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How popular is “Anson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Anson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Anson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Anson” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 33 0.000018009 33 -100%
1916 31 0.000016026 31 -100%
1917 27 0.000013455 27 -100%
1918 27 0.000012436 27 -100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 41 0.000017563 41 -100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 23 0.000009857 23 -100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 -100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 -100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 -100%
1936 21 0.000010108 21 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 -100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 30 0.000010982 30 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 27 0.000010037 27 -100%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 -100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 -100%
1947 20 0.000005552 20 -100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 28 0.000007372 28 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 25 0.00000628 25 -100%
1955 31 0.000007721 31 -100%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 -100%
1957 32 0.000007615 32 -100%
1958 30 0.000007257 30 -100%
1959 26 0.000006253 26 -100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 -100%
1961 33 0.000007967 33 -100%
1962 21 0.000005204 21 -100%
1963 24 0.000006063 24 -100%
1964 41 0.000010546 41 -100%
1965 45 0.000012412 45 -100%
1966 35 0.00001007 35 -100%
1967 44 0.000012961 44 -100%
1968 25 0.0000074 25 -100%
1969 45 0.000012948 45 -100%
1970 46 0.000012755 46 -100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 -100%
1972 46 0.000014636 46 -100%
1973 40 0.000013259 40 -100%
1974 47 0.000015461 47 -100%
1975 63 0.000020865 63 -100%
1976 92 0.00003032 92 -100%
1977 123 0.000038722 123 -100%
1978 90 0.000028357 90 -100%
1979 62 0.000018635 62 -100%
1980 105 0.000030483 105 -100%
1981 93 0.000026883 93 -100%
1982 71 0.00002024 71 -100%
1983 63 0.000018191 63 -100%
1984 72 0.000020638 72 -100%
1985 68 0.000019052 68 -100%
1986 64 0.000017992 64 -100%
1987 72 0.000019969 72 -100%
1988 71 0.000019215 71 -100%
1989 49 0.000012746 49 -100%
1990 58 0.000014674 58 -100%
1991 53 0.000013606 53 -100%
1992 45 0.000011715 45 -100%
1993 47 0.000012466 47 -100%
1994 48 0.000012911 48 -100%
1995 48 0.000013107 48 -100%
1996 57 0.000015628 57 -100%
1997 70 0.000019306 70 -100%
1998 62 0.000016856 62 -100%
1999 69 0.00001868 69 -100%
2000 81 0.000021429 81 -100%
2001 101 0.000026981 101 -100%
2002 98 0.000026215 98 -100%
2003 111 0.000029193 111 -100%
2004 137 0.000035855 137 -100%
2005 136 0.000035372 136 -100%
2006 132 0.000033365 132 -100%
2007 146 0.000036521 146 -100%
2008 181 0.000046048 181 -100%
2009 167 0.000043715 167 -100%
2010 141 0.000038152 141 -100%
2011 161 0.000044016 5 156 -94%
2012 159 0.000043474 159 -100%
2013 205 0.000056231 205 -100%
2014 282 0.000076085 282 -100%
2015 287 0.000077548 287 -100%
2016 302 0.000082318 302 -100%
2017 295 0.00008249 295 -100%
2018 246 0.000069968 246 -100%
2019 218 0.000062807 218 -100%
2020 189 0.000056577 189 -100%
2021 152 0.000044865 152 -100%
2022 158 0.000046702 158 -100%
2023 148 0.000044697 148 -100%
2024 134 0.000040258 134 -100%

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