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How popular is “Colbert” in the USA?

Number of people named “Colbert” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Colbert” by birth year

This chart shows how “Colbert” 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
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 15 0.000007754 15 -100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%

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