Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Biff” in the USA?

Number of people named “Biff” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Biff” by birth year

This chart shows how “Biff” 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
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 -100%
1956 26 0.000006306 26 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1978 6 0.00000189 6 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%

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