Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Iain” in the USA?

Number of people named “Iain” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Iain” by birth year

This chart shows how “Iain” 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
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 22 0.00000633 22 -100%
1970 19 0.000005268 19 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 15 0.000004773 15 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 -100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 -100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 -100%
1982 32 0.000009122 32 -100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 -100%
1984 33 0.000009459 33 -100%
1985 29 0.000008125 29 -100%
1986 34 0.000009558 34 -100%
1987 49 0.00001359 49 -100%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 -100%
1989 37 0.000009624 37 -100%
1990 29 0.000007337 29 -100%
1991 46 0.000011809 46 -100%
1992 56 0.000014579 56 -100%
1993 44 0.00001167 44 -100%
1994 52 0.000013987 52 -100%
1995 63 0.000017203 63 -100%
1996 86 0.00002358 86 -100%
1997 76 0.000020961 76 -100%
1998 74 0.000020118 74 -100%
1999 92 0.000024906 92 -100%
2000 95 0.000025133 95 -100%
2001 98 0.000026179 98 -100%
2002 113 0.000030228 113 -100%
2003 126 0.000033138 126 -100%
2004 124 0.000032453 124 -100%
2005 106 0.000027569 106 -100%
2006 90 0.000022749 90 -100%
2007 85 0.000021262 85 -100%
2008 79 0.000020098 79 -100%
2009 95 0.000024868 95 -100%
2010 67 0.000018129 67 -100%
2011 69 0.000018864 69 -100%
2012 69 0.000018866 69 -100%
2013 48 0.000013166 48 -100%
2014 59 0.000015919 59 -100%
2015 50 0.00001351 50 -100%
2016 44 0.000011993 44 -100%
2017 35 0.000009787 35 -100%
2018 38 0.000010808 38 -100%
2019 43 0.000012389 43 -100%
2020 45 0.000013471 45 -100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 -100%
2022 26 0.000007685 26 -100%
2023 24 0.000007248 24 -100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 -100%

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