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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ashby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ashby” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ashby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ashby” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 -100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 31 0.000014278 31 -100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 -100%
1920 20 0.000008839 20 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 23 0.000010018 23 -100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 5 6 -9%
1970 11 0.00000305 5 6 -9%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 5 7 -17%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 7 7 0%
1979 18 0.00000541 7 11 -22%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 7 5 17%
1982 19 0.000005416 6 13 -37%
1983 15 0.000004331 7 8 -7%
1984 17 0.000004873 7 10 -18%
1985 30 0.000008405 17 13 13%
1986 18 0.00000506 10 8 11%
1987 24 0.000006656 11 13 -8%
1988 18 0.000004871 10 8 11%
1989 22 0.000005723 12 10 9%
1990 21 0.000005313 11 10 5%
1991 20 0.000005134 12 8 20%
1992 28 0.000007289 14 14 0%
1993 23 0.0000061 11 12 -4%
1994 28 0.000007532 13 15 -7%
1995 32 0.000008738 16 16 0%
1996 21 0.000005758 14 7 33%
1997 27 0.000007447 16 11 19%
1998 31 0.000008428 13 18 -16%
1999 28 0.00000758 12 16 -14%
2000 35 0.000009259 17 18 -3%
2001 34 0.000009083 17 17 0%
2002 34 0.000009095 15 19 -12%
2003 43 0.000011309 29 14 35%
2004 43 0.000011254 19 24 -12%
2005 44 0.000011444 23 21 5%
2006 35 0.000008847 24 11 37%
2007 45 0.000011257 24 21 7%
2008 46 0.000011703 26 20 13%
2009 45 0.00001178 28 17 24%
2010 45 0.000012176 27 18 20%
2011 56 0.00001531 34 22 21%
2012 45 0.000012304 24 21 7%
2013 49 0.000013441 24 25 -2%
2014 44 0.000011871 26 18 18%
2015 40 0.000010808 23 17 15%
2016 47 0.000012811 16 31 -32%
2017 41 0.000011465 9 32 -56%
2018 34 0.00000967 14 20 -18%
2019 38 0.000010948 14 24 -26%
2020 24 0.000007184 12 12 0%
2021 30 0.000008855 16 14 7%
2022 25 0.00000739 16 9 28%
2023 20 0.00000604 8 12 -20%
2024 26 0.000007811 10 16 -23%

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