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How popular is “Douglass” in the USA?

Number of people named “Douglass” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Douglass” by birth year

This chart shows how “Douglass” 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%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 -100%
1916 37 0.000019127 37 -100%
1917 33 0.000016444 33 -100%
1918 36 0.000016581 36 -100%
1919 49 0.00002322 49 -100%
1920 46 0.00002033 46 -100%
1921 45 0.000019276 6 39 -73%
1922 44 0.000019221 44 -100%
1923 42 0.000018241 42 -100%
1924 49 0.000020574 5 44 -80%
1925 38 0.000016286 38 -100%
1926 50 0.000021778 50 -100%
1927 34 0.000014659 34 -100%
1928 32 0.000014153 32 -100%
1929 33 0.000015054 33 -100%
1930 46 0.00002069 46 -100%
1931 39 0.000018533 39 -100%
1932 52 0.000024629 52 -100%
1933 42 0.000021006 42 -100%
1934 47 0.000022631 47 -100%
1935 42 0.000020097 5 37 -76%
1936 41 0.000019735 41 -100%
1937 46 0.000021589 46 -100%
1938 75 0.000033897 75 -100%
1939 56 0.000025415 56 -100%
1940 55 0.000023885 55 -100%
1941 53 0.000021753 53 -100%
1942 116 0.000042463 116 -100%
1943 86 0.000030469 5 81 -88%
1944 71 0.000026393 71 -100%
1945 64 0.000024124 64 -100%
1946 84 0.000026289 84 -100%
1947 101 0.000028037 101 -100%
1948 113 0.00003273 113 -100%
1949 132 0.000037879 132 -100%
1950 109 0.000031113 109 -100%
1951 122 0.000033119 5 117 -92%
1952 122 0.000032122 122 -100%
1953 105 0.000027247 105 -100%
1954 116 0.000029141 116 -100%
1955 99 0.000024657 99 -100%
1956 114 0.00002765 114 -100%
1957 118 0.000028081 118 -100%
1958 97 0.000023465 97 -100%
1959 101 0.000024291 101 -100%
1960 94 0.00002263 94 -100%
1961 89 0.000021486 89 -100%
1962 103 0.000025524 103 -100%
1963 84 0.000021222 84 -100%
1964 79 0.000020321 79 -100%
1965 64 0.000017653 64 -100%
1966 72 0.000020716 72 -100%
1967 67 0.000019736 67 -100%
1968 106 0.000031376 106 -100%
1969 132 0.000037982 132 -100%
1970 137 0.000037987 137 -100%
1971 121 0.000035253 121 -100%
1972 97 0.000030862 97 -100%
1973 77 0.000025523 77 -100%
1974 73 0.000024013 73 -100%
1975 60 0.000019872 60 -100%
1976 46 0.00001516 46 -100%
1977 64 0.000020148 64 -100%
1978 67 0.00002111 67 -100%
1979 56 0.000016832 56 -100%
1980 74 0.000021483 74 -100%
1981 51 0.000014743 51 -100%
1982 42 0.000011973 42 -100%
1983 54 0.000015592 54 -100%
1984 43 0.000012325 43 -100%
1985 51 0.000014289 51 -100%
1986 40 0.000011245 40 -100%
1987 43 0.000011926 43 -100%
1988 52 0.000014073 52 -100%
1989 38 0.000009884 38 -100%
1990 57 0.000014421 57 -100%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 -100%
1992 35 0.000009112 35 -100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 -100%
1994 22 0.000005918 22 -100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 -100%
1999 16 0.000004332 16 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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