Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Branch” in the USA?

Number of people named “Branch” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Branch” by birth year

This chart shows how “Branch” 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
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 25 0.000006745 25 -100%
2015 38 0.000010268 38 -100%
2016 74 0.000020171 74 -100%
2017 70 0.000019574 70 -100%
2018 92 0.000026167 92 -100%
2019 80 0.000023049 80 -100%
2020 77 0.00002305 77 -100%
2021 79 0.000023318 79 -100%
2022 58 0.000017144 58 -100%
2023 46 0.000013892 46 -100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 -100%

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