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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Hunter” in the USA?

Number of people named “Hunter” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Hunter” by birth year

This chart shows how “Hunter” 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 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 11 0.000038371 11 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 21 0.000054301 6 15 -43%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 17 0.000042133 17 -100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 13 0.000027934 13 -100%
1908 15 0.000030697 15 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 -100%
1911 17 0.000026386 17 -100%
1912 28 0.000028338 28 -100%
1913 36 0.000031659 36 -100%
1914 42 0.000029654 42 -100%
1915 50 0.000027286 50 -100%
1916 47 0.000024297 47 -100%
1917 60 0.000029899 60 -100%
1918 68 0.00003132 68 -100%
1919 55 0.000026063 55 -100%
1920 69 0.000030495 69 -100%
1921 53 0.000022703 5 48 -81%
1922 56 0.000024463 56 -100%
1923 69 0.000029968 69 -100%
1924 67 0.000028132 67 -100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 -100%
1926 60 0.000026133 60 -100%
1927 56 0.000024145 56 -100%
1928 55 0.000024326 55 -100%
1929 61 0.000027826 61 -100%
1930 40 0.000017991 40 -100%
1931 50 0.00002376 50 -100%
1932 52 0.000024629 52 -100%
1933 34 0.000017005 34 -100%
1934 45 0.000021668 45 -100%
1935 44 0.000021054 44 -100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 -100%
1937 35 0.000016427 35 -100%
1938 32 0.000014463 32 -100%
1939 39 0.0000177 39 -100%
1940 36 0.000015634 36 -100%
1941 33 0.000013544 33 -100%
1942 41 0.000015008 41 -100%
1943 42 0.00001488 42 -100%
1944 41 0.000015241 41 -100%
1945 49 0.00001847 49 -100%
1946 60 0.000018778 60 -100%
1947 68 0.000018877 68 -100%
1948 49 0.000014193 49 -100%
1949 51 0.000014635 51 -100%
1950 49 0.000013987 49 -100%
1951 49 0.000013302 49 -100%
1952 51 0.000013428 51 -100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 -100%
1954 68 0.000017082 68 -100%
1955 55 0.000013698 55 -100%
1956 62 0.000015037 62 -100%
1957 77 0.000018324 5 72 -87%
1958 63 0.00001524 63 -100%
1959 66 0.000015873 66 -100%
1960 70 0.000016852 70 -100%
1961 70 0.000016899 70 -100%
1962 76 0.000018833 76 -100%
1963 68 0.00001718 68 -100%
1964 76 0.000019549 76 -100%
1965 67 0.00001848 67 -100%
1966 71 0.000020428 5 66 -86%
1967 80 0.000023565 80 -100%
1968 93 0.000027528 93 -100%
1969 98 0.000028199 98 -100%
1970 112 0.000031055 112 -100%
1971 100 0.000029135 100 -100%
1972 84 0.000026726 84 -100%
1973 94 0.000031158 7 87 -85%
1974 92 0.000030263 92 -100%
1975 109 0.0000361 109 -100%
1976 141 0.000046469 11 130 -84%
1977 169 0.000053203 10 159 -88%
1978 155 0.000048836 10 145 -87%
1979 206 0.000061918 10 196 -90%
1980 252 0.00007316 9 243 -93%
1981 279 0.00008065 13 266 -91%
1982 323 0.000092076 6 317 -96%
1983 372 0.000107411 15 357 -92%
1984 476 0.000136438 16 460 -93%
1985 587 0.000164467 20 567 -93%
1986 698 0.000196228 26 672 -93%
1987 822 0.000227978 14 808 -97%
1988 1016 0.000274963 36 980 -93%
1989 1235 0.000321243 29 1206 -95%
1990 1428 0.000361292 37 1391 -95%
1991 1968 0.000505229 39 1929 -96%
1992 2659 0.000692218 119 2540 -91%
1993 4263 0.001130686 471 3792 -78%
1994 6407 0.001723399 822 5585 -74%
1995 7489 0.002044971 774 6715 -79%
1996 8385 0.002299027 782 7603 -81%
1997 9133 0.002518928 728 8405 -84%
1998 12075 0.003282849 997 11078 -83%
1999 12329 0.003337695 844 11485 -86%
2000 13252 0.003505909 714 12538 -89%
2001 11964 0.003196034 628 11336 -90%
2002 11557 0.00309152 472 11085 -92%
2003 10224 0.002688885 324 9900 -94%
2004 9256 0.002422451 354 8902 -92%
2005 8748 0.002275254 236 8512 -95%
2006 8818 0.002228913 244 8574 -94%
2007 8430 0.002108722 212 8218 -95%
2008 8244 0.002097355 199 8045 -95%
2009 7934 0.002076868 186 7748 -95%
2010 7511 0.002032341 178 7333 -95%
2011 7576 0.002071195 197 7379 -95%
2012 8258 0.002257908 208 8050 -95%
2013 9258 0.002539453 273 8985 -94%
2014 9201 0.002482479 363 8838 -92%
2015 8717 0.002355365 356 8361 -92%
2016 8013 0.002184154 338 7675 -92%
2017 7137 0.001995696 383 6754 -89%
2018 6443 0.001832534 329 6114 -90%
2019 5706 0.001643938 310 5396 -89%
2020 5109 0.001529376 329 4780 -87%
2021 4541 0.001340339 340 4201 -85%
2022 3961 0.001170808 364 3597 -82%
2023 3469 0.001047658 347 3122 -80%
2024 3137 0.000942466 306 2831 -80%

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