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How popular is “Davis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Davis” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Davis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Davis” 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
1880 17 0.000084374 17 -100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 -100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 21 0.00008719 21 -100%
1886 18 0.000070501 18 -100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 -100%
1888 19 0.000063445 19 -100%
1889 21 0.000072678 21 -100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 -100%
1891 16 0.000055813 16 -100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 -100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 -100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 21 0.000058744 21 -100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 -100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 -100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 -100%
1900 20 0.000044419 20 -100%
1901 29 0.000083861 29 -100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 -100%
1903 22 0.000057712 22 -100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 -100%
1905 21 0.000049537 21 -100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 20 0.000040929 20 -100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 -100%
1910 40 0.000067715 40 -100%
1911 31 0.000048116 31 -100%
1912 47 0.000047568 47 -100%
1913 54 0.000047489 54 -100%
1914 88 0.000062132 8 80 -82%
1915 113 0.000061667 9 104 -84%
1916 122 0.000063068 7 115 -89%
1917 123 0.000061293 9 114 -85%
1918 133 0.000061259 133 -100%
1919 150 0.000071082 150 -100%
1920 124 0.000054803 7 117 -89%
1921 151 0.000064682 9 142 -88%
1922 152 0.0000664 12 140 -84%
1923 133 0.000057764 8 125 -88%
1924 188 0.000078938 14 174 -85%
1925 156 0.000066858 16 140 -79%
1926 143 0.000062285 21 122 -71%
1927 160 0.000068985 18 142 -77%
1928 146 0.000064575 11 135 -85%
1929 120 0.000054741 10 110 -83%
1930 119 0.000053524 10 109 -83%
1931 125 0.0000594 5 120 -92%
1932 118 0.00005589 5 113 -92%
1933 104 0.000052014 8 96 -85%
1934 117 0.000056336 117 -100%
1935 112 0.000053591 8 104 -86%
1936 122 0.000058722 122 -100%
1937 117 0.000054912 117 -100%
1938 122 0.000055139 122 -100%
1939 114 0.000051737 114 -100%
1940 118 0.000051245 118 -100%
1941 117 0.000048021 9 108 -85%
1942 130 0.000047587 8 122 -88%
1943 130 0.000046057 130 -100%
1944 100 0.000037174 6 94 -88%
1945 126 0.000047495 126 -100%
1946 145 0.000045379 145 -100%
1947 147 0.000040807 147 -100%
1948 160 0.000046343 160 -100%
1949 164 0.000047062 10 154 -88%
1950 131 0.000037393 5 126 -92%
1951 144 0.000039091 144 -100%
1952 147 0.000038705 5 142 -93%
1953 128 0.000033215 128 -100%
1954 144 0.000036174 144 -100%
1955 151 0.000037608 151 -100%
1956 137 0.000033228 137 -100%
1957 129 0.000030699 6 123 -91%
1958 143 0.000034592 5 138 -93%
1959 138 0.000033189 138 -100%
1960 134 0.00003226 134 -100%
1961 138 0.000033315 138 -100%
1962 112 0.000027755 112 -100%
1963 128 0.000032338 5 123 -92%
1964 107 0.000027523 107 -100%
1965 117 0.000032272 117 -100%
1966 108 0.000031073 108 -100%
1967 121 0.000035642 6 115 -90%
1968 104 0.000030784 5 99 -90%
1969 97 0.000027911 97 -100%
1970 132 0.0000366 132 -100%
1971 118 0.000034379 118 -100%
1972 95 0.000030226 95 -100%
1973 106 0.000035136 7 99 -87%
1974 85 0.000027961 85 -100%
1975 106 0.000035106 6 100 -89%
1976 114 0.00003757 114 -100%
1977 118 0.000037148 5 113 -92%
1978 123 0.000038754 123 -100%
1979 134 0.000040277 134 -100%
1980 146 0.000042386 6 140 -92%
1981 166 0.000047986 5 161 -94%
1982 172 0.000049031 172 -100%
1983 158 0.000045621 158 -100%
1984 178 0.000051021 178 -100%
1985 181 0.000050713 181 -100%
1986 246 0.000069158 6 240 -95%
1987 255 0.000070723 5 250 -96%
1988 281 0.000076048 9 272 -94%
1989 298 0.000077514 8 290 -95%
1990 292 0.000073878 11 281 -92%
1991 307 0.000078814 10 297 -93%
1992 402 0.000104653 10 392 -95%
1993 469 0.000124394 12 457 -95%
1994 554 0.000149019 12 542 -96%
1995 567 0.000154827 7 560 -98%
1996 588 0.00016122 21 567 -93%
1997 660 0.000182031 15 645 -95%
1998 689 0.00018732 12 677 -97%
1999 721 0.000195188 17 704 -95%
2000 707 0.000187042 26 681 -93%
2001 750 0.000200353 17 733 -95%
2002 685 0.000183239 18 667 -95%
2003 723 0.000190147 19 704 -95%
2004 769 0.00020126 26 743 -93%
2005 748 0.000194546 18 730 -95%
2006 750 0.000189576 18 732 -95%
2007 773 0.000193362 17 756 -96%
2008 741 0.000188518 16 725 -96%
2009 678 0.000177479 13 665 -96%
2010 674 0.000182372 17 657 -95%
2011 643 0.000175789 15 628 -95%
2012 715 0.000195496 31 684 -91%
2013 667 0.000182957 19 648 -94%
2014 689 0.000185896 23 666 -93%
2015 653 0.000176443 24 629 -93%
2016 647 0.000176357 27 620 -92%
2017 621 0.000173648 34 587 -89%
2018 592 0.000168378 31 561 -90%
2019 553 0.000159323 24 529 -91%
2020 545 0.000163145 34 511 -88%
2021 526 0.000155256 19 507 -93%
2022 477 0.000140993 36 441 -85%
2023 479 0.000144661 23 456 -90%
2024 448 0.000134595 19 429 -92%

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