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How popular is “Ferris” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ferris” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ferris” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ferris” 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
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 36 0.000031659 5 31 -72%
1914 35 0.000024712 6 29 -66%
1915 52 0.000028378 10 42 -62%
1916 40 0.000020678 5 35 -75%
1917 44 0.000021926 5 39 -77%
1918 42 0.000019345 42 -100%
1919 42 0.000019903 6 36 -71%
1920 38 0.000016795 38 -100%
1921 53 0.000022703 8 45 -70%
1922 53 0.000023153 53 -100%
1923 50 0.000021716 5 45 -80%
1924 55 0.000023094 10 45 -64%
1925 50 0.000021429 6 44 -76%
1926 53 0.000023085 7 46 -74%
1927 49 0.000021127 5 44 -80%
1928 33 0.000014596 5 28 -70%
1929 34 0.00001551 34 -100%
1930 34 0.000015293 5 29 -71%
1931 37 0.000017582 5 32 -73%
1932 28 0.000013262 28 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 27 0.000012919 27 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 -100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 -100%
1939 31 0.000014069 31 -100%
1940 32 0.000013897 5 27 -69%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 -100%
1942 30 0.000010982 30 -100%
1943 32 0.000011337 32 -100%
1944 23 0.00000855 5 18 -57%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 -100%
1946 20 0.000006259 20 -100%
1947 39 0.000010826 39 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 33 0.00000947 5 28 -70%
1950 33 0.00000942 6 27 -64%
1951 25 0.000006787 25 -100%
1952 26 0.000006846 26 -100%
1953 38 0.000009861 8 30 -58%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 -100%
1955 39 0.000009713 6 33 -69%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 29 0.000006901 6 23 -59%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 22 0.000005291 5 17 -55%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 -100%
1961 19 0.000004587 19 -100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 -100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 6 8 -14%
1981 27 0.000007805 16 11 19%
1982 18 0.000005131 11 7 22%
1983 21 0.000006064 9 12 -14%
1984 12 0.00000344 6 6 0%
1985 22 0.000006164 11 11 0%
1986 23 0.000006466 6 17 -48%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 -100%
1988 17 0.000004601 6 11 -29%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 -100%
1991 20 0.000005134 6 14 -40%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 18 0.000004935 18 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 -100%
2006 22 0.000005561 22 -100%
2007 28 0.000007004 28 -100%
2008 31 0.000007887 5 26 -68%
2009 25 0.000006544 25 -100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 -100%
2011 28 0.000007655 7 21 -50%
2012 29 0.000007929 29 -100%
2013 40 0.000010972 6 34 -70%
2014 42 0.000011332 42 -100%
2015 54 0.000014591 9 45 -67%
2016 57 0.000015537 9 48 -68%
2017 51 0.000014261 5 46 -80%
2018 39 0.000011092 9 30 -54%
2019 29 0.000008355 29 -100%
2020 41 0.000012273 6 35 -71%
2021 52 0.000015349 10 42 -62%
2022 58 0.000017144 8 50 -72%
2023 48 0.000014496 7 41 -71%
2024 66 0.000019829 10 56 -70%

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