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How popular is “Berkley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Berkley” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Berkley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Berkley” 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
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 26 0.000013441 26 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 25 0.000011049 25 -100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 23 0.000009857 23 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 -100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 -100%
1928 31 0.000013711 31 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 31 0.000013943 31 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 28 0.000013482 28 -100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 -100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 -100%
1937 31 0.000014549 31 -100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 -100%
1941 18 0.000007388 18 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 -100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 17 0.00000532 17 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 23 0.000006565 23 -100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 5 10 -33%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 23 0.000005473 23 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 14 0.00000337 14 -100%
1961 22 0.000005311 22 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 15 0.000004773 5 10 -33%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 20 0.000006579 8 12 -20%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 5 8 -23%
1980 15 0.000004355 5 10 -33%
1981 14 0.000004047 8 6 14%
1982 14 0.000003991 5 9 -29%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 19 0.000005446 12 7 26%
1985 17 0.000004763 7 10 -18%
1986 14 0.000003936 7 7 0%
1987 21 0.000005824 12 9 14%
1988 12 0.000003248 5 7 -17%
1989 19 0.000004942 12 7 26%
1990 17 0.000004301 9 8 6%
1991 22 0.000005648 14 8 27%
1992 20 0.000005207 13 7 30%
1993 29 0.000007692 16 13 10%
1994 40 0.000010759 28 12 40%
1995 39 0.000010649 26 13 33%
1996 39 0.000010693 32 7 64%
1997 35 0.000009653 26 9 49%
1998 53 0.000014409 38 15 43%
1999 56 0.00001516 38 18 36%
2000 48 0.000012699 36 12 50%
2001 63 0.00001683 48 15 52%
2002 59 0.000015783 38 21 29%
2003 80 0.00002104 62 18 55%
2004 76 0.00001989 61 15 61%
2005 86 0.000022368 73 13 70%
2006 142 0.000035893 124 18 75%
2007 156 0.000039023 134 22 72%
2008 162 0.000041214 135 27 67%
2009 193 0.000050521 163 30 69%
2010 227 0.000061422 193 34 70%
2011 251 0.000068621 217 34 73%
2012 268 0.000073277 223 45 66%
2013 284 0.000077901 234 50 65%
2014 274 0.000073927 238 36 74%
2015 290 0.000078359 243 47 68%
2016 275 0.000074958 229 46 67%
2017 255 0.000071305 211 44 65%
2018 319 0.000090731 281 38 76%
2019 305 0.000087873 261 44 71%
2020 381 0.000114052 331 50 74%
2021 389 0.000114819 354 35 82%
2022 371 0.000109662 340 31 83%
2023 363 0.000109628 327 36 80%
2024 341 0.000102449 306 35 79%

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