How popular is “Earnest” in the USA?

Number of people named “Earnest” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Earnest” by birth year

This chart shows how “Earnest” 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	88	0.000436759		88	-100%
1881	92	0.000477456		92	-100%
1882	104	0.000469456		104	-100%
1883	87	0.000401021		87	-100%
1884	109	0.00044771		109	-100%
1885	120	0.000498227		120	-100%
1886	105	0.000411255		105	-100%
1887	99	0.000400175		99	-100%
1888	138	0.000460808		138	-100%
1889	101	0.000349546		101	-100%
1890	122	0.000404776		122	-100%
1891	114	0.000397666		114	-100%
1892	149	0.000445609		149	-100%
1893	132	0.000405875		132	-100%
1894	131	0.000386784		131	-100%
1895	143	0.000407384		143	-100%
1896	144	0.000402815		144	-100%
1897	148	0.000426566		148	-100%
1898	166	0.000435176	5	161	-94%
1899	146	0.000430381		146	-100%
1900	223	0.000495272		223	-100%
1901	131	0.000378819		131	-100%
1902	159	0.000411136		159	-100%
1903	140	0.000367261		140	-100%
1904	189	0.000468419		189	-100%
1905	172	0.000405735		172	-100%
1906	183	0.00042712		183	-100%
1907	225	0.000483465		225	-100%
1908	230	0.000470686		230	-100%
1909	255	0.000498803		255	-100%
1910	255	0.000431683		255	-100%
1911	283	0.000439251		283	-100%
1912	486	0.000491872		486	-100%
1913	528	0.000464335	7	521	-97%
1914	645	0.000455398	7	638	-98%
1915	824	0.000449677		824	-100%
1916	789	0.000407875	9	780	-98%
1917	931	0.000463934	7	924	-98%
1918	1090	0.000502047	9	1081	-98%
1919	1077	0.000510367	13	1064	-98%
1920	1102	0.000487041	10	1092	-98%
1921	1142	0.000489183	14	1128	-98%
1922	1109	0.000484458	20	1089	-96%
1923	1082	0.000469928	19	1063	-96%
1924	1158	0.000486226	14	1144	-98%
1925	1118	0.000479149	15	1103	-97%
1926	1159	0.000504812	10	1149	-98%
1927	1077	0.000464353	15	1062	-97%
1928	1057	0.000467505	14	1043	-97%
1929	1010	0.000460733	14	996	-97%
1930	1002	0.000450684	11	991	-98%
1931	928	0.000440983	12	916	-97%
1932	885	0.000419175	13	872	-97%
1933	866	0.00043312	8	858	-98%
1934	934	0.000449727	13	921	-97%
1935	897	0.000429207	16	881	-96%
1936	829	0.000399022	14	815	-97%
1937	843	0.00039565	10	833	-98%
1938	844	0.000381456	17	827	-96%
1939	826	0.000374868	18	808	-96%
1940	809	0.000351329	12	797	-97%
1941	831	0.000341073	19	812	-95%
1942	846	0.000309684	11	835	-97%
1943	958	0.000339408	18	940	-96%
1944	905	0.000336421	9	896	-98%
1945	827	0.000311733	20	807	-95%
1946	861	0.000269458	11	850	-97%
1947	994	0.000275933	12	982	-98%
1948	910	0.000263576	10	900	-98%
1949	905	0.000259701	18	887	-96%
1950	906	0.000258609	18	888	-96%
1951	815	0.000221243	12	803	-97%
1952	828	0.000218009	13	815	-97%
1953	804	0.000208634	17	787	-96%
1954	787	0.000197704	17	770	-96%
1955	707	0.000176086	10	697	-97%
1956	739	0.000179237	12	727	-97%
1957	644	0.000153255	12	632	-96%
1958	645	0.000156027	12	633	-96%
1959	573	0.000137807	14	559	-95%
1960	608	0.000146371	17	591	-94%
1961	537	0.000129638	11	526	-96%
1962	499	0.000123657		499	-100%
1963	473	0.000119499	5	468	-98%
1964	423	0.000108807	7	416	-97%
1965	455	0.000125502	12	443	-95%
1966	433	0.000124581	10	423	-95%
1967	389	0.000114584	10	379	-95%
1968	390	0.000115439		390	-100%
1969	385	0.000110781	5	380	-97%
1970	392	0.000108692	9	383	-95%
1971	371	0.000108089	8	363	-96%
1972	338	0.000107541	5	333	-97%
1973	306	0.000101429		306	-100%
1974	281	0.000092434		281	-100%
1975	291	0.000096377	6	285	-96%
1976	281	0.000092608		281	-100%
1977	266	0.00008374		266	-100%
1978	219	0.000069001		219	-100%
1979	250	0.000075143	5	245	-96%
1980	256	0.000074321	5	251	-96%
1981	236	0.00006822		236	-100%
1982	255	0.000072692		255	-100%
1983	210	0.000060635		210	-100%
1984	174	0.000049875		174	-100%
1985	178	0.000049872		178	-100%
1986	195	0.00005482		195	-100%
1987	170	0.000047149		170	-100%
1988	157	0.000042489		157	-100%
1989	169	0.00004396		169	-100%
1990	145	0.000036686		145	-100%
1991	126	0.000032347		126	-100%
1992	135	0.000035145		135	-100%
1993	92	0.000024401		92	-100%
1994	116	0.000031202		116	-100%
1995	92	0.000025122		92	-100%
1996	84	0.000023031		84	-100%
1997	88	0.000024271		88	-100%
1998	98	0.000026643		98	-100%
1999	77	0.000020845		77	-100%
2000	68	0.00001799		68	-100%
2001	69	0.000018432		69	-100%
2002	63	0.000016853		63	-100%
2003	50	0.00001315		50	-100%
2004	56	0.000014656		56	-100%
2005	49	0.000012744		49	-100%
2006	59	0.000014913		59	-100%
2007	50	0.000012507		50	-100%
2008	51	0.000012975		51	-100%
2009	44	0.000011518		44	-100%
2010	37	0.000010012		37	-100%
2011	53	0.00001449		53	-100%
2012	50	0.000013671		50	-100%
2013	31	0.000008503		31	-100%
2014	37	0.000009983		37	-100%
2015	33	0.000008917		33	-100%
2016	24	0.000006542		24	-100%
2017	32	0.000008948		32	-100%
2018	40	0.000011377		40	-100%
2019	27	0.000007779		27	-100%
2020	28	0.000008382		28	-100%
2021	21	0.000006198		21	-100%
2022	24	0.000007094		24	-100%
2023	24	0.000007248		24	-100%
2024	17	0.000005107		17	-100%

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