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How popular is “Giles” in the USA?

Number of people named “Giles” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Giles” by birth year

This chart shows how “Giles” 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 18 0.000089337 18 -100%
1881 21 0.000108984 21 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 17 0.000078361 17 -100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 -100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 -100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 13 0.000037469 13 -100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 -100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 15 0.000037176 15 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 14 0.00002865 14 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 32 0.000032387 32 -100%
1913 45 0.000039574 45 -100%
1914 56 0.000039538 56 -100%
1915 65 0.000035472 65 -100%
1916 54 0.000027915 54 -100%
1917 73 0.000036377 73 -100%
1918 86 0.000039611 86 -100%
1919 66 0.000031276 66 -100%
1920 69 0.000030495 69 -100%
1921 52 0.000022275 52 -100%
1922 80 0.000034947 80 -100%
1923 64 0.000027796 64 -100%
1924 63 0.000026453 63 -100%
1925 78 0.000033429 78 -100%
1926 60 0.000026133 60 -100%
1927 70 0.000030181 70 -100%
1928 80 0.000035384 80 -100%
1929 69 0.000031476 69 -100%
1930 63 0.000028336 63 -100%
1931 66 0.000031363 66 -100%
1932 77 0.000036471 77 -100%
1933 69 0.00003451 69 -100%
1934 60 0.00002889 60 -100%
1935 59 0.000028231 59 -100%
1936 52 0.000025029 52 -100%
1937 41 0.000019243 41 -100%
1938 61 0.00002757 61 -100%
1939 47 0.00002133 47 -100%
1940 44 0.000019108 44 -100%
1941 62 0.000025447 62 -100%
1942 49 0.000017937 49 -100%
1943 51 0.000018069 51 -100%
1944 54 0.000020074 54 -100%
1945 43 0.000016209 43 -100%
1946 31 0.000009702 31 -100%
1947 54 0.00001499 54 -100%
1948 50 0.000014482 50 -100%
1949 38 0.000010905 38 -100%
1950 47 0.000013416 47 -100%
1951 50 0.000013573 50 -100%
1952 43 0.000011322 43 -100%
1953 44 0.000011418 44 -100%
1954 58 0.00001457 58 -100%
1955 62 0.000015442 62 -100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 -100%
1957 52 0.000012375 52 -100%
1958 46 0.000011127 46 -100%
1959 37 0.000008899 37 -100%
1960 48 0.000011556 48 -100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 -100%
1962 47 0.000011647 47 -100%
1963 35 0.000008842 35 -100%
1964 41 0.000010546 41 -100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 -100%
1967 28 0.000008248 28 -100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 -100%
1969 30 0.000008632 30 -100%
1970 32 0.000008873 32 -100%
1971 29 0.000008449 29 -100%
1972 31 0.000009863 31 -100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 -100%
1974 36 0.000011842 36 -100%
1975 28 0.000009273 28 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 22 0.000006926 22 -100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 -100%
1979 25 0.000007514 25 -100%
1980 25 0.000007258 25 -100%
1981 24 0.000006938 24 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 -100%
1984 34 0.000009746 34 -100%
1985 26 0.000007285 26 -100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 -100%
1987 25 0.000006934 25 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 26 0.000006763 26 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 -100%
1991 31 0.000007958 31 -100%
1992 39 0.000010153 39 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 22 0.000005918 22 -100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 19 0.000005083 19 -100%
2003 22 0.000005786 22 -100%
2004 21 0.000005496 21 -100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 26 0.000006504 26 -100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 -100%
2009 20 0.000005235 20 -100%
2010 30 0.000008117 30 -100%
2011 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2012 25 0.000006836 25 -100%
2013 20 0.000005486 20 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 -100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 -100%
2019 29 0.000008355 29 -100%
2020 18 0.000005388 18 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 13 0.000003843 13 -100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 -100%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 -100%

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