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How popular is “Edson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Edson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Edson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Edson” 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 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 -100%
1914 31 0.000021887 31 -100%
1915 36 0.000019646 36 -100%
1916 30 0.000015509 30 -100%
1917 48 0.000023919 48 -100%
1918 28 0.000012897 28 -100%
1919 32 0.000015164 32 -100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 -100%
1921 35 0.000014992 35 -100%
1922 35 0.000015289 35 -100%
1923 35 0.000015201 35 -100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 -100%
1925 26 0.000011143 26 -100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 -100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 -100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 27 -100%
1930 29 0.000013044 29 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 -100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 -100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 -100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 -100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 24 0.000008503 24 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 -100%
1946 21 0.000006572 21 -100%
1947 22 0.000006107 22 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 24 0.000006887 24 -100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 -100%
1951 27 0.00000733 27 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 -100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 20 0.000004956 20 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 -100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 -100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 23 0.000006913 23 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 40 0.000011403 40 -100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 -100%
1984 23 0.000006593 23 -100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 -100%
1986 37 0.000010402 37 -100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 -100%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 -100%
1989 45 0.000011705 45 -100%
1990 52 0.000013156 52 -100%
1991 41 0.000010526 41 -100%
1992 49 0.000012756 49 -100%
1993 61 0.000016179 61 -100%
1994 49 0.00001318 49 -100%
1995 62 0.00001693 62 -100%
1996 69 0.000018919 69 -100%
1997 91 0.000025098 91 -100%
1998 89 0.000024197 89 -100%
1999 66 0.000017867 66 -100%
2000 93 0.000024604 93 -100%
2001 94 0.000025111 94 -100%
2002 110 0.000029425 110 -100%
2003 81 0.000021303 81 -100%
2004 81 0.000021199 81 -100%
2005 92 0.000023928 92 -100%
2006 111 0.000028057 111 -100%
2007 89 0.000022263 89 -100%
2008 91 0.000023151 91 -100%
2009 69 0.000018062 69 -100%
2010 94 0.000025435 94 -100%
2011 66 0.000018044 66 -100%
2012 60 0.000016405 60 -100%
2013 71 0.000019475 71 -100%
2014 56 0.000015109 56 -100%
2015 50 0.00001351 50 -100%
2016 57 0.000015537 57 -100%
2017 88 0.000024607 88 -100%
2018 86 0.00002446 86 -100%
2019 121 0.000034861 121 -100%
2020 88 0.000026343 88 -100%
2021 83 0.000024499 83 -100%
2022 118 0.000034879 118 -100%
2023 116 0.000035033 116 -100%
2024 88 0.000026438 88 -100%

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