Lillie
0.50% -9 +1,298 +9.2%
49.
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Laura
0.50% -15 -901 -5.5%
48.
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Julia
0.52% -3 +2,659 +19.8%
47.
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Beatrice
0.52% +24 +8,782 +117%
46.
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Nellie
0.53% -16 -946 -5.5%
45.
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Viola
0.53% +20 +7,173 +76.4%
44.
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Sarah
0.56% -13 +188 +1.1%
43.
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Agnes
0.57% -4 +3,187 +22.1%
42.
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Ruby
0.59% +24 +9,476 +109%
41.
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Thelma
0.59% +128 +15,880 +666%
40.
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Eva
0.59% -7 +1,897 +11.5%
39.
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Elsie
0.59% -4 +2,077 +12.7%
38.
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Evelyn
0.60% +52 +12,955 +229%
37.
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Josephine
0.61% +12 +6,322 +50.7%
36.
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Ida
0.61% -15 -2,346 -11.1%
35.
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Myrtle
0.63% -7 +1,974 +11.1%
34.
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Minnie
0.64% -21 -4,900 -19.9%
33.
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Esther
0.65% +4 +5,289 +35.9%
32.
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Edith
0.67% -3 +3,234 +18.3%
31.
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Pearl
0.67% -5 +1,859 +9.8%
30.
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Mabel
0.70% -10 -366 -1.7%
29.
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Martha
0.70% -4 +2,335 +12.0%
28.
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Catherine
0.71% +10 +7,505 +51.8%
27.
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Louise
0.74% +9 +7,688 +50.7%
26.
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Gertrude
0.76% -2 +3,709 +18.6%
25.
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Irene
0.76% +19 +10,035 +73.7%
24.
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Hazel
0.77% -1 +3,648 +18.1%
23.
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Clara
0.77% -12 -1,574 -6.2%
22.
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Bessie
0.77% -8 -433 -1.8%
21.
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Emma
0.78% -12 -4,476 -15.6%
20.
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Bertha
0.78% -8 -878 -3.5%
19.
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Grace
0.87% -1 +3,123 +13.1%
18.
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Annie
0.89% +1 +4,626 +20.0%
17.
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Rose
0.91% +5 +6,972 +33.0%
16.
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Frances
0.92% +11 +10,409 +57.5%
15.
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Edna
0.96% +2 +5,764 +23.9%
14.
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Gladys
0.98% +29 +16,663 +122%
13.
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Lillian
1.05% +3 +8,413 +34.9%
12.
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Ethel
1.12% -4 +3,415 +10.9%
11.
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Alice
1.13% +4 +10,817 +44.3%
10.
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Mildred
1.17% +32 +22,381 +162%
9.
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Florence
1.17% -2 +3,847 +11.9%
8.
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Marie
1.19% +2 +11,238 +43.5%
7.
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Dorothy
1.26% +50 +28,266 +261%
6.
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Elizabeth
1.34% -1 +7,829 +23.1%
5.
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Ruth
1.64% +1 +18,143 +55.2%
4.
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Anna
1.77% -2 -343 -0.6%
3.
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Margaret
1.87% 0 +19,983 +52.7%
2.
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Helen
2.24% +2 +31,626 +83.7%
1.
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Mary
5.20% 0 +30,366 +23.2%