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How popular is “Duncan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Duncan” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Duncan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Duncan” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 12 0.000062277 12 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 18 0.00008297 18 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 18 0.000072759 18 -100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 -100%
1889 16 0.000055374 16 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 19 0.000056823 19 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 10 0.000029526 10 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 16 0.000041973 16 -100%
1904 16 0.000039655 16 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 -100%
1908 14 0.00002865 14 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 -100%
1912 46 0.000046556 46 -100%
1913 47 0.000041333 47 -100%
1914 53 0.00003742 53 -100%
1915 70 0.000038201 70 -100%
1916 66 0.000034119 66 -100%
1917 68 0.000033886 68 -100%
1918 81 0.000037308 81 -100%
1919 72 0.000034119 72 -100%
1920 86 0.000038009 86 -100%
1921 75 0.000032127 75 -100%
1922 82 0.000035821 82 -100%
1923 72 0.000031271 72 -100%
1924 77 0.000032331 77 -100%
1925 86 0.000036858 86 -100%
1926 72 0.00003136 72 -100%
1927 57 0.000024576 57 -100%
1928 89 0.000039364 89 -100%
1929 71 0.000032388 71 -100%
1930 67 0.000030136 67 -100%
1931 64 0.000030413 64 -100%
1932 66 0.00003126 66 -100%
1933 61 0.000030508 61 -100%
1934 53 0.00002552 53 -100%
1935 67 0.000032059 67 -100%
1936 68 0.00003273 68 -100%
1937 71 0.000033323 71 -100%
1938 69 0.000031185 69 -100%
1939 67 0.000030407 67 -100%
1940 87 0.000037782 87 -100%
1941 101 0.000041454 101 -100%
1942 117 0.000042829 117 -100%
1943 106 0.000037555 106 -100%
1944 102 0.000037917 102 -100%
1945 114 0.000042972 114 -100%
1946 120 0.000037555 120 -100%
1947 158 0.000043861 158 -100%
1948 133 0.000038523 133 -100%
1949 140 0.000040175 140 -100%
1950 133 0.000037964 133 -100%
1951 138 0.000037462 138 -100%
1952 141 0.000037125 141 -100%
1953 149 0.000038665 149 -100%
1954 157 0.00003944 157 -100%
1955 145 0.000036114 145 -100%
1956 178 0.000043172 178 -100%
1957 208 0.000049499 208 -100%
1958 282 0.000068216 282 -100%
1959 253 0.000060847 253 -100%
1960 174 0.000041889 174 -100%
1961 145 0.000035005 145 -100%
1962 142 0.000035189 142 -100%
1963 263 0.000066444 263 -100%
1964 154 0.000039613 154 -100%
1965 126 0.000034754 126 -100%
1966 106 0.000030498 106 -100%
1967 84 0.000024743 84 -100%
1968 98 0.000029008 98 -100%
1969 97 0.000027911 97 -100%
1970 134 0.000037155 134 -100%
1971 95 0.000027678 95 -100%
1972 85 0.000027044 85 -100%
1973 121 0.000040108 121 -100%
1974 86 0.000028289 86 -100%
1975 85 0.000028151 85 -100%
1976 83 0.000027354 83 -100%
1977 76 0.000023926 76 -100%
1978 86 0.000027096 86 -100%
1979 85 0.000025549 85 -100%
1980 99 0.000028741 99 -100%
1981 85 0.000024571 85 -100%
1982 94 0.000026796 94 -100%
1983 132 0.000038114 132 -100%
1984 137 0.000039269 137 -100%
1985 164 0.00004595 164 -100%
1986 162 0.000045543 162 -100%
1987 163 0.000045207 163 -100%
1988 170 0.000046008 170 -100%
1989 209 0.000054364 209 -100%
1990 190 0.000048071 190 -100%
1991 235 0.00006033 235 -100%
1992 260 0.000067686 260 -100%
1993 326 0.000086466 326 -100%
1994 388 0.000104367 388 -100%
1995 456 0.000124517 456 -100%
1996 511 0.000140108 6 505 -98%
1997 644 0.000177618 644 -100%
1998 641 0.00017427 641 -100%
1999 576 0.000155934 576 -100%
2000 530 0.000140215 530 -100%
2001 500 0.000133569 500 -100%
2002 472 0.000126261 472 -100%
2003 421 0.000110722 421 -100%
2004 402 0.00010521 402 -100%
2005 359 0.000093372 359 -100%
2006 351 0.000088722 351 -100%
2007 288 0.000072042 288 -100%
2008 324 0.000082429 324 -100%
2009 318 0.000083242 318 -100%
2010 329 0.000089021 329 -100%
2011 275 0.000075182 275 -100%
2012 263 0.00007191 263 -100%
2013 262 0.000071866 262 -100%
2014 287 0.000077434 287 -100%
2015 299 0.000080791 5 294 -97%
2016 286 0.000077957 286 -100%
2017 251 0.000070186 251 -100%
2018 235 0.000066839 235 -100%
2019 205 0.000059062 205 -100%
2020 217 0.000064959 217 -100%
2021 216 0.000063755 216 -100%
2022 252 0.000074487 252 -100%
2023 244 0.000073689 244 -100%
2024 194 0.000058284 194 -100%

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