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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Blair” in the USA?

Number of people named “Blair” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Blair” by birth year

This chart shows how “Blair” 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
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 -100%
1912 26 0.000026314 26 -100%
1913 31 0.000027262 31 -100%
1914 49 0.000034596 6 43 -76%
1915 74 0.000040384 5 69 -86%
1916 67 0.000034636 67 -100%
1917 73 0.000036377 73 -100%
1918 78 0.000035926 78 -100%
1919 85 0.00004028 6 79 -86%
1920 81 0.000035799 81 -100%
1921 81 0.000034697 81 -100%
1922 76 0.0000332 76 -100%
1923 71 0.000030836 71 -100%
1924 84 0.00003527 7 77 -83%
1925 90 0.000038572 90 -100%
1926 92 0.000040071 6 86 -87%
1927 73 0.000031474 73 -100%
1928 73 0.000032287 73 -100%
1929 75 0.000034213 75 -100%
1930 77 0.000034633 77 -100%
1931 72 0.000034214 72 -100%
1932 57 0.000026998 57 -100%
1933 82 0.000041011 5 77 -88%
1934 66 0.000031779 66 -100%
1935 68 0.000032537 5 63 -85%
1936 50 0.000024066 50 -100%
1937 55 0.000025813 8 47 -71%
1938 69 0.000031185 69 -100%
1939 51 0.000023146 51 -100%
1940 56 0.000024319 8 48 -71%
1941 54 0.000022164 54 -100%
1942 96 0.000035141 8 88 -83%
1943 125 0.000044286 8 117 -87%
1944 77 0.000028624 6 71 -84%
1945 92 0.000034679 8 84 -83%
1946 88 0.00002754 8 80 -82%
1947 110 0.000030536 13 97 -76%
1948 125 0.000036205 11 114 -82%
1949 107 0.000030705 12 95 -78%
1950 167 0.000047669 23 144 -72%
1951 214 0.000058093 17 197 -84%
1952 244 0.000064244 25 219 -80%
1953 299 0.000077589 31 268 -79%
1954 298 0.000074861 24 274 -84%
1955 258 0.000064258 27 231 -79%
1956 257 0.000062333 28 229 -78%
1957 256 0.000060921 20 236 -84%
1958 242 0.00005854 23 219 -81%
1959 263 0.000063252 31 232 -76%
1960 286 0.000068852 35 251 -76%
1961 276 0.00006663 39 237 -72%
1962 347 0.00008599 41 306 -76%
1963 376 0.000094993 46 330 -76%
1964 258 0.000066365 29 229 -78%
1965 244 0.000067302 44 200 -64%
1966 256 0.000073655 41 215 -68%
1967 244 0.000071873 42 202 -66%
1968 240 0.000071039 26 214 -78%
1969 207 0.000059563 26 181 -75%
1970 212 0.000058783 30 182 -72%
1971 183 0.000053316 32 151 -65%
1972 158 0.000050271 27 131 -66%
1973 151 0.000050052 29 122 -62%
1974 177 0.000058224 34 143 -62%
1975 183 0.000060608 33 150 -64%
1976 207 0.00006822 42 165 -59%
1977 234 0.000073666 41 193 -65%
1978 270 0.00008507 59 211 -56%
1979 329 0.000098888 88 241 -47%
1980 409 0.00011874 170 239 -17%
1981 653 0.000188762 372 281 14%
1982 711 0.000202682 483 228 36%
1983 648 0.000187103 411 237 27%
1984 700 0.000200645 482 218 38%
1985 693 0.000194166 513 180 48%
1986 688 0.000193417 495 193 44%
1987 599 0.00016613 443 156 48%
1988 751 0.000203245 547 204 46%
1989 736 0.000191445 490 246 33%
1990 805 0.00020367 501 304 24%
1991 705 0.000180989 438 267 24%
1992 709 0.000184574 457 252 29%
1993 545 0.000144552 360 185 32%
1994 493 0.000132611 332 161 35%
1995 475 0.000129705 338 137 42%
1996 452 0.000123931 334 118 48%
1997 419 0.000115562 304 115 45%
1998 385 0.000104671 257 128 34%
1999 332 0.000089879 241 91 45%
2000 326 0.000086246 218 108 34%
2001 241 0.00006438 154 87 28%
2002 236 0.00006313 166 70 41%
2003 216 0.000056807 148 68 37%
2004 238 0.000062289 153 85 29%
2005 208 0.000054098 164 44 58%
2006 250 0.000063192 157 93 26%
2007 245 0.000061286 187 58 53%
2008 264 0.000067164 194 70 47%
2009 278 0.000072772 230 48 65%
2010 294 0.000079551 224 70 52%
2011 337 0.000092132 262 75 55%
2012 369 0.000100892 305 64 65%
2013 442 0.00012124 383 59 73%
2014 513 0.00013841 440 73 72%
2015 554 0.000149693 484 70 75%
2016 681 0.000185624 597 84 75%
2017 689 0.000192663 614 75 78%
2018 784 0.000222987 729 55 86%
2019 837 0.000241146 771 66 84%
2020 974 0.000291566 925 49 90%
2021 1085 0.000320253 1025 60 89%
2022 1203 0.000355587 1122 81 87%
2023 1350 0.000407708 1264 86 87%
2024 1479 0.000444344 1412 67 91%

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