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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Bland” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bland” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Bland” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bland” 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
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%

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