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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Irby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Irby” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Irby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Irby” 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
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 -100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 39 0.000020161 6 33 -69%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 -100%
1918 37 0.000017042 37 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 31 0.000013701 5 26 -68%
1921 24 0.000010281 24 -100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 -100%
1923 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 37 0.000016116 37 -100%
1927 23 0.000009917 5 18 -57%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 -100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 -100%
1930 26 0.000011694 26 -100%
1931 27 0.00001283 27 -100%
1932 23 0.000010894 23 -100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 -100%
1938 16 0.000007231 16 -100%
1939 27 0.000012254 27 -100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 5 11 -38%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 23 0.000006662 23 -100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 -100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 18 0.000004483 18 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%

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