Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jr” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jr” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Jr” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jr” 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
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 -100%
1925 30 0.000012857 30 -100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 -100%
1927 31 0.000013366 31 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 -100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 10 0.000002572 10 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 8 0.000002368 8 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 -100%
1979 31 0.000009318 31 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 -100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 -100%
1989 43 0.000011185 43 -100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 -100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 -100%
1992 26 0.000006769 26 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 25 0.000006725 25 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 -100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 -100%
2000 30 0.000007937 30 -100%
2001 26 0.000006946 26 -100%
2002 33 0.000008828 33 -100%
2003 33 0.000008679 33 -100%
2004 34 0.000008898 34 -100%
2005 34 0.000008843 34 -100%
2006 33 0.000008341 33 -100%
2007 35 0.000008755 35 -100%
2008 28 0.000007123 28 -100%
2009 26 0.000006806 26 -100%
2010 28 0.000007576 28 -100%
2011 23 0.000006288 23 -100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 -100%
2013 32 0.000008778 32 -100%
2014 27 0.000007285 27 -100%
2015 29 0.000007836 29 -100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 -100%
2017 38 0.000010626 38 -100%
2018 27 0.000007679 27 -100%
2019 25 0.000007203 25 -100%
2020 25 0.000007484 25 -100%
2021 28 0.000008265 28 -100%
2022 19 0.000005616 19 -100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 -100%
2024 27 0.000008112 27 -100%

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