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How popular is “Godfrey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Godfrey” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Godfrey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Godfrey” 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 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 -100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 -100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 -100%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 34 0.000034411 34 -100%
1913 31 0.000027262 31 -100%
1914 39 0.000027536 39 -100%
1915 46 0.000025103 46 -100%
1916 38 0.000019644 38 -100%
1917 61 0.000030397 61 -100%
1918 71 0.000032702 71 -100%
1919 53 0.000025116 53 -100%
1920 57 0.000025192 57 -100%
1921 55 0.00002356 55 -100%
1922 35 0.000015289 35 -100%
1923 56 0.000024322 56 -100%
1924 41 0.000017215 41 -100%
1925 48 0.000020572 48 -100%
1926 53 0.000023085 53 -100%
1927 48 0.000020695 48 -100%
1928 38 0.000016807 38 -100%
1929 37 0.000016878 37 -100%
1930 35 0.000015742 35 -100%
1931 41 0.000019483 41 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 29 0.000013964 29 -100%
1935 28 0.000013398 28 -100%
1936 29 0.000013959 29 -100%
1937 23 0.000010795 23 -100%
1938 32 0.000014463 32 -100%
1939 30 0.000013615 30 -100%
1940 37 0.000016068 37 -100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 -100%
1942 31 0.000011348 31 -100%
1943 33 0.000011692 33 -100%
1944 29 0.00001078 29 -100%
1945 31 0.000011685 31 -100%
1946 39 0.000012205 39 -100%
1947 54 0.00001499 54 -100%
1948 55 0.00001593 55 -100%
1949 41 0.000011765 41 -100%
1950 39 0.000011132 39 -100%
1951 37 0.000010044 37 -100%
1952 34 0.000008952 34 -100%
1953 40 0.00001038 40 -100%
1954 35 0.000008792 35 -100%
1955 39 0.000009713 39 -100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 -100%
1957 35 0.000008329 35 -100%
1958 43 0.000010402 43 -100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 40 0.000009656 40 -100%
1962 33 0.000008178 33 -100%
1963 31 0.000007832 31 -100%
1964 33 0.000008489 33 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 -100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 -100%
1972 30 0.000009545 30 -100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 -100%
1976 23 0.00000758 23 -100%
1977 22 0.000006926 22 -100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 -100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 -100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 23 0.000006557 23 -100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 -100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 -100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 -100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 -100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 -100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 -100%
1996 18 0.000004935 18 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 15 0.000004078 15 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 13 0.000003478 13 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2012 16 0.000004375 16 -100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 14 0.000004033 14 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 -100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 -100%

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