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How popular is “Alton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Alton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alton” 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 14 0.000069484 14 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1882 18 0.000081252 18 -100%
1883 28 0.000129064 28 -100%
1884 16 0.000065719 16 -100%
1885 29 0.000120405 29 -100%
1886 16 0.000062667 16 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 -100%
1889 26 0.000089982 26 -100%
1890 21 0.000069675 21 -100%
1891 20 0.000069766 20 -100%
1892 32 0.000095701 32 -100%
1893 24 0.000073796 24 -100%
1894 28 0.000082671 28 -100%
1895 26 0.00007407 26 -100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 -100%
1897 34 0.000097995 34 -100%
1898 27 0.000070782 27 -100%
1899 33 0.000097278 33 -100%
1900 43 0.000095501 43 -100%
1901 26 0.000075185 26 -100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 -100%
1903 84 0.000220357 84 -100%
1904 308 0.000763349 6 302 -96%
1905 164 0.000386864 164 -100%
1906 106 0.000247403 106 -100%
1907 120 0.000257848 120 -100%
1908 119 0.000243529 119 -100%
1909 107 0.000209302 6 101 -89%
1910 127 0.000214995 5 122 -92%
1911 156 0.000242132 156 -100%
1912 306 0.000309697 6 300 -96%
1913 380 0.000334181 8 372 -96%
1914 426 0.000300774 7 419 -97%
1915 579 0.000315975 11 568 -96%
1916 613 0.000316891 9 604 -97%
1917 613 0.000305469 9 604 -97%
1918 652 0.000300307 10 642 -97%
1919 639 0.000302808 9 630 -97%
1920 699 0.000308931 16 683 -95%
1921 700 0.000299849 12 688 -97%
1922 754 0.000329379 13 741 -97%
1923 676 0.000293596 676 -100%
1924 683 0.000286781 5 678 -99%
1925 717 0.00030729 9 708 -97%
1926 784 0.000341478 6 778 -98%
1927 771 0.00033242 12 759 -97%
1928 830 0.000367104 14 816 -97%
1929 724 0.000330268 8 716 -98%
1930 766 0.000344535 10 756 -97%
1931 717 0.000340717 11 706 -97%
1932 722 0.000341971 5 717 -99%
1933 676 0.000338093 7 669 -98%
1934 721 0.000347166 8 713 -98%
1935 710 0.000339729 11 699 -97%
1936 681 0.000327786 7 674 -98%
1937 836 0.000392365 836 -100%
1938 770 0.000348011 5 765 -99%
1939 685 0.000310877 5 680 -99%
1940 697 0.00030269 5 692 -99%
1941 636 0.000261038 636 -100%
1942 631 0.000230982 6 625 -98%
1943 664 0.000235248 5 659 -98%
1944 648 0.000240885 5 643 -98%
1945 561 0.000211466 8 553 -97%
1946 615 0.00019247 5 610 -98%
1947 666 0.000184881 7 659 -98%
1948 695 0.000201302 695 -100%
1949 601 0.000172464 601 -100%
1950 635 0.000181255 635 -100%
1951 660 0.000179166 10 650 -97%
1952 621 0.000163507 7 614 -98%
1953 610 0.000158292 6 604 -98%
1954 595 0.000149471 595 -100%
1955 613 0.000152674 613 -100%
1956 601 0.000145766 601 -100%
1957 572 0.000136121 7 565 -98%
1958 571 0.000138126 571 -100%
1959 540 0.00012987 540 -100%
1960 538 0.000129519 9 529 -97%
1961 542 0.000130845 542 -100%
1962 481 0.000119196 5 476 -98%
1963 467 0.000117983 8 459 -97%
1964 461 0.000118582 461 -100%
1965 403 0.000111159 403 -100%
1966 371 0.000106742 371 -100%
1967 410 0.000120769 7 403 -97%
1968 379 0.000112183 379 -100%
1969 359 0.0001033 6 353 -97%
1970 345 0.00009566 345 -100%
1971 363 0.000105758 363 -100%
1972 293 0.000093223 293 -100%
1973 322 0.000106733 322 -100%
1974 276 0.00009079 276 -100%
1975 241 0.000079817 241 -100%
1976 269 0.000088653 5 264 -96%
1977 273 0.000085944 273 -100%
1978 234 0.000073727 234 -100%
1979 244 0.000073339 244 -100%
1980 251 0.00007287 251 -100%
1981 245 0.000070822 5 240 -96%
1982 264 0.000075257 264 -100%
1983 238 0.00006872 238 -100%
1984 195 0.000055894 195 -100%
1985 207 0.000057998 207 -100%
1986 194 0.000054539 5 189 -95%
1987 191 0.000052973 191 -100%
1988 242 0.000065493 242 -100%
1989 199 0.000051763 5 194 -95%
1990 210 0.000053131 210 -100%
1991 221 0.000056736 221 -100%
1992 183 0.00004764 183 -100%
1993 181 0.000048007 181 -100%
1994 161 0.000043307 161 -100%
1995 152 0.000041506 152 -100%
1996 136 0.000037289 136 -100%
1997 147 0.000040543 147 -100%
1998 165 0.000044859 165 -100%
1999 128 0.000034652 128 -100%
2000 136 0.00003598 136 -100%
2001 111 0.000029652 111 -100%
2002 156 0.00004173 156 -100%
2003 156 0.000041028 156 -100%
2004 147 0.000038472 147 -100%
2005 135 0.000035112 135 -100%
2006 148 0.00003741 148 -100%
2007 165 0.000041274 165 -100%
2008 162 0.000041214 162 -100%
2009 150 0.000039265 150 -100%
2010 122 0.000033011 122 -100%
2011 131 0.000035814 131 -100%
2012 166 0.000045388 166 -100%
2013 152 0.000041693 152 -100%
2014 162 0.000043708 162 -100%
2015 147 0.00003972 147 -100%
2016 148 0.000040341 148 -100%
2017 133 0.00003719 133 -100%
2018 132 0.000037544 132 -100%
2019 133 0.000038318 133 -100%
2020 92 0.00002754 92 -100%
2021 137 0.000040437 137 -100%
2022 86 0.00002542 86 -100%
2023 101 0.000030503 101 -100%
2024 110 0.000033048 110 -100%

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