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How popular is “Edison” in the USA?

Number of people named “Edison” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Edison” by birth year

This chart shows how “Edison” 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
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 -100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 -100%
1907 13 0.000027934 13 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 -100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 43 0.00004352 43 -100%
1913 47 0.000041333 47 -100%
1914 49 0.000034596 49 -100%
1915 81 0.000044204 81 -100%
1916 84 0.000043424 84 -100%
1917 118 0.000058802 118 -100%
1918 107 0.000049284 107 -100%
1919 85 0.00004028 85 -100%
1920 88 0.000038893 88 -100%
1921 86 0.000036839 86 -100%
1922 104 0.000045432 104 -100%
1923 87 0.000037785 87 -100%
1924 82 0.00003443 82 -100%
1925 58 0.000024857 58 -100%
1926 63 0.00002744 63 -100%
1927 79 0.000034061 79 -100%
1928 58 0.000025653 58 -100%
1929 66 0.000030107 66 -100%
1930 59 0.000026537 59 -100%
1931 77 0.00003659 77 -100%
1932 57 0.000026998 57 -100%
1933 43 0.000021506 43 -100%
1934 47 0.000022631 47 -100%
1935 53 0.00002536 53 -100%
1936 40 0.000019253 40 -100%
1937 40 0.000018773 40 -100%
1938 43 0.000019434 43 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 43 0.000018674 43 -100%
1941 53 0.000021753 53 -100%
1942 48 0.000017571 48 -100%
1943 49 0.00001736 49 -100%
1944 42 0.000015613 42 -100%
1945 47 0.000017716 47 -100%
1946 45 0.000014083 45 -100%
1947 46 0.00001277 46 -100%
1948 50 0.000014482 50 -100%
1949 47 0.000013487 47 -100%
1950 56 0.000015985 56 -100%
1951 48 0.00001303 48 -100%
1952 56 0.000014745 56 -100%
1953 54 0.000014013 54 -100%
1954 54 0.000013565 54 -100%
1955 56 0.000013947 56 -100%
1956 61 0.000014795 61 -100%
1957 43 0.000010233 43 -100%
1958 47 0.000011369 47 -100%
1959 68 0.000016354 68 -100%
1960 49 0.000011796 49 -100%
1961 60 0.000014485 60 -100%
1962 53 0.000013134 53 -100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 -100%
1964 51 0.000013119 51 -100%
1965 38 0.000010481 38 -100%
1966 47 0.000013523 47 -100%
1967 36 0.000010604 36 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 40 0.000011091 40 -100%
1971 37 0.00001078 37 -100%
1972 28 0.000008909 28 -100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 -100%
1974 44 0.000014474 44 -100%
1975 33 0.000010929 33 -100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 -100%
1977 26 0.000008185 26 -100%
1978 35 0.000011028 35 -100%
1979 30 0.000009017 30 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 37 0.000010696 37 -100%
1982 32 0.000009122 32 -100%
1983 37 0.000010683 37 -100%
1984 35 0.000010032 35 -100%
1985 42 0.000011768 42 -100%
1986 44 0.00001237 44 -100%
1987 50 0.000013867 50 -100%
1988 67 0.000018132 67 -100%
1989 47 0.000012225 47 -100%
1990 52 0.000013156 52 -100%
1991 58 0.00001489 58 -100%
1992 62 0.00001614 62 -100%
1993 50 0.000013262 50 -100%
1994 53 0.000014256 53 -100%
1995 49 0.00001338 49 -100%
1996 62 0.000016999 62 -100%
1997 66 0.000018203 66 -100%
1998 82 0.000022293 82 -100%
1999 76 0.000020575 76 -100%
2000 78 0.000020635 78 -100%
2001 106 0.000028317 106 -100%
2002 123 0.000032903 123 -100%
2003 150 0.00003945 5 145 -93%
2004 159 0.000041613 159 -100%
2005 171 0.000044475 171 -100%
2006 195 0.00004929 195 -100%
2007 202 0.000050529 202 -100%
2008 182 0.000046303 182 -100%
2009 202 0.000052877 8 194 -92%
2010 236 0.000063857 7 229 -94%
2011 304 0.00008311 12 292 -92%
2012 317 0.000086674 13 304 -92%
2013 376 0.000103136 10 366 -95%
2014 371 0.000100098 10 361 -95%
2015 430 0.000116188 10 420 -95%
2016 492 0.000134108 11 481 -96%
2017 509 0.00014233 14 495 -94%
2018 554 0.00015757 32 522 -88%
2019 479 0.000138003 13 466 -95%
2020 475 0.000142191 17 458 -93%
2021 473 0.000139612 21 452 -91%
2022 360 0.00010641 13 347 -93%
2023 308 0.000093018 11 297 -93%
2024 309 0.000092835 9 300 -94%

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