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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Carry” in the USA?

Number of people named “Carry” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Carry” by birth year

This chart shows how “Carry” 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
1881 6 0.000031138 6 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 100%
1894 17 0.000050193 12 5 41%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 100%
1906 15 0.00003501 15 100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 100%
1910 15 0.000025393 15 100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 100%
1917 26 0.000012956 20 6 54%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 100%
1921 24 0.000010281 18 6 50%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 100%
1924 19 0.000007978 13 6 37%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 100%
1927 18 0.000007761 13 5 44%
1928 12 0.000005308 12 100%
1929 21 0.00000958 16 5 52%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 15 0.000007128 10 5 33%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 100%
1940 16 0.000006948 11 5 38%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 8 5 23%
1947 17 0.000004719 11 6 29%
1948 14 0.000004055 5 9 -29%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1950 10 0.000002854 5 5 0%
1951 11 0.000002986 6 5 9%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 10 0.000002595 5 5 0%
1954 13 0.000003266 7 6 8%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 100%
1957 21 0.000004997 9 12 -14%
1958 23 0.000005564 12 11 4%
1959 20 0.00000481 11 9 10%
1960 18 0.000004333 8 10 -11%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 18 0.000004461 8 10 -11%
1963 15 0.00000379 7 8 -7%
1964 29 0.00000746 15 14 3%
1965 18 0.000004965 9 9 0%
1966 19 0.000005467 11 8 16%
1967 25 0.000007364 14 11 12%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 100%
1969 20 0.000005755 11 9 10%
1970 30 0.000008318 22 8 47%
1971 34 0.000009906 23 11 35%
1972 34 0.000010818 24 10 41%
1973 27 0.00000895 21 6 56%
1974 19 0.00000625 14 5 47%
1975 43 0.000014241 37 6 72%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 100%
1977 26 0.000008185 26 100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 100%
1980 27 0.000007839 16 11 19%
1981 22 0.00000636 16 6 45%
1982 27 0.000007697 22 5 63%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 100%
1986 21 0.000005904 15 6 43%
1987 15 0.00000416 15 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 10 5 33%
1990 16 0.000004048 10 6 25%
1991 15 0.000003851 15 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%

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