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How popular is “Hope” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hope” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hope” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hope” 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 15 0.000074448 9 6 20%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1883 17 0.000078361 17 100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 100%
1885 20 0.000083038 20 100%
1886 15 0.000058751 15 100%
1887 16 0.000064675 16 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 100%
1890 26 0.000086264 26 100%
1891 26 0.000090696 26 100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 100%
1893 35 0.000107618 35 100%
1894 35 0.000103339 35 100%
1895 39 0.000111105 39 100%
1896 30 0.00008392 30 100%
1897 29 0.000083584 29 100%
1898 33 0.000086511 33 100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 35 0.000077733 35 100%
1901 31 0.000089644 31 100%
1902 37 0.000095673 32 5 73%
1903 47 0.000123295 47 100%
1904 49 0.000121442 49 100%
1905 36 0.000084921 36 100%
1906 56 0.000130703 51 5 82%
1907 49 0.000105288 49 100%
1908 38 0.000077765 38 100%
1909 61 0.000119321 61 100%
1910 62 0.000104958 62 100%
1911 73 0.000113305 67 6 84%
1912 104 0.000105257 94 10 81%
1913 113 0.000099375 104 9 84%
1914 124 0.000087549 124 100%
1915 220 0.000120059 210 10 91%
1916 271 0.000140094 262 9 93%
1917 304 0.000151489 295 9 94%
1918 382 0.000175947 369 13 93%
1919 345 0.000163488 333 12 93%
1920 367 0.0001622 349 18 90%
1921 379 0.000162347 361 18 91%
1922 387 0.000169058 371 16 92%
1923 380 0.000165039 368 12 94%
1924 418 0.000175512 407 11 95%
1925 353 0.000151288 339 14 92%
1926 319 0.000138943 311 8 95%
1927 346 0.000149179 338 8 95%
1928 284 0.000125612 279 5 96%
1929 253 0.000115411 253 100%
1930 245 0.000110197 239 6 95%
1931 202 0.00009599 194 8 92%
1932 204 0.000096623 195 9 91%
1933 207 0.000103529 207 100%
1934 187 0.000090042 187 100%
1935 172 0.000082301 163 9 90%
1936 205 0.000098673 200 5 95%
1937 234 0.000109825 227 7 94%
1938 256 0.000115702 251 5 96%
1939 228 0.000103474 223 5 96%
1940 219 0.000095106 213 6 95%
1941 241 0.000098915 233 8 93%
1942 321 0.000117504 315 6 96%
1943 303 0.000107349 295 8 95%
1944 218 0.000081039 218 100%
1945 215 0.000081043 215 100%
1946 403 0.000126122 403 100%
1947 414 0.000114926 406 8 96%
1948 343 0.000099348 335 8 95%
1949 382 0.00010962 376 6 97%
1950 474 0.000135299 474 100%
1951 473 0.000128402 468 5 98%
1952 445 0.000117167 445 100%
1953 456 0.00011833 456 100%
1954 484 0.000121586 484 100%
1955 552 0.000137482 552 100%
1956 547 0.000132669 547 100%
1957 441 0.000104946 441 100%
1958 578 0.000139819 578 100%
1959 563 0.000135402 563 100%
1960 570 0.000137223 570 100%
1961 512 0.000123603 512 100%
1962 500 0.000123904 500 100%
1963 588 0.000148552 588 100%
1964 1275 0.000327965 1275 100%
1965 1158 0.000319409 1153 5 99%
1966 1365 0.000392732 1359 6 99%
1967 970 0.000285723 965 5 99%
1968 837 0.000247749 832 5 99%
1969 989 0.000284578 979 10 98%
1970 993 0.000275335 986 7 99%
1971 1464 0.000426529 1455 9 99%
1972 1303 0.000414573 1295 8 99%
1973 950 0.000314894 950 100%
1974 1298 0.000426974 1298 100%
1975 1214 0.000402067 1208 6 99%
1976 1157 0.000381307 1151 6 99%
1977 1027 0.000323312 1019 8 98%
1978 874 0.000275374 865 9 98%
1979 793 0.000238353 786 7 98%
1980 786 0.000228189 781 5 99%
1981 651 0.000188184 651 100%
1982 557 0.000158782 557 100%
1983 509 0.000146968 502 7 97%
1984 812 0.000232748 812 100%
1985 909 0.000254685 909 100%
1986 910 0.000255828 910 100%
1987 808 0.000224095 808 100%
1988 823 0.000222731 823 100%
1989 877 0.000228121 872 5 99%
1990 1056 0.000267174 1056 100%
1991 1052 0.000270071 1052 100%
1992 892 0.000232215 892 100%
1993 956 0.000253562 956 100%
1994 1231 0.000331123 1226 5 99%
1995 1534 0.000418879 1528 6 99%
1996 1610 0.000441435 1610 100%
1997 1770 0.000488175 1770 100%
1998 1956 0.000531781 1951 5 99%
1999 2271 0.000614803 2265 6 99%
2000 2326 0.00061536 2321 5 100%
2001 2180 0.00058236 2180 100%
2002 2055 0.000549716 2055 100%
2003 1906 0.000501273 1897 9 99%
2004 1928 0.00050459 1912 16 98%
2005 1897 0.000493388 1891 6 99%
2006 1778 0.000449422 1778 100%
2007 1684 0.000421244 1684 100%
2008 1542 0.0003923 1537 5 99%
2009 1438 0.000376423 1433 5 99%
2010 1312 0.000355003 1312 100%
2011 1394 0.000381104 1394 100%
2012 1455 0.000397827 1455 100%
2013 1397 0.000383195 1397 100%
2014 1451 0.000391488 1451 100%
2015 1457 0.000393687 1452 5 99%
2016 1358 0.000370159 1351 7 99%
2017 1275 0.000356524 1269 6 99%
2018 1303 0.000370602 1294 9 99%
2019 1385 0.000399028 1373 12 98%
2020 1444 0.000432261 1435 9 99%
2021 1329 0.000392273 1324 5 99%
2022 1216 0.00035943 1209 7 99%
2023 1028 0.000310462 1021 7 99%
2024 971 0.000291723 964 7 99%

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