Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Cross” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cross” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cross” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cross” 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
1997 43 0.00001186 43 -100%
1998 63 0.000017128 63 -100%
1999 44 0.000011912 44 -100%
2000 43 0.000011376 43 -100%
2001 61 0.000016295 61 -100%
2002 48 0.00001284 48 -100%
2003 51 0.000013413 51 -100%
2004 49 0.000012824 49 -100%
2005 49 0.000012744 49 -100%
2006 33 0.000008341 33 -100%
2007 44 0.000011006 44 -100%
2008 40 0.000010176 40 -100%
2009 52 0.000013612 52 -100%
2010 35 0.00000947 35 -100%
2011 27 0.000007382 27 -100%
2012 25 0.000006836 25 -100%
2013 44 0.000012069 44 -100%
2014 44 0.000011871 44 -100%
2015 37 0.000009998 37 -100%
2016 28 0.000007632 28 -100%
2017 35 0.000009787 35 -100%
2018 32 0.000009102 32 -100%
2019 50 0.000014405 50 -100%
2020 62 0.00001856 62 -100%
2021 76 0.000022432 76 -100%
2022 62 0.000018326 62 -100%
2023 64 0.000019328 64 -100%
2024 56 0.000016824 56 -100%

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