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How popular is “Dudley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dudley” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dudley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dudley” 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 27 0.000134006 27 -100%
1881 30 0.000155692 30 -100%
1882 28 0.000126392 28 -100%
1883 24 0.000110627 24 -100%
1884 26 0.000106793 26 -100%
1885 28 0.000116253 28 -100%
1886 24 0.000094001 24 -100%
1887 23 0.00009297 23 -100%
1888 30 0.000100176 30 -100%
1889 30 0.000103826 30 -100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 -100%
1891 24 0.000083719 24 -100%
1892 27 0.000080748 27 -100%
1893 25 0.00007687 25 -100%
1894 34 0.000100387 34 -100%
1895 23 0.000065523 23 -100%
1896 27 0.000075528 27 -100%
1897 24 0.000069173 24 -100%
1898 25 0.000065539 25 -100%
1899 26 0.000076643 26 -100%
1900 33 0.000073291 33 -100%
1901 26 0.000075185 26 -100%
1902 21 0.000054301 21 -100%
1903 35 0.000091815 35 -100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 -100%
1905 31 0.000073127 31 -100%
1906 32 0.000074688 32 -100%
1907 46 0.000098842 46 -100%
1908 34 0.00006958 34 -100%
1909 25 0.000048902 25 -100%
1910 36 0.000060944 36 -100%
1911 41 0.000063637 41 -100%
1912 113 0.000114365 113 -100%
1913 103 0.000090581 103 -100%
1914 148 0.000104494 5 143 -93%
1915 174 0.000094956 7 167 -92%
1916 190 0.000098221 6 184 -94%
1917 201 0.000100162 5 196 -95%
1918 195 0.000089816 8 187 -92%
1919 192 0.000090985 192 -100%
1920 199 0.00008795 199 -100%
1921 192 0.000082244 7 185 -93%
1922 180 0.000078632 180 -100%
1923 215 0.000093378 215 -100%
1924 207 0.000086916 5 202 -95%
1925 193 0.000082715 5 188 -95%
1926 237 0.000103227 237 -100%
1927 192 0.000082782 192 -100%
1928 190 0.000084036 9 181 -91%
1929 190 0.000086672 5 185 -95%
1930 214 0.000096254 7 207 -93%
1931 286 0.000135906 7 279 -95%
1932 204 0.000096623 204 -100%
1933 169 0.000084523 169 -100%
1934 196 0.000094375 6 190 -94%
1935 173 0.000082779 173 -100%
1936 164 0.000078938 164 -100%
1937 162 0.000076032 5 157 -94%
1938 149 0.000067342 149 -100%
1939 170 0.000077152 6 164 -93%
1940 156 0.000067747 156 -100%
1941 183 0.00007511 7 176 -92%
1942 182 0.000066622 182 -100%
1943 185 0.000065543 185 -100%
1944 168 0.000062452 9 159 -89%
1945 154 0.000058049 154 -100%
1946 171 0.000053516 171 -100%
1947 224 0.000062182 224 -100%
1948 206 0.000059667 206 -100%
1949 190 0.000054523 5 185 -95%
1950 217 0.000061941 6 211 -94%
1951 199 0.000054021 199 -100%
1952 210 0.000055292 210 -100%
1953 192 0.000049823 192 -100%
1954 197 0.000049489 197 -100%
1955 173 0.000043088 173 -100%
1956 181 0.0000439 181 -100%
1957 159 0.000037838 159 -100%
1958 191 0.000046203 191 -100%
1959 146 0.000035113 146 -100%
1960 150 0.000036111 150 -100%
1961 135 0.000032591 135 -100%
1962 133 0.000032959 133 -100%
1963 135 0.000034106 135 -100%
1964 105 0.000027009 105 -100%
1965 97 0.000026755 97 -100%
1966 72 0.000020716 72 -100%
1967 83 0.000024448 83 -100%
1968 61 0.000018056 61 -100%
1969 68 0.000019567 68 -100%
1970 56 0.000015527 56 -100%
1971 52 0.00001515 52 -100%
1972 55 0.000017499 55 -100%
1973 48 0.00001591 48 -100%
1974 35 0.000011513 35 -100%
1975 49 0.000016228 49 -100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 -100%
1977 34 0.000010704 34 -100%
1978 32 0.000010082 32 -100%
1979 25 0.000007514 25 -100%
1980 35 0.000010161 35 -100%
1981 34 0.000009828 34 -100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 -100%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 -100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 -100%
1985 33 0.000009246 33 -100%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 -100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 -100%
1988 20 0.000005413 20 -100%
1989 35 0.000009104 35 -100%
1990 30 0.00000759 30 -100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 -100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 -100%
1993 23 0.0000061 23 -100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 25 0.000006855 25 -100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 -100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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