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How popular is “Colvin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Colvin” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Colvin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Colvin” 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
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 26 0.000006504 26 -100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 -100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 -100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 23 0.000006289 23 -100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 -100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 18 0.000004906 18 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 17 0.000004835 17 -100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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