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How popular is “Dow” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dow” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dow” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dow” 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 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 -100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 14 0.000006386 14 -100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 16 0.000007704 16 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 14 0.00000337 14 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 26 0.000006443 26 -100%
1963 20 0.000005053 20 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%

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