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		 0.83% -4
40.
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Alfred		 0.44% +2
95.
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Allen		 0.18% +4
71.
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Alvin		 0.24% +10
56.
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Andrew		 0.32% -10
41.
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Anthony		 0.44% -3
96.
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Arnold		 0.17% -2
20.
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Arthur		 0.85% -2
91.
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Benjamin		 0.19% -17
47.
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Bernard		 0.37% +1
87.
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Bill		 0.20% +61
48.
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Billy		 0.37% +201
80.
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Calvin		 0.22% +80
27.
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Carl		 0.61% -2
86.
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Cecil		 0.20% -6
5.
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Charles		 2.62% +2
78.
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Charlie		 0.22% -13
69.
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Chester		 0.25% -14
30.
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Clarence		 0.59% -6
65.
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Clifford		 0.28% -2
68.
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Clyde		 0.26% -4
85.
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Dale		 0.20% +43
45.
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Daniel		 0.38% +7
22.
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David		 0.78% +7
10.
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Donald		 1.69% +10
31.
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Earl		 0.56% +2
99.
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Edgar		 0.16% -12
9.
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Edward		 1.74% -1
57.
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Edwin		 0.31% -4
58.
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Elmer		 0.31% -13
39.
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Ernest		 0.47% -4
24.
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Eugene		 0.75% +15
60.
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Floyd		 0.29% 0
35.
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Francis		 0.52% -4
12.
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Frank		 1.34% -3
33.
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Fred		 0.55% -5
63.
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Frederick		 0.28% -9
6.
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George		 2.30% 0
44.
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Gerald		 0.39% +33
98.
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Gilbert		 0.16% +7
79.
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Glenn		 0.22% +7
75.
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Gordon		 0.23% +13
13.
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Harold		 1.18% -1
23.
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Harry		 0.76% -4
88.
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Harvey		 0.19% +2
18.
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Henry		 0.92% -5
37.
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Herbert		 0.50% +4
67.
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Herman		 0.26% -11
26.
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Howard		 0.62% +1
17.
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Jack		 1.02% +6
3.
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James		 4.53% 0
84.
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Jesse		 0.20% -6
34.
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Joe		 0.55% 0
2.
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John		 4.96% -1
7.
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Joseph		 2.14% -2
19.
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Kenneth		 0.88% +11
36.
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Lawrence		 0.50% 0
83.
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Lee		 0.21% -1
55.
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Leo		 0.33% -8
76.
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Leon		 0.23% +8
38.
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Leonard		 0.47% +5
53.
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Leroy		 0.33% +8
72.
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Lester		 0.23% -13
77.
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Lewis		 0.22% -5
61.
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Lloyd		 0.29% -4
29.
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Louis		 0.60% -7
81.
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Martin		 0.21% -2
50.
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Marvin		 0.35% +20
49.
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Melvin		 0.36% +9
52.
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Michael		 0.33% -8
82.
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Milton		 0.21% -9
43.
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Norman		 0.43% +6
100.
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Oscar		 0.16% -15
14.
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Paul		 1.16% 0
59.
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Peter		 0.30% -9
70.
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Philip		 0.24% -1
25.
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Ralph		 0.74% -4
62.
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Ray		 0.28% +9
15.
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Raymond		 1.09% +1
8.
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Richard		 1.96% +7
1.
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Robert		 5.07% +3
89.
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Roger		 0.19% +37
93.
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Ronald		 0.18% +76
32.
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Roy		 0.56% 0
54.
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Russell		 0.33% -3
94.
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Sam		 0.18% -28
46.
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Samuel		 0.38% -6
42.
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Stanley		 0.44% -5
64.
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Theodore		 0.28% -2
11.
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Thomas		 1.42% -1
66.
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Vernon		 0.26% +10
90.
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Victor		 0.19% -15
74.
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Vincent		 0.23% -6
92.
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Wallace		 0.18% +30
16.
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Walter		 1.05% -5
51.
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Warren		 0.34% +46
73.
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Wayne		 0.23% +25
97.
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Willard		 0.16% -14
4.
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William		 4.51% -2
28.
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Willie		 0.60% -2
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
67.
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Agnes		 0.32% -19
15.
