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How popular is “Dayton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dayton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dayton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dayton” 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 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 15 0.000025393 15 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 42 0.000036936 42 -100%
1914 49 0.000034596 49 -100%
1915 71 0.000038746 71 -100%
1916 65 0.000033602 65 -100%
1917 69 0.000034384 69 -100%
1918 85 0.00003915 85 -100%
1919 88 0.000041701 88 -100%
1920 86 0.000038009 86 -100%
1921 76 0.000032555 76 -100%
1922 77 0.000033637 77 -100%
1923 86 0.000037351 86 -100%
1924 81 0.000034011 81 -100%
1925 90 0.000038572 90 -100%
1926 69 0.000030054 69 -100%
1927 72 0.000031043 72 -100%
1928 60 0.000026538 60 -100%
1929 59 0.000026914 59 -100%
1930 57 0.000025638 57 -100%
1931 67 0.000031838 67 -100%
1932 72 0.000034102 72 -100%
1933 62 0.000031009 62 -100%
1934 51 0.000024557 51 -100%
1935 58 0.000027753 58 -100%
1936 60 0.00002888 60 -100%
1937 62 0.000029099 62 -100%
1938 48 0.000021694 48 -100%
1939 72 0.000032676 72 -100%
1940 44 0.000019108 44 -100%
1941 49 0.000020111 49 -100%
1942 56 0.000020499 56 -100%
1943 59 0.000020903 59 -100%
1944 49 0.000018215 49 -100%
1945 50 0.000018847 50 -100%
1946 47 0.000014709 47 -100%
1947 56 0.000015546 56 -100%
1948 53 0.000015351 53 -100%
1949 46 0.0000132 46 -100%
1950 41 0.000011703 41 -100%
1951 52 0.000014116 52 -100%
1952 57 0.000015008 57 -100%
1953 55 0.000014272 55 -100%
1954 33 0.00000829 33 -100%
1955 43 0.00001071 43 -100%
1956 45 0.000010914 45 -100%
1957 40 0.000009519 40 -100%
1958 47 0.000011369 47 -100%
1959 40 0.00000962 40 -100%
1960 41 0.00000987 41 -100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 -100%
1962 28 0.000006939 28 -100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 -100%
1964 36 0.00000926 36 -100%
1965 40 0.000011033 40 -100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 -100%
1967 37 0.000010899 37 -100%
1968 32 0.000009472 32 -100%
1969 30 0.000008632 30 -100%
1970 37 0.000010259 37 -100%
1971 47 0.000013693 47 -100%
1972 36 0.000011454 36 -100%
1973 32 0.000010607 32 -100%
1974 50 0.000016447 50 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 -100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 -100%
1977 34 0.000010704 34 -100%
1978 42 0.000013233 42 -100%
1979 44 0.000013225 44 -100%
1980 52 0.000015097 52 -100%
1981 55 0.000015899 55 -100%
1982 43 0.000012258 43 -100%
1983 51 0.000014726 51 -100%
1984 49 0.000014045 49 -100%
1985 58 0.000016251 58 -100%
1986 71 0.00001996 71 -100%
1987 54 0.000014977 54 -100%
1988 76 0.000020568 76 -100%
1989 81 0.000021069 81 -100%
1990 137 0.000034662 137 -100%
1991 118 0.000030293 5 113 -92%
1992 130 0.000033843 9 121 -86%
1993 167 0.000044294 11 156 -87%
1994 211 0.000056756 16 195 -85%
1995 237 0.000064716 13 224 -89%
1996 292 0.000080062 14 278 -90%
1997 293 0.000080811 14 279 -90%
1998 365 0.000099233 12 353 -93%
1999 381 0.000103144 25 356 -87%
2000 396 0.000104765 25 371 -87%
2001 476 0.000127157 24 452 -90%
2002 491 0.000131343 28 463 -89%
2003 507 0.00013334 21 486 -92%
2004 506 0.000132429 23 483 -91%
2005 475 0.000123542 19 456 -92%
2006 496 0.000125373 27 469 -89%
2007 530 0.000132577 15 515 -94%
2008 599 0.000152392 31 568 -90%
2009 546 0.000142925 27 519 -90%
2010 442 0.000119597 14 428 -94%
2011 414 0.000113183 20 394 -90%
2012 439 0.000120032 16 423 -93%
2013 365 0.000100119 27 338 -85%
2014 369 0.000099558 17 352 -91%
2015 329 0.000088897 17 312 -90%
2016 268 0.00007305 22 246 -84%
2017 275 0.000076897 11 264 -92%
2018 283 0.000080492 19 264 -87%
2019 264 0.00007606 26 238 -80%
2020 233 0.000069748 15 218 -87%
2021 217 0.000064051 19 198 -82%
2022 210 0.000062073 12 198 -89%
2023 198 0.000059797 15 183 -85%
2024 183 0.00005498 10 173 -89%

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