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How popular is “Fenton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fenton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Fenton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fenton” 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
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 -100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 -100%
1915 39 0.000021283 39 -100%
1916 26 0.000013441 26 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 -100%
1919 39 0.000018481 39 -100%
1920 34 0.000015027 34 -100%
1921 29 0.000012422 29 -100%
1922 40 0.000017474 40 -100%
1923 32 0.000013898 32 -100%
1924 34 0.000014276 34 -100%
1925 36 0.000015429 36 -100%
1926 40 0.000017422 40 -100%
1927 37 0.000015953 37 -100%
1928 25 0.000011057 25 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 -100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 -100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 -100%
1933 26 0.000013004 26 -100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 21 0.00000912 21 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 25 0.000006487 25 -100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 29 0.000007015 29 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 21 0.000005056 21 -100%
1961 22 0.000005311 22 -100%
1962 19 0.000004708 19 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 -100%
2007 27 0.000006754 27 -100%
2008 21 0.000005343 21 -100%
2009 20 0.000005235 20 -100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 -100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 -100%
2012 35 0.00000957 35 -100%
2013 22 0.000006035 22 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 38 0.000010268 38 -100%
2016 32 0.000008722 32 -100%
2017 23 0.000006431 23 -100%
2018 27 0.000007679 27 -100%
2019 22 0.000006338 22 -100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 -100%
2021 17 0.000005018 17 -100%
2022 9 0.00000266 9 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 -100%

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