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How popular is “Grafton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Grafton” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Grafton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Grafton” 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
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 15 0.000013191 15 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1982 7 0.000001995 7 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 19 0.000004974 19 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 -100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 -100%
2017 16 0.000004474 16 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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