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How popular is “Ivory” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ivory” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ivory” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ivory” 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 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1882 7 0.000031598 7 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 14 0.00005659 7 7 0%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 15 0.000051913 5 10 -33%
1890 20 0.000066357 7 13 -30%
1891 12 0.00004186 7 5 17%
1892 16 0.000047851 7 9 -13%
1893 15 0.000046122 9 6 20%
1894 17 0.000050193 9 8 6%
1895 29 0.000082616 13 16 -10%
1896 22 0.000061541 12 10 9%
1897 22 0.000063408 13 9 18%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 100%
1899 25 0.000073695 11 14 -12%
1900 40 0.000088838 15 25 -25%
1901 32 0.000092536 20 12 25%
1902 36 0.000093087 17 19 -6%
1903 23 0.000060336 12 11 4%
1904 45 0.000111528 27 18 20%
1905 41 0.000096716 20 21 -2%
1906 40 0.00009336 15 25 -25%
1907 38 0.000081652 19 19 0%
1908 35 0.000071626 16 19 -9%
1909 52 0.000101717 23 29 -12%
1910 59 0.00009988 32 27 8%
1911 67 0.000103992 36 31 7%
1912 64 0.000064773 34 30 6%
1913 73 0.000064198 32 41 -12%
1914 83 0.000058602 35 48 -16%
1915 97 0.000052935 45 52 -7%
1916 112 0.000057899 39 73 -30%
1917 102 0.000050828 43 59 -16%
1918 133 0.000061259 54 79 -19%
1919 146 0.000069186 57 89 -22%
1920 137 0.000060549 57 80 -17%
1921 120 0.000051403 40 80 -33%
1922 137 0.000059847 61 76 -11%
1923 130 0.000056461 55 75 -15%
1924 150 0.000062983 56 94 -25%
1925 122 0.000052286 52 70 -15%
1926 120 0.000052267 54 66 -10%
1927 161 0.000069416 70 91 -13%
1928 133 0.000058825 37 96 -44%
1929 126 0.000057478 42 84 -33%
1930 120 0.000053974 51 69 -15%
1931 112 0.000053222 43 69 -23%
1932 126 0.000059679 48 78 -24%
1933 115 0.000057516 38 77 -34%
1934 120 0.000057781 44 76 -27%
1935 124 0.000059333 51 73 -18%
1936 111 0.000053428 41 70 -26%
1937 122 0.000057259 44 78 -28%
1938 130 0.000058755 46 84 -29%
1939 144 0.000065352 47 97 -35%
1940 130 0.000056456 50 80 -23%
1941 106 0.000043506 38 68 -28%
1942 154 0.000056373 58 96 -25%
1943 156 0.000055269 54 102 -31%
1944 161 0.00005985 53 108 -34%
1945 140 0.000052772 56 84 -20%
1946 145 0.000045379 52 93 -28%
1947 152 0.000042195 58 94 -24%
1948 182 0.000052715 55 127 -40%
1949 176 0.000050505 53 123 -40%
1950 247 0.000070504 70 177 -43%
1951 213 0.000057822 55 158 -48%
1952 233 0.000061348 71 162 -39%
1953 159 0.00004126 38 121 -52%
1954 200 0.000050242 34 166 -66%
1955 194 0.000048318 51 143 -47%
1956 208 0.000050448 59 149 -43%
1957 215 0.000051164 58 157 -46%
1958 200 0.00004838 41 159 -59%
1959 170 0.000040885 47 123 -45%
1960 187 0.000045019 55 132 -41%
1961 166 0.000040074 48 118 -42%
1962 144 0.000035684 44 100 -39%
1963 152 0.000038401 39 113 -49%
1964 133 0.000034211 44 89 -34%
1965 115 0.00003172 27 88 -53%
1966 103 0.000029635 30 73 -42%
1967 101 0.000029751 17 84 -66%
1968 73 0.000021608 19 54 -48%
1969 106 0.000030501 39 67 -26%
1970 119 0.000032996 33 86 -45%
1971 112 0.000032631 33 79 -41%
1972 81 0.000025772 25 56 -38%
1973 117 0.000038782 35 82 -40%
1974 90 0.000029605 28 62 -38%
1975 99 0.000032788 30 69 -39%
1976 100 0.000032957 55 45 10%
1977 116 0.000036518 45 71 -22%
1978 125 0.000039384 62 63 -1%
1979 166 0.000049895 84 82 1%
1980 149 0.000043257 73 76 -2%
1981 137 0.000039603 67 70 -2%
1982 258 0.000073547 177 81 37%
1983 244 0.000070452 173 71 42%
1984 193 0.000055321 135 58 40%
1985 201 0.000056317 134 67 33%
1986 180 0.000050603 108 72 20%
1987 172 0.000047703 117 55 36%
1988 182 0.000049255 115 67 26%
1989 161 0.000041879 104 57 29%
1990 183 0.0000463 124 59 36%
1991 173 0.000044413 116 57 34%
1992 157 0.000040872 109 48 39%
1993 183 0.000048538 131 52 43%
1994 159 0.000042769 111 48 40%
1995 132 0.000036044 91 41 38%
1996 162 0.000044418 116 46 43%
1997 143 0.00003944 95 48 33%
1998 187 0.00005084 146 41 56%
1999 181 0.000049 142 39 57%
2000 172 0.000045504 134 38 56%
2001 182 0.000048619 147 35 62%
2002 154 0.000041195 124 30 61%
2003 180 0.00004734 146 34 62%
2004 141 0.000036902 106 35 50%
2005 181 0.000047076 148 33 64%
2006 163 0.000041201 130 33 60%
2007 158 0.000039523 130 28 65%
2008 166 0.000042232 147 19 77%
2009 141 0.000036909 117 24 66%
2010 146 0.000039505 116 30 59%
2011 175 0.000047843 150 25 71%
2012 281 0.000076831 245 36 74%
2013 332 0.000091067 299 33 80%
2014 406 0.000109541 374 32 84%
2015 432 0.000116728 396 36 83%
2016 492 0.000134108 464 28 89%
2017 518 0.000144847 468 50 81%
2018 502 0.00014278 464 38 85%
2019 569 0.000163933 530 39 86%
2020 518 0.000155063 483 35 86%
2021 566 0.000167063 538 28 90%
2022 631 0.000186513 598 33 90%
2023 613 0.000185129 585 28 91%
2024 818 0.000245756 784 34 92%

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