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How popular is “Clinton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clinton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Clinton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clinton” 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 79 0.000392091 79 -100%
1881 87 0.000451507 87 -100%
1882 79 0.000356606 79 -100%
1883 87 0.000401021 87 -100%
1884 101 0.000414851 101 -100%
1885 82 0.000340455 82 -100%
1886 85 0.000332921 85 -100%
1887 71 0.000286994 71 -100%
1888 101 0.000337258 101 -100%
1889 95 0.000328781 95 -100%
1890 90 0.000298606 90 -100%
1891 87 0.000303482 87 -100%
1892 84 0.000251216 84 -100%
1893 80 0.000245985 80 -100%
1894 80 0.000236204 80 -100%
1895 91 0.000259244 91 -100%
1896 93 0.000260152 93 -100%
1897 90 0.000259398 90 -100%
1898 92 0.000241182 92 -100%
1899 70 0.000206347 70 -100%
1900 91 0.000202106 91 -100%
1901 76 0.000219773 76 -100%
1902 92 0.00023789 92 -100%
1903 106 0.000278069 106 -100%
1904 109 0.000270146 109 -100%
1905 98 0.000231175 98 -100%
1906 100 0.000233399 100 -100%
1907 139 0.000298674 139 -100%
1908 140 0.000286504 140 -100%
1909 171 0.000334491 171 -100%
1910 162 0.000274246 162 -100%
1911 179 0.00027783 179 -100%
1912 362 0.000366374 362 -100%
1913 386 0.000339457 386 -100%
1914 566 0.00039962 566 -100%
1915 681 0.000371638 681 -100%
1916 662 0.000342222 662 -100%
1917 670 0.000333873 670 -100%
1918 833 0.000383675 11 822 -97%
1919 819 0.000388107 7 812 -98%
1920 913 0.00040351 5 908 -99%
1921 873 0.000373955 873 -100%
1922 924 0.000403642 8 916 -98%
1923 873 0.000379156 7 866 -98%
1924 831 0.000348924 831 -100%
1925 869 0.000372434 7 862 -98%
1926 850 0.000370224 7 843 -98%
1927 802 0.000345785 8 794 -98%
1928 805 0.000356047 16 789 -96%
1929 772 0.000352164 11 761 -97%
1930 704 0.000316648 10 694 -97%
1931 694 0.000329787 6 688 -98%
1932 705 0.000333919 5 700 -99%
1933 639 0.000319588 639 -100%
1934 643 0.000309609 643 -100%
1935 718 0.000343557 718 -100%
1936 659 0.000317196 6 653 -98%
1937 659 0.000309292 659 -100%
1938 665 0.000300555 8 657 -98%
1939 662 0.000300439 5 657 -98%
1940 638 0.000277068 6 632 -98%
1941 737 0.000302492 737 -100%
1942 738 0.00027015 738 -100%
1943 710 0.000251545 710 -100%
1944 690 0.000256498 690 -100%
1945 681 0.000256699 681 -100%
1946 805 0.000251932 805 -100%
1947 954 0.000264829 8 946 -98%
1948 856 0.000247935 856 -100%
1949 911 0.000261423 911 -100%
1950 837 0.000238914 5 832 -99%
1951 902 0.00024486 5 897 -99%
1952 878 0.000231174 878 -100%
1953 845 0.000219273 845 -100%
1954 794 0.000199462 5 789 -99%
1955 833 0.000207468 833 -100%
1956 967 0.000234536 7 960 -99%
1957 1100 0.000261771 8 1092 -99%
1958 1073 0.000259561 1073 -100%
1959 1129 0.000271525 5 1124 -99%
1960 1101 0.000265058 5 1096 -99%
1961 999 0.00024117 999 -100%
1962 922 0.00022848 7 915 -98%
1963 983 0.000248345 983 -100%
1964 1026 0.000263916 9 1017 -98%
1965 919 0.000253486 919 -100%
1966 833 0.000239667 7 826 -98%
1967 916 0.000269817 8 908 -98%
1968 1135 0.000335957 10 1125 -98%
1969 1486 0.000427586 6 1480 -99%
1970 1603 0.000444474 8 1595 -99%
1971 1494 0.00043527 8 1486 -99%
1972 1491 0.000474388 7 1484 -99%
1973 1519 0.000503499 8 1511 -99%
1974 1559 0.000512829 12 1547 -98%
1975 1591 0.000526927 13 1578 -98%
1976 1665 0.000548726 7 1658 -99%
1977 1879 0.000591533 10 1869 -99%
1978 1776 0.000559569 13 1763 -99%
1979 1865 0.000560565 10 1855 -99%
1980 2182 0.000633473 16 2166 -99%
1981 2222 0.000642313 16 2206 -99%
1982 2092 0.000596358 11 2081 -99%
1983 1912 0.000552068 12 1900 -99%
1984 1869 0.000535721 18 1851 -98%
1985 1699 0.000476029 6 1693 -99%
1986 1533 0.000430972 7 1526 -99%
1987 1380 0.000382736 18 1362 -97%
1988 1397 0.000378074 1397 -100%
1989 1359 0.000353497 5 1354 -99%
1990 1501 0.000379762 1501 -100%
1991 1665 0.000427442 1665 -100%
1992 1472 0.000383206 5 1467 -99%
1993 838 0.000222265 838 -100%
1994 586 0.000157626 586 -100%
1995 476 0.000129978 476 -100%
1996 394 0.000108028 394 -100%
1997 421 0.000116114 421 -100%
1998 322 0.000087543 322 -100%
1999 260 0.000070387 260 -100%
2000 289 0.000076457 289 -100%
2001 257 0.000068654 257 -100%
2002 245 0.000065538 245 -100%
2003 252 0.000066275 252 -100%
2004 258 0.000067523 258 -100%
2005 279 0.000072565 279 -100%
2006 240 0.000060664 240 -100%
2007 291 0.000072792 291 -100%
2008 248 0.000063094 248 -100%
2009 226 0.00005916 226 -100%
2010 199 0.000053846 199 -100%
2011 221 0.000060419 221 -100%
2012 227 0.000062067 227 -100%
2013 220 0.000060346 220 -100%
2014 234 0.000063134 234 -100%
2015 201 0.000054311 201 -100%
2016 187 0.000050972 187 -100%
2017 140 0.000039148 140 -100%
2018 158 0.000044939 158 -100%
2019 125 0.000036013 125 -100%
2020 129 0.000038616 129 -100%
2021 122 0.00003601 122 -100%
2022 133 0.000039313 133 -100%
2023 103 0.000031107 103 -100%
2024 81 0.000024335 81 -100%

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