Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Don” in the USA?

Number of people named “Don” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Don” by birth year

This chart shows how “Don” 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 34 0.000168748 34 -100%
1881 26 0.000134933 26 -100%
1882 46 0.000207644 46 -100%
1883 54 0.00024891 54 -100%
1884 47 0.000193049 47 -100%
1885 35 0.000145316 35 -100%
1886 61 0.00023892 61 -100%
1887 39 0.000157645 39 -100%
1888 50 0.000166959 50 -100%
1889 62 0.000214573 62 -100%
1890 61 0.000202388 61 -100%
1891 48 0.000167438 48 -100%
1892 68 0.000203365 68 -100%
1893 64 0.000196788 64 -100%
1894 72 0.000212584 72 -100%
1895 78 0.00022221 78 -100%
1896 66 0.000184624 66 -100%
1897 49 0.000141228 49 -100%
1898 49 0.000128456 49 -100%
1899 65 0.000191608 65 -100%
1900 81 0.000179897 81 -100%
1901 48 0.000138804 48 -100%
1902 79 0.000204275 79 -100%
1903 64 0.000167891 64 -100%
1904 75 0.000185881 75 -100%
1905 85 0.000200509 85 -100%
1906 87 0.000203057 87 -100%
1907 86 0.000184791 5 81 -88%
1908 107 0.000218971 107 -100%
1909 116 0.000226906 6 110 -90%
1910 140 0.000237003 140 -100%
1911 167 0.000259205 167 -100%
1912 342 0.000346132 10 332 -94%
1913 393 0.000345613 5 388 -97%
1914 527 0.000372085 6 521 -98%
1915 758 0.000413659 11 747 -97%
1916 755 0.000390298 11 744 -97%
1917 774 0.000385698 17 757 -96%
1918 939 0.000432497 8 931 -98%
1919 968 0.000458715 12 956 -98%
1920 1032 0.000456104 13 1019 -97%
1921 1193 0.000511029 21 1172 -96%
1922 1201 0.000524648 18 1183 -97%
1923 1312 0.00056982 19 1293 -97%
1924 1476 0.000619749 25 1451 -97%
1925 1671 0.000716152 18 1653 -98%
1926 1992 0.000867632 26 1966 -97%
1927 2336 0.001007175 33 2303 -97%
1928 2411 0.001066372 29 2382 -98%
1929 2544 0.001160499 25 2519 -98%
1930 2956 0.001329562 34 2922 -98%
1931 3216 0.001528235 40 3176 -98%
1932 3490 0.001653017 37 3453 -98%
1933 3475 0.001737981 22 3453 -99%
1934 3950 0.00190195 24 3926 -99%
1935 3938 0.001884301 21 3917 -99%
1936 3857 0.001856489 27 3830 -99%
1937 3839 0.001801781 25 3814 -99%
1938 3917 0.001770336 17 3900 -99%
1939 3610 0.001638346 21 3589 -99%
1940 3565 0.001548193 18 3547 -99%
1941 3548 0.001456232 15 3533 -99%
1942 3583 0.001311581 19 3564 -99%
1943 3831 0.001357279 15 3816 -99%
1944 3608 0.001341225 19 3589 -99%
1945 3497 0.001318175 15 3482 -99%
1946 4131 0.001292833 20 4111 -99%
1947 4027 0.00111789 22 4005 -99%
1948 3556 0.001029973 10 3546 -99%
1949 3074 0.000882123 14 3060 -99%
1950 2727 0.000778396 16 2711 -99%
1951 2635 0.000715306 16 2619 -99%
1952 2581 0.000679567 11 2570 -99%
1953 2731 0.00070868 19 2712 -99%
1954 2766 0.000694851 18 2748 -99%
1955 2660 0.000662502 11 2649 -99%
1956 2909 0.000705548 11 2898 -99%
1957 3364 0.000800544 17 3347 -99%
1958 3596 0.00086988 16 3580 -99%
1959 3635 0.00087422 18 3617 -99%
1960 3474 0.00083634 19 3455 -99%
1961 3166 0.000764309 17 3149 -99%
1962 2924 0.000724592 10 2914 -99%
1963 2536 0.000640695 15 2521 -99%
1964 2312 0.000594711 9 2303 -99%
1965 1923 0.000530417 14 1909 -99%
1966 1661 0.000477896 11 1650 -99%
1967 1483 0.000436832 14 1469 -98%
1968 1424 0.0004215 20 1404 -97%
1969 1365 0.000392769 16 1349 -98%
1970 1294 0.000358795 15 1279 -98%
1971 1105 0.000321936 13 1092 -98%
1972 991 0.000315304 14 977 -97%
1973 905 0.000299978 12 893 -97%
1974 809 0.000266118 11 798 -97%
1975 772 0.00025568 7 765 -98%
1976 728 0.000239924 9 719 -98%
1977 740 0.000232961 8 732 -98%
1978 593 0.000186838 6 587 -98%
1979 671 0.000201683 17 654 -95%
1980 608 0.000176513 8 600 -97%
1981 664 0.000191942 11 653 -97%
1982 552 0.000157356 552 -100%
1983 484 0.00013975 6 478 -98%
1984 472 0.000135292 472 -100%
1985 479 0.000134207 6 473 -97%
1986 467 0.000131288 467 -100%
1987 449 0.000124528 449 -100%
1988 462 0.000125032 8 454 -97%
1989 394 0.000102485 394 -100%
1990 332 0.000083998 332 -100%
1991 353 0.000090623 353 -100%
1992 298 0.000077578 5 293 -97%
1993 308 0.000081692 308 -100%
1994 231 0.000062136 231 -100%
1995 299 0.000081646 299 -100%
1996 233 0.000063885 233 -100%
1997 194 0.000053506 194 -100%
1998 207 0.000056277 207 -100%
1999 187 0.000050624 187 -100%
2000 193 0.000051059 193 -100%
2001 183 0.000048886 183 -100%
2002 155 0.000041463 155 -100%
2003 155 0.000040765 155 -100%
2004 140 0.00003664 140 -100%
2005 138 0.000035892 138 -100%
2006 170 0.000042971 170 -100%
2007 127 0.000031768 127 -100%
2008 133 0.000033837 133 -100%
2009 136 0.0000356 136 -100%
2010 111 0.000030035 111 -100%
2011 113 0.000030893 113 -100%
2012 95 0.000025975 95 -100%
2013 125 0.000034287 125 -100%
2014 112 0.000030218 112 -100%
2015 117 0.000031614 117 -100%
2016 105 0.000028621 105 -100%
2017 90 0.000025166 90 -100%
2018 115 0.000032709 115 -100%
2019 88 0.000025353 88 -100%
2020 89 0.000026642 89 -100%
2021 102 0.000030107 102 -100%
2022 115 0.000033992 115 -100%
2023 93 0.000028087 93 -100%
2024 91 0.00002734 91 -100%

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