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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gentry” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gentry” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gentry” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gentry” 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
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 26 0.000011975 26 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 -100%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 -100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 18 0.000008667 5 13 -44%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 5 11 -38%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 25 0.000006787 25 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 -100%
1957 23 0.000005473 23 -100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 18 0.000004329 18 -100%
1960 27 0.0000065 27 -100%
1961 32 0.000007725 32 -100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 -100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1967 24 0.000007069 24 -100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 -100%
1969 30 0.000008632 6 24 -60%
1970 54 0.000014973 12 42 -56%
1971 42 0.000012236 7 35 -67%
1972 32 0.000010181 8 24 -50%
1973 35 0.000011601 8 27 -54%
1974 33 0.000010855 5 28 -70%
1975 34 0.000011261 7 27 -59%
1976 33 0.000010876 13 20 -21%
1977 37 0.000011648 11 26 -41%
1978 51 0.000016069 20 31 -22%
1979 53 0.00001593 13 40 -51%
1980 61 0.000017709 26 35 -15%
1981 51 0.000014743 23 28 -10%
1982 46 0.000013113 24 22 4%
1983 43 0.000012416 17 26 -21%
1984 53 0.000015192 29 24 9%
1985 52 0.000014569 24 28 -8%
1986 60 0.000016868 23 37 -23%
1987 73 0.000020246 25 48 -32%
1988 54 0.000014614 23 31 -15%
1989 64 0.000016647 24 40 -25%
1990 64 0.000016192 20 44 -38%
1991 69 0.000017714 23 46 -33%
1992 71 0.000018483 29 42 -18%
1993 67 0.000017771 27 40 -19%
1994 76 0.000020443 33 43 -13%
1995 61 0.000016657 28 33 -8%
1996 58 0.000015903 24 34 -17%
1997 61 0.000016824 30 31 -2%
1998 58 0.000015769 34 24 17%
1999 78 0.000021116 35 43 -10%
2000 60 0.000015873 25 35 -17%
2001 90 0.000024042 29 61 -36%
2002 75 0.000020063 31 44 -17%
2003 92 0.000024196 39 53 -15%
2004 75 0.000019629 28 47 -25%
2005 92 0.000023928 38 54 -17%
2006 77 0.000019463 38 39 -1%
2007 119 0.000029767 65 54 9%
2008 127 0.00003231 65 62 2%
2009 109 0.000028533 52 57 -5%
2010 135 0.000036529 73 62 8%
2011 125 0.000034174 67 58 7%
2012 217 0.000059332 127 90 17%
2013 195 0.000053488 104 91 7%
2014 218 0.000058818 103 115 -6%
2015 209 0.000056473 112 97 7%
2016 207 0.000056423 110 97 6%
2017 221 0.000061798 109 112 -1%
2018 282 0.000080207 151 131 7%
2019 278 0.000080094 128 150 -8%
2020 256 0.000076633 123 133 -4%
2021 303 0.000089435 137 166 -10%
2022 255 0.000075374 117 138 -8%
2023 227 0.000068555 98 129 -14%
2024 180 0.000054078 73 107 -19%

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