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How popular is “Horatio” in the USA?

Number of people named “Horatio” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Horatio” by birth year

This chart shows how “Horatio” 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 15 -100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 -100%
1882 6 0.000027084 6 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 20 0.000009212 20 -100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 -100%
1920 21 0.000009281 21 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 14 0.000006 14 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 14 0.000006192 14 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 -100%
1974 24 0.000007895 24 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 -100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 -100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2005 22 0.000005722 22 -100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 -100%
2007 40 0.000010006 40 -100%
2008 28 0.000007123 28 -100%
2009 28 0.00000733 28 -100%
2010 29 0.000007847 29 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 -100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 12 0.000003542 12 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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