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How popular is “Grady” in the USA?

Number of people named “Grady” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Grady” by birth year

This chart shows how “Grady” 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
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 -100%
1889 33 0.000114208 33 -100%
1890 43 0.000142667 43 -100%
1891 40 0.000139532 7 33 -65%
1892 37 0.000110655 37 -100%
1893 44 0.000135292 44 -100%
1894 38 0.000112197 38 -100%
1895 59 0.000168082 59 -100%
1896 62 0.000173434 5 57 -84%
1897 42 0.000121052 6 36 -71%
1898 55 0.000144185 55 -100%
1899 48 0.000141495 48 -100%
1900 79 0.000175455 79 -100%
1901 61 0.000176396 6 55 -80%
1902 70 0.000181003 70 -100%
1903 65 0.000170514 65 -100%
1904 64 0.000158618 5 59 -84%
1905 77 0.000181637 7 70 -82%
1906 72 0.000168047 6 66 -83%
1907 94 0.000201981 94 -100%
1908 105 0.000214878 9 96 -83%
1909 106 0.000207346 7 99 -87%
1910 120 0.000203145 6 114 -90%
1911 178 0.000276278 5 173 -94%
1912 261 0.000264153 9 252 -93%
1913 366 0.000321869 12 354 -93%
1914 418 0.000295126 10 408 -95%
1915 508 0.000277228 11 497 -96%
1916 543 0.000280705 16 527 -94%
1917 540 0.000269092 12 528 -96%
1918 586 0.000269908 17 569 -94%
1919 620 0.000293805 16 604 -95%
1920 609 0.000269154 7 602 -98%
1921 630 0.000269864 11 619 -97%
1922 592 0.000258611 15 577 -95%
1923 612 0.0002658 17 595 -94%
1924 595 0.000249831 13 582 -96%
1925 548 0.00023486 15 533 -95%
1926 597 0.000260028 21 576 -93%
1927 539 0.000232392 21 518 -92%
1928 531 0.000234858 19 512 -93%
1929 518 0.000236297 13 505 -95%
1930 517 0.000232538 9 508 -97%
1931 455 0.000216215 11 444 -95%
1932 473 0.000224034 8 465 -97%
1933 469 0.000234565 8 461 -97%
1934 463 0.000222937 5 458 -98%
1935 485 0.000232069 10 475 -96%
1936 480 0.000231038 13 467 -95%
1937 518 0.000243116 15 503 -94%
1938 479 0.00021649 8 471 -97%
1939 496 0.000225102 10 486 -96%
1940 495 0.000214966 6 489 -98%
1941 462 0.000189622 9 453 -96%
1942 489 0.000179002 9 480 -96%
1943 480 0.000170058 6 474 -98%
1944 455 0.00016914 455 -100%
1945 424 0.000159824 5 419 -98%
1946 443 0.000138641 6 437 -97%
1947 495 0.000137411 5 490 -98%
1948 421 0.00012194 6 415 -97%
1949 469 0.000134585 13 456 -94%
1950 425 0.000121312 6 419 -97%
1951 481 0.000130574 10 471 -96%
1952 439 0.000115587 5 434 -98%
1953 400 0.000103798 400 -100%
1954 434 0.000109026 7 427 -97%
1955 412 0.000102613 8 404 -96%
1956 364 0.000088284 364 -100%
1957 377 0.000089716 377 -100%
1958 360 0.000087085 5 355 -97%
1959 368 0.000088504 5 363 -97%
1960 358 0.000086186 358 -100%
1961 335 0.000080873 335 -100%
1962 346 0.000085742 5 341 -97%
1963 285 0.000072002 285 -100%
1964 318 0.000081798 318 -100%
1965 287 0.000079163 287 -100%
1966 268 0.000077108 268 -100%
1967 233 0.000068632 233 -100%
1968 234 0.000069263 234 -100%
1969 277 0.000079705 7 270 -95%
1970 297 0.000082351 5 292 -97%
1971 264 0.000076915 264 -100%
1972 257 0.000081769 257 -100%
1973 237 0.000078558 237 -100%
1974 255 0.000083882 5 250 -96%
1975 208 0.000068888 208 -100%
1976 164 0.000054049 164 -100%
1977 160 0.00005037 160 -100%
1978 161 0.000050727 161 -100%
1979 141 0.000042381 141 -100%
1980 143 0.000041515 143 -100%
1981 144 0.000041626 144 -100%
1982 151 0.000043045 151 -100%
1983 121 0.000034937 121 -100%
1984 124 0.000035543 124 -100%
1985 133 0.000037264 133 -100%
1986 157 0.000044137 157 -100%
1987 168 0.000046594 5 163 -94%
1988 172 0.000046549 172 -100%
1989 169 0.00004396 169 -100%
1990 173 0.00004377 173 -100%
1991 130 0.000033374 130 -100%
1992 168 0.000043736 168 -100%
1993 204 0.000054107 204 -100%
1994 199 0.000053528 199 -100%
1995 196 0.00005352 196 -100%
1996 178 0.000048805 6 172 -93%
1997 156 0.000043026 156 -100%
1998 180 0.000048937 180 -100%
1999 206 0.000055768 206 -100%
2000 238 0.000062965 9 229 -92%
2001 254 0.000067853 5 249 -96%
2002 325 0.000086938 325 -100%
2003 364 0.000095731 364 -100%
2004 430 0.000112538 6 424 -97%
2005 462 0.000120161 462 -100%
2006 565 0.000142814 7 558 -98%
2007 952 0.000238138 7 945 -99%
2008 1203 0.000306055 7 1196 -99%
2009 1155 0.000302342 15 1140 -97%
2010 1023 0.000276805 8 1015 -98%
2011 1094 0.000299088 5 1089 -99%
2012 950 0.00025975 7 943 -99%
2013 917 0.000251531 917 -100%
2014 963 0.000259823 7 956 -99%
2015 958 0.000258855 958 -100%
2016 950 0.000258947 12 938 -97%
2017 886 0.000247749 886 -100%
2018 779 0.000221565 13 766 -97%
2019 757 0.000218097 9 748 -98%
2020 778 0.000232894 10 768 -97%
2021 735 0.000216945 8 727 -98%
2022 802 0.000237058 13 789 -97%
2023 815 0.000246135 11 804 -97%
2024 889 0.000267087 7 882 -98%

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