Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Harry” in the USA?

Number of people named “Harry” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Harry” by birth year

This chart shows how “Harry” 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 2158 0.010710528 6 2152 -99%
1881 2002 0.010389853 2002 -100%
1882 2246 0.010138445 14 2232 -99%
1883 2116 0.009753579 6 2110 -99%
1884 2338 0.009603181 15 2323 -99%
1885 2209 0.009171532 11 2198 -99%
1886 2272 0.008898776 15 2257 -99%
1887 2070 0.008367288 13 2057 -99%
1888 2772 0.009256229 13 2759 -99%
1889 2564 0.00887363 5 2559 -100%
1890 2357 0.007820146 12 2345 -99%
1891 2141 0.00746844 9 2132 -99%
1892 2471 0.007389929 11 2460 -99%
1893 2264 0.006961377 19 2245 -98%
1894 2199 0.006492663 10 2189 -99%
1895 2143 0.006105065 15 2128 -99%
1896 2102 0.005879983 11 2091 -99%
1897 1888 0.005441597 9 1879 -99%
1898 2134 0.005594369 5 2129 -100%
1899 1732 0.00510562 1732 -100%
1900 2279 0.005061543 7 2272 -99%
1901 1602 0.004632575 8 1594 -99%
1902 1761 0.004553529 11 1750 -99%
1903 1656 0.004344177 9 1647 -99%
1904 1731 0.004290123 9 1722 -99%
1905 1631 0.003847406 12 1619 -99%
1906 1645 0.003839412 14 1631 -98%
1907 1824 0.003919294 11 1813 -99%
1908 1941 0.003972176 7 1934 -99%
1909 1933 0.003781121 9 1924 -99%
1910 1987 0.003363743 9 1978 -99%
1911 2550 0.003957919 12 2538 -99%
1912 4648 0.004704158 24 4624 -99%
1913 5480 0.004819235 22 5458 -99%
1914 6612 0.004668357 24 6588 -99%
1915 8497 0.004637022 27 8470 -99%
1916 8523 0.004405979 47 8476 -99%
1917 8891 0.004430547 35 8856 -99%
1918 9938 0.00457738 42 9896 -99%
1919 9029 0.00427865 39 8990 -99%
1920 9452 0.004177416 46 9406 -99%
1921 9785 0.004191467 54 9731 -99%
1922 9120 0.003984001 43 9077 -99%
1923 9313 0.004044767 52 9261 -99%
1924 9158 0.003845298 43 9115 -99%
1925 8656 0.003709764 45 8611 -99%
1926 8267 0.003600759 52 8215 -99%
1927 8075 0.003481567 56 8019 -99%
1928 7664 0.003389744 60 7604 -98%
1929 7204 0.003286255 60 7144 -98%
1930 6892 0.003099913 44 6848 -99%
1931 6080 0.002889201 35 6045 -99%
1932 5745 0.002721084 40 5705 -99%
1933 5162 0.002581714 28 5134 -99%
1934 5119 0.002464831 20 5099 -99%
1935 5088 0.002434566 33 5055 -99%
1936 4954 0.002384507 24 4930 -99%
1937 4837 0.002270178 23 4814 -99%
1938 4843 0.002188853 19 4824 -99%
1939 4677 0.002122588 16 4661 -99%
1940 4698 0.002040227 17 4681 -99%
1941 5081 0.002085433 25 5056 -99%
1942 5649 0.002067854 20 5629 -99%
1943 5743 0.002034678 23 5720 -99%
1944 5501 0.002044921 22 5479 -99%
1945 5669 0.002136899 21 5648 -99%
1946 6052 0.001894028 23 6029 -99%
1947 6530 0.00181272 15 6515 -100%
1948 5965 0.001727725 20 5945 -99%
1949 5559 0.001595224 16 5543 -99%
1950 5393 0.00153938 18 5375 -99%
1951 5319 0.001443913 15 5304 -99%
1952 5008 0.001318587 16 4992 -99%
1953 4593 0.001191859 13 4580 -99%
1954 4369 0.001097543 15 4354 -99%
1955 4155 0.001034849 16 4139 -99%
1956 3940 0.000955606 15 3925 -99%
1957 3821 0.000909298 15 3806 -99%
1958 3604 0.000871815 16 3588 -99%
1959 3286 0.000790285 15 3271 -99%
1960 3044 0.00073282 22 3022 -99%
1961 2767 0.000667986 18 2749 -99%
1962 2629 0.000651489 8 2621 -99%
1963 2508 0.000633621 13 2495 -99%
1964 2410 0.000619919 11 2399 -99%
1965 2120 0.000584755 10 2110 -99%
1966 2002 0.000576007 9 1993 -99%
1967 1889 0.000556423 11 1878 -99%
1968 1788 0.000529243 12 1776 -99%
1969 1637 0.000471035 11 1626 -99%
1970 1707 0.00047331 11 1696 -99%
1971 1538 0.000448089 8 1530 -99%
1972 1347 0.000428572 13 1334 -98%
1973 1211 0.000401407 7 1204 -99%
1974 1092 0.000359211 15 1077 -97%
1975 1087 0.000360006 13 1074 -98%
1976 974 0.000320997 10 964 -98%
1977 958 0.00030159 9 949 -98%
1978 923 0.000290812 11 912 -98%
1979 923 0.000277427 9 914 -98%
1980 867 0.000251705 8 859 -98%
1981 840 0.000242818 5 835 -99%
1982 775 0.000220926 8 767 -98%
1983 764 0.000220596 11 753 -97%
1984 735 0.000210677 7 728 -98%
1985 787 0.000220503 9 778 -98%
1986 675 0.000189762 675 -100%
1987 716 0.000198579 5 711 -99%
1988 680 0.00018403 8 672 -98%
1989 747 0.000194306 747 -100%
1990 626 0.000158382 626 -100%
1991 634 0.000162762 634 -100%
1992 644 0.000167653 644 -100%
1993 567 0.000150387 567 -100%
1994 551 0.000148212 551 -100%
1995 508 0.000138716 508 -100%
1996 482 0.000132156 482 -100%
1997 449 0.000123836 449 -100%
1998 482 0.000131042 482 -100%
1999 460 0.000124531 460 -100%
2000 442 0.000116934 442 -100%
2001 454 0.00012128 454 -100%
2002 438 0.000117166 438 -100%
2003 447 0.00011756 447 -100%
2004 447 0.000116987 447 -100%
2005 459 0.000119381 459 -100%
2006 414 0.000104646 414 -100%
2007 445 0.000111314 445 -100%
2008 381 0.00009693 381 -100%
2009 384 0.000100519 384 -100%
2010 364 0.000098492 364 -100%
2011 324 0.000088578 324 -100%
2012 325 0.000088862 325 -100%
2013 331 0.000090793 331 -100%
2014 337 0.000090924 337 -100%
2015 302 0.000081602 302 -100%
2016 377 0.000102761 377 -100%
2017 401 0.00011213 401 -100%
2018 428 0.000121733 428 -100%
2019 414 0.000119276 414 -100%
2020 345 0.000103276 345 -100%
2021 359 0.000105964 359 -100%
2022 381 0.000112617 381 -100%
2023 323 0.000097548 323 -100%
2024 322 0.00009674 322 -100%

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