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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Adams” in the USA?

Number of people named “Adams” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Adams” 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 “Adams” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Adams” by birth year

This chart shows how “Adams” 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
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 19 0.000006262 19 -100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 -100%
1978 30 0.000009452 30 -100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 -100%
1980 25 0.000007258 25 -100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 -100%
1982 29 0.000008267 29 -100%
1983 42 0.000012127 42 -100%
1984 36 0.000010319 36 -100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 -100%
1986 34 0.000009558 34 -100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 -100%
1988 37 0.000010013 37 -100%
1989 34 0.000008844 34 -100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 18 0.000004906 18 -100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 -100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 -100%
2019 18 0.000005186 18 -100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 24 0.000007094 24 -100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 -100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 -100%

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