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 0.024360625 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 0.016522303 36 4912 -99%
1889 4472 0.01547694 42 4430 -98%
1890 4495 0.014913687 37 4458 -98%
1891 3954 0.013792766 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 0.012856038 51 4853 -98%
1899 4051 0.01194161 33 4018 -98%
1900 5442 0.012086377 39 5403 -99%
1901 3636 0.010514383 27 3609 -99%
1902 4255 0.011002423 32 4223 -98%
1903 3988 0.010461645 27 3961 -99%
1904 4245 0.010520837 26 4219 -99%
1905 4288 0.010115021 32 4256 -99%
1906 4231 0.009875108 30 4201 -99%
1907 4489 0.009645653 44 4445 -98%
1908 4625 0.009464853 41 4584 -98%
1909 4725 0.009242523 37 4688 -98%
1910 5499 0.00930912 58 5441 -98%
1911 6637 0.010301454 51 6586 -98%
1912 11803 0.011945618 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 0.012156647 135 23381 -99%
1917 24335 0.012126572 139 24196 -99%
1918 26475 0.012194212 157 26318 -99%
1919 25334 0.012005229 164 25170 -99%
1920 27057 0.011958139 166 26891 -99%
1921 27682 0.01185777 206 27476 -99%
1922 27547 0.012033698 197 27350 -99%
1923 27202 0.011814198 178 27024 -99%
1924 27571 0.011576608 197 27374 -99%
1925 26768 0.01147214 207 26561 -98%
1926 26139 0.011385093 230 25909 -98%
1927 26197 0.011294921 248 25949 -98%
1928 24621 0.0108898 230 24391 -98%
1929 23221 0.010592788 201 23020 -98%
1930 23029 0.010358082 242 22787 -98%
1931 20857 0.009911294 171 20686 -98%
1932 20612 0.009762807 174 20438 -98%
1933 18502 0.009253628 146 18356 -98%
1934 18660 0.008984968 160 18500 -98%
1935 18716 0.008955573 154 18562 -98%
1936 18325 0.008820439 127 18198 -99%
1937 18582 0.008721356 144 18438 -98%
1938 18578 0.008396563 142 18436 -98%
1939 18029 0.008182266 142 17887 -98%
1940 18442 0.008009078 129 18313 -99%
1941 19373 0.007951558 113 19260 -99%
1942 21423 0.007842203 150 21273 -99%
1943 21844 0.007739085 151 21693 -99%
1944 20546 0.007637759 128 20418 -99%
1945 19451 0.007332062 128 19323 -99%
1946 21693 0.006789085 119 21574 -99%
1947 24035 0.0066722 120 23915 -99%
1948 22054 0.006387824 129 21925 -99%
1949 21419 0.006146515 109 21310 -99%
1950 20292 0.00579214 110 20182 -99%
1951 20325 0.005517519 111 20214 -99%
1952 19927 0.005246701 108 19819 -99%
1953 19280 0.005003098 103 19177 -99%
1954 18803 0.00472356 102 18701 -99%
1955 18273 0.004551147 107 18166 -99%
1956 17324 0.004201756 87 17237 -99%
1957 16985 0.004042063 106 16879 -99%
1958 15725 0.003803593 84 15641 -99%
1959 15111 0.003635317 105 15006 -99%
1960 14143 0.003404735 82 14061 -99%
1961 13737 0.003316551 93 13644 -99%
1962 12603 0.003123559 62 12541 -99%
1963 12160 0.003072001 81 12079 -99%
1964 11859 0.003050496 70 11789 -99%
1965 10758 0.00296733 78 10680 -99%
1966 10010 0.002880102 70 9940 -99%
1967 9779 0.002880512 78 9701 -98%
1968 9442 0.002794845 62 9380 -99%
1969 9274 0.002668509 73 9201 -98%
1970 8981 0.002490225 67 8914 -99%
1971 8285 0.002413844 59 8226 -99%
1972 7218 0.002296519 54 7164 -99%
1973 6654 0.00220561 51 6603 -98%
1974 6340 0.002085526 55 6285 -98%
1975 5900 0.001954048 54 5846 -98%
1976 5586 0.001840945 29 5557 -99%
1977 5658 0.001781255 53 5605 -98%
1978 5339 0.0016822 39 5300 -99%
1979 5311 0.001596352 49 5262 -98%
1980 5338 0.001549721 38 5300 -99%
1981 5201 0.001503469 41 5160 -98%
1982 5041 0.001437025 51 4990 -98%
1983 4536 0.001309743 41 4495 -98%
1984 4299 0.00123228 32 4267 -99%
1985 4297 0.001203987 37 4260 -98%
1986 4378 0.001230831 32 4346 -99%
1987 4124 0.001143811 34 4090 -98%
1988 4332 0.001172439 37 4295 -98%
1989 4537 0.001180179 26 4511 -99%
1990 4582 0.00115934 15 4567 -99%
1991 4199 0.001078024 20 4179 -99%
1992 3905 0.001016641 12 3893 -99%
1993 3529 0.000936041 16 3513 -99%
1994 3334 0.000896844 17 3317 -99%
1995 3302 0.000901688 16 3286 -99%
1996 3244 0.000889488 16 3228 -99%
1997 3184 0.000878192 7 3177 -100%
1998 3049 0.000828963 5 3044 -100%
1999 3053 0.000826532 12 3041 -99%
2000 3044 0.000805336 7 3037 -100%
2001 3096 0.000827085 9 3087 -99%
2002 3027 0.000809763 9 3018 -99%
2003 2915 0.000766699 5 2910 -100%
2004 2748 0.000719253 14 2734 -99%
2005 2831 0.000736368 8 2823 -99%
2006 2708 0.000684565 7 2701 -99%
2007 2769 0.000692725 9 2760 -99%
2008 2552 0.000649348 2552 -100%
2009 2387 0.000624952 6 2381 -99%
2010 2380 0.000644088 7 2373 -99%
2011 2325 0.00063574 7 2318 -99%
2012 2338 0.000639384 5 2333 -100%
2013 2559 0.000702096 2559 -100%
2014 3006 0.000811245 3006 -100%
2015 3052 0.000824899 3052 -100%
2016 3318 0.000904698 6 3312 -100%
2017 3168 0.000886224 3168 -100%
2018 3082 0.000877026 3082 -100%
2019 3200 0.000922512 8 3192 -100%
2020 2777 0.000831974 7 2770 -99%
2021 2800 0.000827255 7 2793 -100%
2022 2634 0.00077961 2634 -100%
2023 2689 0.000815529 2689 -100%