Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Job” in the USA?

Number of people named “Job” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Job” by birth year

This chart shows how “Job” 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
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1934 10 0.000004815 10 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 -100%
1972 26 0.000008272 26 -100%
1973 29 0.000009613 29 -100%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 -100%
1975 34 0.000011261 34 -100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 -100%
1978 39 0.000012288 39 -100%
1979 26 0.000007815 26 -100%
1980 32 0.00000929 32 -100%
1981 31 0.000008961 31 -100%
1982 33 0.000009407 33 -100%
1983 40 0.00001155 40 -100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 -100%
1985 30 0.000008405 30 -100%
1986 32 0.000008996 32 -100%
1987 45 0.000012481 45 -100%
1988 30 0.000008119 30 -100%
1989 40 0.000010405 40 -100%
1990 47 0.000011891 47 -100%
1991 55 0.00001412 55 -100%
1992 47 0.000012236 47 -100%
1993 51 0.000013527 51 -100%
1994 47 0.000012642 47 -100%
1995 60 0.000016384 60 -100%
1996 71 0.000019467 71 -100%
1997 73 0.000020134 73 -100%
1998 76 0.000020662 76 -100%
1999 87 0.000023553 87 -100%
2000 87 0.000023016 87 -100%
2001 66 0.000017631 66 -100%
2002 77 0.000020598 77 -100%
2003 82 0.000021566 82 -100%
2004 89 0.000023293 89 -100%
2005 77 0.000020027 77 -100%
2006 77 0.000019463 77 -100%
2007 72 0.00001801 72 -100%
2008 71 0.000018063 71 -100%
2009 61 0.000015968 61 -100%
2010 65 0.000017588 65 -100%
2011 72 0.000019684 72 -100%
2012 66 0.000018046 66 -100%
2013 71 0.000019475 71 -100%
2014 82 0.000022124 82 -100%
2015 87 0.000023508 87 -100%
2016 81 0.000022079 81 -100%
2017 59 0.000016498 59 -100%
2018 61 0.00001735 61 -100%
2019 59 0.000016998 59 -100%
2020 52 0.000015566 52 -100%
2021 58 0.00001712 58 -100%
2022 67 0.000019804 67 -100%
2023 42 0.000012684 42 -100%
2024 61 0.000018327 61 -100%

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