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How popular is “Clyde” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clyde” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Clyde” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clyde” 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 234 0.001161383 13 221 -89%
1881 249 0.001292244 17 232 -86%
1882 312 0.001408368 19 293 -88%
1883 349 0.001608695 13 336 -93%
1884 367 0.001507428 22 345 -88%
1885 343 0.001424099 25 318 -85%
1886 328 0.001284683 21 307 -87%
1887 351 0.001418801 31 320 -82%
1888 378 0.001262213 34 344 -82%
1889 356 0.001232064 38 318 -79%
1890 364 0.001207693 47 317 -74%
1891 361 0.001259275 34 327 -81%
1892 435 0.001300938 45 390 -79%
1893 437 0.001343693 46 391 -79%
1894 425 0.001254835 39 386 -82%
1895 419 0.001193664 49 370 -77%
1896 422 0.001180472 50 372 -76%
1897 415 0.001196114 56 359 -73%
1898 429 0.001124641 46 383 -79%
1899 383 0.001129014 53 330 -72%
1900 516 0.00114601 65 451 -75%
1901 418 0.001208749 62 356 -70%
1902 432 0.00111705 50 382 -77%
1903 465 0.001219832 52 413 -78%
1904 512 0.001268944 55 457 -79%
1905 531 0.001252589 57 474 -79%
1906 521 0.001216008 64 457 -75%
1907 563 0.001209738 56 507 -80%
1908 559 0.00114397 48 511 -83%
1909 576 0.001126708 60 516 -79%
1910 672 0.001137612 55 617 -84%
1911 765 0.001187376 68 697 -82%
1912 1373 0.001389589 59 1314 -91%
1913 1624 0.001428182 87 1537 -89%
1914 2050 0.001447388 96 1954 -91%
1915 2635 0.001437984 117 2518 -91%
1916 2823 0.001459354 116 2707 -92%
1917 2843 0.001416719 124 2719 -91%
1918 3026 0.001393756 109 2917 -93%
1919 2993 0.001418319 109 2884 -93%
1920 3164 0.001398365 95 3069 -94%
1921 3108 0.001331331 86 3022 -94%
1922 3107 0.001357269 100 3007 -94%
1923 2934 0.001274278 81 2853 -94%
1924 3092 0.001298281 86 3006 -94%
1925 2994 0.00128316 88 2906 -94%
1926 2944 0.001282283 71 2873 -95%
1927 2966 0.001278802 87 2879 -94%
1928 2789 0.001233559 75 2714 -95%
1929 2693 0.001228468 65 2628 -95%
1930 2697 0.001213068 66 2631 -95%
1931 2385 0.001133346 49 2336 -96%
1932 2369 0.001122062 50 2319 -96%
1933 2172 0.0010863 31 2141 -97%
1934 2362 0.001137318 39 2323 -97%
1935 2387 0.00114216 32 2355 -97%
1936 2194 0.001056037 41 2153 -96%
1937 2141 0.001004848 36 2105 -97%
1938 2172 0.000981662 42 2130 -96%
1939 1977 0.000897233 18 1959 -98%
1940 2037 0.000884619 23 2014 -98%
1941 1901 0.000780242 29 1872 -97%
1942 2232 0.000817038 27 2205 -98%
1943 2225 0.000788292 30 2195 -97%
1944 2105 0.000782505 24 2081 -98%
1945 1887 0.000711294 29 1858 -97%
1946 2086 0.000652832 21 2065 -98%
1947 2296 0.000637367 33 2263 -97%
1948 2092 0.000605935 19 2073 -98%
1949 2103 0.000603482 19 2084 -98%
1950 2001 0.000571166 16 1985 -98%
1951 2068 0.000561386 14 2054 -99%
1952 2036 0.000536071 22 2014 -98%
1953 1868 0.000484736 13 1855 -99%
1954 1790 0.000449669 13 1777 -99%
1955 1757 0.0004376 15 1742 -98%
1956 1727 0.000418866 12 1715 -99%
1957 1753 0.000417168 9 1744 -99%
1958 1568 0.000379302 14 1554 -98%
1959 1478 0.00035546 11 1467 -99%
1960 1385 0.000333428 13 1372 -98%
1961 1367 0.00033001 13 1354 -98%
1962 1138 0.000282006 1138 -100%
1963 1013 0.000255924 6 1007 -99%
1964 897 0.000230733 6 891 -99%
1965 777 0.000214318 8 769 -98%
1966 671 0.000193057 5 666 -99%
1967 640 0.000188518 640 -100%
1968 632 0.00018707 6 626 -98%
1969 615 0.000176962 8 607 -97%
1970 627 0.000173852 6 621 -98%
1971 525 0.000152956 5 520 -98%
1972 487 0.000154948 487 -100%
1973 492 0.000163082 492 -100%
1974 422 0.000138816 6 416 -97%
1975 399 0.000132146 399 -100%
1976 391 0.00012886 5 386 -97%
1977 374 0.00011774 7 367 -96%
1978 353 0.000111221 353 -100%
1979 340 0.000102194 340 -100%
1980 386 0.000112063 386 -100%
1981 346 0.000100018 346 -100%
1982 309 0.000088085 309 -100%
1983 289 0.000083445 289 -100%
1984 291 0.000083411 291 -100%
1985 277 0.00007761 277 -100%
1986 241 0.000067752 241 -100%
1987 215 0.000059629 215 -100%
1988 223 0.000060351 223 -100%
1989 235 0.000061127 235 -100%
1990 250 0.000063251 250 -100%
1991 187 0.000048007 187 -100%
1992 199 0.000051806 199 -100%
1993 184 0.000048803 184 -100%
1994 152 0.000040886 152 -100%
1995 168 0.000045875 168 -100%
1996 133 0.000036466 133 -100%
1997 136 0.000037509 136 -100%
1998 154 0.000041868 154 -100%
1999 123 0.000033298 123 -100%
2000 144 0.000038096 144 -100%
2001 117 0.000031255 117 -100%
2002 112 0.00002996 112 -100%
2003 116 0.000030508 116 -100%
2004 137 0.000035855 137 -100%
2005 125 0.000032511 125 -100%
2006 129 0.000032607 129 -100%
2007 141 0.00003527 141 -100%
2008 143 0.000036381 143 -100%
2009 140 0.000036648 140 -100%
2010 137 0.00003707 137 -100%
2011 153 0.000041829 153 -100%
2012 158 0.0000432 158 -100%
2013 196 0.000053762 196 -100%
2014 285 0.000076895 285 -100%
2015 288 0.000077819 288 -100%
2016 298 0.000081228 298 -100%
2017 349 0.00009759 349 -100%
2018 328 0.000093291 328 -100%
2019 299 0.000086144 299 -100%
2020 347 0.000103874 347 -100%
2021 352 0.000103898 352 -100%
2022 393 0.000116164 393 -100%
2023 367 0.000110836 367 -100%
2024 359 0.000107856 359 -100%

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