Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Carlson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carlson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Carlson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carlson” 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
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 15 0.000004047 15 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 -100%
2017 18 0.000005033 18 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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