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How popular is “Ford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ford” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ford” 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 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 15 0.000051913 15 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 12 0.000035888 12 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 23 0.000047069 23 -100%
1909 16 0.000031297 16 -100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 57 0.000057689 57 -100%
1913 51 0.000044851 51 -100%
1914 72 0.000050835 72 -100%
1915 133 0.000072581 133 -100%
1916 101 0.000052212 101 -100%
1917 95 0.00004734 95 -100%
1918 72 0.000033163 72 -100%
1919 79 0.000037436 79 -100%
1920 57 0.000025192 57 -100%
1921 79 0.00003384 79 -100%
1922 87 0.000038005 87 -100%
1923 115 0.000049946 115 -100%
1924 76 0.000031911 76 -100%
1925 88 0.000037715 88 -100%
1926 71 0.000030925 71 -100%
1927 63 0.000027163 63 -100%
1928 50 0.000022115 50 -100%
1929 51 0.000023265 51 -100%
1930 47 0.00002114 47 -100%
1931 34 0.000016157 34 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 32 0.000016004 32 -100%
1934 33 0.00001589 33 -100%
1935 35 0.000016747 35 -100%
1936 29 0.000013959 29 -100%
1937 33 0.000015488 33 -100%
1938 34 0.000015367 34 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 29 0.000012594 29 -100%
1941 46 0.00001888 46 -100%
1942 42 0.000015374 42 -100%
1943 41 0.000014526 41 -100%
1944 48 0.000017843 48 -100%
1945 38 0.000014324 38 -100%
1946 47 0.000014709 47 -100%
1947 63 0.000017489 63 -100%
1948 45 0.000013034 45 -100%
1949 46 0.0000132 46 -100%
1950 41 0.000011703 41 -100%
1951 51 0.000013845 51 -100%
1952 38 0.000010005 38 -100%
1953 44 0.000011418 44 -100%
1954 49 0.000012309 49 -100%
1955 26 0.000006476 26 -100%
1956 42 0.000010187 42 -100%
1957 42 0.000009995 42 -100%
1958 37 0.00000895 37 -100%
1959 48 0.000011544 48 -100%
1960 36 0.000008667 36 -100%
1961 32 0.000007725 32 -100%
1962 30 0.000007434 30 -100%
1963 30 0.000007579 30 -100%
1964 16 0.000004116 16 -100%
1965 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 22 0.000006512 22 -100%
1969 26 0.000007481 26 -100%
1970 27 0.000007486 27 -100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 23 0.000006913 23 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 -100%
1985 17 0.000004763 17 -100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 -100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 -100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 -100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 -100%
1991 26 0.000006675 26 -100%
1992 28 0.000007289 28 -100%
1993 27 0.000007161 27 -100%
1994 38 0.000010222 38 -100%
1995 36 0.00000983 36 -100%
1996 36 0.000009871 36 -100%
1997 49 0.000013514 49 -100%
1998 35 0.000009516 35 -100%
1999 36 0.000009746 36 -100%
2000 52 0.000013757 52 -100%
2001 41 0.000010953 41 -100%
2002 45 0.000012038 45 -100%
2003 54 0.000014202 54 -100%
2004 37 0.000009684 37 -100%
2005 62 0.000016125 62 -100%
2006 88 0.000022244 88 -100%
2007 66 0.00001651 66 -100%
2008 87 0.000022134 87 -100%
2009 94 0.000024606 94 -100%
2010 101 0.000027329 101 -100%
2011 139 0.000038001 139 -100%
2012 171 0.000046755 171 -100%
2013 183 0.000050197 183 -100%
2014 245 0.000066102 245 -100%
2015 332 0.000089708 5 327 -97%
2016 342 0.000093221 342 -100%
2017 344 0.000096192 344 -100%
2018 423 0.000120311 6 417 -97%
2019 503 0.000144918 6 497 -98%
2020 647 0.000193679 647 -100%
2021 707 0.000208681 707 -100%
2022 649 0.000191834 649 -100%
2023 564 0.000170331 564 -100%
2024 504 0.00015142 504 -100%

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