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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Allan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Allan” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Allan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Allan” 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 20 0.000099263 20 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 -100%
1883 19 0.000087579 19 -100%
1884 30 0.000123223 30 -100%
1885 19 0.000078886 19 -100%
1886 25 0.000097918 25 -100%
1887 21 0.000084886 21 -100%
1888 30 0.000100176 30 -100%
1889 31 0.000107286 31 -100%
1890 37 0.00012276 37 -100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 -100%
1892 33 0.000098692 33 -100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 -100%
1894 31 0.000091529 31 -100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 -100%
1896 34 0.000095109 34 -100%
1897 30 0.000086466 30 -100%
1898 36 0.000094375 36 -100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 -100%
1900 64 0.000142141 64 -100%
1901 39 0.000112778 39 -100%
1902 56 0.000144803 56 -100%
1903 37 0.000097062 37 -100%
1904 45 0.000111528 45 -100%
1905 48 0.000113228 48 -100%
1906 49 0.000114365 49 -100%
1907 53 0.000113883 53 -100%
1908 68 0.000139159 68 -100%
1909 74 0.000144751 74 -100%
1910 82 0.000138816 82 -100%
1911 101 0.000156765 101 -100%
1912 221 0.00022367 221 -100%
1913 230 0.000202267 230 -100%
1914 307 0.000216755 307 -100%
1915 441 0.000240665 441 -100%
1916 446 0.00023056 446 -100%
1917 451 0.000224741 451 -100%
1918 477 0.000219703 477 -100%
1919 481 0.000227936 481 -100%
1920 535 0.000236449 535 -100%
1921 576 0.000246733 576 -100%
1922 599 0.000261668 5 594 -98%
1923 598 0.00025972 598 -100%
1924 697 0.000292659 5 692 -99%
1925 726 0.000311147 7 719 -98%
1926 780 0.000339735 780 -100%
1927 721 0.000310862 721 -100%
1928 857 0.000379046 13 844 -97%
1929 938 0.000427888 8 930 -98%
1930 985 0.000443038 985 -100%
1931 1008 0.000478999 6 1002 -99%
1932 1008 0.000477433 1008 -100%
1933 943 0.00047163 7 936 -99%
1934 993 0.000478136 993 -100%
1935 1015 0.000485669 1015 -100%
1936 1129 0.000543421 1129 -100%
1937 1338 0.000627971 1338 -100%
1938 1549 0.00070009 9 1540 -99%
1939 1413 0.000641269 1413 -100%
1940 1615 0.000701355 7 1608 -99%
1941 1498 0.000614835 6 1492 -99%
1942 1764 0.000645724 1764 -100%
1943 1639 0.000580679 1639 -100%
1944 1507 0.000560207 6 1501 -99%
1945 1582 0.000596326 1582 -100%
1946 2067 0.000646886 6 2061 -99%
1947 2192 0.000608496 5 2187 -100%
1948 2062 0.000597245 2062 -100%
1949 1939 0.00055642 6 1933 -99%
1950 1898 0.000541766 7 1891 -99%
1951 1976 0.000536412 6 1970 -99%
1952 1937 0.000510005 5 1932 -99%
1953 1856 0.000481622 1856 -100%
1954 1960 0.000492375 6 1954 -99%
1955 1841 0.000458521 1841 -100%
1956 1636 0.000396795 1636 -100%
1957 1576 0.000375047 5 1571 -99%
1958 1603 0.000387769 1603 -100%
1959 1450 0.000348726 8 1442 -99%
1960 1476 0.000355336 6 1470 -99%
1961 1347 0.000325182 1347 -100%
1962 1286 0.000318682 8 1278 -99%
1963 1226 0.000309737 6 1220 -99%
1964 1170 0.000300957 1170 -100%
1965 1094 0.000301756 1094 -100%
1966 986 0.000283688 986 -100%
1967 864 0.0002545 5 859 -99%
1968 878 0.000259885 6 872 -99%
1969 819 0.000235662 7 812 -98%
1970 815 0.00022598 6 809 -99%
1971 784 0.000228415 5 779 -99%
1972 626 0.000199173 626 -100%
1973 565 0.000187279 5 560 -98%
1974 537 0.000176645 5 532 -98%
1975 575 0.000190436 575 -100%
1976 503 0.000165771 503 -100%
1977 496 0.000156147 5 491 -98%
1978 513 0.000161632 5 508 -98%
1979 533 0.000160204 5 528 -98%
1980 538 0.000156191 538 -100%
1981 552 0.000159566 552 -100%
1982 595 0.000169614 6 589 -98%
1983 594 0.000171511 5 589 -98%
1984 592 0.000169688 6 586 -98%
1985 524 0.000146815 6 518 -98%
1986 517 0.000145344 5 512 -98%
1987 545 0.000151153 6 539 -98%
1988 591 0.000159944 591 -100%
1989 598 0.000155549 7 591 -98%
1990 606 0.000153322 606 -100%
1991 601 0.00015429 601 -100%
1992 595 0.000154897 595 -100%
1993 574 0.000152243 574 -100%
1994 536 0.000144177 5 531 -98%
1995 539 0.000147181 539 -100%
1996 449 0.000123108 449 -100%
1997 486 0.000134041 486 -100%
1998 497 0.00013512 497 -100%
1999 515 0.00013942 515 -100%
2000 485 0.00012831 485 -100%
2001 489 0.00013063 489 -100%
2002 495 0.000132413 495 -100%
2003 625 0.000164373 625 -100%
2004 588 0.00015389 588 -100%
2005 555 0.000144349 555 -100%
2006 514 0.000129923 514 -100%
2007 506 0.000126573 506 -100%
2008 478 0.000121608 478 -100%
2009 471 0.000123293 471 -100%
2010 403 0.000109045 403 -100%
2011 350 0.000095686 350 -100%
2012 340 0.000092963 340 -100%
2013 370 0.00010149 370 -100%
2014 333 0.000089845 333 -100%
2015 392 0.00010592 392 -100%
2016 328 0.000089405 328 -100%
2017 301 0.000084168 301 -100%
2018 294 0.00008362 294 -100%
2019 280 0.00008067 280 -100%
2020 278 0.000083219 278 -100%
2021 283 0.000083531 283 -100%
2022 301 0.000088971 301 -100%
2023 302 0.000091206 302 -100%
2024 283 0.000085023 283 -100%

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