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How popular is “Gibson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gibson” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gibson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gibson” 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
1882 8 0.000036112 8 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 18 0.000007955 18 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1937 14 0.000006571 14 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 22 0.000006885 22 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 13 0.000003423 13 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 -100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 -100%
1990 27 0.000006831 27 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 32 0.000008331 32 -100%
1993 25 0.000006631 25 -100%
1994 35 0.000009415 35 -100%
1995 38 0.000010376 38 -100%
1996 43 0.00001179 43 -100%
1997 43 0.00001186 43 -100%
1998 63 0.000017128 5 58 -84%
1999 72 0.000019492 13 59 -64%
2000 48 0.000012699 48 -100%
2001 76 0.000020302 76 -100%
2002 80 0.0000214 80 -100%
2003 95 0.000024985 95 -100%
2004 116 0.000030359 6 110 -90%
2005 128 0.000033291 9 119 -86%
2006 131 0.000033113 10 121 -85%
2007 152 0.000038022 12 140 -84%
2008 164 0.000041723 5 159 -94%
2009 183 0.000047904 5 178 -95%
2010 202 0.000054658 202 -100%
2011 227 0.000062059 5 222 -96%
2012 260 0.000071089 10 250 -92%
2013 268 0.000073512 6 262 -96%
2014 267 0.000072038 8 259 -94%
2015 236 0.000063768 16 220 -86%
2016 241 0.000065691 11 230 -91%
2017 238 0.000066551 8 230 -93%
2018 213 0.000060582 213 -100%
2019 179 0.000051571 6 173 -93%
2020 164 0.000049093 164 -100%
2021 150 0.000044275 8 142 -89%
2022 97 0.000028672 97 -100%
2023 116 0.000035033 8 108 -86%
2024 105 0.000031546 105 -100%

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