Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Boris” in the USA?

Number of people named “Boris” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Boris” by birth year

This chart shows how “Boris” 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
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 27 -100%
1916 35 0.000018093 35 -100%
1917 36 0.000017939 36 -100%
1918 44 0.000020266 44 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 -100%
1921 45 0.000019276 45 -100%
1922 40 0.000017474 40 -100%
1923 50 0.000021716 50 -100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 -100%
1925 41 0.000017572 41 -100%
1926 33 0.000014373 33 -100%
1927 34 0.000014659 34 -100%
1928 29 0.000012827 29 -100%
1929 35 0.000015966 35 -100%
1930 33 0.000014843 33 -100%
1931 35 0.000016632 35 -100%
1932 34 0.000016104 34 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 28 0.000013482 28 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 19 0.000005158 19 -100%
1952 26 0.000006846 26 -100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 32 0.00000797 32 -100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 -100%
1957 34 0.000008091 34 -100%
1958 43 0.000010402 43 -100%
1959 46 0.000011063 46 -100%
1960 37 0.000008907 37 -100%
1961 63 0.000015209 63 -100%
1962 76 0.000018833 76 -100%
1963 62 0.000015664 62 -100%
1964 63 0.000016205 63 -100%
1965 54 0.000014895 54 -100%
1966 61 0.000017551 61 -100%
1967 56 0.000016495 56 -100%
1968 59 0.000017464 59 -100%
1969 66 0.000018991 66 -100%
1970 82 0.000022737 82 -100%
1971 58 0.000016898 58 -100%
1972 54 0.000017181 54 -100%
1973 51 0.000016905 51 -100%
1974 54 0.000017763 54 -100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 -100%
1976 43 0.000014171 43 -100%
1977 30 0.000009444 30 -100%
1978 35 0.000011028 35 -100%
1979 34 0.000010219 34 -100%
1980 31 0.000009 31 -100%
1981 38 0.000010985 38 -100%
1982 36 0.000010262 36 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 38 0.000010892 38 -100%
1985 40 0.000011207 40 -100%
1986 36 0.000010121 36 -100%
1987 54 0.000014977 54 -100%
1988 36 0.000009743 36 -100%
1989 47 0.000012225 47 -100%
1990 54 0.000013662 54 -100%
1991 71 0.000018227 71 -100%
1992 65 0.000016921 65 -100%
1993 59 0.000015649 59 -100%
1994 65 0.000017484 65 -100%
1995 72 0.000019661 72 -100%
1996 50 0.000013709 50 -100%
1997 53 0.000014618 53 -100%
1998 62 0.000016856 62 -100%
1999 52 0.000014077 52 -100%
2000 56 0.000014815 56 -100%
2001 55 0.000014693 55 -100%
2002 59 0.000015783 59 -100%
2003 52 0.000013676 52 -100%
2004 65 0.000017012 65 -100%
2005 61 0.000015865 61 -100%
2006 65 0.00001643 65 -100%
2007 49 0.000012257 49 -100%
2008 73 0.000018572 73 -100%
2009 46 0.000012041 46 -100%
2010 47 0.000012717 47 -100%
2011 48 0.000013123 48 -100%
2012 47 0.000012851 47 -100%
2013 64 0.000017555 64 -100%
2014 54 0.000014569 54 -100%
2015 49 0.00001324 49 -100%
2016 47 0.000012811 47 -100%
2017 51 0.000014261 51 -100%
2018 52 0.00001479 52 -100%
2019 48 0.000013829 48 -100%
2020 50 0.000014967 50 -100%
2021 42 0.000012397 42 -100%
2022 34 0.00001005 34 -100%
2023 32 0.000009664 32 -100%
2024 35 0.000010515 35 -100%

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