Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Any” in the USA?

Number of people named “Any” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Any” by birth year

This chart shows how “Any” 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
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 100%
1969 18 0.000005179 18 100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 100%
1973 25 0.000008287 25 100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 100%
1976 28 0.000009228 28 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 21 0.000006617 21 100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 100%
1988 21 0.000005683 21 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 100%

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