Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Floyd” in the USA?

Number of people named “Floyd” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Floyd” by birth year

This chart shows how “Floyd” 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 206 0.001022414 206 -100%
1881 178 0.000923773 178 -100%
1882 231 0.001042734 231 -100%
1883 217 0.001000249 217 -100%
1884 263 0.001080255 263 -100%
1885 264 0.0010961 5 259 -96%
1886 284 0.001112347 9 275 -94%
1887 232 0.000937783 232 -100%
1888 309 0.001031809 7 302 -95%
1889 325 0.001124778 12 313 -93%
1890 347 0.00115129 6 341 -97%
1891 344 0.001199974 8 336 -95%
1892 426 0.001274023 6 420 -97%
1893 361 0.001110008 10 351 -94%
1894 455 0.001343411 10 445 -96%
1895 432 0.001230699 5 427 -98%
1896 406 0.001135715 10 396 -95%
1897 459 0.001322931 8 451 -97%
1898 441 0.0011561 7 434 -97%
1899 362 0.00106711 6 356 -97%
1900 569 0.00126372 14 555 -95%
1901 432 0.001249234 9 423 -96%
1902 471 0.001217894 471 -100%
1903 484 0.001269675 12 472 -95%
1904 451 0.001117761 5 446 -98%
1905 534 0.001259666 11 523 -96%
1906 467 0.001089973 9 458 -96%
1907 526 0.001130235 5 521 -98%
1908 542 0.001109181 13 529 -95%
1909 579 0.001132576 9 570 -97%
1910 696 0.001178241 9 687 -97%
1911 747 0.001159437 13 734 -97%
1912 1456 0.001473592 18 1438 -98%
1913 1758 0.001546025 18 1740 -98%
1914 2109 0.001489045 19 2090 -98%
1915 2852 0.001556407 28 2824 -98%
1916 2806 0.001450566 23 2783 -98%
1917 2852 0.001421203 32 2820 -98%
1918 3264 0.001503378 29 3235 -98%
1919 3158 0.001496509 37 3121 -98%
1920 3284 0.0014514 24 3260 -99%
1921 3282 0.001405866 27 3255 -98%
1922 3264 0.001425853 43 3221 -97%
1923 3175 0.001378947 32 3143 -98%
1924 3193 0.00134069 28 3165 -98%
1925 3557 0.001524449 33 3524 -98%
1926 3662 0.001595014 39 3623 -98%
1927 3591 0.001548273 42 3549 -98%
1928 3371 0.001490974 33 3338 -98%
1929 3111 0.001419148 32 3079 -98%
1930 3105 0.00139658 28 3077 -98%
1931 2731 0.001297764 24 2707 -98%
1932 2697 0.001277417 30 2667 -98%
1933 2565 0.001282855 24 2541 -98%
1934 2556 0.00123073 23 2533 -98%
1935 2527 0.001209149 21 2506 -98%
1936 2250 0.001082992 21 2229 -98%
1937 2404 0.001128284 16 2388 -99%
1938 2159 0.000975787 14 2145 -99%
1939 2110 0.000957593 16 2094 -98%
1940 2027 0.000880277 15 2012 -99%
1941 2117 0.000868896 8 2109 -99%
1942 2193 0.000802762 21 2172 -98%
1943 2233 0.000791126 7 2226 -99%
1944 2107 0.000783248 12 2095 -99%
1945 1999 0.000753512 13 1986 -99%
1946 2140 0.000669732 16 2124 -99%
1947 2224 0.00061738 12 2212 -99%
1948 2055 0.000595218 15 2040 -99%
1949 2037 0.000584543 17 2020 -98%
1950 1904 0.000543479 14 1890 -99%
1951 1946 0.000528268 11 1935 -99%
1952 1870 0.000492364 10 1860 -99%
1953 1887 0.000489666 12 1875 -99%
1954 1880 0.000472278 9 1871 -99%
1955 1724 0.000429381 9 1715 -99%
1956 1744 0.000422989 16 1728 -98%
1957 1837 0.000437158 12 1825 -99%
1958 1639 0.000396478 12 1627 -99%
1959 1544 0.000371333 11 1533 -99%
1960 1476 0.000355336 12 1464 -98%
1961 1447 0.000349323 8 1439 -99%
1962 1353 0.000335285 11 1342 -98%
1963 1305 0.000329695 11 1294 -98%
1964 1214 0.000312275 14 1200 -98%
1965 1060 0.000292378 5 1055 -99%
1966 943 0.000271316 943 -100%
1967 882 0.000259802 12 870 -97%
1968 829 0.000245381 829 -100%
1969 805 0.000231633 6 799 -99%
1970 763 0.000211562 9 754 -98%
1971 735 0.000214139 735 -100%
1972 615 0.000195673 5 610 -98%
1973 620 0.00020551 14 606 -95%
1974 596 0.000196053 5 591 -98%
1975 521 0.000172551 521 -100%
1976 454 0.000149623 6 448 -97%
1977 495 0.000155832 5 490 -98%
1978 477 0.00015029 477 -100%
1979 448 0.000134656 448 -100%
1980 450 0.000130643 5 445 -98%
1981 431 0.000124589 431 -100%
1982 400 0.000114026 5 395 -98%
1983 361 0.000104235 5 356 -97%
1984 330 0.00009459 330 -100%
1985 303 0.000084895 303 -100%
1986 333 0.000093616 5 328 -97%
1987 331 0.000091801 5 326 -97%
1988 275 0.000074424 275 -100%
1989 293 0.000076214 293 -100%
1990 251 0.000063504 251 -100%
1991 247 0.00006341 247 -100%
1992 200 0.000052066 5 195 -95%
1993 224 0.000059412 224 -100%
1994 184 0.000049494 184 -100%
1995 150 0.000040959 150 -100%
1996 134 0.000036741 134 -100%
1997 145 0.000039992 145 -100%
1998 141 0.000038334 141 -100%
1999 117 0.000031674 117 -100%
2000 139 0.000036773 139 -100%
2001 121 0.000032324 121 -100%
2002 109 0.000029158 109 -100%
2003 104 0.000027352 104 -100%
2004 114 0.000029836 114 -100%
2005 98 0.000025489 98 -100%
2006 94 0.00002376 94 -100%
2007 113 0.000028266 113 -100%
2008 108 0.000027476 108 -100%
2009 105 0.000027486 105 -100%
2010 79 0.000021376 79 -100%
2011 88 0.000024058 88 -100%
2012 80 0.000021874 80 -100%
2013 91 0.000024961 91 -100%
2014 87 0.000023473 87 -100%
2015 107 0.000028912 107 -100%
2016 118 0.000032164 118 -100%
2017 97 0.000027124 97 -100%
2018 85 0.000024176 85 -100%
2019 78 0.000022472 78 -100%
2020 70 0.000020954 70 -100%
2021 77 0.000022728 77 -100%
2022 64 0.000018917 64 -100%
2023 53 0.000016006 53 -100%
2024 67 0.000020129 67 -100%

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