Name Trends

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How popular is “George” in the USA?

Number of people named “George” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “George” by birth year

This chart shows how “George” 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 5152 0.025570268 26 5126 -99%
1881 4694 0.024360372 30 4664 -99%
1882 5225 0.023585651 32 5193 -99%
1883 4758 0.021931825 22 4736 -99%
1884 5001 0.020541277 40 4961 -98%
1885 4703 0.019526351 29 4674 -99%
1886 4709 0.018443739 38 4671 -98%
1887 4318 0.01745401 34 4284 -98%
1888 4948 0.016522357 36 4912 -99%
1889 4472 0.01547694 42 4430 -98%
1890 4495 0.014913687 37 4458 -98%
1891 3954 0.013792815 23 3931 -99%
1892 4800 0.014355184 40 4760 -98%
1893 4345 0.013360064 25 4320 -99%
1894 4397 0.012982373 32 4365 -99%
1895 4335 0.012349688 46 4289 -98%
1896 4318 0.012078863 32 4286 -99%
1897 4104 0.011828555 26 4078 -99%
1898 4904 0.012856005 51 4853 -98%
1899 4051 0.011941644 33 4018 -98%
1900 5442 0.012086323 39 5403 -99%
1901 3636 0.010514383 27 3609 -99%
1902 4255 0.011002451 32 4223 -98%
1903 3988 0.010461645 27 3961 -99%
1904 4245 0.010520837 26 4219 -99%
1905 4288 0.010114997 32 4256 -99%
1906 4231 0.009875108 30 4201 -99%
1907 4489 0.009645632 44 4445 -98%
1908 4625 0.009464813 41 4584 -98%
1909 4725 0.009242523 37 4688 -98%
1910 5499 0.009309105 58 5441 -98%
1911 6637 0.010301438 51 6586 -98%
1912 11803 0.01194563 69 11734 -99%
1913 13951 0.012268811 77 13874 -99%
1914 17709 0.012503301 107 17602 -99%
1915 22446 0.012249309 139 22307 -99%
1916 23516 0.012156628 135 23381 -99%
1917 24335 0.012126543 139 24196 -99%
1918 26475 0.012194223 157 26318 -99%
1919 25334 0.012005207 164 25170 -99%
1920 27057 0.011958102 166 26891 -99%
1921 27683 0.011858193 206 27477 -99%
1922 27546 0.012033277 197 27349 -99%
1923 27202 0.011814146 178 27024 -99%
1924 27572 0.011576989 197 27375 -99%
1925 26769 0.011472489 207 26562 -98%
1926 26138 0.011384662 230 25908 -98%
1927 26196 0.01129452 248 25948 -98%
1928 24621 0.010889906 230 24391 -98%
1929 23221 0.010592706 201 23020 -98%
1930 23028 0.01035767 242 22786 -98%
1931 20858 0.009911858 171 20687 -98%
1932 20611 0.009762403 174 20437 -98%
1933 18504 0.00925474 146 18358 -98%
1934 18657 0.008983679 160 18497 -98%
1935 18717 0.008956278 154 18563 -98%
1936 18326 0.008821073 127 18199 -99%
1937 18581 0.008720919 144 18437 -98%
1938 18575 0.008395242 142 18433 -98%
1939 18030 0.00818279 142 17888 -98%
1940 18441 0.008008776 129 18312 -99%
1941 19372 0.007951271 113 19259 -99%
1942 21424 0.007842661 150 21274 -99%
1943 21841 0.007738159 151 21690 -99%
1944 20548 0.007638642 128 20420 -99%
1945 19449 0.007331363 128 19321 -99%
1946 21694 0.006789458 119 21575 -99%
1947 24035 0.006672271 120 23915 -99%
1948 22053 0.006387582 129 21924 -99%
1949 21419 0.006146561 109 21310 -99%
1950 20292 0.005792081 110 20182 -99%
1951 20327 0.005517996 111 20216 -99%
1952 19925 0.005246135 108 19817 -99%
1953 19282 0.005003621 103 19179 -99%
1954 18801 0.004723027 102 18699 -99%
1955 18276 0.004551853 107 18169 -99%
1956 17327 0.004202436 87 17240 -99%
1957 16986 0.004041885 106 16880 -99%
1958 15716 0.003802779 84 15632 -99%
1959 15117 0.00363676 105 15012 -99%
1960 14141 0.00340395 82 14059 -99%
1961 13734 0.003316649 93 13641 -99%
1962 12603 0.003123383 62 12541 -99%
1963 12161 0.003072053 81 12080 -99%
1964 11860 0.003050668 71 11789 -99%
1965 10758 0.002967213 77 10681 -99%
1966 10009 0.002879765 70 9939 -99%
1967 9783 0.002881582 78 9705 -98%
1968 9444 0.002795276 62 9382 -99%
1969 9276 0.002668856 73 9203 -98%
1970 8982 0.002490276 67 8915 -99%
1971 8285 0.002413705 59 8226 -99%
1972 7220 0.002296935 54 7166 -99%
1973 6656 0.002206077 51 6605 -98%
1974 6338 0.002084727 55 6283 -98%
1975 5899 0.001953486 54 5845 -98%
1976 5587 0.001841079 29 5558 -99%
1977 5658 0.001781092 53 5605 -98%
1978 5341 0.001682633 39 5302 -99%
1979 5310 0.001595882 49 5261 -98%
1980 5339 0.001549855 38 5301 -99%
1981 5200 0.001503069 41 5159 -98%
1982 5042 0.001437212 51 4991 -98%
1983 4537 0.001309969 41 4496 -98%
1984 4303 0.001233398 32 4271 -99%
1985 4296 0.001203694 37 4259 -98%
1986 4378 0.001230829 32 4346 -99%
1987 4124 0.001143827 34 4090 -98%
1988 4332 0.001172472 37 4295 -98%
1989 4537 0.001180188 26 4511 -99%
1990 4584 0.001159888 15 4569 -99%
1991 4200 0.001078309 20 4180 -99%
1992 3905 0.001016672 12 3893 -99%
1993 3529 0.000936078 16 3513 -99%
1994 3334 0.000896874 17 3317 -99%
1995 3302 0.000901721 16 3286 -99%
1996 3243 0.000889244 16 3227 -99%
1997 3184 0.000878217 7 3177 -100%
1998 3049 0.000828987 5 3044 -100%
1999 3053 0.000826561 12 3041 -99%
2000 3044 0.000805372 7 3037 -100%
2001 3096 0.000827123 9 3087 -99%
2002 3027 0.000809836 9 3018 -99%
2003 2915 0.00076675 5 2910 -100%
2004 2748 0.000719304 14 2734 -99%
2005 2831 0.00073644 8 2823 -99%
2006 2708 0.000684648 7 2701 -99%
2007 2769 0.000692831 9 2760 -99%
2008 2552 0.000649458 2552 -100%
2009 2387 0.000625062 6 2381 -99%
2010 2380 0.000644213 7 2373 -99%
2011 2325 0.000635887 7 2318 -99%
2012 2338 0.000639547 5 2333 -100%
2013 2558 0.000702043 2558 -100%
2014 3005 0.000811244 3005 -100%
2015 3052 0.000825224 3052 -100%
2016 3315 0.00090429 6 3309 -100%
2017 3168 0.00088671 3168 -100%
2018 3080 0.000877056 3080 -100%
2019 3197 0.000922437 8 3189 -99%
2020 2773 0.000831738 7 2766 -99%
2021 2800 0.000828473 7 2793 -100%
2022 2620 0.000779322 2620 -100%