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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Alston” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alston” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alston” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alston” 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
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 -100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 -100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 -100%
1990 38 0.000009614 38 -100%
1991 35 0.000008985 35 -100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 -100%
1993 38 0.000010079 38 -100%
1994 55 0.000014794 55 -100%
1995 55 0.000015018 55 -100%
1996 53 0.000014532 53 -100%
1997 65 0.000017927 5 60 -85%
1998 64 0.0000174 5 59 -84%
1999 53 0.000014348 6 47 -77%
2000 47 0.000012434 47 -100%
2001 35 0.00000935 35 -100%
2002 46 0.000012305 46 -100%
2003 43 0.000011309 43 -100%
2004 44 0.000011516 44 -100%
2005 46 0.000011964 46 -100%
2006 50 0.000012638 50 -100%
2007 51 0.000012757 51 -100%
2008 57 0.000014501 57 -100%
2009 50 0.000013088 50 -100%
2010 44 0.000011906 44 -100%
2011 52 0.000014216 52 -100%
2012 68 0.000018593 68 -100%
2013 67 0.000018378 67 -100%
2014 66 0.000017807 66 -100%
2015 58 0.000015672 58 -100%
2016 60 0.000016355 60 -100%
2017 70 0.000019574 70 -100%
2018 52 0.00001479 52 -100%
2019 63 0.000018151 6 57 -81%
2020 39 0.000011675 39 -100%
2021 33 0.00000974 33 -100%
2022 38 0.000011232 38 -100%
2023 20 0.00000604 20 -100%
2024 29 0.000008713 29 -100%

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