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List: Top ten most popular baby names in the 20th Century in the USA
Date: 2006
Source: www.BabyNamesGarden.com.
Base: All names from Social Security card applications for births occcuring in the United States between 1900 and 1999.
Notes: This list is taken from www.BabyNamesGarden.com top 100 names of the twentieth century. The site also has lots of other lists on this subject such as lists by decade, biblical names, lists by state plus guest interviews etc. Check it out!
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Rank
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Boy's
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Count
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Girl's
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Count
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1
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James
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4765477
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Mary
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3830985
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2
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John
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4694438
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Patricia
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1558221
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3
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Robert
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4601086
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Linda
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1439473
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4
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Michael
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3966636
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Barbara
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1421343
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5
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William
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3616326
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Jennifer
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1388086
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6
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David
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3315232
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Elizabeth
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1359065
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7
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Richard
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2474956
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Margaret
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1147017
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8
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Joseph
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2254554
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Susan
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1106237
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9
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Charles
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2168362
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Dorothy
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1088080
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10
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Thomas
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2099470
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Betty
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991026
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