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How popular is “Easter” in the USA?

Number of people named “Easter” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Easter” by birth year

This chart shows how “Easter” 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 11 0.000057087 11 100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 100%
1883 21 0.000096798 21 100%
1884 16 0.000065719 16 100%
1885 19 0.000078886 19 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 100%
1888 24 0.000080141 24 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1890 27 0.000089582 27 100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 100%
1892 34 0.000101683 34 100%
1893 25 0.00007687 25 100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 100%
1895 30 0.000085465 30 100%
1896 39 0.000109096 39 100%
1897 32 0.00009223 32 100%
1898 27 0.000070782 27 100%
1899 33 0.000097278 33 100%
1900 48 0.000106606 48 100%
1901 40 0.00011567 40 100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 100%
1903 38 0.000099685 38 100%
1904 34 0.000084266 34 100%
1905 44 0.000103793 44 100%
1906 37 0.000086358 37 100%
1907 54 0.000116032 54 100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 100%
1909 51 0.000099761 51 100%
1910 67 0.000113423 67 100%
1911 54 0.000083815 54 100%
1912 75 0.000075906 75 100%
1913 73 0.000064198 73 100%
1914 98 0.000069192 93 5 90%
1915 94 0.000051298 89 5 89%
1916 102 0.000052729 102 100%
1917 99 0.000049333 94 5 90%
1918 125 0.000057574 125 100%
1919 129 0.00006113 129 100%
1920 128 0.000056571 123 5 92%
1921 111 0.000047548 111 100%
1922 130 0.000056789 124 6 91%
1923 96 0.000041694 96 100%
1924 118 0.000049546 113 5 92%
1925 133 0.000057001 133 100%
1926 130 0.000056623 124 6 91%
1927 110 0.000047427 110 100%
1928 114 0.000050422 107 7 88%
1929 106 0.000048354 100 6 89%
1930 106 0.000047677 101 5 91%
1931 77 0.00003659 77 100%
1932 93 0.000044049 93 100%
1933 81 0.000040511 75 6 85%
1934 86 0.00004141 86 100%
1935 67 0.000032059 67 100%
1936 90 0.00004332 85 5 89%
1937 69 0.000032384 69 100%
1938 82 0.000037061 82 100%
1939 85 0.000038576 85 100%
1940 79 0.000034308 79 100%
1941 67 0.000027499 67 100%
1942 77 0.000028186 77 100%
1943 51 0.000018069 51 100%
1944 47 0.000017472 47 100%
1945 56 0.000021109 56 100%
1946 52 0.000016274 52 100%
1947 62 0.000017211 62 100%
1948 54 0.000015641 54 100%
1949 73 0.000020948 73 100%
1950 66 0.000018839 66 100%
1951 56 0.000015202 56 100%
1952 49 0.000012902 49 100%
1953 50 0.000012975 50 100%
1954 55 0.000013817 55 100%
1955 58 0.000014446 58 100%
1956 41 0.000009944 41 100%
1957 61 0.000014516 61 100%
1958 45 0.000010886 45 100%
1959 41 0.000009861 41 100%
1960 45 0.000010833 45 100%
1961 41 0.000009898 41 100%
1962 24 0.000005947 24 100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 100%
1964 34 0.000008746 34 100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 100%
1966 27 0.000007768 27 100%
1967 25 0.000007364 25 100%
1968 22 0.000006512 22 100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 100%
1978 15 0.000004726 15 100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1992 7 0.000001822 7 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%

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