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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Doctor” in the USA?

Number of people named “Doctor” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Doctor” by birth year

This chart shows how “Doctor” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%

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