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How popular is “Geary” in the USA?

Number of people named “Geary” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Geary” by birth year

This chart shows how “Geary” 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
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 -100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 -100%
1942 29 0.000010616 29 -100%
1943 38 0.000013463 38 -100%
1944 40 0.000014869 40 -100%
1945 53 0.000019978 53 -100%
1946 42 0.000013144 42 -100%
1947 65 0.000018044 65 -100%
1948 54 0.000015641 54 -100%
1949 69 0.0000198 69 -100%
1950 110 0.000031398 110 -100%
1951 169 0.000045877 169 -100%
1952 189 0.000049763 189 -100%
1953 201 0.000052158 201 -100%
1954 149 0.000037431 149 -100%
1955 113 0.000028144 113 -100%
1956 78 0.000018918 78 -100%
1957 58 0.000013802 58 -100%
1958 49 0.000011853 49 -100%
1959 36 0.000008658 36 -100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 -100%
1961 37 0.000008932 37 -100%
1962 41 0.00001016 41 -100%
1963 30 0.000007579 30 -100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 -100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 -100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 -100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 -100%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 -100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 -100%
1973 22 0.000007292 22 -100%
1974 20 0.000006579 20 -100%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 -100%
1976 27 0.000008898 27 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 -100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 -100%
1980 20 0.000005806 20 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%

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