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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Abe” in the USA?

Number of people named “Abe” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Abe” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Abe” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Abe” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Abe” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Abe” by birth year

This chart shows how “Abe” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 50 0.000248159 50 -100%
1881 36 0.000186831 36 -100%
1882 50 0.0002257 50 -100%
1883 43 0.000198206 43 -100%
1884 45 0.000184835 45 -100%
1885 47 0.000195139 47 -100%
1886 50 0.000195836 50 -100%
1887 37 0.00014956 37 -100%
1888 46 0.000153603 46 -100%
1889 39 0.000134973 39 -100%
1890 49 0.000162574 49 -100%
1891 40 0.000139532 40 -100%
1892 53 0.000158505 53 -100%
1893 43 0.000132217 43 -100%
1894 50 0.000147628 50 -100%
1895 54 0.000153837 54 -100%
1896 51 0.000142664 51 -100%
1897 58 0.000167168 58 -100%
1898 67 0.000175643 67 -100%
1899 39 0.000114965 39 -100%
1900 56 0.000124373 56 -100%
1901 48 0.000138804 48 -100%
1902 54 0.000139631 54 -100%
1903 58 0.000152151 58 -100%
1904 52 0.000128877 52 -100%
1905 65 0.00015333 65 -100%
1906 50 0.000116699 50 -100%
1907 65 0.000139668 65 -100%
1908 57 0.000116648 57 -100%
1909 67 0.000131058 67 -100%
1910 74 0.000125273 74 -100%
1911 94 0.0001459 94 -100%
1912 172 0.000174078 172 -100%
1913 202 0.000177643 202 -100%
1914 225 0.00015886 225 -100%
1915 272 0.000148437 272 -100%
1916 260 0.000134407 260 -100%
1917 280 0.000139529 280 -100%
1918 256 0.000117912 256 -100%
1919 264 0.000125104 264 -100%
1920 207 0.000091486 207 -100%
1921 231 0.00009895 231 -100%
1922 176 0.000076884 176 -100%
1923 173 0.000075136 173 -100%
1924 174 0.00007306 174 -100%
1925 116 0.000049715 116 -100%
1926 135 0.0000588 135 -100%
1927 140 0.000060362 140 -100%
1928 88 0.000038922 88 -100%
1929 62 0.000028283 62 -100%
1930 86 0.000038681 86 -100%
1931 78 0.000037065 78 -100%
1932 83 0.000039312 83 -100%
1933 67 0.000033509 67 -100%
1934 76 0.000036594 76 -100%
1935 59 0.000028231 59 -100%
1936 71 0.000034174 71 -100%
1937 63 0.000029568 63 -100%
1938 55 0.000024858 55 -100%
1939 56 0.000025415 56 -100%
1940 54 0.000023451 54 -100%
1941 66 0.000027089 66 -100%
1942 63 0.000023062 63 -100%
1943 55 0.000019486 55 -100%
1944 58 0.000021561 58 -100%
1945 58 0.000021863 58 -100%
1946 53 0.000016587 53 -100%
1947 56 0.000015546 56 -100%
1948 51 0.000014772 51 -100%
1949 62 0.000017792 62 -100%
1950 46 0.00001313 46 -100%
1951 45 0.000012216 45 -100%
1952 49 0.000012902 49 -100%
1953 57 0.000014791 57 -100%
1954 58 0.00001457 58 -100%
1955 60 0.000014944 60 -100%
1956 52 0.000012612 52 -100%
1957 66 0.000015706 66 -100%
1958 63 0.00001524 63 -100%
1959 65 0.000015633 65 -100%
1960 60 0.000014445 60 -100%
1961 63 0.000015209 63 -100%
1962 51 0.000012638 51 -100%
1963 47 0.000011874 47 -100%
1964 44 0.000011318 44 -100%
1965 36 0.00000993 36 -100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 -100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 -100%
1968 33 0.000009768 33 -100%
1969 31 0.00000892 31 -100%
1970 34 0.000009427 34 -100%
1971 41 0.000011945 41 -100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 -100%
1973 38 0.000012596 38 -100%
1974 37 0.000012171 37 -100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 -100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 -100%
1977 43 0.000013537 43 -100%
1978 25 0.000007877 25 -100%
1979 24 0.000007214 24 -100%
1980 36 0.000010451 36 -100%
1981 34 0.000009828 34 -100%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 -100%
1983 27 0.000007796 27 -100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 -100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 -100%
1986 21 0.000005904 21 -100%
1987 28 0.000007766 28 -100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 -100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 -100%
1992 17 0.000004426 17 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 -100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 -100%
1995 20 0.000005461 20 -100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 -100%
1997 27 0.000007447 27 -100%
1998 29 0.000007884 29 -100%
1999 23 0.000006227 23 -100%
2000 31 0.000008201 31 -100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 -100%
2002 44 0.00001177 44 -100%
2003 57 0.000014991 57 -100%
2004 36 0.000009422 36 -100%
2005 41 0.000010664 41 -100%
2006 44 0.000011122 44 -100%
2007 52 0.000013008 52 -100%
2008 49 0.000012466 49 -100%
2009 56 0.000014659 56 -100%
2010 55 0.000014882 55 -100%
2011 51 0.000013943 51 -100%
2012 49 0.000013398 49 -100%
2013 63 0.000017281 63 -100%
2014 60 0.000016188 60 -100%
2015 80 0.000021616 80 -100%
2016 61 0.000016627 61 -100%
2017 74 0.000020692 74 -100%
2018 81 0.000023038 81 -100%
2019 81 0.000023337 81 -100%
2020 53 0.000015866 53 -100%
2021 64 0.00001889 64 -100%
2022 59 0.000017439 59 -100%
2023 59 0.000017818 59 -100%
2024 57 0.000017125 57 -100%

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