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How popular is “Jones” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jones” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Jones” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jones” 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 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 -100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1888 14 0.000046749 14 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 14 0.000040484 14 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 -100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 -100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 -100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 19 0.00002949 19 -100%
1912 23 0.000023278 23 -100%
1913 29 0.000025503 29 -100%
1914 41 0.000028948 41 -100%
1915 40 0.000021829 40 -100%
1916 64 0.000033085 64 -100%
1917 40 0.000019933 40 -100%
1918 58 0.000026714 58 -100%
1919 62 0.00002938 62 -100%
1920 58 0.000025634 58 -100%
1921 62 0.000026558 62 -100%
1922 44 0.000019221 44 -100%
1923 43 0.000018676 43 -100%
1924 54 0.000022674 54 -100%
1925 55 0.000023572 55 -100%
1926 44 0.000019165 44 -100%
1927 49 0.000021127 49 -100%
1928 44 0.000019461 44 -100%
1929 44 0.000020072 44 -100%
1930 40 0.000017991 40 -100%
1931 47 0.000022334 47 -100%
1932 24 0.000011367 24 -100%
1933 32 0.000016004 32 -100%
1934 36 0.000017334 36 -100%
1935 29 0.000013876 29 -100%
1936 33 0.000015884 33 -100%
1937 35 0.000016427 35 -100%
1938 29 0.000013107 29 -100%
1939 27 0.000012254 27 -100%
1940 27 0.000011725 27 -100%
1941 27 0.000011082 27 -100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 -100%
1943 24 0.000008503 24 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 23 0.00000867 23 -100%
1946 23 0.000007198 23 -100%
1947 28 0.000007773 28 -100%
1948 27 0.00000782 27 -100%
1949 23 0.0000066 23 -100%
1950 29 0.000008278 29 -100%
1951 26 0.000007058 26 -100%
1952 21 0.000005529 21 -100%
1953 24 0.000006228 24 -100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 -100%
1955 29 0.000007223 29 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 -100%
1958 26 0.000006289 26 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 21 0.000005056 21 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 12 0.000003778 12 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 -100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 -100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 18 0.000004894 18 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 -100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 -100%
2003 25 0.000006575 25 -100%
2004 27 0.000007066 27 -100%
2005 41 0.000010664 41 -100%
2006 30 0.000007583 30 -100%
2007 31 0.000007754 31 -100%
2008 44 0.000011194 44 -100%
2009 44 0.000011518 44 -100%
2010 50 0.000013529 50 -100%
2011 64 0.000017497 64 -100%
2012 70 0.000019139 70 -100%
2013 88 0.000024138 88 -100%
2014 112 0.000030218 112 -100%
2015 114 0.000030803 7 107 -88%
2016 119 0.000032437 5 114 -92%
2017 152 0.000042503 10 142 -87%
2018 168 0.000047783 7 161 -92%
2019 182 0.000052435 10 172 -89%
2020 246 0.00007364 14 232 -89%
2021 267 0.000078809 16 251 -88%
2022 250 0.000073896 10 240 -92%
2023 242 0.000073085 9 233 -93%
2024 308 0.000092534 24 284 -84%

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