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How popular is “Farris” in the USA?

Number of people named “Farris” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Farris” by birth year

This chart shows how “Farris” 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
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 16 0.000032743 16 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 7 8 -7%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 -100%
1912 20 0.000020242 5 15 -50%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 -100%
1914 36 0.000025418 7 29 -61%
1915 51 0.000027832 8 43 -69%
1916 49 0.000025331 8 41 -67%
1917 46 0.000022923 11 35 -52%
1918 50 0.00002303 14 36 -44%
1919 61 0.000028907 12 49 -61%
1920 61 0.00002696 7 54 -77%
1921 62 0.000026558 11 51 -65%
1922 54 0.000023589 12 42 -56%
1923 67 0.000029099 11 56 -67%
1924 66 0.000027712 15 51 -55%
1925 51 0.000021857 14 37 -45%
1926 72 0.00003136 17 55 -53%
1927 55 0.000023713 11 44 -60%
1928 44 0.000019461 8 36 -64%
1929 40 0.000018247 9 31 -55%
1930 69 0.000031035 14 55 -59%
1931 47 0.000022334 6 41 -74%
1932 63 0.00002984 9 54 -71%
1933 53 0.000026507 10 43 -62%
1934 35 0.000016853 6 29 -66%
1935 45 0.000021532 8 37 -64%
1936 47 0.000022622 8 39 -66%
1937 57 0.000026752 9 48 -68%
1938 40 0.000018078 9 31 -55%
1939 46 0.000020876 9 37 -61%
1940 47 0.000020411 5 42 -79%
1941 36 0.000014776 5 31 -72%
1942 32 0.000011714 8 24 -50%
1943 49 0.00001736 6 43 -76%
1944 45 0.000016728 10 35 -56%
1945 48 0.000018093 5 43 -79%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 29 0.00000805 29 -100%
1948 47 0.000013613 9 38 -62%
1949 37 0.000010618 37 -100%
1950 29 0.000008278 6 23 -59%
1951 48 0.00001303 9 39 -63%
1952 41 0.000010795 8 33 -61%
1953 42 0.000010899 9 33 -57%
1954 33 0.00000829 6 27 -64%
1955 39 0.000009713 6 33 -69%
1956 40 0.000009702 7 33 -65%
1957 33 0.000007853 5 28 -70%
1958 35 0.000008467 6 29 -66%
1959 26 0.000006253 5 21 -62%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 25 0.000006035 25 -100%
1962 39 0.000009665 6 33 -69%
1963 23 0.000005811 23 -100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 -100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 -100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 -100%
1967 30 0.000008837 6 24 -60%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 19 0.000006262 19 -100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 23 0.000006913 23 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 6 11 -29%
1983 20 0.000005775 9 11 -10%
1984 24 0.000006879 5 19 -58%
1985 22 0.000006164 11 11 0%
1986 19 0.000005341 10 9 5%
1987 20 0.000005547 5 15 -50%
1988 25 0.000006766 5 20 -60%
1989 26 0.000006763 5 21 -62%
1990 25 0.000006325 6 19 -52%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 -100%
1992 32 0.000008331 5 27 -69%
1993 14 0.000003713 14 -100%
1994 30 0.00000807 5 25 -67%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 24 0.00000658 5 19 -58%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 24 0.000006349 24 -100%
2001 22 0.000005877 22 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 16 0.000004187 16 -100%
2005 17 0.000004422 6 11 -29%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 -100%
2007 17 0.000004252 17 -100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 -100%
2009 23 0.000006021 5 18 -57%
2010 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
2011 24 0.000006561 7 17 -42%
2012 16 0.000004375 16 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 16 0.000004323 5 11 -38%
2016 20 0.000005452 6 14 -40%
2017 24 0.000006711 9 15 -25%
2018 19 0.000005404 7 12 -26%
2019 12 0.000003457 12 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 5 11 -38%
2021 20 0.000005903 7 13 -30%
2022 19 0.000005616 5 14 -47%
2023 15 0.00000453 6 9 -20%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 -100%

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