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How popular is “Crosby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Crosby” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Crosby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Crosby” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 5 11 -38%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 27 0.000007307 5 22 -63%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 -100%
1991 35 0.000008985 12 23 -31%
1992 21 0.000005467 7 14 -33%
1993 25 0.000006631 8 17 -36%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 -100%
1995 22 0.000006007 6 16 -45%
1996 26 0.000007129 16 10 23%
1997 19 0.00000524 7 12 -26%
1998 19 0.000005166 12 7 26%
1999 27 0.000007309 9 18 -33%
2000 17 0.000004497 5 12 -41%
2001 17 0.000004541 5 12 -41%
2002 27 0.000007223 9 18 -33%
2003 24 0.000006312 7 17 -42%
2004 23 0.000006019 9 14 -22%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 26 0.000006572 7 19 -46%
2007 28 0.000007004 7 21 -50%
2008 65 0.000016537 10 55 -69%
2009 85 0.00002225 13 72 -69%
2010 196 0.000053034 16 180 -84%
2011 331 0.000090492 25 306 -85%
2012 374 0.000102259 22 352 -88%
2013 402 0.000110268 24 378 -88%
2014 463 0.00012492 28 435 -88%
2015 503 0.000135912 19 484 -92%
2016 457 0.000124567 29 428 -87%
2017 446 0.000124714 28 418 -87%
2018 364 0.00010353 19 345 -90%
2019 329 0.000094787 30 299 -82%
2020 326 0.000097588 37 289 -77%
2021 283 0.000083531 43 240 -70%
2022 244 0.000072122 26 218 -79%
2023 239 0.000072179 33 206 -72%
2024 209 0.000062791 39 170 -63%

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