Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Dao” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dao” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dao” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dao” 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
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1981 13 0.000003758 7 6 8%
1982 20 0.000005701 10 10 0%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 5 10 -33%
1985 13 0.000003642 6 7 -8%
1986 20 0.000005623 5 15 -50%
1987 20 0.000005547 8 12 -20%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 24 0.000006161 8 16 -33%
1992 17 0.000004426 7 10 -18%
1993 18 0.000004774 8 10 -11%
1994 15 0.000004035 6 9 -20%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1998 11 0.000002991 6 5 9%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 5 7 -17%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%

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