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How popular is “Arch” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arch” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Arch” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arch” 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 61 0.000302754 61 -100%
1881 43 0.000223159 43 -100%
1882 55 0.00024827 55 -100%
1883 38 0.000175159 38 -100%
1884 43 0.00017662 43 -100%
1885 30 0.000124557 30 -100%
1886 32 0.000125335 32 -100%
1887 47 0.000189982 47 -100%
1888 35 0.000116872 35 -100%
1889 31 0.000107286 31 -100%
1890 23 0.00007631 23 -100%
1891 26 0.000090696 26 -100%
1892 32 0.000095701 32 -100%
1893 30 0.000092244 30 -100%
1894 30 0.000088577 30 -100%
1895 15 0.000042733 15 -100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 -100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 -100%
1898 24 0.000062917 24 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 -100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 -100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 11 0.000027262 11 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 -100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 -100%
1913 25 0.000021986 25 -100%
1914 32 0.000022593 32 -100%
1915 39 0.000021283 39 -100%
1916 51 0.000026365 51 -100%
1917 42 0.000020929 42 -100%
1918 52 0.000023951 52 -100%
1919 46 0.000021798 46 -100%
1920 48 0.000021214 48 -100%
1921 46 0.000019704 46 -100%
1922 47 0.000020532 47 -100%
1923 50 0.000021716 50 -100%
1924 42 0.000017635 42 -100%
1925 40 0.000017143 40 -100%
1926 40 0.000017422 40 -100%
1927 39 0.000016815 39 -100%
1928 47 0.000020788 47 -100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 -100%
1930 35 0.000015742 35 -100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 -100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 -100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 -100%
1934 29 0.000013964 29 -100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 22 0.000010325 22 -100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 -100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 -100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 22 0.000008053 22 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 30 0.000009389 30 -100%
1947 23 0.000006385 23 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 26 0.000007461 26 -100%
1950 21 0.000005994 21 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 20 0.000005266 20 -100%
1953 25 0.000006487 25 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 16 0.000003852 16 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 -100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 -100%
2023 22 0.000006644 22 -100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 -100%

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