Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Basil” in the USA?

Number of people named “Basil” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Basil” by birth year

This chart shows how “Basil” 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 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 -100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 -100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 -100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 -100%
1893 22 0.000067646 22 -100%
1894 27 0.000079719 27 -100%
1895 22 0.000062674 22 -100%
1896 34 0.000095109 34 -100%
1897 33 0.000095113 33 -100%
1898 27 0.000070782 27 -100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 -100%
1900 37 0.000082175 37 -100%
1901 28 0.000080969 28 -100%
1902 32 0.000082744 32 -100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 -100%
1904 37 0.000091701 37 -100%
1905 30 0.000070768 30 -100%
1906 32 0.000074688 32 -100%
1907 39 0.000083801 39 -100%
1908 39 0.000079812 39 -100%
1909 37 0.000072375 37 -100%
1910 46 0.000077872 46 -100%
1911 69 0.000107097 69 -100%
1912 114 0.000115377 114 -100%
1913 120 0.000105531 120 -100%
1914 161 0.000113673 161 -100%
1915 243 0.000132611 243 -100%
1916 244 0.000126136 244 -100%
1917 221 0.000110128 221 -100%
1918 239 0.000110082 239 -100%
1919 270 0.000127947 7 263 -95%
1920 242 0.000106955 242 -100%
1921 266 0.000113943 266 -100%
1922 247 0.0001079 247 -100%
1923 245 0.000106407 245 -100%
1924 281 0.000117987 281 -100%
1925 259 0.000111001 259 -100%
1926 232 0.000101049 232 -100%
1927 254 0.000109513 5 249 -96%
1928 191 0.000084478 191 -100%
1929 238 0.000108569 238 -100%
1930 219 0.000098503 219 -100%
1931 154 0.00007318 154 -100%
1932 200 0.000094729 200 -100%
1933 172 0.000086024 172 -100%
1934 159 0.00007656 159 -100%
1935 175 0.000083736 175 -100%
1936 189 0.000090971 189 -100%
1937 145 0.000068054 145 -100%
1938 157 0.000070958 157 -100%
1939 135 0.000061268 135 -100%
1940 140 0.000060799 140 -100%
1941 132 0.000054178 132 -100%
1942 169 0.000061864 169 -100%
1943 132 0.000046766 132 -100%
1944 117 0.000043493 117 -100%
1945 101 0.000038071 101 -100%
1946 117 0.000036616 117 -100%
1947 158 0.000043861 158 -100%
1948 116 0.000033599 116 -100%
1949 111 0.000031853 111 -100%
1950 113 0.000032255 113 -100%
1951 109 0.00002959 109 -100%
1952 103 0.00002712 103 -100%
1953 139 0.00003607 139 -100%
1954 112 0.000028136 112 -100%
1955 103 0.000025653 103 -100%
1956 104 0.000025224 104 -100%
1957 95 0.000022608 95 -100%
1958 103 0.000024916 103 -100%
1959 109 0.000026215 109 -100%
1960 110 0.000026482 110 -100%
1961 112 0.000027038 112 -100%
1962 96 0.00002379 96 -100%
1963 101 0.000025517 101 -100%
1964 92 0.000023665 92 -100%
1965 82 0.000022618 82 -100%
1966 92 0.00002647 92 -100%
1967 71 0.000020914 71 -100%
1968 57 0.000016872 57 -100%
1969 60 0.000017265 60 -100%
1970 64 0.000017746 64 -100%
1971 66 0.000019229 66 -100%
1972 65 0.000020681 65 -100%
1973 57 0.000018894 57 -100%
1974 48 0.000015789 48 -100%
1975 58 0.000019209 58 -100%
1976 51 0.000016808 51 -100%
1977 62 0.000019518 62 -100%
1978 54 0.000017014 54 -100%
1979 52 0.00001563 52 -100%
1980 60 0.000017419 60 -100%
1981 51 0.000014743 51 -100%
1982 55 0.000015679 55 -100%
1983 78 0.000022522 78 -100%
1984 45 0.000012899 45 -100%
1985 45 0.000012608 45 -100%
1986 67 0.000018836 67 -100%
1987 61 0.000016918 61 -100%
1988 61 0.000016509 61 -100%
1989 49 0.000012746 49 -100%
1990 69 0.000017457 69 -100%
1991 67 0.0000172 67 -100%
1992 73 0.000019004 73 -100%
1993 67 0.000017771 67 -100%
1994 71 0.000019098 71 -100%
1995 65 0.000017749 65 -100%
1996 73 0.000020015 73 -100%
1997 54 0.000014893 54 -100%
1998 65 0.000017672 65 -100%
1999 56 0.00001516 56 -100%
2000 64 0.000016932 64 -100%
2001 60 0.000016028 60 -100%
2002 57 0.000015248 57 -100%
2003 57 0.000014991 57 -100%
2004 41 0.00001073 41 -100%
2005 48 0.000012484 48 -100%
2006 71 0.000017947 7 64 -80%
2007 58 0.000014508 58 -100%
2008 36 0.000009159 5 31 -72%
2009 63 0.000016491 7 56 -78%
2010 58 0.000015694 11 47 -62%
2011 51 0.000013943 7 44 -73%
2012 66 0.000018046 21 45 -36%
2013 77 0.000021121 21 56 -45%
2014 61 0.000016458 17 44 -44%
2015 68 0.000018374 16 52 -53%
2016 82 0.000022351 22 60 -46%
2017 84 0.000023489 25 59 -40%
2018 95 0.00002702 26 69 -45%
2019 99 0.000028523 28 71 -43%
2020 76 0.000022751 18 58 -53%
2021 103 0.000030402 29 74 -44%
2022 116 0.000034288 28 88 -52%
2023 98 0.000029597 24 74 -51%
2024 95 0.000028541 19 76 -60%

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