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How popular is “Amos” in the USA?

Number of people named “Amos” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Amos” by birth year

This chart shows how “Amos” 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 128 0.000635286 128 -100%
1881 102 0.000529353 102 -100%
1882 134 0.000604876 134 -100%
1883 113 0.000520867 113 -100%
1884 137 0.000562718 137 -100%
1885 114 0.000473316 114 -100%
1886 121 0.000473923 121 -100%
1887 104 0.000420385 104 -100%
1888 94 0.000313884 94 -100%
1889 114 0.000394537 114 -100%
1890 114 0.000378234 114 -100%
1891 104 0.000362783 104 -100%
1892 117 0.000349908 117 -100%
1893 105 0.000322855 105 -100%
1894 108 0.000318876 108 -100%
1895 96 0.000273489 96 -100%
1896 110 0.000307706 110 -100%
1897 94 0.000270927 94 -100%
1898 96 0.000251668 96 -100%
1899 79 0.000232878 79 -100%
1900 125 0.000277619 125 -100%
1901 83 0.000240015 83 -100%
1902 95 0.000245648 95 -100%
1903 83 0.000217733 83 -100%
1904 96 0.000237927 96 -100%
1905 102 0.00024061 102 -100%
1906 118 0.000275411 118 -100%
1907 125 0.000268592 125 -100%
1908 119 0.000243529 119 -100%
1909 116 0.000226906 116 -100%
1910 124 0.000209917 124 -100%
1911 168 0.000260757 168 -100%
1912 243 0.000245936 243 -100%
1913 312 0.00027438 312 -100%
1914 367 0.000259118 367 -100%
1915 474 0.000258673 474 -100%
1916 478 0.000247103 478 -100%
1917 462 0.000230223 462 -100%
1918 523 0.00024089 523 -100%
1919 523 0.000247839 523 -100%
1920 498 0.000220097 5 493 -98%
1921 551 0.000236024 5 546 -98%
1922 558 0.000243758 558 -100%
1923 506 0.000219763 506 -100%
1924 506 0.000212461 506 -100%
1925 489 0.000209574 489 -100%
1926 459 0.000199921 5 454 -98%
1927 535 0.000230667 12 523 -96%
1928 444 0.000196379 5 439 -98%
1929 377 0.000171976 377 -100%
1930 461 0.000207351 461 -100%
1931 367 0.000174398 367 -100%
1932 377 0.000178564 377 -100%
1933 345 0.000172548 345 -100%
1934 339 0.000163231 339 -100%
1935 301 0.000144026 301 -100%
1936 297 0.000142955 5 292 -97%
1937 288 0.000135169 288 -100%
1938 296 0.000133781 296 -100%
1939 277 0.000125712 277 -100%
1940 283 0.0001229 5 278 -96%
1941 278 0.000114102 278 -100%
1942 267 0.000097737 267 -100%
1943 280 0.000099201 280 -100%
1944 283 0.000105201 283 -100%
1945 262 0.000098759 262 -100%
1946 250 0.00007824 250 -100%
1947 305 0.000084668 305 -100%
1948 289 0.000083707 289 -100%
1949 275 0.000078915 275 -100%
1950 287 0.000081921 287 -100%
1951 294 0.00007981 294 -100%
1952 306 0.000080569 306 -100%
1953 313 0.000081222 6 307 -96%
1954 287 0.000072098 5 282 -97%
1955 293 0.000072975 5 288 -97%
1956 251 0.000060877 251 -100%
1957 251 0.000059731 251 -100%
1958 285 0.000068942 285 -100%
1959 260 0.00006253 260 -100%
1960 261 0.000062834 261 -100%
1961 256 0.000061801 256 -100%
1962 230 0.000056996 230 -100%
1963 209 0.000052802 209 -100%
1964 202 0.00005196 202 -100%
1965 224 0.000061785 224 -100%
1966 179 0.000051501 179 -100%
1967 189 0.000055672 189 -100%
1968 154 0.000045584 154 -100%
1969 188 0.000054096 6 182 -94%
1970 148 0.000041037 148 -100%
1971 208 0.0000606 208 -100%
1972 158 0.000050271 158 -100%
1973 206 0.000068282 206 -100%
1974 222 0.000073026 222 -100%
1975 204 0.000067563 204 -100%
1976 216 0.000071186 216 -100%
1977 252 0.000079333 252 -100%
1978 260 0.000081919 260 -100%
1979 281 0.00008446 281 -100%
1980 262 0.000076063 262 -100%
1981 272 0.000078627 272 -100%
1982 244 0.000069556 244 -100%
1983 227 0.000065544 227 -100%
1984 258 0.000073952 258 -100%
1985 232 0.000065002 232 -100%
1986 210 0.000059037 210 -100%
1987 213 0.000059075 213 -100%
1988 225 0.000060892 225 -100%
1989 178 0.000046301 178 -100%
1990 203 0.00005136 203 -100%
1991 196 0.000050317 196 -100%
1992 187 0.000048682 187 -100%
1993 213 0.000056494 213 -100%
1994 175 0.000047073 175 -100%
1995 165 0.000045055 165 -100%
1996 141 0.00003866 141 -100%
1997 162 0.00004468 162 -100%
1998 151 0.000041053 151 -100%
1999 153 0.00004142 153 -100%
2000 171 0.000045239 171 -100%
2001 171 0.000045681 171 -100%
2002 172 0.00004601 172 -100%
2003 176 0.000046288 176 -100%
2004 171 0.000044754 171 -100%
2005 173 0.000044995 173 -100%
2006 159 0.00004019 159 -100%
2007 205 0.00005128 205 -100%
2008 181 0.000046048 181 -100%
2009 199 0.000052092 199 -100%
2010 181 0.000048975 181 -100%
2011 247 0.000067527 247 -100%
2012 279 0.000076284 279 -100%
2013 296 0.000081192 296 -100%
2014 367 0.000099019 367 -100%
2015 340 0.000091869 340 -100%
2016 385 0.000104942 385 -100%
2017 356 0.000099547 356 -100%
2018 395 0.000112347 395 -100%
2019 394 0.000113514 394 -100%
2020 364 0.000108963 364 -100%
2021 464 0.000136956 464 -100%
2022 450 0.000133013 450 -100%
2023 423 0.000127748 423 -100%
2024 386 0.000115968 386 -100%

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