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How popular is “Gideon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gideon” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gideon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gideon” 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 10 0.000049632 10 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 -100%
1917 40 0.000019933 40 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 -100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 -100%
1921 25 0.000010709 25 -100%
1922 18 0.000007863 18 -100%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 -100%
1924 24 0.000010077 24 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 -100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 -100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 26 0.000006569 26 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 22 0.000006512 22 -100%
1969 38 0.000010934 38 -100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 -100%
1971 37 0.00001078 37 -100%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 -100%
1973 36 0.000011933 36 -100%
1974 44 0.000014474 44 -100%
1975 49 0.000016228 49 -100%
1976 42 0.000013842 42 -100%
1977 42 0.000013222 42 -100%
1978 37 0.000011658 37 -100%
1979 46 0.000013826 46 -100%
1980 83 0.000024096 83 -100%
1981 67 0.000019368 67 -100%
1982 77 0.00002195 77 -100%
1983 48 0.000013859 48 -100%
1984 60 0.000017198 60 -100%
1985 51 0.000014289 51 -100%
1986 60 0.000016868 60 -100%
1987 80 0.000022188 80 -100%
1988 78 0.000021109 78 -100%
1989 99 0.000025751 99 -100%
1990 78 0.000019734 78 -100%
1991 95 0.000024389 95 -100%
1992 82 0.000021347 82 -100%
1993 107 0.00002838 107 -100%
1994 101 0.000027168 101 -100%
1995 137 0.00003741 137 -100%
1996 112 0.000030709 112 -100%
1997 121 0.000033372 121 -100%
1998 122 0.000033168 122 -100%
1999 135 0.000036547 135 -100%
2000 180 0.00004762 180 -100%
2001 257 0.000068654 257 -100%
2002 232 0.00006206 6 226 -95%
2003 290 0.000076269 290 -100%
2004 290 0.000075898 290 -100%
2005 304 0.000079067 304 -100%
2006 433 0.000109449 433 -100%
2007 489 0.000122321 489 -100%
2008 504 0.000128223 504 -100%
2009 485 0.000126958 485 -100%
2010 576 0.000155855 576 -100%
2011 694 0.000189732 5 689 -99%
2012 765 0.000209167 765 -100%
2013 846 0.000232056 846 -100%
2014 944 0.000254696 944 -100%
2015 1055 0.000285065 1055 -100%
2016 1034 0.000281844 1034 -100%
2017 1161 0.000324647 1161 -100%
2018 1113 0.000316562 5 1108 -99%
2019 1042 0.000300207 1042 -100%
2020 1031 0.000308629 1031 -100%
2021 1088 0.000321138 7 1081 -99%
2022 1033 0.000305338 9 1024 -98%
2023 1047 0.0003162 1047 -100%
2024 1042 0.000313054 1042 -100%

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