Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Cary” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cary” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cary” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cary” 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 17 0.000084374 17 -100%
1881 12 0.000062277 12 -100%
1882 20 0.00009028 7 13 -30%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 -100%
1889 16 0.000055374 5 11 -38%
1890 16 0.000053085 7 9 -13%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 22 0.000067646 6 16 -45%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 -100%
1895 17 0.00004843 6 11 -29%
1896 21 0.000058744 21 -100%
1897 17 0.000048997 6 11 -29%
1898 15 0.000039323 5 10 -33%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 17 0.000037756 5 12 -41%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 -100%
1903 21 0.000055089 12 9 14%
1904 17 0.000042133 5 12 -41%
1905 21 0.000049537 8 13 -24%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 -100%
1907 20 0.000042975 6 14 -40%
1908 18 0.000036836 5 13 -44%
1909 29 0.000056727 5 24 -66%
1910 31 0.000052479 8 23 -48%
1911 21 0.000032595 21 -100%
1912 32 0.000032387 12 20 -25%
1913 39 0.000034297 11 28 -44%
1914 42 0.000029654 10 32 -52%
1915 65 0.000035472 12 53 -63%
1916 56 0.000028949 14 42 -50%
1917 70 0.000034882 14 56 -60%
1918 71 0.000032702 21 50 -41%
1919 78 0.000036963 21 57 -46%
1920 73 0.000032263 12 61 -67%
1921 87 0.000037267 12 75 -72%
1922 73 0.000031889 13 60 -64%
1923 76 0.000033008 17 59 -55%
1924 75 0.000031491 16 59 -57%
1925 71 0.000030429 19 52 -46%
1926 51 0.000022213 9 42 -65%
1927 74 0.000031905 19 55 -49%
1928 56 0.000024768 12 44 -57%
1929 57 0.000026002 13 44 -54%
1930 64 0.000028786 11 53 -66%
1931 55 0.000026136 8 47 -71%
1932 58 0.000027471 15 43 -48%
1933 69 0.00003451 14 55 -59%
1934 70 0.000033705 12 58 -66%
1935 76 0.000036365 15 61 -61%
1936 102 0.000049096 22 80 -57%
1937 81 0.000038016 8 73 -80%
1938 114 0.000051524 15 99 -74%
1939 117 0.000053099 20 97 -66%
1940 155 0.000067313 21 134 -73%
1941 186 0.000076341 11 175 -88%
1942 226 0.000082729 19 207 -83%
1943 290 0.000102744 29 261 -80%
1944 272 0.000101112 24 248 -82%
1945 258 0.000097252 21 237 -84%
1946 335 0.000104841 30 305 -82%
1947 391 0.000108541 34 357 -83%
1948 470 0.000136133 34 436 -86%
1949 491 0.000140899 44 447 -82%
1950 483 0.000137868 40 443 -83%
1951 483 0.000131117 41 442 -83%
1952 513 0.000135071 51 462 -80%
1953 482 0.000125076 75 407 -69%
1954 582 0.000146205 72 510 -75%
1955 571 0.000142214 81 490 -72%
1956 680 0.000164927 125 555 -63%
1957 902 0.000214652 114 788 -75%
1958 710 0.00017175 127 583 -64%
1959 906 0.000217894 127 779 -72%
1960 878 0.000211372 118 760 -73%
1961 745 0.000179852 121 624 -68%
1962 891 0.000220797 107 784 -76%
1963 883 0.000223081 119 764 -73%
1964 823 0.000211698 74 749 -82%
1965 767 0.00021156 78 689 -80%
1966 835 0.000240242 72 763 -83%
1967 740 0.000217974 111 629 -70%
1968 787 0.00023295 124 663 -68%
1969 751 0.000216095 129 622 -66%
1970 725 0.000201025 155 570 -57%
1971 729 0.000212391 186 543 -49%
1972 567 0.000180401 156 411 -45%
1973 539 0.000178661 154 385 -43%
1974 483 0.000158882 177 306 -27%
1975 564 0.000186792 204 360 -28%
1976 508 0.000167419 183 325 -28%
1977 435 0.000136943 165 270 -24%
1978 362 0.000114056 131 231 -28%
1979 299 0.000089871 101 198 -32%
1980 280 0.000081289 85 195 -39%
1981 283 0.000081807 97 186 -31%
1982 253 0.000072122 76 177 -40%
1983 239 0.000069009 82 157 -31%
1984 244 0.000069939 65 179 -47%
1985 261 0.000073127 64 197 -51%
1986 227 0.000063816 45 182 -60%
1987 217 0.000060184 40 177 -63%
1988 202 0.000054668 41 161 -59%
1989 219 0.000056965 47 172 -57%
1990 204 0.000051613 47 157 -54%
1991 177 0.00004544 34 143 -62%
1992 156 0.000040612 31 125 -60%
1993 138 0.000036602 25 113 -64%
1994 129 0.000034699 24 105 -63%
1995 109 0.000029764 22 87 -60%
1996 92 0.000025225 27 65 -41%
1997 104 0.000028684 23 81 -56%
1998 99 0.000026915 18 81 -64%
1999 63 0.000017055 16 47 -49%
2000 72 0.000019048 19 53 -47%
2001 62 0.000016563 13 49 -58%
2002 42 0.000011235 8 34 -62%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 -100%
2004 45 0.000011777 11 34 -51%
2005 44 0.000011444 14 30 -36%
2006 27 0.000006825 27 -100%
2007 43 0.000010756 8 35 -63%
2008 41 0.000010431 7 34 -66%
2009 32 0.000008377 7 25 -56%
2010 31 0.000008388 7 24 -55%
2011 38 0.000010389 9 29 -53%
2012 33 0.000009023 5 28 -70%
2013 28 0.00000768 6 22 -57%
2014 28 0.000007555 7 21 -50%
2015 32 0.000008647 32 -100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 -100%
2017 36 0.000010067 5 31 -72%
2018 27 0.000007679 5 22 -63%
2019 41 0.000011812 41 -100%
2020 26 0.000007783 26 -100%
2021 27 0.000007969 27 -100%
2022 37 0.000010937 37 -100%
2023 23 0.000006946 23 -100%
2024 36 0.000010816 5 31 -72%

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