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How popular is “Carolynn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carolynn” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Carolynn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carolynn” 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
1917 8 0.000003987 8 100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 100%
1932 23 0.000010894 23 100%
1933 35 0.000017505 35 100%
1934 37 0.000017816 37 100%
1935 55 0.000026317 55 100%
1936 38 0.000018291 38 100%
1937 66 0.000030976 66 100%
1938 70 0.000031637 70 100%
1939 70 0.000031768 70 100%
1940 107 0.000046467 107 100%
1941 123 0.000050484 123 100%
1942 169 0.000061864 169 100%
1943 160 0.000056686 160 100%
1944 165 0.000061336 165 100%
1945 143 0.000053903 143 100%
1946 163 0.000051012 163 100%
1947 168 0.000046637 168 100%
1948 139 0.00004026 139 100%
1949 130 0.000037305 130 100%
1950 108 0.000030828 108 100%
1951 104 0.000028232 104 100%
1952 122 0.000032122 122 100%
1953 91 0.000023614 91 100%
1954 108 0.000027131 108 100%
1955 88 0.000021917 88 100%
1956 91 0.000022071 91 100%
1957 102 0.000024273 102 100%
1958 89 0.000021529 89 100%
1959 97 0.000023329 97 100%
1960 71 0.000017093 71 100%
1961 109 0.000026314 109 100%
1962 103 0.000025524 103 100%
1963 83 0.000020969 83 100%
1964 73 0.000018778 73 100%
1965 73 0.000020135 73 100%
1966 55 0.000015824 55 100%
1967 72 0.000021208 72 100%
1968 82 0.000024272 82 100%
1969 71 0.00002043 71 100%
1970 74 0.000020518 74 100%
1971 63 0.000018355 63 100%
1972 52 0.000016545 52 100%
1973 49 0.000016242 49 100%
1974 49 0.000016118 49 100%
1975 46 0.000015235 46 100%
1976 45 0.00001483 45 100%
1977 57 0.000017944 57 100%
1978 49 0.000015439 49 100%
1979 56 0.000016832 56 100%
1980 55 0.000015967 55 100%
1981 64 0.0000185 64 100%
1982 58 0.000016534 58 100%
1983 52 0.000015014 52 100%
1984 60 0.000017198 60 100%
1985 37 0.000010367 37 100%
1986 50 0.000014056 50 100%
1987 45 0.000012481 45 100%
1988 50 0.000013532 50 100%
1989 48 0.000012486 48 100%
1990 51 0.000012903 51 100%
1991 45 0.000011552 45 100%
1992 64 0.000016661 64 100%
1993 51 0.000013527 51 100%
1994 46 0.000012373 46 100%
1995 35 0.000009557 35 100%
1996 50 0.000013709 50 100%
1997 45 0.000012411 45 100%
1998 42 0.000011419 42 100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 100%
2000 56 0.000014815 56 100%
2001 44 0.000011754 44 100%
2002 43 0.000011503 43 100%
2003 43 0.000011309 43 100%
2004 42 0.000010992 42 100%
2005 37 0.000009623 37 100%
2006 48 0.000012133 48 100%
2007 44 0.000011006 44 100%
2008 40 0.000010176 40 100%
2009 52 0.000013612 52 100%
2010 35 0.00000947 35 100%
2011 33 0.000009022 33 100%
2012 43 0.000011757 43 100%
2013 57 0.000015635 57 100%
2014 39 0.000010522 39 100%
2015 47 0.0000127 47 100%
2016 51 0.000013901 51 100%
2017 44 0.000012304 44 100%
2018 37 0.000010524 37 100%
2019 53 0.00001527 53 100%
2020 42 0.000012573 42 100%
2021 35 0.000010331 35 100%
2022 43 0.00001271 43 100%
2023 35 0.00001057 35 100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 100%

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