Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Al” in the USA?

Number of people named “Al” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Al” by birth year

This chart shows how “Al” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 19 0.000098605 19 -100%
1882 33 0.000148962 33 -100%
1883 21 0.000096798 21 -100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1886 27 0.000105751 27 -100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 -100%
1888 23 0.000076801 23 -100%
1889 23 0.0000796 23 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 21 0.000073254 21 -100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 -100%
1893 25 0.00007687 25 -100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 -100%
1895 23 0.000065523 23 -100%
1896 27 0.000075528 27 -100%
1897 20 0.000057644 20 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 -100%
1899 27 0.000079591 27 -100%
1900 37 0.000082175 37 -100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 -100%
1902 42 0.000108602 42 -100%
1903 38 0.000099685 38 -100%
1904 33 0.000081787 33 -100%
1905 39 0.000091998 39 -100%
1906 43 0.000100362 43 -100%
1907 40 0.000085949 40 -100%
1908 45 0.000092091 45 -100%
1909 47 0.000091936 47 -100%
1910 73 0.00012358 73 -100%
1911 65 0.000100888 65 -100%
1912 121 0.000122462 121 -100%
1913 101 0.000088822 101 -100%
1914 151 0.000106613 7 144 -91%
1915 175 0.000095502 175 -100%
1916 127 0.000065653 5 122 -92%
1917 138 0.000068768 5 133 -93%
1918 140 0.000064483 7 133 -90%
1919 170 0.000080559 10 160 -88%
1920 150 0.000066294 150 -100%
1921 128 0.00005483 9 119 -86%
1922 117 0.000051111 8 109 -86%
1923 103 0.000044734 103 -100%
1924 156 0.000065502 5 151 -94%
1925 134 0.000057429 9 125 -87%
1926 147 0.000064027 147 -100%
1927 173 0.00007459 9 164 -90%
1928 198 0.000087574 8 190 -92%
1929 170 0.000077549 170 -100%
1930 181 0.000081411 9 172 -90%
1931 185 0.000087912 185 -100%
1932 204 0.000096623 5 199 -95%
1933 181 0.000090525 11 170 -88%
1934 199 0.00009582 5 194 -95%
1935 209 0.000100005 209 -100%
1936 204 0.000098191 5 199 -95%
1937 210 0.000098561 5 205 -95%
1938 199 0.00008994 6 193 -94%
1939 198 0.000089859 198 -100%
1940 171 0.000074261 5 166 -94%
1941 192 0.000078804 192 -100%
1942 228 0.000083461 5 223 -96%
1943 208 0.000073692 7 201 -93%
1944 210 0.000078065 210 -100%
1945 216 0.00008142 216 -100%
1946 296 0.000092636 6 290 -96%
1947 330 0.000091608 330 -100%
1948 286 0.000082838 286 -100%
1949 237 0.00006801 6 231 -95%
1950 222 0.000063368 6 216 -95%
1951 268 0.000072752 6 262 -96%
1952 265 0.000069773 265 -100%
1953 266 0.000069026 266 -100%
1954 320 0.000080388 7 313 -96%
1955 286 0.000071231 286 -100%
1956 405 0.000098229 6 399 -97%
1957 392 0.000093286 6 386 -97%
1958 387 0.000093616 387 -100%
1959 450 0.000108225 10 440 -96%
1960 392 0.000094371 392 -100%
1961 363 0.000087632 363 -100%
1962 340 0.000084255 340 -100%
1963 297 0.000075034 5 292 -97%
1964 268 0.000068937 268 -100%
1965 210 0.000057924 210 -100%
1966 158 0.000045459 158 -100%
1967 166 0.000048897 166 -100%
1968 164 0.000048544 164 -100%
1969 167 0.000048053 167 -100%
1970 158 0.00004381 10 148 -87%
1971 157 0.000045741 7 150 -91%
1972 167 0.000053134 6 161 -93%
1973 151 0.000050052 7 144 -91%
1974 144 0.000047368 8 136 -89%
1975 141 0.000046698 6 135 -91%
1976 157 0.000051742 157 -100%
1977 128 0.000040296 128 -100%
1978 134 0.00004222 134 -100%
1979 116 0.000034866 116 -100%
1980 117 0.000033967 8 109 -86%
1981 109 0.000031509 109 -100%
1982 117 0.000033353 117 -100%
1983 104 0.000030029 104 -100%
1984 89 0.000025511 89 -100%
1985 92 0.000025777 92 -100%
1986 79 0.000022209 79 -100%
1987 93 0.000025793 93 -100%
1988 86 0.000023274 86 -100%
1989 94 0.000024451 94 -100%
1990 79 0.000019987 79 -100%
1991 63 0.000016173 63 -100%
1992 86 0.000022388 86 -100%
1993 64 0.000016975 64 -100%
1994 71 0.000019098 71 -100%
1995 65 0.000017749 65 -100%
1996 50 0.000013709 50 -100%
1997 43 0.00001186 43 -100%
1998 52 0.000014137 52 -100%
1999 47 0.000012724 47 -100%
2000 54 0.000014286 54 -100%
2001 33 0.000008816 33 -100%
2002 50 0.000013375 50 -100%
2003 36 0.000009468 36 -100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 -100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 -100%
2006 21 0.000005308 21 -100%
2007 19 0.000004753 19 -100%
2008 21 0.000005343 21 -100%
2009 29 0.000007591 29 -100%
2010 20 0.000005412 20 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 -100%
2013 23 0.000006309 23 -100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 -100%
2015 19 0.000005134 19 -100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 -100%
2017 20 0.000005593 20 -100%
2018 26 0.000007395 26 -100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 -100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 -100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 -100%
2022 11 0.000003251 11 -100%
2023 16 0.000004832 16 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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