Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ann” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ann” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ann” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ann” 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 131 0.000650176 131 100%
1881 130 0.000674666 130 100%
1882 150 0.0006771 150 100%
1883 167 0.000769777 167 100%
1884 214 0.000878991 214 100%
1885 208 0.000863594 208 100%
1886 229 0.000896928 229 100%
1887 239 0.000966078 239 100%
1888 295 0.00098506 295 100%
1889 341 0.001180151 341 100%
1890 328 0.001088251 328 100%
1891 337 0.001175555 337 100%
1892 393 0.001175331 393 100%
1893 397 0.001220701 397 100%
1894 470 0.0013877 470 100%
1895 551 0.001569711 551 100%
1896 488 0.001365096 488 100%
1897 545 0.0015708 545 100%
1898 593 0.001554574 593 100%
1899 586 0.001727421 586 100%
1900 736 0.001634618 736 100%
1901 634 0.001833366 634 100%
1902 753 0.00194708 753 100%
1903 774 0.00203043 774 100%
1904 880 0.002180998 880 100%
1905 1002 0.002363642 996 6 99%
1906 1069 0.002495034 1064 5 99%
1907 1270 0.002728894 1264 6 99%
1908 1359 0.002781137 1354 5 99%
1909 1482 0.002898925 1477 5 99%
1910 1854 0.003138591 1842 12 99%
1911 1893 0.002938173 1882 11 99%
1912 2675 0.00270732 2666 9 99%
1913 3005 0.002642664 2998 7 100%
1914 3897 0.00275145 3888 9 100%
1915 4907 0.002677871 4895 12 100%
1916 5355 0.002768276 5343 12 100%
1917 5469 0.002725302 5455 14 99%
1918 5626 0.0025913 5613 13 100%
1919 4932 0.002337169 4924 8 100%
1920 5056 0.002234555 5041 15 99%
1921 5077 0.002174765 5058 19 99%
1922 5075 0.002216974 5054 21 99%
1923 5034 0.002186337 5022 12 100%
1924 5049 0.002119994 5035 14 99%
1925 4958 0.002124886 4935 23 99%
1926 4784 0.00208371 4779 5 100%
1927 4796 0.002067814 4782 14 99%
1928 4956 0.002192011 4932 24 99%
1929 5190 0.002367527 5172 18 99%
1930 5557 0.002499451 5531 26 99%
1931 5877 0.002792736 5858 19 99%
1932 6215 0.002943696 6195 20 99%
1933 6229 0.003115361 6210 19 99%
1934 6666 0.003209721 6641 25 99%
1935 6732 0.003221207 6705 27 99%
1936 6700 0.003224909 6666 34 99%
1937 6741 0.003163794 6713 28 99%
1938 7020 0.003172775 6990 30 99%
1939 6574 0.002983514 6551 23 99%
1940 7219 0.003135036 7196 23 99%
1941 7144 0.002932165 7122 22 99%
1942 7707 0.002821198 7666 41 99%
1943 7852 0.002781873 7829 23 99%
1944 7099 0.002638956 7080 19 99%
1945 7060 0.002661229 7038 22 99%
1946 8089 0.002531525 8077 12 100%
1947 8914 0.002474515 8894 20 100%
1948 8044 0.002329894 8025 19 100%
1949 7885 0.002262699 7870 15 100%
1950 7931 0.002263828 7921 10 100%
1951 8436 0.002290064 8423 13 100%
1952 8670 0.002282777 8652 18 100%
1953 8595 0.002230356 8579 16 100%
1954 8768 0.002202623 8750 18 100%
1955 8939 0.002226357 8916 23 99%
1956 9009 0.00218504 8990 19 100%
1957 9068 0.002157947 9040 28 99%
1958 8879 0.002147849 8856 23 99%
1959 8932 0.002148152 8919 13 100%
1960 8702 0.002094942 8677 25 99%
1961 8240 0.001989233 8218 22 99%
1962 8143 0.002017906 8123 20 100%
1963 7994 0.002019605 7975 19 100%
1964 7782 0.002001747 7758 24 99%
1965 6809 0.001878112 6782 27 99%
1966 6012 0.001729746 5992 20 99%
1967 6273 0.001847773 6248 25 99%
1968 6187 0.001831333 6177 10 100%
1969 6148 0.001769044 6132 16 99%
1970 5765 0.001598496 5740 25 99%
1971 4578 0.001333778 4558 20 99%
1972 3375 0.001073817 3360 15 99%
1973 3268 0.001083236 3255 13 99%
1974 2939 0.000966777 2928 11 99%
1975 2727 0.000903161 2716 11 99%
1976 2450 0.000807435 2436 14 99%
1977 2460 0.000774439 2452 8 99%
1978 2329 0.000733804 2320 9 99%
1979 2276 0.0006841 2266 10 99%
1980 2175 0.00063144 2168 7 99%
1981 2134 0.000616874 2123 11 99%
1982 1929 0.000549892 1920 9 99%
1983 1824 0.000526659 1812 12 99%
1984 1701 0.000487566 1695 6 99%
1985 1443 0.000404302 1443 100%
1986 1311 0.000368561 1303 8 99%
1987 1204 0.000333924 1204 100%
1988 1177 0.000318535 1171 6 99%
1989 1098 0.000285607 1090 8 99%
1990 1124 0.000284379 1124 100%
1991 1025 0.00026314 1025 100%
1992 946 0.000246273 946 100%
1993 848 0.000224917 848 100%
1994 784 0.000210886 784 100%
1995 743 0.000202886 743 100%
1996 663 0.000181784 663 100%
1997 626 0.000172654 626 100%
1998 555 0.000150889 555 100%
1999 583 0.000157829 583 100%
2000 546 0.000144448 546 100%
2001 506 0.000135172 506 100%
2002 525 0.000140439 525 100%
2003 499 0.000131236 499 100%
2004 408 0.00010678 402 6 97%
2005 435 0.000113138 435 100%
2006 388 0.000098074 388 100%
2007 368 0.000092053 368 100%
2008 344 0.000087517 344 100%
2009 287 0.000075127 287 100%
2010 286 0.000077386 286 100%
2011 256 0.000069988 256 100%
2012 268 0.000073277 268 100%
2013 280 0.000076804 280 100%
2014 286 0.000077164 286 100%
2015 307 0.000082953 307 100%
2016 265 0.000072233 265 100%
2017 257 0.000071864 257 100%
2018 269 0.00007651 269 100%
2019 263 0.000075772 263 100%
2020 221 0.000066156 221 100%
2021 224 0.000066117 224 100%
2022 227 0.000067098 227 100%
2023 231 0.000069763 231 100%
2024 211 0.000063392 211 100%

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