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How popular is “Brantley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Brantley” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Brantley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Brantley” 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
1893 5 0.000015374 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 14 0.000006699 14 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 18 0.000005214 18 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 19 0.000004522 19 -100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 -100%
1969 23 0.000006618 23 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 28 0.000008158 5 23 -64%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 31 0.000010197 31 -100%
1975 36 0.000011923 6 30 -67%
1976 21 0.000006921 6 15 -43%
1977 33 0.000010389 5 28 -70%
1978 44 0.000013863 8 36 -64%
1979 34 0.000010219 34 -100%
1980 46 0.000013355 9 37 -61%
1981 35 0.000010117 6 29 -66%
1982 48 0.000013683 10 38 -58%
1983 32 0.00000924 6 26 -63%
1984 44 0.000012612 9 35 -59%
1985 44 0.000012328 8 36 -64%
1986 48 0.000013494 8 40 -67%
1987 44 0.000012203 44 -100%
1988 96 0.000025981 96 -100%
1989 87 0.00002263 87 -100%
1990 75 0.000018975 12 63 -68%
1991 62 0.000015917 62 -100%
1992 64 0.000016661 8 56 -75%
1993 73 0.000019362 6 67 -84%
1994 89 0.00002394 16 73 -64%
1995 74 0.000020207 10 64 -73%
1996 75 0.000020564 9 66 -76%
1997 105 0.00002896 20 85 -62%
1998 90 0.000024468 15 75 -67%
1999 89 0.000024094 17 72 -62%
2000 110 0.000029101 24 86 -56%
2001 99 0.000026447 13 86 -74%
2002 84 0.00002247 17 67 -60%
2003 109 0.000028667 15 94 -72%
2004 90 0.000023555 14 76 -69%
2005 119 0.000030951 25 94 -58%
2006 116 0.000029321 22 94 -62%
2007 112 0.000028016 13 99 -77%
2008 117 0.000029766 18 99 -69%
2009 152 0.000039789 15 137 -80%
2010 339 0.000091727 28 311 -83%
2011 1018 0.00027831 27 991 -95%
2012 2636 0.000720737 48 2588 -96%
2013 3234 0.00088708 41 3193 -97%
2014 3399 0.000917068 46 3353 -97%
2015 3361 0.000908155 55 3306 -97%
2016 2646 0.000721237 32 2614 -98%
2017 2365 0.000661317 27 2338 -98%
2018 2130 0.00060582 23 2107 -98%
2019 1680 0.00048402 14 1666 -98%
2020 1596 0.000477762 17 1579 -98%
2021 1312 0.000387255 10 1302 -98%
2022 1088 0.000321595 21 1067 -96%
2023 911 0.000275127 22 889 -95%
2024 646 0.000194081 6 640 -98%

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