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• Popularity since 1880
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Interesting name patterns

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Name variants

Cumulative popularity of all variant spellings of top names: e.g. Aiden, Kaitlyn

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Top names

2009:	Jacob  Ethan  Michael  Alexander  William  Joshua  Daniel  Jayden  Noah  Anthony
2009:	Isabella  Emma  Olivia  Sophia  Ava  Emily  Madison  Abigail  Chloe  Mia

Top 100 names for each year since 1880

Biggest movers this year

Isabella	2.1 (23%)
Liam	1.3 (47%)
Hannah	-0.8 (-18%)
Aidan	-0.8 (-22%)

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Popular in one decade

2000s:  Isabella  Ethan (more)

1990s:  Taylor  Austin (more)

1980s:  Amanda  Dustin (more)

1970s:  Jason  Jennifer (more)

1960s:  Lisa  Jeff (more)

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