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How popular is “Dorsey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dorsey” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dorsey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dorsey” 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 14 0.000069484 14 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 13 0.000058682 13 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 15 0.000061612 15 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 -100%
1889 25 0.000086521 25 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 -100%
1891 14 0.000048836 14 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 -100%
1894 28 0.000082671 28 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 20 0.000052431 20 -100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 -100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 17 0.000044596 17 -100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 -100%
1905 21 0.000049537 5 16 -52%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 24 0.000049115 24 -100%
1909 20 0.000039122 20 -100%
1910 15 0.000025393 15 -100%
1911 20 0.000031043 20 -100%
1912 51 0.000051616 51 -100%
1913 61 0.000053645 11 50 -64%
1914 75 0.000052953 8 67 -79%
1915 107 0.000058393 13 94 -76%
1916 176 0.000090983 16 160 -82%
1917 119 0.0000593 9 110 -85%
1918 124 0.000057114 18 106 -71%
1919 114 0.000054022 14 100 -75%
1920 129 0.000057013 11 118 -83%
1921 115 0.000049261 15 100 -74%
1922 114 0.0000498 23 91 -60%
1923 116 0.00005038 18 98 -69%
1924 112 0.000047027 20 92 -64%
1925 101 0.000043286 13 88 -74%
1926 87 0.000037894 14 73 -68%
1927 109 0.000046996 19 90 -65%
1928 99 0.000043787 15 84 -70%
1929 103 0.000046986 10 93 -81%
1930 96 0.000043179 7 89 -85%
1931 107 0.000050846 25 82 -53%
1932 101 0.000047838 10 91 -80%
1933 83 0.000041511 14 69 -66%
1934 94 0.000045262 13 81 -72%
1935 79 0.000037801 6 73 -85%
1936 80 0.000038506 12 68 -70%
1937 78 0.000036608 13 65 -67%
1938 88 0.000039773 8 80 -82%
1939 76 0.000034491 14 62 -63%
1940 94 0.000040822 8 86 -83%
1941 89 0.000036529 11 78 -75%
1942 100 0.000036606 18 82 -64%
1943 88 0.000031177 13 75 -70%
1944 89 0.000033085 17 72 -62%
1945 74 0.000027894 8 66 -78%
1946 76 0.000023785 8 68 -79%
1947 98 0.000027205 11 87 -78%
1948 84 0.00002433 11 73 -74%
1949 79 0.00002267 15 64 -62%
1950 67 0.000019125 10 57 -70%
1951 97 0.000026332 15 82 -69%
1952 82 0.00002159 19 63 -54%
1953 78 0.000020241 17 61 -56%
1954 90 0.000022609 12 78 -73%
1955 70 0.000017434 7 63 -80%
1956 69 0.000016735 7 62 -80%
1957 56 0.000013327 15 41 -46%
1958 68 0.000016449 10 58 -71%
1959 49 0.000011785 10 39 -59%
1960 79 0.000019019 19 60 -52%
1961 56 0.000013519 10 46 -64%
1962 57 0.000014125 14 43 -51%
1963 55 0.000013895 11 44 -60%
1964 47 0.00001209 8 39 -66%
1965 55 0.000015171 12 43 -56%
1966 46 0.000013235 46 -100%
1967 29 0.000008542 7 22 -52%
1968 40 0.00001184 11 29 -45%
1969 37 0.000010646 11 26 -41%
1970 47 0.000013032 12 35 -49%
1971 38 0.000011071 38 -100%
1972 37 0.000011772 8 29 -57%
1973 35 0.000011601 6 29 -66%
1974 31 0.000010197 6 25 -61%
1975 27 0.000008942 6 21 -56%
1976 28 0.000009228 5 23 -64%
1977 28 0.000008815 28 -100%
1978 21 0.000006617 5 16 -52%
1979 30 0.000009017 9 21 -40%
1980 24 0.000006968 24 -100%
1981 34 0.000009828 7 27 -59%
1982 26 0.000007412 5 21 -62%
1983 33 0.000009528 6 27 -64%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 -100%
1985 22 0.000006164 5 17 -55%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 27 0.000007307 27 -100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 -100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 26 0.000006769 7 19 -46%
1993 19 0.000005039 5 14 -47%
1994 12 0.000003228 6 6 0%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%

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