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Alice		 0.89% -2
91.
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Alma		 0.25% -22
51.
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Ann		 0.40% -7
13.
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Anna		 1.00% -6
81.
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Anne		 0.28% -24
32.
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Annie		 0.56% +1
73.
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Audrey		 0.30% +54
18.
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Barbara		 0.78% +58
53.
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Beatrice		 0.40% -15
46.
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Bernice		 0.45% -4
70.
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Bertha		 0.31% -27
89.
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Bessie		 0.26% -34
4.
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Betty		 2.28% +33
92.
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Beverly		 0.24% +205
27.
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Catherine		 0.64% -7
78.
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Charlotte		 0.29% +6
55.
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Clara		 0.39% -15
48.
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Dolores		 0.42% +100
8.
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Doris		 1.22% +24
2.
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Dorothy		 2.97% +1
39.
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Edith		 0.51% -9
35.
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Edna		 0.55% -16
99.
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Eileen		 0.23% +31
80.
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Elaine		 0.28% +94
29.
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Eleanor		 0.60% +2
11.
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Elizabeth		 1.13% -3
95.
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Ella		 0.24% -23
100.
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Ellen		 0.23% -11
65.
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Elsie		 0.34% -19
59.
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Emma		 0.38% -18
52.
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Esther		 0.40% -16
41.
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Ethel		 0.51% -19
71.
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Eva		 0.31% -18
12.
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Evelyn		 1.00% 0
21.
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Florence		 0.71% -7
10.
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Frances		 1.13% -1
57.
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Geraldine		 0.39% +37
64.
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Gertrude		 0.34% -29
31.
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Gladys		 0.59% -10
40.
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Gloria		 0.51% +288
43.
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Grace		 0.48% -17
44.
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Hazel		 0.48% -17
3.
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Helen		 2.34% -1
79.
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Ida		 0.29% -25
19.
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Irene		 0.75% -2
56.
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Jane		 0.39% +12
16.
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Jean		 0.86% +29
98.
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Jeanne		 0.24% +75
97.
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Jessie		 0.24% -30
60.
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Joan		 0.37% +139
33.
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Josephine		 0.56% -10
61.
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Joyce		 0.36% +157
54.
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Juanita		 0.39% +37
66.
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Julia		 0.33% -19
45.
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June		 0.46% +48
63.
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Katherine		 0.35% -11
85.
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Kathleen		 0.27% +20
83.
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Kathryn		 0.27% -20
77.
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Laura		 0.29% -15
25.
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Lillian		 0.67% -10
96.
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Lillie		 0.24% -23
22.
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Lois		 0.71% +27
50.
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Lorraine		 0.40% +60
26.
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Louise		 0.67% -8
38.
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Lucille		 0.52% -9
5.
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Margaret		 1.98% -1
69.
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Marian		 0.31% +17
14.
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Marie		 0.89% -3
82.
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Marilyn		 0.28% +421
47.
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Marion		 0.45% +4
20.
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Marjorie		 0.74% +19
23.
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Martha		 0.70% +2
1.
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Mary		 5.66% 0
84.
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Maxine		 0.27% +16
9.
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Mildred		 1.19% -3
90.
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Myrtle		 0.25% -31
62.
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Nancy		 0.35% +39
94.
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Nellie		 0.24% -34
36.
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Norma		 0.53% +77
30.
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Patricia		 0.60% +130
37.
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Pauline		 0.52% -3
87.
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Pearl		 0.26% -31
42.
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Phyllis		 0.50% +57
49.
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Rita		 0.41% +25
24.
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Rose		 0.69% -8
28.
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Ruby		 0.62% -4
6.
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Ruth		 1.76% -1
58.
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Sarah		 0.38% -8
17.
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Shirley		 0.80% +112
34.
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Thelma		 0.55% -6
74.
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Theresa		 0.30% +23
88.
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Vera		 0.26% -23
86.
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Viola		 0.27% -28
93.
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Violet		 0.24% -14
7.
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Virginia		 1.37% +3
75.
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Vivian		 0.30% +2
76.
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Wanda		 0.29% +74
72.
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Willie		 0.31% -6
68.
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Wilma		 0.32% +22
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