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How popular is “Carlton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carlton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Carlton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carlton” 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
1880 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 16 0.000083036 16 -100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 -100%
1883 19 0.000087579 19 -100%
1884 20 0.000082149 20 -100%
1885 18 0.000074734 18 -100%
1886 22 0.000086168 22 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 -100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 -100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 -100%
1892 21 0.000062804 21 -100%
1893 21 0.000064571 21 -100%
1894 30 0.000088577 30 -100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 -100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 -100%
1897 28 0.000080702 28 -100%
1898 31 0.000081268 31 -100%
1899 31 0.000091382 31 -100%
1900 38 0.000084396 38 -100%
1901 41 0.000118562 41 -100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 -100%
1903 33 0.000086569 33 -100%
1904 47 0.000116485 47 -100%
1905 48 0.000113228 48 -100%
1906 49 0.000114365 49 -100%
1907 49 0.000105288 49 -100%
1908 48 0.00009823 48 -100%
1909 61 0.000119321 61 -100%
1910 89 0.000150666 89 -100%
1911 108 0.00016763 108 -100%
1912 201 0.000203429 201 -100%
1913 198 0.000174126 198 -100%
1914 283 0.00019981 283 -100%
1915 349 0.000190458 349 -100%
1916 395 0.000204196 395 -100%
1917 388 0.000193347 388 -100%
1918 432 0.000198976 432 -100%
1919 397 0.00018813 397 -100%
1920 446 0.000197115 6 440 -97%
1921 480 0.000205611 480 -100%
1922 452 0.000197453 5 447 -98%
1923 455 0.000197613 5 450 -98%
1924 430 0.00018055 430 -100%
1925 454 0.000194574 6 448 -97%
1926 488 0.000212552 5 483 -98%
1927 483 0.000208247 483 -100%
1928 551 0.000243704 551 -100%
1929 507 0.000231279 5 502 -98%
1930 477 0.000214547 6 471 -97%
1931 503 0.000239024 503 -100%
1932 530 0.000251031 5 525 -98%
1933 490 0.000245068 490 -100%
1934 478 0.00023016 478 -100%
1935 491 0.000234939 491 -100%
1936 489 0.00023537 6 483 -98%
1937 548 0.000257196 548 -100%
1938 538 0.000243156 538 -100%
1939 494 0.000224195 494 -100%
1940 497 0.000215835 5 492 -98%
1941 510 0.000209323 510 -100%
1942 516 0.000188885 516 -100%
1943 555 0.00019663 7 548 -97%
1944 490 0.000182151 5 485 -98%
1945 500 0.000188472 500 -100%
1946 552 0.000172753 10 542 -96%
1947 637 0.00017683 637 -100%
1948 552 0.000159883 5 547 -98%
1949 584 0.000167586 584 -100%
1950 569 0.000162416 569 -100%
1951 674 0.000182966 8 666 -98%
1952 697 0.000183517 697 -100%
1953 724 0.000187874 6 718 -98%
1954 839 0.000210767 6 833 -99%
1955 874 0.000217679 874 -100%
1956 913 0.000221439 5 908 -99%
1957 962 0.000228931 7 955 -99%
1958 894 0.00021626 7 887 -98%
1959 821 0.000197451 8 813 -98%
1960 859 0.000206798 9 850 -98%
1961 776 0.000187335 7 769 -98%
1962 814 0.000201716 814 -100%
1963 762 0.000192512 762 -100%
1964 784 0.000201667 7 777 -98%
1965 646 0.000178185 6 640 -98%
1966 656 0.000188741 7 649 -98%
1967 613 0.000180565 613 -100%
1968 608 0.000179966 7 601 -98%
1969 527 0.000151641 16 511 -94%
1970 594 0.000164702 10 584 -97%
1971 601 0.000175098 6 595 -98%
1972 464 0.00014763 464 -100%
1973 477 0.00015811 477 -100%
1974 455 0.000149671 5 450 -98%
1975 496 0.000164271 496 -100%
1976 402 0.000132485 5 397 -98%
1977 465 0.000146388 465 -100%
1978 436 0.000137372 436 -100%
1979 469 0.000140968 469 -100%
1980 450 0.000130643 8 442 -96%
1981 397 0.000114761 5 392 -97%
1982 444 0.000126569 444 -100%
1983 383 0.000110587 383 -100%
1984 373 0.000106915 6 367 -97%
1985 378 0.000105909 378 -100%
1986 384 0.000107954 8 376 -96%
1987 359 0.000099567 7 352 -96%
1988 381 0.000103111 381 -100%
1989 478 0.000124335 478 -100%
1990 529 0.00013384 529 -100%
1991 469 0.000120403 469 -100%
1992 445 0.000115847 8 437 -96%
1993 402 0.000106623 6 396 -97%
1994 362 0.000097373 6 356 -97%
1995 333 0.00009093 5 328 -97%
1996 289 0.000079239 5 284 -97%
1997 269 0.000074192 269 -100%
1998 246 0.00006688 246 -100%
1999 224 0.000060641 224 -100%
2000 225 0.000059525 225 -100%
2001 208 0.000055565 208 -100%
2002 175 0.000046813 175 -100%
2003 154 0.000040502 154 -100%
2004 137 0.000035855 137 -100%
2005 180 0.000046816 180 -100%
2006 143 0.000036146 143 -100%
2007 146 0.000036521 146 -100%
2008 128 0.000032564 128 -100%
2009 114 0.000029842 114 -100%
2010 122 0.000033011 122 -100%
2011 102 0.000027886 102 -100%
2012 100 0.000027342 100 -100%
2013 87 0.000023864 87 -100%
2014 88 0.000023743 88 -100%
2015 99 0.00002675 99 -100%
2016 82 0.000022351 82 -100%
2017 72 0.000020133 72 -100%
2018 64 0.000018203 64 -100%
2019 69 0.000019879 69 -100%
2020 61 0.00001826 61 -100%
2021 55 0.000016234 55 -100%
2022 37 0.000010937 37 -100%
2023 48 0.000014496 48 -100%
2024 45 0.00001352 45 -100%

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