Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Happy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Happy” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Happy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Happy” 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 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1919 13 0.00000616 5 8 -23%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 5 7 -17%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 7 6 8%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 13 0.000003344 5 8 -23%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 22 0.00000641 12 10 9%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1974 20 0.000006579 13 7 30%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
2006 12 0.000003033 6 6 0%
2008 10 0.000002544 5 5 0%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 10 0.000002743 5 5 0%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 7 8 -7%
2018 13 0.000003697 8 5 23%
2019 17 0.000004898 10 7 18%
2020 15 0.00000449 5 10 -33%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 16 0.000004729 9 7 13%
2023 21 0.000006342 11 10 5%
2024 18 0.000005408 12 6 33%

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