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How popular is “Algernon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Algernon” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Algernon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Algernon” 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
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 -100%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 -100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 -100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 -100%
1974 22 0.000007237 22 -100%
1975 26 0.000008611 26 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 17 0.000005356 17 -100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 -100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 -100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 -100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%

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