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How popular is “Ambrose” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ambrose” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ambrose” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ambrose” 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 32 0.000158822 32 -100%
1881 43 0.000223159 43 -100%
1882 38 0.000171532 38 -100%
1883 36 0.00016594 36 -100%
1884 36 0.000147868 36 -100%
1885 32 0.000132861 32 -100%
1886 30 0.000117501 30 -100%
1887 29 0.000117223 29 -100%
1888 41 0.000136907 41 -100%
1889 27 0.000093443 27 -100%
1890 37 0.00012276 37 -100%
1891 27 0.000094184 27 -100%
1892 31 0.000092711 31 -100%
1893 52 0.00015989 52 -100%
1894 34 0.000100387 34 -100%
1895 38 0.000108256 38 -100%
1896 42 0.000117488 42 -100%
1897 37 0.000106641 37 -100%
1898 43 0.000112726 43 -100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 -100%
1900 47 0.000104385 47 -100%
1901 35 0.000101211 35 -100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 -100%
1903 32 0.000083945 32 -100%
1904 34 0.000084266 34 -100%
1905 24 0.000056614 24 -100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 -100%
1907 27 0.000058016 27 -100%
1908 25 0.000051161 25 -100%
1909 41 0.0000802 41 -100%
1910 48 0.000081258 48 -100%
1911 42 0.000065189 42 -100%
1912 98 0.000099184 98 -100%
1913 122 0.00010729 122 -100%
1914 147 0.000103788 147 -100%
1915 187 0.000102051 187 -100%
1916 179 0.000092534 179 -100%
1917 199 0.000099165 199 -100%
1918 192 0.000088434 192 -100%
1919 187 0.000088615 187 -100%
1920 209 0.00009237 209 -100%
1921 195 0.000083529 195 -100%
1922 170 0.000074263 170 -100%
1923 158 0.000068622 158 -100%
1924 166 0.000069701 166 -100%
1925 165 0.000070715 165 -100%
1926 155 0.000067512 155 -100%
1927 111 0.000047858 111 -100%
1928 123 0.000054402 123 -100%
1929 104 0.000047442 104 -100%
1930 104 0.000046778 104 -100%
1931 72 0.000034214 72 -100%
1932 104 0.000049259 104 -100%
1933 84 0.000042012 84 -100%
1934 74 0.000035631 74 -100%
1935 80 0.000038279 80 -100%
1936 79 0.000038025 79 -100%
1937 63 0.000029568 63 -100%
1938 67 0.000030281 67 -100%
1939 55 0.000024961 55 -100%
1940 64 0.000027794 64 -100%
1941 47 0.000019291 47 -100%
1942 85 0.000031115 85 -100%
1943 83 0.000029406 83 -100%
1944 66 0.000024535 66 -100%
1945 46 0.000017339 46 -100%
1946 45 0.000014083 45 -100%
1947 59 0.000016378 59 -100%
1948 64 0.000018537 64 -100%
1949 47 0.000013487 47 -100%
1950 37 0.000010561 37 -100%
1951 46 0.000012487 46 -100%
1952 56 0.000014745 56 -100%
1953 55 0.000014272 55 -100%
1954 63 0.000015826 63 -100%
1955 49 0.000012204 49 -100%
1956 47 0.000011399 47 -100%
1957 46 0.000010947 46 -100%
1958 51 0.000012337 51 -100%
1959 44 0.000010582 44 -100%
1960 51 0.000012278 51 -100%
1961 39 0.000009415 39 -100%
1962 57 0.000014125 57 -100%
1963 39 0.000009853 39 -100%
1964 49 0.000012604 49 -100%
1965 43 0.000011861 43 -100%
1966 28 0.000008056 28 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 47 0.000013912 47 -100%
1969 25 0.000007194 25 -100%
1970 28 0.000007764 28 -100%
1971 32 0.000009323 32 -100%
1972 33 0.0000105 33 -100%
1973 28 0.000009281 28 -100%
1974 29 0.000009539 29 -100%
1975 44 0.000014572 44 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 35 0.000011018 35 -100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 -100%
1979 37 0.000011121 37 -100%
1980 36 0.000010451 36 -100%
1981 36 0.000010407 36 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 37 0.000010683 37 -100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 -100%
1985 40 0.000011207 40 -100%
1986 40 0.000011245 40 -100%
1987 41 0.000011371 41 -100%
1988 41 0.000011096 41 -100%
1989 36 0.000009364 36 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 -100%
1991 45 0.000011552 45 -100%
1992 34 0.000008851 34 -100%
1993 40 0.000010609 40 -100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 -100%
1995 30 0.000008192 30 -100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 -100%
1997 35 0.000009653 35 -100%
1998 29 0.000007884 29 -100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 -100%
2000 41 0.000010847 41 -100%
2001 25 0.000006678 25 -100%
2002 42 0.000011235 42 -100%
2003 42 0.000011046 42 -100%
2004 49 0.000012824 49 -100%
2005 50 0.000013004 50 -100%
2006 59 0.000014913 59 -100%
2007 59 0.000014759 59 -100%
2008 67 0.000017045 67 -100%
2009 53 0.000013874 53 -100%
2010 60 0.000016235 60 -100%
2011 56 0.00001531 56 -100%
2012 75 0.000020507 75 -100%
2013 95 0.000026058 95 -100%
2014 89 0.000024013 89 -100%
2015 101 0.000027291 101 -100%
2016 97 0.00002644 97 -100%
2017 96 0.000026844 96 -100%
2018 118 0.000033562 118 -100%
2019 228 0.000065688 6 222 -95%
2020 280 0.000083818 280 -100%
2021 411 0.000121312 9 402 -96%
2022 369 0.00010907 5 364 -97%
2023 331 0.000099964 11 320 -93%
2024 352 0.000105753 7 345 -96%

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