Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Caress” in the USA?

Number of people named “Caress” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Caress” by birth year

This chart shows how “Caress” 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
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1986 69 0.000019398 69 100%
1987 36 0.000009984 36 100%
1988 20 0.000005413 20 100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%

Explore other names

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  2. Carene
  3. Careron
  4. Caresa
  5. Caresha
  6. Caress (this page)
  7. Caressa
  8. Caresse
  9. Caretha
  10. Caretta
  11. Carey