Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Birgit” in the USA?

Number of people named “Birgit” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Birgit” by birth year

This chart shows how “Birgit” 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
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 100%
1963 23 0.000005811 23 100%
1964 20 0.000005145 20 100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%

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