How popular is “Greer” in the USA?

Number of people named “Greer” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Greer” by birth year

This chart shows how “Greer” 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
1912	5	0.00000506		5	-100%
1916	8	0.000004136		8	-100%
1917	8	0.000003987		8	-100%
1918	8	0.000003685		8	-100%
1919	5	0.000002369		5	-100%
1921	6	0.00000257		6	-100%
1922	8	0.000003495		8	-100%
1923	14	0.00000608		14	-100%
1924	6	0.000002519		6	-100%
1927	7	0.000003018		7	-100%
1932	5	0.000002368		5	-100%
1934	5	0.000002408		5	-100%
1936	6	0.000002888		6	-100%
1941	5	0.000002052	5		100%
1942	21	0.000007687	15	6	43%
1943	47	0.000016652	37	10	57%
1944	22	0.000008178	13	9	18%
1945	31	0.000011685	25	6	61%
1946	30	0.000009389	23	7	53%
1947	38	0.000010549	27	11	42%
1948	23	0.000006662	16	7	39%
1949	15	0.000004304	15		100%
1950	22	0.00000628	15	7	36%
1951	17	0.000004615	11	6	29%
1952	18	0.000004739	18		100%
1953	23	0.000005968	18	5	57%
1954	23	0.000005778	17	6	48%
1955	14	0.000003487	14		100%
1956	20	0.000004851	14	6	40%
1957	15	0.00000357	10	5	33%
1958	12	0.000002903	12		100%
1959	23	0.000005532	18	5	57%
1960	15	0.000003611	15		100%
1961	21	0.00000507	21		100%
1962	35	0.000008673	35		100%
1963	21	0.000005305	21		100%
1964	39	0.000010032	27	12	38%
1965	18	0.000004965	18		100%
1966	25	0.000007193	25		100%
1967	18	0.000005302	18		100%
1968	24	0.000007104	17	7	42%
1969	19	0.000005467	19		100%
1970	24	0.000006655	24		100%
1971	23	0.000006701	15	8	30%
1972	18	0.000005727	18		100%
1973	20	0.000006629	20		100%
1974	14	0.000004605	14		100%
1975	29	0.000009605	22	7	52%
1976	14	0.000004614	14		100%
1977	16	0.000005037	16		100%
1978	12	0.000003781	12		100%
1979	15	0.000004509	15		100%
1980	22	0.000006387	15	7	36%
1981	21	0.00000607	21		100%
1982	17	0.000004846	17		100%
1983	26	0.000007507	20	6	54%
1984	37	0.000010606	32	5	73%
1985	28	0.000007845	23	5	64%
1986	27	0.00000759	27		100%
1987	29	0.000008043	29		100%
1988	23	0.000006225	23		100%
1989	31	0.000008064	25	6	61%
1990	35	0.000008855	29	6	66%
1991	32	0.000008215	24	8	50%
1992	45	0.000011715	38	7	69%
1993	36	0.000009548	36		100%
1994	35	0.000009415	35		100%
1995	60	0.000016384	47	13	57%
1996	70	0.000019193	60	10	71%
1997	64	0.000017652	55	9	72%
1998	40	0.000010875	40		100%
1999	67	0.000018138	56	11	67%
2000	50	0.000013228	45	5	80%
2001	43	0.000011487	35	8	63%
2002	39	0.000010433	34	5	74%
2003	53	0.000013939	45	8	70%
2004	57	0.000014918	49	8	72%
2005	46	0.000011964	40	6	74%
2006	46	0.000011627	39	7	70%
2007	63	0.000015759	53	10	68%
2008	63	0.000016028	49	14	56%
2009	59	0.000015444	52	7	76%
2010	75	0.000020294	53	22	41%
2011	63	0.000017224	52	11	65%
2012	65	0.000017772	51	14	57%
2013	78	0.000021395	60	18	54%
2014	82	0.000022124	65	17	59%
2015	113	0.000030533	88	25	56%
2016	116	0.000031619	98	18	69%
2017	105	0.000029361	89	16	70%
2018	115	0.000032709	88	27	53%
2019	103	0.000029675	83	20	61%
2020	114	0.000034126	87	27	53%
2021	117	0.000034534	97	20	66%
2022	109	0.000032219	89	20	63%
2023	106	0.000032013	76	30	43%
2024	126	0.000037855	99	27	57%

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