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How popular is “Berkeley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Berkeley” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Berkeley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Berkeley” 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
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 5 6 -9%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 7 5 17%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1978 12 0.000003781 6 6 0%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 12 0.000003465 5 7 -17%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1985 15 0.000004203 8 7 7%
1986 17 0.000004779 11 6 29%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 21 0.000005462 11 10 5%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 18 0.000004621 11 7 22%
1992 16 0.000004165 10 6 25%
1993 22 0.000005835 14 8 27%
1994 23 0.000006187 12 11 4%
1995 27 0.000007373 18 9 33%
1996 20 0.000005484 12 8 20%
1997 27 0.000007447 20 7 48%
1998 33 0.000008972 19 14 15%
1999 30 0.000008122 19 11 27%
2000 30 0.000007937 22 8 47%
2001 37 0.000009884 29 8 57%
2002 31 0.000008293 21 10 35%
2003 34 0.000008942 24 10 41%
2004 46 0.000012039 30 16 30%
2005 58 0.000015085 45 13 55%
2006 52 0.000013144 43 9 65%
2007 55 0.000013758 48 7 75%
2008 72 0.000018318 56 16 56%
2009 66 0.000017277 56 10 70%
2010 88 0.000023811 76 12 73%
2011 109 0.000029799 88 21 61%
2012 97 0.000026522 77 20 59%
2013 105 0.000028801 84 21 60%
2014 99 0.000026711 85 14 72%
2015 125 0.000033775 108 17 73%
2016 133 0.000036253 117 16 76%
2017 133 0.00003719 119 14 79%
2018 132 0.000037544 115 17 74%
2019 116 0.00003342 98 18 69%
2020 110 0.000032928 100 10 82%
2021 101 0.000029812 89 12 76%
2022 95 0.00002808 80 15 68%
2023 92 0.000027785 81 11 76%
2024 83 0.000024936 76 7 83%

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