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How popular is “Carlyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carlyn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Carlyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carlyn” 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
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 100%
1924 28 0.000011757 21 7 50%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 100%
1929 30 0.000013685 25 5 67%
1930 38 0.000017092 38 100%
1931 23 0.00001093 17 6 48%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 100%
1933 29 0.000014504 24 5 66%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 100%
1935 24 0.000011484 24 100%
1936 37 0.000017809 32 5 73%
1937 32 0.000015019 32 100%
1938 37 0.000016723 27 10 46%
1939 36 0.000016338 30 6 67%
1940 39 0.000016937 34 5 74%
1941 46 0.00001888 38 8 65%
1942 52 0.000019035 52 100%
1943 68 0.000024092 68 100%
1944 60 0.000022304 60 100%
1945 47 0.000017716 47 100%
1946 54 0.0000169 54 100%
1947 58 0.000016101 58 100%
1948 39 0.000011296 39 100%
1949 36 0.000010331 36 100%
1950 50 0.000014272 50 100%
1951 37 0.000010044 37 100%
1952 43 0.000011322 43 100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 100%
1954 39 0.000009797 39 100%
1955 42 0.000010461 42 100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 100%
1957 47 0.000011185 42 5 79%
1958 32 0.000007741 32 100%
1959 40 0.00000962 40 100%
1960 39 0.000009389 39 100%
1961 53 0.000012795 53 100%
1962 54 0.000013382 54 100%
1963 40 0.000010106 40 100%
1964 43 0.000011061 43 100%
1965 50 0.000013791 50 100%
1966 38 0.000010933 38 100%
1967 45 0.000013255 45 100%
1968 39 0.000011544 39 100%
1969 36 0.000010359 36 100%
1970 42 0.000011646 42 100%
1971 38 0.000011071 38 100%
1972 22 0.000007 22 100%
1973 28 0.000009281 28 100%
1974 31 0.000010197 31 100%
1975 44 0.000014572 44 100%
1976 35 0.000011535 35 100%
1977 26 0.000008185 26 100%
1978 28 0.000008822 28 100%
1979 26 0.000007815 26 100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 100%
1981 47 0.000013586 47 100%
1982 45 0.000012828 45 100%
1983 47 0.000013571 47 100%
1984 59 0.000016911 59 100%
1985 69 0.000019333 69 100%
1986 62 0.00001743 62 100%
1987 72 0.000019969 72 100%
1988 67 0.000018132 67 100%
1989 61 0.000015867 61 100%
1990 55 0.000013915 55 100%
1991 68 0.000017457 68 100%
1992 74 0.000019264 74 100%
1993 72 0.000019097 72 100%
1994 78 0.000020981 73 5 87%
1995 58 0.000015838 58 100%
1996 57 0.000015628 57 100%
1997 63 0.000017376 63 100%
1998 42 0.000011419 42 100%
1999 52 0.000014077 52 100%
2000 66 0.000017461 66 100%
2001 57 0.000015227 57 100%
2002 56 0.00001498 56 100%
2003 48 0.000012624 48 100%
2004 57 0.000014918 57 100%
2005 46 0.000011964 46 100%
2006 42 0.000010616 42 100%
2007 45 0.000011257 45 100%
2008 44 0.000011194 44 100%
2009 44 0.000011518 44 100%
2010 33 0.000008929 33 100%
2011 33 0.000009022 33 100%
2012 38 0.00001039 38 100%
2013 38 0.000010423 38 100%
2014 33 0.000008904 33 100%
2015 31 0.000008376 31 100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 100%
2017 28 0.00000783 28 100%
2018 20 0.000005688 20 100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 100%
2020 23 0.000006885 23 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 100%
2024 18 0.000005408 18 100%

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