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HTML

<div><span>name</span></div>
<div><span>name</span></div>
<div><span>name</span></div>
<div><span>name</span></div>
<div><span>name</span></div>

CSS

div {
    float: left;
    width: 19%;
    border: 1px solid blue;
}
div:first-child + div { margin-top: 2em; }
div:first-child + div + div { margin-top: 4em; }
div:first-child + div + div + div { margin-top: 6em; }
div:first-child + div + div + div + div { margin-top: 8em; }
div:first-child + div + div + div + div + div { margin-top: 10em; }