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  "id": "most-common-us-first-names-2013",
  "name": "100 Most Common US First Names (2013)",
  "title": "100 Most Common US First Names (2013)",
  "description": "Top 100 most common first names in the United States circa 2013, each with its share of the overall population. Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from Social Security Administration and Census data.",
  "category": "reference",
  "source": "https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data",
  "updated": "2026-04",
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      "type": "number"
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      "type": "string"
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    {
      "key": "share_of_population",
      "label": "Share Of Population",
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  "meta": {
    "title": "100 Most Common US First Names (2013) - Free Download",
    "description": "Top 100 most common first names in the United States circa 2013, each with its share of the overall population. Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from Social Security Administration and Census data. Contains 100 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
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      "Contains 100 records / 3 fields",
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      "Data sourced from: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data"
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