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How popular is “Bernie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bernie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bernie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bernie” 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 11 0.000049654 11 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 19 0.000063039 6 13 -37%
1891 13 0.000045348 5 8 -23%
1892 19 0.000056823 6 13 -37%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 16 0.000046115 8 8 0%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 30 0.000066628 11 19 -27%
1901 17 0.00004916 5 12 -41%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 -100%
1903 16 0.000041973 7 9 -13%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 27 0.000063691 9 18 -33%
1906 17 0.000039678 5 12 -41%
1907 27 0.000058016 6 21 -56%
1908 35 0.000071626 16 19 -9%
1909 22 0.000043034 8 14 -27%
1910 32 0.000054172 10 22 -38%
1911 38 0.000058981 11 27 -42%
1912 52 0.000052628 19 33 -27%
1913 65 0.000057162 22 43 -32%
1914 77 0.000054365 24 53 -38%
1915 98 0.000053481 23 75 -53%
1916 107 0.000055314 19 88 -64%
1917 96 0.000047839 17 79 -65%
1918 106 0.000048823 32 74 -40%
1919 118 0.000055918 18 100 -69%
1920 110 0.000048616 20 90 -64%
1921 115 0.000049261 26 89 -55%
1922 116 0.000050674 25 91 -57%
1923 128 0.000055592 29 99 -55%
1924 118 0.000049546 29 89 -51%
1925 133 0.000057001 32 101 -52%
1926 138 0.000060107 33 105 -52%
1927 112 0.000048289 23 89 -59%
1928 138 0.000061037 28 110 -59%
1929 109 0.000049723 19 90 -65%
1930 120 0.000053974 21 99 -65%
1931 137 0.000065102 24 113 -65%
1932 165 0.000078151 35 130 -58%
1933 147 0.00007352 19 128 -74%
1934 167 0.000080412 27 140 -68%
1935 168 0.000080387 33 135 -61%
1936 141 0.000067867 14 127 -80%
1937 171 0.000080256 27 144 -68%
1938 171 0.000077286 26 145 -70%
1939 139 0.000063083 20 119 -71%
1940 138 0.00005993 22 116 -68%
1941 164 0.000067312 18 146 -78%
1942 157 0.000057471 22 135 -72%
1943 155 0.000054915 13 142 -83%
1944 163 0.000060593 25 138 -69%
1945 158 0.000059557 30 128 -62%
1946 174 0.000054455 34 140 -61%
1947 203 0.000056353 27 176 -73%
1948 171 0.000049529 16 155 -81%
1949 155 0.000044479 21 134 -73%
1950 149 0.000042531 22 127 -70%
1951 149 0.000040448 29 120 -61%
1952 147 0.000038705 20 127 -73%
1953 159 0.00004126 29 130 -64%
1954 180 0.000045218 34 146 -62%
1955 159 0.000039601 25 134 -69%
1956 177 0.00004293 23 154 -74%
1957 226 0.000053782 51 175 -55%
1958 244 0.000059024 34 210 -72%
1959 220 0.00005291 37 183 -66%
1960 266 0.000064038 35 231 -74%
1961 245 0.000059146 30 215 -76%
1962 233 0.000057739 29 204 -75%
1963 178 0.00004497 19 159 -79%
1964 178 0.000045787 12 166 -87%
1965 131 0.000036133 12 119 -82%
1966 113 0.000032512 15 98 -73%
1967 110 0.000032402 10 100 -82%
1968 96 0.000028416 10 86 -79%
1969 96 0.000027623 6 90 -88%
1970 87 0.000024123 87 -100%
1971 83 0.000024182 9 74 -78%
1972 90 0.000028635 6 84 -87%
1973 78 0.000025854 5 73 -87%
1974 57 0.00001875 57 -100%
1975 68 0.000022521 8 60 -76%
1976 53 0.000017467 53 -100%
1977 70 0.000022037 70 -100%
1978 53 0.000016699 53 -100%
1979 52 0.00001563 52 -100%
1980 45 0.000013064 45 -100%
1981 37 0.000010696 37 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 31 0.000008951 31 -100%
1984 36 0.000010319 36 -100%
1985 43 0.000012048 43 -100%
1986 33 0.000009277 33 -100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 -100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 -100%
1989 36 0.000009364 36 -100%
1990 33 0.000008349 33 -100%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 -100%
1992 33 0.000008591 33 -100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 -100%
1994 28 0.000007532 28 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 23 0.000006306 23 -100%
1997 26 0.000007171 26 -100%
1998 26 0.000007069 26 -100%
1999 24 0.000006497 24 -100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 -100%
2001 20 0.000005343 20 -100%
2002 21 0.000005618 21 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 -100%
2004 26 0.000006805 26 -100%
2005 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 21 0.000005343 21 -100%
2009 20 0.000005235 20 -100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 -100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 -100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 -100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 -100%

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