Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Author” in the USA?

Number of people named “Author” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Author” by birth year

This chart shows how “Author” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 33 0.000017059 33 -100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 -100%
1918 30 0.000013818 30 -100%
1919 38 0.000018007 38 -100%
1920 42 0.000018562 42 -100%
1921 41 0.000017563 41 -100%
1922 54 0.000023589 54 -100%
1923 46 0.000019978 46 -100%
1924 43 0.000018055 43 -100%
1925 38 0.000016286 38 -100%
1926 49 0.000021342 49 -100%
1927 45 0.000019402 45 -100%
1928 49 0.000021672 49 -100%
1929 45 0.000020528 45 -100%
1930 51 0.000022939 51 -100%
1931 35 0.000016632 35 -100%
1932 42 0.000019893 42 -100%
1933 59 0.000029508 59 -100%
1934 29 0.000013964 29 -100%
1935 37 0.000017704 37 -100%
1936 42 0.000020216 42 -100%
1937 50 0.000023467 50 -100%
1938 40 0.000018078 40 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 46 0.000019977 46 -100%
1941 36 0.000014776 36 -100%
1942 45 0.000016473 45 -100%
1943 45 0.000015943 45 -100%
1944 37 0.000013754 37 -100%
1945 35 0.000013193 35 -100%
1946 46 0.000014396 46 -100%
1947 35 0.000009716 35 -100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 -100%
1949 40 0.000011478 40 -100%
1950 39 0.000011132 39 -100%
1951 40 0.000010859 40 -100%
1952 31 0.000008162 31 -100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 -100%
1954 39 0.000009797 39 -100%
1955 28 0.000006974 28 -100%
1956 28 0.000006791 28 -100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 22 0.000005291 22 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%

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  8. Autiana
  9. Autianna
  10. Autie
  11. Autin