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How popular is “Gifford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gifford” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Gifford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gifford” 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
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 28 0.000024624 28 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 25 0.000013643 25 -100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 -100%
1917 25 0.000012458 25 -100%
1918 23 0.000010594 23 -100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 -100%
1920 40 0.000017678 40 -100%
1921 25 0.000010709 25 -100%
1922 36 0.000015726 36 -100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 -100%
1924 32 0.000013436 32 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 33 0.000014373 33 -100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 -100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 -100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 -100%
1930 22 0.000009895 22 -100%
1931 32 0.000015206 32 -100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 -100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 -100%
1934 22 0.000010593 22 -100%
1935 12 0.000005742 12 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 21 0.000009856 21 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 -100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 -100%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 21 0.000007806 21 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 24 0.000007511 24 -100%
1947 22 0.000006107 22 -100%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 -100%
1949 13 0.000003731 13 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 23 0.000006056 23 -100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 26 0.000006476 26 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 18 0.000004329 18 -100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 -100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 16 0.000004042 16 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%

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