Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Dot” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dot” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dot” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dot” 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
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 100%
1916 24 0.000012407 17 7 42%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 100%
1921 35 0.000014992 30 5 71%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 100%
1923 33 0.000014332 33 100%
1924 27 0.000011337 27 100%
1925 32 0.000013714 27 5 69%
1926 39 0.000016987 39 100%
1927 42 0.000018108 37 5 76%
1928 45 0.000019903 45 100%
1929 33 0.000015054 33 100%
1930 31 0.000013943 31 100%
1931 45 0.000021384 45 100%
1932 37 0.000017525 37 100%
1933 45 0.000022506 45 100%
1934 41 0.000019742 41 100%
1935 46 0.000022011 46 100%
1936 24 0.000011552 24 100%
1937 32 0.000015019 32 100%
1938 33 0.000014915 33 100%
1939 29 0.000013161 29 100%
1940 26 0.000011291 26 100%
1941 29 0.000011903 29 100%
1942 18 0.000006589 18 100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 100%
1946 21 0.000006572 21 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 100%
1948 16 0.000004634 16 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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